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THIS WEEK'S ARCADE & PINBALL NEWS - 3/11/2022

Happy Friday everyone! Friday means that it's time for another issue of the weekly arcade and pinball news. The second week of March brought us pictures of Barry Oursler's missing Deeproot pinball machine Food Truck, the Twitch stream debut of FunHouse 2.0 Rudy's Nightmare, Indiana Jones pinball on FX3 and Shipment of Aliens LVs. Here's the stories. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Junk Yard — the untold story

The story of the pinball machine Junk Yard is the story about a turning point in pinball and what the game could have been.

https://medium.com/@per.martinson/junk-yard-the-untold-story-b84833fe7456

This is an interesting new product…

The Pinsight HDD is 5 inch LCD monitor that replicates the display from a modern pinball machines main display near the flippers so that you can keep your eyses on the action instead of glancing up at the screen. Please read the FAQ, this is currently for Spike 2 games with a metal apron.

https://cheapdrainz.myshopify.com/products/pinsight-hdd?fbclid=IwAR29mYLW6Ep_9ypI8G-GYX16nlgq1htexnKSzr_tehp4TGUWYL8GgjMWg9M

Northeast Ohio pinball parlor adjusts to inflation as game makes a comeback

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/toledo/news/2022/03/06/northeast-ohio-pinball-parlor-adjusts-to-inflation-and-game-making-a-comeback--?fbclid=IwAR0I6YQ0_8Oyy_Z3YonEZlqRDeBfVw1CDSiLdMBzx8Detkf_sDXvkVAoO7U

Read an excerpt from Jon Chad’s PINBALL: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SILVER BALL

https://www.comicsbeat.com/pinball-a-graphic-history-of-the-silver-ball-excerpt/?amp&fbclid=IwAR3ICQYSQRv-54TQeB0agskqwNBRXWwEOny7DyP_DhqHGeiobjtIDdvAcCw

A New Mini Space Ace is available for preorder. Man this game was hard.

https://newwavetoys.com/?fbclid=IwAR2_csSmVn4_Se59wbVI-tyNU6mZ57DwzUN161NS4wGH3_hHyIdzPfZts9I

Wow, I didn’t even know that there was 13 different TNMT games. The OG arcade version and Turtles In Time 🐢 are amazing!

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/konami-announces-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection-for-switch?fbclid=IwAR2_csSmVn4_Se59wbVI-tyNU6mZ57DwzUN161NS4wGH3_hHyIdzPfZts9I

Wow, that’s quite a lineup!

All The Games You Can Play At The Louisville Arcade Expo This Weekend

https://www.leoweekly.com/2022/03/all-the-games-you-can-play-at-the-louisville-arcade-expo-this-weekend/?fbclid=IwAR1v9nGsDrC3hq12SdlAyZiXxwr3fOSF5pjTiWJ6xwGqVaTU-zyZ-fxjPzk

Frogger Player Shatters World Record With Over 1 Million Points

Michael Smith achieved the remarkable feat on an arcade machine after seven hours

https://kotaku.com/frogger-arcade-world-record-beat-million-points-twin-ga-1848622422?fbclid=IwAR33RHfPcj0qhF0lfvFgu9vHE73Lfc3Vp0igepneYQ1yC1AJ_eyP2hSmYrs

Memphis has a new pinball bar. I definitely need to check this out the next time I go visit my parents.

Flip Side Will Offer Food and Games

A bar/restaurant, fresh bar, pinball, and darts spot in Crosstown area.

https://www.memphisflyer.com/flip-side-will-offer-food-and-games?fbclid=IwAR2QinJxY29KkyM1ap2jvp5WNsH6-PJg5O2YmZ0i8AbdhZ5vthVN6nN3kws

The First Alien LV Pinball Machines are En Route to Distributors

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/the-first-alien-lv-pinball-machines-are-en-route-to-distributors?fbclid=IwAR0IG2Pijdwnw71wdFMYjOuKm9L4-EIJmQs-ZJsgX5mI6HuOtyMfiw1yIyk

Beautiful Cactus Canyons Continue to Ship…Without Toppers

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/beautiful-cactus-canyons-continue-to-ship-without-toppers

Coming Soon...The Official Gameplay Reveal of Weird Al Pinball

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/coming-soon-the-official-gameplay-reveal-of-weird-al-pinball?fbclid=IwAR3t-KKYC25jynTCI1ZXVtt7IDysmQw8O_43sGc9i6AGzG63LmXO3LiBL2s

Both Wild Dog Arcade and Moore Money Pinball streamed the awesome new FunHouse kit on Twitch this week.

The First Ever Twitch Stream of FunHouse 2.0 Rudy's Nightmare...

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/the-first-ever-twitch-stream-of-funhouse-2-0-rudy-s-nightmare?fbclid=IwAR31NqYzQBs9v8CgRLwl-fu26x7IIER07kXr43b2OS5I7HuTBF5U1TgZOS8

New Halloween Code Contains a Surprise Addition

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/new-halloween-code-contains-a-surprise-addition?fbclid=IwAR1Yhtsi6ptsKTTQHo7mgbUFRFXPXzosJIfo8exL0R-1GXQREr0ZZEGY0hw

Indiana Jones the Pinball Adventure Released on Pinball FX Thursday

https://www.knapparcade.org/post/indiana-jones-the-pinball-adventure-releases-on-pinball-fx-thursday?fbclid=IwAR2QSdUD-KIkcPn98lxqPIq-C5Hu6uFXVdJFjJh3IAQjLWYt-B1oFAbIH9M