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Two New Venues: Barcade St. Marks NYC and Arcadia National Bar in Portland, ME
Hearing of a new arcade or bar/arcade venue opening their doors is not a rarity these days and today we have two new venue stories to share in that regard. The first is a new location opening up under the official Barcade brand name, Barcade St. Marks. This is located in Manhattan, NY and »
Newsbag: Dog Loves Pinball; Paul’s Video Arcade Move; PvZ Whacker; Zone Dome
Happy weekend Arcaders! Hopefully with an arcade near you, you can enjoy some great coin-operated entertainment before the workweek starts up again. Dog Loves Pinball – First item for the newsbag today is a fun video shared by Jersey Jack Pinball of a dog that loves pinball, in particular JJP’s Wizard of Oz Pinball. »
Over The Years: Star Wars At The Arcade
At the beginning of 1977, if one was to bet that Star Wars would become the cultural phenomenon that it is today, that would have been a risky guess if you had money on the line. Hindsight is 20/20 of course but either way, it did not take very long for the ‘Star Wars »
Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan
Not surprising news on this one since in Japan, companies will regularly use location tests as a way to both market and publicly test their arcade games out. For those that want to get their hands on Tekken 7, they jsut have to show up at one of the facilities that happen to be »
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
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. Neon Retro Arcade – Gamers and arcaders in Pasedena California will have something to celebrate here in the next few months when a brand new venue opens »
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 »
Newsbag: A Review, A Book, A List, Japan
There has not been a ton of news this week and this arcade newsbag will probably feel scanty still. That said, I hope the weekend is going well for everyone where you can go out to your favorite arcade, get some high scores and just have some fun in general. A Review – I »
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 »
Newsbag: Pac-Man Restaurant, The One Up Grand Opening, Initial D 8 USA
I haven’t been able to do a weekend “newsbag” for a few weeks due to various personal and business matters going on in life but this morning I get a breather so here we go. BTW, stay tuned for a Star Trek Premium pinball review. I had been waiting until the code update was »
