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'Round 1' rocks SoCal with bowling, food, pool, arcades and more
A new amusement facility has opened up at the Puente Hills Shopping mall in the LA area and thanks to AH contributor Phil Arrington (who setup the Arcade Heroes videocast at Amusement Expo earlier
Read More »Dekorobo War gives bi-ped robots a chance to play
The possibilities that robotics can hold for the amusement sector still have barely been tapped but we’ve seen many examples: Marubot Football League, RoboGol, RoboBasho, Robo Catcher and Slambot are a few that come
Read More »Parent company of Intencity posts strong earnings
Newsfeed 902 via For those unfamiliar with Intencity, it’s the amusement wing of Village Roadshow, an entertainment company based in Australia that deals with theme parks, cinema centers, music, DVDs and more. From the
Read More »Kevin Williams: "Coin-op is still ahead of console"
AH friend and contributor Kevin Williams, who heads up The Stinger Report has penned a feature article for Computerandvideogames.com and where he is an amusement industry expert, his subject: coin-op games. But more importantly,
Read More ȃ RoboGol!
Newsfeed 896 via We have covered a couple of Brazilian made arcade video games in the past, notably Senninha GP and GP Brasil, both racing titles. I also got a look at several arcades
Read More »Space Race – the pinball game that dwarfs Hercules
(Thanks to Gary S. for the tip) While Atari’s Hercules pinball has long held the title of the largest pinball machine ever manufactured for the public, I think that this Space Race takes the
Read More »Trio-Tech Amusements unveils 'XD Dark Ride'
Newsfeed 873 via Trio-Tech Amusement, makers of high-earning attractions such as Typhoon, XD Theater, and UFO Stomper, has a new attraction which they are preparing for a release, called Dark X Theater XD Dark
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New theme park in 2010: Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
When it comes to gigantic theme parks, the United Arab Emirates is working hard solidify it’s image as the theme park capital of the world. Another theme park that will soon be joining the
Read More »Play Meter Magazine's 2008 State of the Industry report
Every year since 1976, the amusement trade industry magazine Play Meter gathers information from operators and others in the industry to put together a State of the Industry Report. When I was researching every aspect
Read More »New FEC called Kids Castle opens in Burbank, CA + some other arcade/economic news
(Photo: Alex Collins/Leader) While it’s generally been accepted that there is a ‘worldwide economic slowdown’ (although personally I never am quick to believe that it’s always as bad as the news says it is
Read More »Post-Edinburgh Interactive Festival Report
Previously we have discussed the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and how our friend Kevin Williams was going to present a seminar about the amusement industry to that show and now we have the details. He
Read More »Sega Opening a ton of Amusement Parks in the Middle East
Via GamesIndustryBiz Sega will be opening amusement parks and arcades similar to Joypolis in Japan in the Middle East. The first location set to open will be in the Dubai Mall in Downtown Burj,
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