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Newsbytes: New For Nintendo Vs.; Namco Art Gallery; Armored Princess Battle Conductor & More
Happy Holidays everyone, regardless of the belief you have and the days that you commemorate. Welcome to the final Newsbytes of 2020, with these posts involving a quick collection of news from the arcade/pinball
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The ExA-Arcadia Christmas Update: Releases For Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX, Psyvariar Delta AC & EXA I/O
It’s rare that we have a post to do on Christmas Day, although where I’m at it’s still Christmas Eve. Either way, if you celebrate that, then Merry Christmas! If you celebrate something around
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ICE Unveils Full Line Of Arcade Pro Games, Including Jurassic Park Pro
Back in September, ICE (short for Innovative Concepts in Entertainment) revealed that they were launching a full line of commercial-grade, home-focused arcade games. With the holidays here, they now have all of their titles
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Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release
Meant to launch this past Spring, the documentary by Joshua Tsui about the glory days of Midway and their arcade developments (mainly during the 1990s) is now seeing a limited release through “Alamo On-Demand
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The Current Home Arcade Landscape
Rushing towards Black Friday and the holidays, and we see a perfusion of retro-mini arcade cabinets hitting the shelves. Friend-of-the-site, and trend specialist Kevin Williams looks at a selection of the releases hoping to
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Super Battle Princess Madelyn Released To Arcades; Bonus Vritra Hexa Unboxing
I skipped doing a Newsbytes this past weekend as there really wasn’t enough to talk about from last week. This is against the norm, since that week is normally IAAPA week, which gives us
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UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America
This would have been a week full of new game announcements and videos were taken at IAAPA 2020. Since that was canceled, I wasn’t really expecting anything to discuss such games right now (although
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Newsbytes: Making TMNT Pin; Spitfire Revealed; OutRun 1up & More
It’s been yet another crazy week, but regardless your political persuasion, arcades are still there to provide for some escapism. It does seem that a lot of people are still talking about the Sega
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Bandai Namco Unveils New Cabinet For Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield II
I’m a sucker for mech games, and I think it’s unfortunate that we’ve had almost nothing in the genre in Western arcades. There was Mechwarrior 4 for Tsunami Tsumo cabinets, but that was about
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Newsbytes: Arcade Dreams Kickstarter; DoDonPachi New Test; More Assorted Fun
Welcome to the latest edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, Adam the Arcade Hero, and I’ll take you on a quick tour of some quick news items from the arcade/pinball/amusement worlds. I missed this
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UNIS Showcase 2020 Event Highlights New Arcade Games & Models
It’s been touted on the site here for a while and today, UNIS held their physical trade show alternative called the UNIS Showcase 2020 event. These games would have been a part of their
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UNIS & Atari Are Bringing Pong Home Again With Mini PONG Jr.
Tomorrow at 9AM EST, UNIS will begin their Showcase 2020 Event (it’s free and there are still spaces to sign-up if you’re interested in watching – they also recommend Chrome browsers for viewing). While
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