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The Big Buck Hunter Pro Pinball promotional video

Shaggy January 29, 2010 0

(Thanks for the tip igo!) Stern is living up to the promise of improving the marketing behind new pinball machines, as we see here with a new promotional video for Big Buck Hunter Pro

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Big Buck Hunter pinball revealed

Shaggy December 31, 2009 1

We heard about Big Buck Hunter Pro coming to pinball ages ago (in fact that is something we discussed on the most recent podcast) and finally we have a look at the game, via

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09

Shaggy December 31, 2009 0

It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult

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The making of a homebrew pinball machine + new iPhone pinball app

Shaggy December 24, 2009 2

While homebrew video games are a dime a dozen these days, homebrew pinball machines are quite rare as there are more people out there willing to make their own video game than their own

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Remember the polls! 1 week left to vote!

Shaggy December 24, 2009 0

This is just a friendly reminder to vote in our Game of the Year and Decade polls for your pick of the arcade titles that left the best impression upon you. The polls this

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Lord of the Rings Limited Edition Pinball pictures

Shaggy December 16, 2009 0

While looking around the rec.games.pinball forums on Google, I caught a link to a photobucket account of some pictures showing off the new Lord of the Rings Limited Edition pinball machine. It’s been a

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Panel discussion with ex-Atari alumni at California Extreme 09

Shaggy December 8, 2009 1

One thing I don’t think that I will ever tire of is getting into the history of the game industry, particularly that involving the arcade side of things. On one side I think it’s

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Changes come to Stern Pinball as a new investor develops a new plan for the company

Shaggy December 3, 2009 7

We all know that Stern Pinball is the only manufacturer of new pinball games on the market but a question for everyone for sometime now is where is the company headed? To be honest,

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The Arcade Heroes Pinball Game of the Year 2009 poll

Shaggy December 2, 2009 1

In conjunction with our coin-op video arcade GOTY poll, we also like to see how people are feeling about pinball games. Obviously the number of games is far lower than the coin-op poll but

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Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)

Shaggy November 20, 2009 5

Well I’m back from IAAPA 2009 and it was an excellent show, as expected. I had always heard how large it was but you have to see it (and walk it) to believe it.

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Pinwall by Urban Screen

Shaggy November 4, 2009 1

(Thanks to Seven Out for the tip) How do you take a normal building face and turn it into something interesting? With Pinwall, of course! This project was designed by Urban Screen who have

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Metallica – the pinball machine

Shaggy October 28, 2009 1

We’re always excited to hear news about new games coming out in the pinball world, even if they are extremely limited editions (i.e. only 1) of the game. In the case of this particular

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