8/21/2008

 
Gaming arcade may be coming to Fellsmere
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USAAnd it’s no clearer now, officials said Wednesday, with laws defining games of chance as gambling but allowing games of skill. “We’re still talking about ...
Still have time to spare?: Shop at a French Flea Market and ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAEB Play an array of pinball machines. Benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sacramento. 2-10 pm Fri., 10 am-10 pm Sat., 10 am-4 pm Sun. $5-$20. ...
Sega hunts direct agency for CRM account
PrecisionMarketing - London,England,UKSega was founded in 1940 as Standard Games in Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide coin-operated amusements for US servicemen on military bases. ...
Japan's arcade industry slumps as Wii takes off
Reuters - USABy Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. ...
Route 28 work will force a memorabilia seller to leave
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USABy Tony LaRussa The grimy lighted sign at the entrance of the Millvale Industrial Park along Route 28 perpetually announces a sale on pinball machines and ...
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
GameIndustry.com - Washington,DC,USA... or just trying to keep the ball from falling between the paddles, everyone finds a draw to the pinball machines of this world, and every now and again, ...
Climb Into the Cockpit of Tomorrow's Slot Machine
Wired News - USAI slide over to the company's other offering, a pinball machine that wagers credits every time the ball hits a bumper. I feel oddly relaxed, and I suddenly ...
Costly change in sight
Boston Herald - United StatesBy Jay Fitzgerald Local operators of vending machines, jukeboxes, pinball games and ATMs could be forced to spend millions of dollars due to an appeals ...
Capcom: Console Expansion, Gas Prices Hurting Arcade Biz
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA... fewer visitors to shopping mall arcades, while the popularity of card-dispenser kids' games has begun to decline, further harming arcade operations. ...
Life of award recipient is all fun and games
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USAWhalen, an octogenarian, is better known as "Lucky" Leo, the former owner of Lucky Leo's Arcade and numerous stands, considered a staple along that ...
Direct From SF: San Francisco’s Best Arcade Isn’t In San Francisco
MTV.com - USAThe pinball machines only cost a quarter, though, so my lack of skills is moot. Outside of an area deemed “classics,” even though games like “Tetris” and ...
Take A Look At Sega Rally 3
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA(We did keep a handful of machines which has now dwindled down to just a "Capt. Fantastic" pinball highlighting Elton John and my jewel the Missile Command ...
Classic Arcade Tournament Draws Video Game Fans
NHPR - Concord,NH,USAVideo game enthusiasts are going head-to-head in the summer resort town of Weirs Beach this weekend. They’ve gathered for the 10th annual International ...
Laughing Sal presides over new Playland museum
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAVisitors will be able to play 80-year-old pinball machines, watch a century-old penny arcade called "Knotty Peek," and see authentic side-show attractions ...
Not too late: Pinball wizards wanted
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USAIt's a chance to socialize, snack on some barbecue and - once hands are thoroughly washed - check out 40 or so pinball machines. "You're going to see some ...
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
PopMatters - Chicago,IL,USAMany pinball machines were just too bulky and expensive to warrant continued investment, and as a result, many video arcades stopped purchasing as many ...
a cupful of quarters
Wire - Portsmouth,NH,USATwin Galaxies began as an arcade in a small Iowa town and has grown into the foremost internationally recognized arbiter of pinball and arcade game ...
Video arcades' last gasp
Chicago Tribune - United StatesMost days, most hours, especially during the off-season, she's alone with this cacophony of ancient coin-operated arcade games—beeping and wheezing and ...
Where to drop your quarters
Chicago Tribune - United StatesTwenty-five years ago, at the height of the golden age of the coin-operated video game, when Donkey Kong walked the Earth, more than 80000 convenience ...
The big shakedown: Seattle's legacy of crooked cops
Crosscut - Seattle,WA,USA... that held the licenses for some 1500 local pinball machines and pool tables, delivering money to the home of King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll. ...
Leonardo DiCaprio is Nolan Bushnell in Atari/
FILM - Natick,MA,USABushnell was an engineering student who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching the Atari Corporation in 1972 (a reference to a check-like ...
Gamers geared up for NW Pinball Show at Seattle Center
MyNorthwest.com - Seattle,USABy JIM VALLEY It's the Northwest Pinball Show at Seattle Center. Promoter Bret Fritch says you can play machines from 1950s classics to the brand new ...
Rediscovering the classic American game of pinball
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USASchiess has more than 300 pinball machines in his possession, but due to space limitations, only a few dozen are actually on display. ...
BUSINESS: Metro Amusements carries on Shroyer's grandson to take ...
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USASlowly, computer games and trivia games began to emerge. Then along came "Pong," and the newest chapter of the coin-op history began to be written. ...
We Went: Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
Seattlest - Seattle,USAOne of the highlights of this past weekend was heading down to the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show, held at Seattle Center. For an entrance fee, ...
New Exhibit Room Open at NBAM
Alameda Sun - Alameda,CA,USA... 1930s and giant pinball backglass murals now complement the existing art and pinball gallery’s mix of pinball-related art and parts of pinball machines ...
Super-Hero Costumes and more on auction in Los Angeles
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USAAdditionally, hundreds of movie-themed pinball machines and arcade games including PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Galaga, The Simpson's, Jurassic Park, and many, ...
In Lowell General's $1.6M Video Game
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USAHe is at least six feet away from the patient, hunched over what looks like an arcade video-game console. His feet work pedals beneath him, ...
The classroom arcade
World Magazine - Asheville,NC,USABut the Federation of American Scientists has a plan to revolutionize science education–and it hinges on introducing video games to the classroom. ...
Dads that Play Less, Enjoy More
Wired News - USASuper Mario World, Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Double Dragon and The Adams Family pinball machine are almost a full list. ...
Businessman Zollie Kelman dies at 82
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USAKelman established American Music Co., which leased jukeboxes, pinball machines and other amusement games to bars. The company later added video gaming ...
Game rooms bring the fun home
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USABy CHRIS KRIDLER • Florida Today • June 26, 2008 If the purported "staycation" becomes the hot thing this summer, a home game room might be a perfect place ...
PETA crabby over lobsters
Denver Daily News - Denver,CO,USABut the animal rights organization says McCann’s predicament is far less intense than the live lobsters trapped in his coin-operated Lobster Zone claw game. ...
Pinball wizard
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USAFor the 31-year-old Erie-based video editor and producer, pinball machines represent the best of the 1980s and 1990s and growing up in Harborcreek Township. ...
The stories may be strange, but they're true
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USAThe Maryland man has restored six pinball machines, which now are part of a family arcade in his basement. He has more waiting to be fixed. ...
Pinball never died in this Las Vegas arcade
Los Angeles Times - CA,USABy Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Tim Quintana hunches over a pinball machine and stares down Spider-Man's archenemies: Kingpin, ...
1984 Arcade re-creates staple of ’80s entertainment
Joplin Globe - Joplin,MO,USAPlayers don’t need a roll of quarters to play the games, however. All of them are set for free play. The arcade is run by seven friends who have had a ...

 
Gaming arcade may be coming to Fellsmere
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USAAnd it’s no clearer now, officials said Wednesday, with laws defining games of chance as gambling but allowing games of skill. “We’re still talking about ...
Still have time to spare?: Shop at a French Flea Market and ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAEB Play an array of pinball machines. Benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sacramento. 2-10 pm Fri., 10 am-10 pm Sat., 10 am-4 pm Sun. $5-$20. ...
Sega hunts direct agency for CRM account
PrecisionMarketing - London,England,UKSega was founded in 1940 as Standard Games in Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide coin-operated amusements for US servicemen on military bases. ...
Japan's arcade industry slumps as Wii takes off
Reuters - USABy Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. ...
Route 28 work will force a memorabilia seller to leave
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USABy Tony LaRussa The grimy lighted sign at the entrance of the Millvale Industrial Park along Route 28 perpetually announces a sale on pinball machines and ...
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
GameIndustry.com - Washington,DC,USA... or just trying to keep the ball from falling between the paddles, everyone finds a draw to the pinball machines of this world, and every now and again, ...
Climb Into the Cockpit of Tomorrow's Slot Machine
Wired News - USAI slide over to the company's other offering, a pinball machine that wagers credits every time the ball hits a bumper. I feel oddly relaxed, and I suddenly ...
Costly change in sight
Boston Herald - United StatesBy Jay Fitzgerald Local operators of vending machines, jukeboxes, pinball games and ATMs could be forced to spend millions of dollars due to an appeals ...
Capcom: Console Expansion, Gas Prices Hurting Arcade Biz
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA... fewer visitors to shopping mall arcades, while the popularity of card-dispenser kids' games has begun to decline, further harming arcade operations. ...
Life of award recipient is all fun and games
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USAWhalen, an octogenarian, is better known as "Lucky" Leo, the former owner of Lucky Leo's Arcade and numerous stands, considered a staple along that ...
Direct From SF: San Francisco’s Best Arcade Isn’t In San Francisco
MTV.com - USAThe pinball machines only cost a quarter, though, so my lack of skills is moot. Outside of an area deemed “classics,” even though games like “Tetris” and ...
Take A Look At Sega Rally 3
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA(We did keep a handful of machines which has now dwindled down to just a "Capt. Fantastic" pinball highlighting Elton John and my jewel the Missile Command ...
Classic Arcade Tournament Draws Video Game Fans
NHPR - Concord,NH,USAVideo game enthusiasts are going head-to-head in the summer resort town of Weirs Beach this weekend. They’ve gathered for the 10th annual International ...
Laughing Sal presides over new Playland museum
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAVisitors will be able to play 80-year-old pinball machines, watch a century-old penny arcade called "Knotty Peek," and see authentic side-show attractions ...
Not too late: Pinball wizards wanted
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USAIt's a chance to socialize, snack on some barbecue and - once hands are thoroughly washed - check out 40 or so pinball machines. "You're going to see some ...
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
PopMatters - Chicago,IL,USAMany pinball machines were just too bulky and expensive to warrant continued investment, and as a result, many video arcades stopped purchasing as many ...
a cupful of quarters
Wire - Portsmouth,NH,USATwin Galaxies began as an arcade in a small Iowa town and has grown into the foremost internationally recognized arbiter of pinball and arcade game ...
Video arcades' last gasp
Chicago Tribune - United StatesMost days, most hours, especially during the off-season, she's alone with this cacophony of ancient coin-operated arcade games—beeping and wheezing and ...
Where to drop your quarters
Chicago Tribune - United StatesTwenty-five years ago, at the height of the golden age of the coin-operated video game, when Donkey Kong walked the Earth, more than 80000 convenience ...
The big shakedown: Seattle's legacy of crooked cops
Crosscut - Seattle,WA,USA... that held the licenses for some 1500 local pinball machines and pool tables, delivering money to the home of King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll. ...
Leonardo DiCaprio is Nolan Bushnell in Atari/
FILM - Natick,MA,USABushnell was an engineering student who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching the Atari Corporation in 1972 (a reference to a check-like ...
Gamers geared up for NW Pinball Show at Seattle Center
MyNorthwest.com - Seattle,USABy JIM VALLEY It's the Northwest Pinball Show at Seattle Center. Promoter Bret Fritch says you can play machines from 1950s classics to the brand new ...
Rediscovering the classic American game of pinball
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USASchiess has more than 300 pinball machines in his possession, but due to space limitations, only a few dozen are actually on display. ...
BUSINESS: Metro Amusements carries on Shroyer's grandson to take ...
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USASlowly, computer games and trivia games began to emerge. Then along came "Pong," and the newest chapter of the coin-op history began to be written. ...
We Went: Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
Seattlest - Seattle,USAOne of the highlights of this past weekend was heading down to the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show, held at Seattle Center. For an entrance fee, ...
New Exhibit Room Open at NBAM
Alameda Sun - Alameda,CA,USA... 1930s and giant pinball backglass murals now complement the existing art and pinball gallery’s mix of pinball-related art and parts of pinball machines ...
Super-Hero Costumes and more on auction in Los Angeles
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USAAdditionally, hundreds of movie-themed pinball machines and arcade games including PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Galaga, The Simpson's, Jurassic Park, and many, ...
In Lowell General's $1.6M Video Game
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USAHe is at least six feet away from the patient, hunched over what looks like an arcade video-game console. His feet work pedals beneath him, ...
The classroom arcade
World Magazine - Asheville,NC,USABut the Federation of American Scientists has a plan to revolutionize science education–and it hinges on introducing video games to the classroom. ...
Dads that Play Less, Enjoy More
Wired News - USASuper Mario World, Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Double Dragon and The Adams Family pinball machine are almost a full list. ...
Businessman Zollie Kelman dies at 82
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USAKelman established American Music Co., which leased jukeboxes, pinball machines and other amusement games to bars. The company later added video gaming ...
Game rooms bring the fun home
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USABy CHRIS KRIDLER • Florida Today • June 26, 2008 If the purported "staycation" becomes the hot thing this summer, a home game room might be a perfect place ...
PETA crabby over lobsters
Denver Daily News - Denver,CO,USABut the animal rights organization says McCann’s predicament is far less intense than the live lobsters trapped in his coin-operated Lobster Zone claw game. ...
Pinball wizard
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USAFor the 31-year-old Erie-based video editor and producer, pinball machines represent the best of the 1980s and 1990s and growing up in Harborcreek Township. ...
The stories may be strange, but they're true
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USAThe Maryland man has restored six pinball machines, which now are part of a family arcade in his basement. He has more waiting to be fixed. ...
Pinball never died in this Las Vegas arcade
Los Angeles Times - CA,USABy Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Tim Quintana hunches over a pinball machine and stares down Spider-Man's archenemies: Kingpin, ...
1984 Arcade re-creates staple of ’80s entertainment
Joplin Globe - Joplin,MO,USAPlayers don’t need a roll of quarters to play the games, however. All of them are set for free play. The arcade is run by seven friends who have had a ...

 
Gaming arcade may be coming to Fellsmere
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USAAnd it’s no clearer now, officials said Wednesday, with laws defining games of chance as gambling but allowing games of skill. “We’re still talking about ...
Still have time to spare?: Shop at a French Flea Market and ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAEB Play an array of pinball machines. Benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sacramento. 2-10 pm Fri., 10 am-10 pm Sat., 10 am-4 pm Sun. $5-$20. ...
Sega hunts direct agency for CRM account
PrecisionMarketing - London,England,UKSega was founded in 1940 as Standard Games in Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide coin-operated amusements for US servicemen on military bases. ...
Japan's arcade industry slumps as Wii takes off
Reuters - USABy Edwina Gibbs TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. ...
Route 28 work will force a memorabilia seller to leave
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USABy Tony LaRussa The grimy lighted sign at the entrance of the Millvale Industrial Park along Route 28 perpetually announces a sale on pinball machines and ...
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
GameIndustry.com - Washington,DC,USA... or just trying to keep the ball from falling between the paddles, everyone finds a draw to the pinball machines of this world, and every now and again, ...
Climb Into the Cockpit of Tomorrow's Slot Machine
Wired News - USAI slide over to the company's other offering, a pinball machine that wagers credits every time the ball hits a bumper. I feel oddly relaxed, and I suddenly ...
Costly change in sight
Boston Herald - United StatesBy Jay Fitzgerald Local operators of vending machines, jukeboxes, pinball games and ATMs could be forced to spend millions of dollars due to an appeals ...
Capcom: Console Expansion, Gas Prices Hurting Arcade Biz
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA... fewer visitors to shopping mall arcades, while the popularity of card-dispenser kids' games has begun to decline, further harming arcade operations. ...
Life of award recipient is all fun and games
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USAWhalen, an octogenarian, is better known as "Lucky" Leo, the former owner of Lucky Leo's Arcade and numerous stands, considered a staple along that ...
Direct From SF: San Francisco’s Best Arcade Isn’t In San Francisco
MTV.com - USAThe pinball machines only cost a quarter, though, so my lack of skills is moot. Outside of an area deemed “classics,” even though games like “Tetris” and ...
Take A Look At Sega Rally 3
Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA(We did keep a handful of machines which has now dwindled down to just a "Capt. Fantastic" pinball highlighting Elton John and my jewel the Missile Command ...
Classic Arcade Tournament Draws Video Game Fans
NHPR - Concord,NH,USAVideo game enthusiasts are going head-to-head in the summer resort town of Weirs Beach this weekend. They’ve gathered for the 10th annual International ...
Laughing Sal presides over new Playland museum
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USAVisitors will be able to play 80-year-old pinball machines, watch a century-old penny arcade called "Knotty Peek," and see authentic side-show attractions ...
Not too late: Pinball wizards wanted
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USAIt's a chance to socialize, snack on some barbecue and - once hands are thoroughly washed - check out 40 or so pinball machines. "You're going to see some ...
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball
PopMatters - Chicago,IL,USAMany pinball machines were just too bulky and expensive to warrant continued investment, and as a result, many video arcades stopped purchasing as many ...
a cupful of quarters
Wire - Portsmouth,NH,USATwin Galaxies began as an arcade in a small Iowa town and has grown into the foremost internationally recognized arbiter of pinball and arcade game ...
Video arcades' last gasp
Chicago Tribune - United StatesMost days, most hours, especially during the off-season, she's alone with this cacophony of ancient coin-operated arcade games—beeping and wheezing and ...
Where to drop your quarters
Chicago Tribune - United StatesTwenty-five years ago, at the height of the golden age of the coin-operated video game, when Donkey Kong walked the Earth, more than 80000 convenience ...
The big shakedown: Seattle's legacy of crooked cops
Crosscut - Seattle,WA,USA... that held the licenses for some 1500 local pinball machines and pool tables, delivering money to the home of King County Prosecutor Charles O. Carroll. ...
Leonardo DiCaprio is Nolan Bushnell in Atari/
FILM - Natick,MA,USABushnell was an engineering student who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching the Atari Corporation in 1972 (a reference to a check-like ...
Gamers geared up for NW Pinball Show at Seattle Center
MyNorthwest.com - Seattle,USABy JIM VALLEY It's the Northwest Pinball Show at Seattle Center. Promoter Bret Fritch says you can play machines from 1950s classics to the brand new ...
Rediscovering the classic American game of pinball
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USASchiess has more than 300 pinball machines in his possession, but due to space limitations, only a few dozen are actually on display. ...
BUSINESS: Metro Amusements carries on Shroyer's grandson to take ...
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USASlowly, computer games and trivia games began to emerge. Then along came "Pong," and the newest chapter of the coin-op history began to be written. ...
We Went: Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
Seattlest - Seattle,USAOne of the highlights of this past weekend was heading down to the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show, held at Seattle Center. For an entrance fee, ...
New Exhibit Room Open at NBAM
Alameda Sun - Alameda,CA,USA... 1930s and giant pinball backglass murals now complement the existing art and pinball gallery’s mix of pinball-related art and parts of pinball machines ...
Super-Hero Costumes and more on auction in Los Angeles
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USAAdditionally, hundreds of movie-themed pinball machines and arcade games including PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Galaga, The Simpson's, Jurassic Park, and many, ...
In Lowell General's $1.6M Video Game
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USAHe is at least six feet away from the patient, hunched over what looks like an arcade video-game console. His feet work pedals beneath him, ...
The classroom arcade
World Magazine - Asheville,NC,USABut the Federation of American Scientists has a plan to revolutionize science education–and it hinges on introducing video games to the classroom. ...
Dads that Play Less, Enjoy More
Wired News - USASuper Mario World, Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Double Dragon and The Adams Family pinball machine are almost a full list. ...
Businessman Zollie Kelman dies at 82
KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USAKelman established American Music Co., which leased jukeboxes, pinball machines and other amusement games to bars. The company later added video gaming ...
Game rooms bring the fun home
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USABy CHRIS KRIDLER • Florida Today • June 26, 2008 If the purported "staycation" becomes the hot thing this summer, a home game room might be a perfect place ...
PETA crabby over lobsters
Denver Daily News - Denver,CO,USABut the animal rights organization says McCann’s predicament is far less intense than the live lobsters trapped in his coin-operated Lobster Zone claw game. ...
Pinball wizard
GoErie.com - Erie,PA,USAFor the 31-year-old Erie-based video editor and producer, pinball machines represent the best of the 1980s and 1990s and growing up in Harborcreek Township. ...
The stories may be strange, but they're true
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USAThe Maryland man has restored six pinball machines, which now are part of a family arcade in his basement. He has more waiting to be fixed. ...
Pinball never died in this Las Vegas arcade
Los Angeles Times - CA,USABy Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Tim Quintana hunches over a pinball machine and stares down Spider-Man's archenemies: Kingpin, ...
1984 Arcade re-creates staple of ’80s entertainment
Joplin Globe - Joplin,MO,USAPlayers don’t need a roll of quarters to play the games, however. All of them are set for free play. The arcade is run by seven friends who have had a ...

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