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Arcade Flyer Art Saturday Takes a Hiatus

fdemarco — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:00:00 MST

When I went to the The Arcade Flyer Archive today to start the rigorous search for this week's flyer to feature I saw this note from TAFA's tireless founder, Dan.

There is no Arcade Flyer update this month because after posting 300 flyers a month since April I'm just plain burnt out. Stay tuned in January when the regular updates resume. Happy Holidays everyone!

Looking back over the past year I realized I had written over forty different AFAS features and that I was feeling a little burnt out myself. Poring over the hundreds of flyers documented, you come to realize that not every flyer has artwork worth posting and often times the really good ones contain absolutely no information about the game itself. So in a Flyer Art Solidarity pact with Dan, I too am taking a flyer hiatus until the new year.

Don't forget that TAFA is going to be selling off a large portion on their collection at the beginning of next year for a paltry $1 a piece. So, while you're waiting for AFAS to return next you, be sure to peruse The Arcade Flyer Archive site and see if there's any of them you might want to take home with you. My bet is that you'll at least find one.

TAFA November Update

fdemarco — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:00:00 MST

It's the beginning of the month and once again it's time for another Arcade Flyer Archive update. This month's update includes a rare Pac-Man flyer that makes no bones about Midway's stance on copyright infringement, some more classic flyers, a swwet Paul Bunyon pinball machine and this week's Arcade Flyer Art Saturday feature, Death Smiles (complete with "blow up skirt" game). Don't forget that starting in January, TAFA will have a boatload of their flyers up for sale for a paltry $1 a piece. So, be sure to save up those pennies, Susan B. Anthony's and Sacajawea's!

TAFA October Update

fdemarco — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:00:00 MDT

It's the beginning of the month so it must be time for another Arcade Flyer Archive update! As usual TAFA graces us with another hundred flyers in each of their three categories: video games, pinball games and arcade amusement games. This month in video games we get Dead or Alive, Burger Time, House of the Dead 4 Special and Metal Slug X just to name a few. Pinball and Arcade Amusement also get their fair share with some new SMB Pinballs and Ashcraft's favorite Love and Berry Dress Up Dance. So, head on over to TAFA and see what all the hub-bub is about.

TAFA September Update

fdemarco — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:00:00 MDT

The Arcade Flyer Archive update for September is in with tons of new flyers in all three archives. The video game section is especially exciting this time around because Dan went to a lot of trouble to get his hands on some amazing flyers from Japan including Out Run, Art of Fighting 2, Fatal Fury Special and Ikari Warriors. The Arcade & Amusement section is featuring some nice olde tyme shuffle and bowling type game flyers and the Pinball Archive has got some great new pieces with the likes of Buck Rogers, Judge Dredd and Q-Bert's Quest.

Whether you're a long time fan of TAFA or a newcomer, there's plenty of stuff here to keep you occupied. Dig deep and you're sure to find some gems.

The Arcade Flyer Archive September Update [TAFA]

TAFA August Update

fdemarco — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:00:00 MDT

The Arcade Flyer Archive has completed their August update with an additional one hundred flyers in each of their categories (pinball, arcade & amusement, video game). This time around they have manged to lay hands on a Tekken 6 flyer as well as one for the new Silent Hill Arcade Game. The Pinball and Arcade & Amusement sections are featuring games based on popular video game franchises like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and of course, Mario Bros. If you've never checked out TAFA, now is the time, and if you are a faithful fan, you'll find plenty of new stuff to peruse with this month's update.

TAFA June Update Hits

fdemarco — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:00:00 MDT

I've written about The Arcade Flyer Archive before in past posts and I am making it my personal mission to get as much info about this great site out as possible. I previously reported that site owners Dan and Eric had expanded the archive to include pinball and arcade game (non video) flyers by adding hundreds of new pieces in each category. Now their June update has just arrived bringing with it 50 new flyers in each of the three sections and taking the totals of the two new sections up to 500 flyers each! If you're into any kind of arcade history at all, I encourage you once again to check out this great archive and see what all the fuss is about for yourself. Flynn De Marco

TAFA Opens The Curtain On Two New Archives

fdemarco — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:00:00 MDT

A few weeks back I brought you news of The Arcade Flyer Archive and their effort to launch two new archives, one for Pinball Flyers and another for non video game Arcade Game Flyers. On April 30th TAFA opened it's two new archives both of which can be accessed from their main page. The two new sections have been supplemented with over 400 new flyers each in addition to the many that they already had in the mix. Also present is a fancy new logo and streamlined navigation system.

If you are a fan of these old arcade treasures, do yourself a favor and check out the new archives. The art is great and these guys deserve our support. Without them, there would be no weekly Arcade Flyer Art Saturday not to mention that a huge portion of arcade history would be lost to the ages. Flynn De Marco

The Arcade Flyer Archive [TAFA]

TAFA To Launch Two New Archives

fdemarco — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:00:00 MDT

As I was perusing The Arcade Flyer Archive yesterday in search of an appropriate piece for Arcade Flyer Art Saturday, I noticed a little announcement post from site co-owner Dan Hower. After acquiring over 10,000 new coin-op flyers from a private collector, TAFA plans to launch two new archive collections, The Pinball Flyer Archive and The Arcade and Amusement Game Archive.

The pinball flyer archive will include electromechanical, solid state, bingo, video pinball and pinball redemption. The arcade and amusement game flyer archive will include an even wider assortment of game types, including pitch n' bat, rifle, bowler, novelty, driver, wall, 16mm film and other electromechanical and novelty coin-op equipment. The three flyer archives will be independently cataloged.

To help pay for the costs of getting these new sites off the ground, Dan will be selling TAFA's original duplicate flyers on eBay under the name "dphower." I will be sure to post an announcement once these flyers go up for auction so perhaps you can buy a great piece of arcade art and support TAFA at the same time. TAFA is an amazing resource and historical archive and if you haven't checked them out before, you owe it to yourself to do it now. I would also like to personally thank Dan and his partner in the site Eric Jacobson for working so hard to preserve a huge chunk of arcade history. Flynn De Marco