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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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UNIS Introduces Elevator Invasion
While UNIS may be known for its redemption & videmption content, they do often release straight video games. In the run-up to the UNIS Showcase 2020 virtual event that is taking place this coming
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ExA-Arcadia News: Paul Jacobs Joins The Company; DoDonPachi SDJ & Vritra Hexa Orders Open
We’ve got some exA news for you today, starting with a personnel announcement. Paul Jacobs is very well known in the industry, having worked for numerous amusement companies over the years including Data East,
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exA-Arcadia Updates: Club Exa Announced; Nippon Marathon Turbo 2
We’ve got a couple of exA-Arcadia updates this morning, one focused on Japan, the other for worldwide. Let’s start with the Japan news first. World Game Circus & Show Me Holdings Announce CLUB EXA
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Location Watch:Tokyo Video Gamers (JP); The Mineshaft (WI); Play Arcade (MA); Powerhouse Pinball (BC); Bishop Cidercade (TX) & More
Here’s a kind of post that we haven’t seen in a loooong while, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure if there would be another “Location Watch” post for the rest of the year.
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UNIS Debuting Bigfoot Crush At UNIS Showcase 2020
Growing up in the ’80s, monster trucks were enjoying their heyday. Even though I never had the pleasure of witnessing a monster truck car crushing event, I knew about the Bigfoot truck. It was
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Newsbytes: Jurassic Park Mini; Pre-Orders Galore; Pinball & Location Updates & More
Arcade news is starting to tick up once again, but I have been sidetracked on covering all of it as I’ve been working on getting my second arcade location ready to open by October
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The AAMA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Gets Underway
We’re in the age of non-physical, totally virtual tradeshow events – whether or not that will continue on into 2021 remains to be seen, but it’s the reality for most events right now. Normally
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A Tradeshow In Summer 2020? Analyzing GTI Asia China Expo 2020
After the recent cancellation of IAAPA 2020, it was seemingly like there would be no physical trade show for our industry for the remainder of the year. Turns out that assumption was wrong, as
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