Happy Friday everyone! Here's a bunch of quick news items from the pinball and arcade hobby.
First up we have Jersey Jack Pinball. Minutes ago, JJP announced that it is running a sale on its Guns N' Roses Limited Edition pinball machine. Through January 7th, JJP has reduced the price of the game by $2,025, down to $8,975 New In Box. This discount is a little more than double the discount that it provided on the game during its Black Friday sale.
Friday means that it's "Factory Friday" at Stern Pinball. A little while ago, the company showed off Star Wars Comic Edition Pro machines on the production line.
The classic (and current) arcade company, SEGA, has announced that it is bringing back several more of its classic games as mini-games in its newest game in its Yakuza line of video games.
Hidden in the virtual arcades of the Japanese underworld game that's scheduled to release in February 2025 will be SEGA's coin-op rail shooter light gun game The Ocean Hunter. I love that game. I've come across it in the wild several times over the past couple of years, I believe most recently at Barcade Jersey City.
I wish that SEGA would just come out with a massive compilation for Steam or Nintendo Switch of all of its classic coin-op games. I'm tempted to buy the Yakuza games, skip as much of the actual game as possible and head to the arcades there lol.
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Also this afternoon, Chicago Gaming Company shared an interesting video of cabinet decals being applied to its Pulp Fiction machines at its factory.
And finally we have Spooky Pinball. Last night the company's Bug and Luke did a great Livestream of its latest pinball machine Evil Dead:
