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The Arcade BloggerThe Arcade Blogger Skip to content The Arcade Blogger Menu ORDER MY BOOK! About/Contact Arcade Articles Arcade Events Arcade History Arcade Locations Arcade Raids Atari Classic Arcade Pictures Classic Arcade Videos & Footage Pinball Restoration Archive Asteroids Cabaret Battlezone Cabaret Capcom Mini Cute Centipede Cabaret Centipede Upright Cosmic Guerilla Upright Dino King Mini Donkey Kong Upright Gravitar Upright Nintendo Red Tent Robotron Cabaret EU Robotron Upright Space Fever Cocktail Tempest Cabaret Arcade Manual Archives The TDE Podcast Ep 35: Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell Episode 35 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: Jeff Bell was a hardware engineer in Atari Inc’s coin-op division and officially the longest serving employee of the company; literally the last person to switch off… Read More Bally Midway’s Stanley Jarocki Sad news to report on the blog this week. Midway’s Director of Marketing during the Golden Era of classic arcade gaming passed away on 14 May 2024 aged 94. He lived out his later years in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jarocki’s influence on the industry should not be underestimated. He was the king of the Japanese… Read More The TDE Podcast Ep 34: Pong Creator Al Alcorn Episode 34 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: For this episode we speak with none other than Allan Alcorn, Atari employee number three after Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, and the engineer of Pong, one… Read More Previously Unseen Puck Man Artwork I recently came across a few interesting and previously unseen rejected artwork examples from the original cabinet design of Puck Man. So this week, I figured I’d do a follow up to the last blog entry about the Puck Man PCB, by sharing some of the great artwork originally created for the game’s release. You… Read More Puck Man PCB (Namco) 44 years ago (22 May 1980 to be precise), the first Puck Man machine was placed in an arcade in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, starting a worldwide global videogaming phenomenon. Today, Namco’s Pac-Man remains one of the most recognisable video game characters, transcending popular culture. I won’t rehash the story, but I wrote about the development… Read More The TDE Podcast Ep 33: Atari’s Roger Hector Episode 33 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: Senior corporate executive, serial entrepreneur, automotive designer and fine artist. Roger Hector is not only a successful businessman but a bona fide creative polymath. A long time… Read More Free Play Florida: 2023 Review I’ll start with an apology – I’m rather ashamed that its taken me this long to post my review of last year’s event! It completely passed me by, and its only the recent announcement of the 2024 dates, that reminded me I didn’t share this write up. So let’s put that right! I’ve been flying… Read More Super Pang Kabuki Chip Repair You may have noticed that I don’t share many repairs here on the blog. Although useful (and I’m glad people do share their knowledge) I think they’re pretty dry to read and I don’t tend to tackle repairs – and when I do, they aren’t always successful! My arcade technical expertise is rather limited –… Read More The TDE Podcast Ep 32: Eugene Jarvis Episode 32 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: Eugene Jarvis cut his teeth in the Atari pinball division before going on to produce the groundbreaking Defender for Williams Electronics. Also for Williams (contracted as Vid… Read More Atari’s Mike Jang Some sad news to report on the blog this week. I got word that long-time Industrial Designer at Atari coin-operated division, Mike Jang, has passed away. I’ve known Mike since 2016, and whilst we never met, he was always on the other end of an email answering my questions and providing really valuable input into… Read More Posts navigation Older posts Create a website or blog at WordPress.com The Arcade Blogger Create a website or blog at WordPress.com Subscribe Subscribed The Arcade Blogger Join 1,852 other subscribers Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. The Arcade Blogger Customize Subscribe Subscribed Sign up Log in Report this content View site in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar   Loading Comments...   Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Websiteenen1741043178https://arcadeblogger.com

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