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Newsbytes: Cosmotrons Update; Starwing Paradox; MyArcade; Amusement Expo 2018

Adam February 24, 2018 3

Hello astute readers! It’s time for another update on what is going on out there in the wonderful world of arcades: Cosmotrons – Where Will The First Production Cabinet Go? If you follow

Arcade Expo 4.0 To Bring 1100+ Arcade & Pinball Games Together In March

Adam February 22, 2018 1

While California Extreme tends to soak up most of the headlines for arcade machine get-togethers, it is not the only event of it’s kind out there as we have seen a big increase in

New Arcade Game from ICE – Tomy Waterfuls Ring Toss Spotted at Dave & Busters Buffalo

SaraAB87 February 19, 2018 1

Remember the Tomy Waterfuls? If not, it was a handheld toy that was popular in the late 1970’s and 1980’s. The object of the game was to fill the toy up with water, put

Newsbytes: ECM Passing; Dance Rush To Round1; Supreme Pin Cab; 8-Bit TV Show & More

Adam February 17, 2018 4

Here’s the latest collection of arcade news for the weekend: Eric “ECM” Mylonas Passes Away I wanted to discuss this earlier on the site after I had found out but decided to wait until

Cosmotrons Update – Making A Fiberglass Arcade Cabinet

Adam February 12, 2018 2

There aren’t many fans that I know of for old school fiberglass arcade cabinets but they do exist. Such designs were used in several instances throughout the 1970s, mainly by Atari but also by

ExA Arcade Board Gains Support From G.Rev, Seibu Kaihatsu & City Connection

Adam February 12, 2018 1

Last week, we ran a story about a new company that is looking to bring content to arcades by the name of Exa-Arcadia. They made their first public appearance at the JAEPO 2018 show

JAEPO 2018 Part I – New Arcade Games Coming From Japan

Adam February 9, 2018 5

Welcome to the first of various JAEPO 2018 threads. These may be a bit of a hodge podge of content, most of what I am seeing from the show coming via Twitter as Japanese

Dave & Busters Officially Rolls Out Tomb Raider Arcade

Adam February 8, 2018 2

Mentioned the other day on the blog, certain undisclosed Dave & Busters locations began to receive Tomb Raider arcade machines. Designed by Adrenaline Amusements, the game cabinet was based upon the recently launched Rabbids

ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018

Adam February 7, 2018 5

Conversion kits were the bread & butter of the arcade industry around 1984 when operators already had more cabinets than they really wanted to deal with. With the introduction of the JAMMA wiring standard

Rabbids Hollywood Released As Tomb Raider Comes To Dave & Busters

Adam February 5, 2018 6

UPDATE: Dave & Busters officially rolls out Tomb Raider Arcade. Click here for details. Last year right before IAAPA 2017, we found out that Canadian based game maker Adrenaline Amusements was working on not

JAEPO 2018 Preview: Upcoming Titles From Sega, Namco, Taito, Konami & More

Adam February 5, 2018 2

It’s trade show week and that means that we’ve got JAEPO 2018, the big Japanese arcade expo, approaching fast. Fortunately, many Japanese companies like to create special webpages that tout the games that will

Newsbytes: Billy Mitchell & Nolan Bushnell Controversies

Adam February 3, 2018 0

Well the end of this week turned into a weird roller coaster of news for arcade stuff. As the two main items ended up soaking up all my time, that’s all we’ll be discussing.