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UNIS Announces Drummer Kids For Arcades; Pirates Hook Sells 2000+ Units
We don’t often see video arcade games with a focus towards kids, although they do come along every now and then. Universal Space has announced that they are bringing an IGS arcade game to the West which is made with kids in mind called Drummer Kids. Here is the bright colored cabinet: »
Newsbag: Neon Retro Arcade; Fishbowl Frenzy; Big Lebowski Pinball Launch; NTG #17
I meant to have this posted yesterday but then there was a major power outage I wasn’t able to access anything for the rest of the night. Gamers and arcaders in Pasedena California will have something to celebrate here in the next few months when a brand new venue opens their doors. Called the Neon »
The New Arcade & Pinball Games As Seen At EAS2014
Among the trade shows that take place around the world, there is an IAAPA run event called EAS, which stands for the Euro Attractions Show. This year’s EAS started a couple of days ago in Amsterdam and it wraps up today. It is a runner-up to the larger IAAPA event that happens in Orlando »
Pinball: Videos of The Walking Dead and America’s Most Haunted
It is still a good time for pinball as we approach the busiest holiday season for pinballs seen in years. I got to talk a little bit about pinball at a school today as well as a part of a “career day” event where I discussed the arcade/pinball market to 3rd graders. It was »
Console-To-Arcade #1: Gauntlet; Kokuga; Riptide GP2
One trend that is a part of the modern arcade landscape is that of the Console-To-Arcade port. It was a very rare, but not unheard of occurrence, in the Golden Age. As development focus and budgets moved from arcade to home, the modern industry has seen the idea of console games ported to the arcade »
Discussion: What Will Bandai Namco Announce At The New York Comic Con?
With slow news this week I am going to do something a little different here. This post is for laying out some information then seeking your opinions on it, along with a little bit of my own conjecture. I do not like to discuss rumors, but often sources out there will provide some credible evidence »
Capcom “Reprinting” Arcade Classics Via NESiCAxLive Service in Japan
Recently Capcom launched a lawsuit against Tecmo Koei over “patent infringments” and a friend of mine who has formidable knowledge of the game industry stated that they must be in worse shape than thought to be taking such an action. It has been known for some time now that they have been going through »
Labor Day Weekend News – Pinball, Big Buck HD, Sonic Rise Of The Hedgehog, NTG #14
It’s Labor Day weekend in the USA and I don’t have a bunch of time to spend on this multi-news post so it will be “short.” For anyone taking the weekend off, have a safe Labor Day trip! If you come across any arcades out there, give them some play! To any owners of »
The Walking Dead Pinball Coming Soon From Stern
As you well know it has been a busy year for pinball, with the end of the year looking to be the busiest in terms of new releases since the beginning of the century. For Stern’s part, they have already released their Mustang pinball machine around March and they have re-made a couple of »
Pokkén Tournament Announced For Japanese Arcades
Quite a while ago, I was browsing a video gaming forum and in some discussion about the WiiU there was an animated gif showing a scene from a game rumored to be in the works, a 1-on-1 fighting game involving Pokemon. I didn’t think too much of it, assuming that it would be one »
Newsbytes: ImmersiON-VRelia, GameOn Berlin, Pinball & NTG #13
Happy weekend everyone, here is some news for you to use: ImmersiON VRelia Since Oculus Rift came onto the scene and re-ignited interest in Virtual Reality, we have seen demos and heard talk of the technology getting some real use in the arcade/amusement/attraction/out-of-home entertainment industry. So far there have been tests and experiments, the »
New Arcade Venue: Retrocade in Seaside Heights, NJ + Arcade Brewery Connects With Logan Arcade
Right before posting today I got a phone call from a reporter at ABC News who was doing a story about “the decline of the arcade over the past 10 years”. I don’t know who she had talked to or what she had read prior but of course I have to disagree with the »
