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Toss Out The Laserdisc Thanks To DEXTER
For a long time, arcade machines were a gateway to getting your hands on cutting edge/latest technology without having to drop thousands of dollars on the experience. That could be the display, the sound
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Newsbytes: The Void Visit; Lots of Pinball; Sound Voltex III US Test; NTG#61
Happy weekend everyone, I hope everyone’s arcade adventures this weekend are fun. For the post this week, get ready for a video overload. I do have a new podcast about ready to go, however
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AC/DC Pinball Goes Color Thanks To ColorDMD
I have mentioned the company ColorDMD on here before – they have taken upon themselves the arduous task of taking old monochrome dot matrix displays on pinball machines and providing a modern tech package
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IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators
Well that is a wrap on IAAPA 2014 for me – I leave this morning for a slightly colder venue (this week was the coldest I have ever felt in Florida, not that it
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The Zone Dome As An Arcade Display
A short time ago, I mentioned an interesting new product by the name of Zone Dome in a weekend news collection post. I couldn’t find out if this was designed to also work in
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The New Arcade & Pinball Games As Seen At EAS2014
Among the trade shows that take place around the world, there is an IAAPA run event called EAS, which stands for the Euro Attractions Show. This year’s EAS started a couple of days ago
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Catching Up: New Donkey Kong World Record; Return to Funhouse Pinball; VR Haunted House
As mentioned in the last post, the past few days I was probably going to be AWOL as I was exhibiting some arcade machines at the popular Salt Lake Comic Con in Salt Lake
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Bandai Namco Testing A New Dome Screen Light-Gun Game “Lost Land Adventure” In Japan
Right as I had mentioned on Facebook that it has been a very slow week for news, I decide to check the Japanese arcade news circles and of course, something worth mentioning pops up.
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News For Monday: Rock N Roll VertiGo Release, Arcade Fighter GIFs, Fast DDR Player + More
Good beginning of the week everyone. I have several news items that have accumulated in my inbox here that I meant to tackle over the weekend but I ended up getting sidetracked by being
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VR Back In Arcades Now With The MocapGames Pod
VR is finding its way back into the news more and more this year. We have had a little discussion about the Oculus Rift device which has been praised by numerous game developers. A
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Eurogamer Looks At The Arcades Of The Future
Predicting the future is tricky business, as any of the doomsday predictors of 2012 might tell you. Sure the idea of a sister planet crashing into Earth was doomsday internet hit gold but it
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From SxSW: Oculus Rift VR Panel Discussion
(Thanks to Adam Coate for the tip!) In August of last year we ran a story where some discussion of VR had hit the mainstream again thanks to John Carmack’s keynote address at QuakeCon
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