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California Extreme Arcade Expo 2023
by Tony on November 4, 2023 at 12:52 pm
I promised I’d share some pictures from my visit in August this year to the California Extreme arcade expo, so, here we go! Hosted at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Santa Clara, the event describes itself as the ultimate celebration of coin operated […]
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The TDE Podcast Ep 30: Atari Engineer Dave Sherman
by Tony on October 29, 2023 at 7:38 pm
Episode 30 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Dave Sherman joined Atari shortly prior to Nolan Bushnell’s […]
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The Madness of Sega’s Arcade Super Circuit
by Tony on October 14, 2023 at 8:35 am
I wanted to take a look this week at an unusual arcade release from 1989, Sega’s Super Circuit. This hybrid arcade title took the concept of first person driving and ramped up the immersion, to give players a real world birds eye view of racing […]
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A Return to Retrovolt Arcade
by Tony on September 16, 2023 at 11:13 am
I should start with an apology for the lack of posts here in recent weeks. The summer has been a busy time, but we can put that right as we head towards the end of the year. One of the things I did during August was a ten day trip to California, […]
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Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup!
by Tony on July 22, 2023 at 2:27 pm
We’ve spoken about arcade Tron a few times here on the blog over the years. Specifically, I shared some development documents a few months back here. For those of you that don’t know, Tron essentially became two games – the regular Tron game […]
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The TDE Podcast Ep 29: Atari’s Franz Lanzinger
by Tony on July 2, 2023 at 11:52 am
Episode 29 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Franz Lanzinger programmed the singular Crystal Castles for […]
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Arcade Raid! Nashville Barn Haul
by Tony on June 24, 2023 at 9:30 pm
Finding larger stashes of classic arcade cabinets is becoming an increasingly rare event these days. Outside of individual cabinets listed on eBay, Craigslist and Marketplace, arcade “raids” of the type written about on this blog seem to be a […]
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The TDE Podcast Ep 28: Food Fight programmer Jonathan Hurd
by Tony on May 12, 2023 at 6:48 pm
Episode 28 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Jonathan Hurd coded Food Fight at General Computer Corp for […]
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Atari Arcade: From Concept to Cabinets
by Tony on April 28, 2023 at 10:57 pm
This week, I wanted to share some cool shots of very early concept models of Atari cabinets from the early eighties. These things have never really been highlighted before, but represent a key part of the design function at Atari Coin Operated […]
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Arcade Raid! Huge Arkansas Barn Find
by Tony on April 15, 2023 at 9:14 pm
After something of a drought of Arcade Raid reports in recent months, I have another great classic arcade cabinet stash find to share on the blog this week. Maybe we’re on a roll! Check out last weeks’ arcade raid tale here if you missed it. So […]
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