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IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

November 17, 2011, 3 Comments on IAAPA 2011 Pics Part 2

Continuing the IAAPA 2011 trade show coverage with twice the pics and half the salt! In case you missed it, pictures of games like Bejeweled can be found here. All of these pictures are courtesy of Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. But moving on, below find pictures of the Stern Pinball booth, Dirty »

Ben Heck’s Zombieadventureland Pinball coming in 2012

Ben Heck’s Zombieadventureland Pinball coming in 2012

October 26, 2011, 9 Comments on Ben Heck’s Zombieadventureland Pinball coming in 2012

It now appears that there will be two unique pinball games for you to get your hands on around the beginning of 2012 – Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz and now John Popadiuk’s Ben Heck’s ZOMBIEADVENTURELAND Pinball. Who is John Popadiuk?  He designed some great classics including Theater of Magic and Tales of »

More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

July 28, 2011, 1 Comment on More CAX coverage + new documentary called ARCADE

One nice thing about the annual California Extreme (CAX) annual event is that it generates a bit of media coverage for arcade and pinball machines. The latest outlet to do so is Wired.com, who looks at some of the rarer pinball machines that were found at this year’s show. (This link is Stinger Report »

Jersey Jack Pinball & Pinball Planetary Supply sign pact

Jersey Jack Pinball & Pinball Planetary Supply sign pact

March 27, 2011, No Comments on Jersey Jack Pinball & Pinball Planetary Supply sign pact

(Thanks to Jon L. For the tip!) While we’ve all been eagerly awaiting to see the pinball game from Jersey Jack Pinball, Wizard of Oz Pinball, they have been working behind the scenes building up other aspects of their business to properly compete. One of those means has been to sign an agreement with »

Stern’s Rolling Stones pinball seen in Germany

Stern’s Rolling Stones pinball seen in Germany

January 21, 2011, No Comments on Stern’s Rolling Stones pinball seen in Germany

(Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip!) Stern’s latest pinball game, and first title for 2011 is Rolling Stones Pinball. Stern had recently ran some teaser ads for the game in different trade magazines but this is the first time the game has been seen publicly at a pinball event in Germany. It’s certainly a »

New company setting sights on pinball: Jersey Jack Pinball

New company setting sights on pinball: Jersey Jack Pinball

January 3, 2011, 4 Comments on New company setting sights on pinball: Jersey Jack Pinball

We’ve seen a few stories come along every now and then about a new company being formed to start building new pinball machines to compete with Stern but so far, no one has really produced anything to make Stern take notice. It’s not a great track record for this kind of news, but a »

IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews

IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews

November 15, 2024, No Comments on IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews

IAAPA is here again, which means it is high time to see the new arcade games that will be hitting the scene in 2025. The sheer size of the show and its amount of exhibitors is a little overwhelming, but hopefully this preview and guide will help you navigate the news. If you’re new »

Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

August 10, 2024, No Comments on Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

Things have been a little bit quiet for the blog lately, but I’ve been super busy. Big nod to Ted for helping out on many stories and drafts during this time. In the meantime, I’ve been to two gaming expos in the past few weeks, California Extreme & the Utah Retro GameXpo. With those »

Location Watch Dec. 2021: New Arcades Open Their Doors Around The World

Location Watch Dec. 2021: New Arcades Open Their Doors Around The World

December 19, 2021, 1 Comment on Location Watch Dec. 2021: New Arcades Open Their Doors Around The World

Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts that highlight brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors. Covering different parts of the world, I strive to highlight as many as I can, but there are locations that get overlooked at times, as I just don’t hear about them. If you recently »

Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games

March 22, 2017, Comments Off on Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games

There are many video game developments that never saw the light of day. The reasons for them going unreleased are varied – perhaps a concept just wasn’t working out, the hardware wasn’t up to the task, it tested poorly, the budget ran out, etc. Whether or not the games were released, teams of developers »