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Ice Cold Beer Remake Set To Release In February
Since the officially licensed remake of Taito’s Ice Cold Beer was announced, many collectors and operators of classic games have been awaiting word on its release. That release is now upon us as the
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Newsbytes: Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of quick news items from around the world of amusement for your weekend reading pleasure. This week was the busiest of the shortened month for arcade news, and March
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Bandai Namco Begins Testing Super Panic Ball In Japan
A few weeks ago, some big news came along that Taito was testing out a new head-to-head pinball concept by the name of Space Invaders Pinball Jam. Readers were so interested in this story,
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UNIS Reveals The Atari PONG Arcade Table (UPDATED)
We’ve been covering the development of the Atari PONG Coffee Table project since it was first unveiled as a Kickstarter project in early 2017. One of the surprises at IAAPA 2017 was the presence
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Atari PONG Table Project Picked Up By UNIS For Worldwide Distribution
We’re quickly approaching the biggest trade show event for the amusement/arcade industry (IAAPA 2017) and with that, news of upcoming products that we can expect to find at the show is beginning to trickle
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The Games of The 2017 AAMA Gala: From VR To Fidget Spinners & More
While it took place a little later in the year than usual, the AAMA Gala is upon us and that means we get our first look at some of the arcade products that will
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AAMA Gala News: All Star Baseball & Zombie League All Stars by Gizmo Game Design & Valley-Dynamo
The AAMA Gala has been taking place all week but today is where we hit product day. Tap That was already announced and now we have something unexpected from long time game maker Valley-Dynamo
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Atari Pong Coffee Table Project Raising Funding For A General Release
(Thanks to Michael L. for the tip) Back in May of last year, we mentioned a very cool electromechanical Pong project. It received quite a bit of media attention, using an old but proven
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New Arcades: The Machine Shed (MN); Can Can Wonderland (MN) ; The Grid Arcade And Bar (MI); Boxcar Bar+Arcade (NC)
In lieu of newbytes today, let’s check out some new arcade venues out there! Most of them are in the Northern US: The Machine Shed (Rochester, MN) Let’s start with a new classic arcade
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Newsbytes: Make Believe FEC Opens In OH; MagFEST 2017; New Guilty Gear; Is It Art? + More
January is pretty much half way over if you think about it. This week had the big news of the Nintendo Switch unveil (it is getting some Neo Geo MVS titles) but as expected,
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Newsbytes: ColorDMD Updates; TMNT Arcade Action Figures; Atari updates NTG#85
The Memorial Day weekend is usually a bit slow as many people are out and about as opposed to reading blogs but regardless, we’ve got news. We hope you have a safe holiday weekend
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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
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