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Stern's Shrek Pinball

Shaggy January 23, 2008 0

This came as a surprise – while looking around some arcade websites, I discovered some information on Stern’s next new pinball machine – Shrek. It appears that this will see a very limited release,

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Pinball segment on Good Morning America

Shaggy January 22, 2008 0

As we reported last month, pinball had a brief moment in the spotlight last Friday on the US national news program Good Morning America. Here is that segment – the quality isn’t perfect but

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New arcade opened in Maryland

SaraAB87 January 21, 2008 8

UPDATE: Seems that this placed closed not long after this article was published. You can search for a local arcade by starting here at the master location list over at Aurcade.com. Game Time, a

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First details on Rochester Game Room Show Emerge

SaraAB87 January 18, 2008 5

  The Rochester Game Room show is a local buy and sell event of all game room equipment including arcade games and pinball machines. You can also come just to play the games, they

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Good Morning America Pinball Segment pushed back.

Shaggy December 22, 2007 0

We previously reported that the morning TV show Good Morning America was going to have a special segment on pinball to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the game itself on December 27th but it

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A pinball players wish granted

Shaggy December 21, 2007 4

[Via Barcade.com and Play Meter Magazine] It’s always great to hear stories that come out of wishes granted by the Make-A-Wish foundation. This particular one deals with Ryan (last name not given), a 10

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Spongebob Squarepants Pinball

Shaggy December 15, 2007 0

It seems that since Ultrapin came around, pinball machines with digital displays is starting to gain a foothold in the industry. I don’t believe that they will ever take the place of a real

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CP Pinball – keeping pinball alive in St. Louis

Shaggy December 14, 2007 0

While finding arcades in some areas might be difficult for some (depending on your location), try finding an arcade dedicated more to pinball than video games. Now that’s an arduous task. I know of

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Black Spiderman pinball machine released

Shaggy December 13, 2007 0

Stern Pinball issued a press release yesterday stating that the Black Spiderman pinball machine (that we first reported about in October) is now available in limited quantities. When they say limited, they really mean

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Coin-op coverage coming to Good Morning America thanks to AAMA

Shaggy December 8, 2007 0

[Via CoinOPToday.com] At Arcade Heroes we are always happy to report any efforts that the coin-op industry makes to promote itself to the public – it’s something we strive to do every day but

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Wheel of Fortune on location

Shaggy November 30, 2007 0

Thanks to tipster IcePagoda for pointing out this video of Stern’s newest pin, Wheel of Fortune on location. It looks like a lot of fun as you may expect to experience from Stern. Video

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TAB Austria's Virtual Pinball

Shaggy November 13, 2007 0

First there was Ultrapin by GlobalVR and now a company called TAB Austria has created their own electronic pinball game called “Virtual Pinball” and at least one distributor in the US has picked it

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