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Sega Turns 55 – Let’s Remember Their Electromechanical Games
It is anniversary season – combine Summer with a year ending in 5 and that seems to do the trick. Today is an anniversary for a company very important to the arcade industry, as indicated in part by the amount of time they have been around – Sega at 55 years. Here is the image shared »
Mario In Arcades Through The Years
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the popular Super Mario Bros. video game launching on Nintendo’s first home console in the US, the NES. Nintendo recently launched this page to celebrate 30 years of Super Mario but I noticed some glaring omissions – his stints in the arcade. Seeing how the character got »
New Locations: Round 1 Santa Ana, Nightowl Toronto; Emporium San Fransisco
Busy day for some arcade news, all of the sudden. Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips on all of these news items, all involving new locations. Round1USA Opens In Santa Ana, CA – Japanese owned Round 1 continues the expansion of their chain in the USA with the grand opening of a location »
And Now A Video Of The New Stern Pinball Factory
The other day we ran an article about the new Heighway Pinball UK factory and their current production. Back over in the USA, the largest and best-known pinball maker in the world, recently moved their facilities to a much larger factory and warehouse. Stern’s move combined with the larger number of releases coming from »
Newsbytes: Polybius Doc; Walking Dead Update; Heighway Pinball Update
In the US many are out and about thanks to it being Memorial Day weekend, which is (or at least should be) one of the more solemn holidays. For most it also marks the beginning of Summer. Regardless, I wish you safe travels in the process. Here is a round-up of some arcade news »
Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35
Today marks the 35th anniversary of a legend in video gaming, particularly in arcades. That would be the arcade release of Namco’s Pac-Man to Japanese arcades. There is a big celebration going on at Level 257 in Schaumburg, IL starting tomorrow(May 23rd), where Pac-Man’s creator Toru Iwatani, top Pac-Man player Billy Mitchell and some »
Video Tuesday: New Pixels Trailer; Say What You Want Pinball Vid; KISS Pinball Footage
Ok so the words ‘video’ and ‘Tuesday’ don’t rhyme but let’s not keep that from sharing some news. New Pixels Trailer – Skip if you want to avoid a few spoilers, like many near final trailers these days it does cross into that spoilery territory. This shows that the movie is heaping tons of »
The Pinball Lounge Open In Oviedo, FL; Tappers Arcade Bar Coming to Indianapolis, IN
Welcome to Monday everyone, let’s start the week out with some new arcade location news! The Pinball Lounge – First, a location that just opened their doors this past weekend near amusement park central (Orlando). As a part of the Oviedo Bowling Center in in Oviedo, FL, The Pinball Lounge brings another ball game »
Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader
It’s been another slow news week and today’s bundle of news reflects that as I had to really scrub the internet just for small news items. In the mean time if you haven’t listened to the Return of the Arcade Heroes Podcast, check it out here! Also, I’ve added a new T-Shirt to the Arcadeheroes »
Raw Thrills Starts An Offensive Against Arcade Pirates
Since the beginning of the video arcade industry, popular games and their creators have had to deal with the piracy dilemma. If a game sells well then someone will try and copy it exactly and resell it without any authorization to attempt to make a quick buck. Some situations have made for interesting stories »
