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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

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Rob & I stopped by “The Arcade” in Brighton, Michigan and man this place is awesome. Almost 50 pins on location, tons of LEs and rarer games. The arcade is absolutely packed. Thanks to @arcadeaddictbrian for showing us around. Tons of pictures to come

#pinball #arcade #retroarcade #brightonmichigan

12.10.2025 02:59 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Heres my current view!

Enjoying Day 2 of the Ann Arbor Pinball Museum show 🙂

#pinball #arcade #annarbor #annarbormichigan #retroarcade #classicarcade

11.10.2025 20:32 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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As promised here are my Star Wars pictures. See my previous post for my thoughts on the game. I have TONS of pictures of all sorts of rare and cool games ready to fo for rhe next several weeke, so stay tuned!

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

11.10.2025 13:12 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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2025 Stern Pinball Star Wars: Fall of the Empire Limited Edition pinball machine.

#291 of 770 produced. Designed by John Borg, with code by Raymond Davidson and art by Vincent Proce and Zombie Yeti.

Comrinued…

#starwars #pinball #returnofthejedi #theempirestrikesback #arcade #annarbor

11.10.2025 13:11 — 👍 20    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Planetary Pinball Launches New "Pinball Legends" Line of Collectable Figurines

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#pinball #arcade #ballywilliams

10.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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1980 Midway Galaxian upright arcade cabinet.

Released by Namco for Japan in 1979, they reached a distribution agreement with Midway for North America in 1980. It became one of the best-selling arcade games of all-time at over 50,000 units by 1982.

#arcade #namco #classicarcade #retroarcade #80s

10.10.2025 12:54 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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2019 Bandai Namco Japanese Super Panic Ball head-to-head pinball machine.

In “The Fighting Pinball Game” two players line up acrosse from each other and use flippers to try to hit balls into the other’s goal.

As seen at Barcade FIDI in Manhattan, NYC.

#pinball #arcade #bandai #namco #bandainamco

09.10.2025 23:13 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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I LOVE Gauntlet. Gauntlet II is basically an expanded version of the original game. The additions include the ability for players to choose the same character, new levels, different power-ups and a new monster called “It.”

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, New Jersey.

09.10.2025 13:58 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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1986 Atari Gauntlet II.

Atari supposedly sold 7,848 original Gauntlet cabinets, but the exact number of Gauntlet II sold is unknown. Designed by Ed Logg with art by Sam Comstock, Susan McBride, Alan Murphy & Will Noble.

#arcade #atari #gauntlet #ArcadeGames #retroarcade #classicarcade #80s #1980s

09.10.2025 13:58 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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1988 Gottlieb TX Sector pinball machine.

2,336 units produced. Art by Constantino Mitchell and Jeanine Mitchell.

As seen at Barcade FIDI in Manhattan, NYC.

#Barcade #pinball #arcade #gottliebpinball #80s #1980s #retroarcade

Flyer courtesy of New York Pinball

08.10.2025 16:38 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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In the game, players pedal their flying “Prop Cycle” through a series of obstacles to pop balloons 🎈.

As seen at Barcade FIDI in Manhattan, NYC.

08.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A rare 1996 Namco Prop Cycle flight simulator arcade game.

An unknown number of this unique game were produced, but I rarely see it on location. Designed by Shigeki Toyama, a Namco engineer who also worked on Final Lap, Xevious & Point Blank.

#arcade #namco #retroarcade #classicarcade #90s #1990s

08.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0

This particular cabinet is running all three animated games in the series, Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace and Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp.

Man this game is hard. I’m terrible at it, but it’s so beautiful to look at it keeps sucking me back in 😂.

07.10.2025 21:29 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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1983 Cinematronics Dragon’s Lair LaserDisc arcade game.

Over 16,000 units sold. Created by Don Bluth, Rick Dyer, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy.

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, New Jersey.

Continued…

#dragonslair #donbluth #spaceace #arcade #retroarcade #classicarcade #80s #1980s

07.10.2025 21:29 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Monsters Inc. Homebrew to Make Debut at Pinball Expo

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#pinball #arcade #monstersinc

07.10.2025 19:13 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

TRON is composed of four mini-games based on scenes in the movie, I/O Tower, MCP Cone, Light Cycles and Battle Tanks. A fifth mini-game was left out because of time constraints.

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, New Jersey.

07.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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1982 Bally Midway TRON upright arcade cabinet.

An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 upright TRON cabinets were produced along with 500 or so of the rare cocktail version. Designed by Bill Adams.

Continued…

#Tron #TronAres #TronLegacy #arcade #classicarcade #retroarcade #80s #1980s #ballymidway

07.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Part 2

As the first one-on-one fighter, Karate Champ is considered to be one of the most influential games of in history.

Using dual joystick controls, players can execute one of a whopping 24 moves.

06.10.2025 19:52 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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1984 Data East Karate Champ 🥋 upright arcade cabinet.

Data East sold over 40,000 units, making Karate Champ its best-selling game of all-time.

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, New Jersey.

06.10.2025 19:52 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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What New Pinball Machines Will We See Next?

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#pinball #arcade #pinballexpo

06.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2
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Stern Pinball Aerosmith Premium pinball machine.

Designed by John Borg with art by Dirty Donny Gillies and code by Lonnie Ropp.

As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

#Aerosmith #StevenTyler #walkthisway #dudelookslikealady #pinball #arcade

05.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

There is a VPX table for Big Trouble, but as far as I know this isn’t based on it.

05.10.2025 12:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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1994 Bally The Shadow pinball machine, with an alternate translite, speaker panel art and a Color DMD.

4,247 units produced. Designed by Brian Eddy with code by he and Mike Boon.

As seen at the Pinball Gallery in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

#TheShadow #pinball #arcade #ballypinball #90s #1990s

05.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Reveal of New Big Trouble in Little China Pinball

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#pinball #arcade #bigtroubleinlittlechina

03.10.2025 13:40 — 👍 43    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 1
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1996 Midway Killer Instinct 2 arcade cabinet.

As seen at the Marcade in Rockaway, NJ.

#KillerInstinct #MidwayGames #nintendo #arcade #classicarcade #retroarcade

30.09.2025 21:06 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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EXCLUSIVE Info on Upcoming Massive Auction of Pinball and Arcade History...Pictures of Prototypes, Never Released Games & Much More

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#pinball #arcade

30.09.2025 14:53 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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1,000 units produced. Designed by Mark Ritchie, coded by George Petro and Josh Sharpe, art by Scott Pikulski and sound and music by David Thiel.

29.09.2025 14:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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2023 Chicago Gaming Company Pulp Fiction Bad Mother Flipper Limited Edition pinball machine.

As seen at 61 Pinbar in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.

Continued…

#pulpfiction #quentintarantino #johntravolta #umathurman #pinball #arcade #chicagogaming

29.09.2025 14:59 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

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