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New arcade opens in Holladay, UT – Atomic Arcade
Here’s a new location story from my neck of the woods – Holladay, UT which is essentially SLC. The new business is called Atomic Arcade and they are offering a great selection of classic
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New Pinball Arcade Opens in Fort Collins, CO – Pinball Jones
Opening classic arcades full of “Golden Age” arcade games has certainly been a thing for a while now but I’ve been noticing lately another trend – that of opening locations where the primary focus
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Celebrate Donkey Kong’s Birthday this Weekend @ Star Worlds Arcade Classic Game Celebration
Many great games came out 30 years ago in 1981 and plenty of those games are iconic enough to hold players attention today. Among the more famous ’81 titles is Donkey Kong which has
Read More »Arcade Games I Want To Play Some Day (On Real Hardware)
Well there’s been a drought of arcade news lately and because of that, I’ve been thinking of something else to write about in the meantime. So today I’ve decided to write a little bit
Read More »R3Play retro gaming expo coming in November to Blackpool, UK
Via If you live anywhere near Blackpool in the UK then heads-up – a classic gaming expo (which will include an arcade presence as well) is scheduled to be taking place there this coming
Read More »Classic Cocktail gaming Arcade Tables
As a fan of classic arcade gaming one of those ideas from “back-in-the-day” that I like is the cocktail cabinet. While the idea has not been completely lose for arcades in modern times (as
Read More »Ed Logg recounts how Asteroids was made
A lot of classic games made their mark on our culture back in the 80’s but of those, Asteroids is certainly one of the top contenders for it’s reach and influence in gaming. I
Read More »Welcome to the wonderful world of arcade coin buckets
If you have worked at an arcade before or if you own a few cabinets then you have probably come across some interesting coin buckets before. Some are rather irritating as they can be
Read More »A tribute to vectors – Vectormania!
Ever since I discovered vector games I have been a bit of a vector-junkie. I have an Asteroids Deluxe and would love to own more vectors but it seems that I never have the
Read More »Steve Wiebe sets world record score for Donkey Kong Jr., eyes Donkey Kong next
Many people have seen the documentary “The King of Kong” which delves into the world of high-score record setting on classic arcade games and the center of that story revolves around Steve Wiebe. We
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