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All pictures that I’ve taken myself at trips to arcades across the country sprinkled with the latest pinball and arcade industry news. www.knapparcade.org
Here’s an appropriate one for today…A rare 1984 Williams Turkey Shoot 🦃 light gun arcade game.

An estimated 450 units were produced. Designed by John R. Newcomer.

As seen at Past Times Arcade in Girard, Ohio.

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#arcade #retroarcade #classicarcade #turkey #williamsarcade #80s #1980s
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
1969 Bally Cosmos 4-player electromechanical pinball machine.

2,160 units produced. Designed by Ted Zale with art by Jerry Kelley.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #ballypinball #cosmos #60s #1960s
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Winchester Mystery House Pinball Production Update; Initial Batch of Wonderland Amusements' Home Pinball Machine Complete, Announces Next Theme; Pulp Fiction Discounts & More

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#pinball #arcade
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1980 Midway Space Zap ⚡️ upright arcabinet.

The game uses a Black & White monitor with a color overlay. It was developed by Game-A-Tron and licensed to Midway.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.

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#arcade #retroarcade #midwaymanufacturing #80s #1980s #classicarcade
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1980 Stern Electronics Seawitch 🌊 pinball machine.

2,503 units produced. Designed by Mike Kubin with art by Bob Timm.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #seawitch #sternpinball #80s #1980s
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We May Get Another Stern Pinball Machine from Jack Danger After All; The Passing of a Pinball Legend; The Pinball Church & More...

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#pinball #arcade
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1989 Williams Police Force 🚨 pinball machine.

4,752 produced. Concept by Python Anghelo, designed by Mark Ritchie & Barry Oursler with art by John Youssi & Python Anghelo

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, MI

#pinball #arcade #80s #1980s #batman #williamspinball #retroarcade
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Here's a sneak preview of a wild new arcade that is coming in January 2026. Located in the Pittsburg area, members of the Pittsburgh Arcade Collective have turned a beautiful retired church into a new Retro Arcade.

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#pinball #arcade #pittsburgh #retroarcade
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
1979 Williams Tri Zone pinball machine.

7,240 units produced, half of which were sold in North America and half overseas Designed by Tony Kraemer with art by Christian Marche.

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#pinball #arcade #williamspinball #70s #1970s #retroarcade #classicarcade #sciencefiction
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
1982 Taito Front Line upright arcade cabinet.

Production numbers for thegame are not known designed by Tetsuya Sasaki.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.

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#arcade #arcadegames #taito #retroarcade #classicarcade #runandgun #80s #1980s
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
1974 Bally Twin Win 🏆 🏎️ 2-player electromechanical pinball machine.

1,570 units produced. Designed by Jim Patla with art by Dave Christensen.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#arcade #pinball #Bally #ballypinball #70s #1970s
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
1981 Taito Qix upright arcade cabinet.

Created by Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer for Taito America.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.

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#arcade #taito #ArcadeGames #qix #80s #1980s #retroarcade #classicarcade
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
2022 Stern Pinball James Bond 007 Thunderball Limited Edition pinball machine.

1,000 units produced. Designed by George Gomez with art by Kevin O’Connor.

As seen at Pinball Pete’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

#jamesbond #jamesbond007 #jamesbondmovies #seanconnery #Thunderball #pinball #arcade
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
1977 Gottlieb Jet Spin 4-player electromechanical pinball machine.

5,238 units produced. Designed by Ed Krynski with art by Gordon Morison.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #gottlieb #70s #1970s #retroarcade #classicarcade
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The License for a Pinball Song Costs How Much?!; The Walking Dead on the Line at Stern Pinball; A New Daytona is Coming from SEGA & More

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#Daytona500 #sega #NASCAR #pinball #arcade
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
1995 Capcom Pinball Magic 🪄 🎩 🐇 💫 pinball machine with a Color DMD.

1,200 units produced, but it is very rare to come across one on location. Designed by Bryan Hansen & Rob Hurtado with art by Hugh Van Zanten & Jeff Busch

#pinball #arcade #capcom #magician #magictricks #retroarcade #90s #1990s
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
1994 Midway NBA Jam Tournament Edition 🏀 upright arcade game.

NBA Jam is considered to be one of the highest-grossing arcade games of all-time. Tournament Edition is an updated version of Midway’s original 1993 game NBA Jam.

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#nbajam #arcade #NBA #ArcadeGames #barcade #90s #1990s
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Behind the Scenes at Barrels of Fun Pinball: How Many Dunes Will Be Made?; How Many Labyrinths Are Left?; & More

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#pinball #arcade
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A very rare 2006 Illinois Pinball remake of Capcom’s 1996 pinball machine Big Bang Bar.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #capcom #90s #1990s #retroarcade
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1990 Romstar Snow Bros. ⛄️ upright arcade cabinet.

Snow Bros. was created for the Japanese market by Toaplan and distributed in North America and Europe by Romstar.

As seen at Barcade FIDI in Manhattan, NYC.

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#Arcade #retroarcade #classicarcade #90s #1990s #snowbros #Romstar #toaplan
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Stern Pinball Walking Dead Remastered Makes Public Debut; Harry Potter is #1; Beetlejuice "Artist Edition"; Super Chexx Factory Video & More

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#pinball #Arcade
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
1984 Bally Granny and the Gators 🐊 hybrid pinball / video game.

Exact production numbers aren’t known, but estimates range from 500 to 800 units. Designed by Claude Fernandez with art by Pat McMahon and Margaret Hudson.

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#Arcade #pinball #Bally #ballymidway #80s #1980s
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
2000 SEGA Star Wars: Racer Arcade sit-down driving game.

This was the final Star Wars-themed arcade game released by SEGA.

As seen at The Arcade in Brighton, Michigan.

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#starwars #podrace #sega #Arcade #retroarcade #racinggame
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
1977 Zaccaria Universe 4-player electromechanical pinball machine, a product of Italy 🇮🇹.

Art by Lorenzo Rimondini.

As seen at the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum in Brighton, Michigan.

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#pinball #arcade #zaccaria #70s #1970s #retroarcade #electromechanical
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
1982 Taito Jungle Hunt

The game was originally released as Jungle King but was quickly changed to Jungle Hunt because of a lawsuit from the Edgar R Burroughs Estate over the likeness to Tarzan. The character was changed to look like an Explorer & lost the yell.

#Tarzan #arcade #taito #80s #1980s
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM