Welcome to the latest edition of Newsbytes, a weekend post that curates some quick news from the wonderful world of arcade and pinball gaming. I meant to have this published yesterday, but all of the 4th of July festivities had me sidetracked.
Not much to update on my arcade trivia game this week, running into a roadblock in trying to setup a simple push-the-button-to-go-to-a-new-screen. At least it should be simple…
New Bomberman Arcade Spotted At Round1USA in Lincoln, NE
Let’s start with a surprise – something that probably could be worth a whole post on it’s own. Site reader Jordan posted some photos on Twitter of a new videmption game that popped up at a Round1 USA in Lincoln, NE (Gateway Mall), and the web has been buzzing with questions about it. Called Bomberman Arcade, fans would be wise to temper their expectations here – it is not Bomberman as you know it. The game appears to follow a similar pattern to fishing games, but instead of hooking fish, you aim where your bombs will go with a joystick, then toss bombs onto the playfield. There are a number of enemies and obstacles you can face, and it supports up to 8 players across the two screens. Doesn’t seem likely that this has any amusement mode to it where it would play like proper Bomberman; it’s also unclear (well, unlikely) that anyone other than Round1 will be getting their hands on these, unless they have that special, secret relationship with Konami to buy direct:

New Cosmotrons Video
It’s been a little while since we had something regarding the indie arcade game Cosmotrons. Here’s a fresh and in-depth look at the second prototype cabinet for the game; If you are interested in picking one of these up, they are still available:

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