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Happy Space Invaders Day!
It’s time to celebrate another game anniversary, as Taito appears to have taken a page from all of the celebrations surrounding Pac-Man’s 40th, and come up with their own ways to celebrate the game
Read More »Arcade Flyers Worth Admiring
I just realized that I haven’t had a post run for a few days on the blog, and while there isn’t much news that isn’t related to The Thing Which Shall Not Be Named,
Read More »Belated Newsbytes: More from JAEPO 2020; Armed & Gelatinous Promo; Rick & Morty Pinball
This Newsbytes was meant to be run back on February 8th, but as I was finishing it up, the site crashed and began the week long nightmare of not working properly. Fortunately that has
Read More »JAEPO 2020 News: New Arcade Games From Sega, Konami & Taito
It’s February, and these days that means it’s JAEPO time. JAEPO is the Japan Amusement Expo and with this event, we get a deluge of news from the arcade sector that is based out
Read More »UNIS Readies OnPoint For Western Audiences This April
UPDATE: This article has been updated since it’s initial publication. One of the big surprises, and more popular games, at IAAPA 2019 was Taito’s OnPoint (at the time called “Gun Arena”). Located at the
Read More »And Your Choice For The Arcade & Pinball Games Of The Decade Are…
News is pretty slow this week and I’ve been hectic busy, so instead of a Newsbytes, we’ll do something that I meant to get to last week – the Games of the Decade results!
Read More »IAAPA Expo 2019 #2 – Tournaments; Injustice Series #3; Super Firing; Speed Driver 5; More Taito
Following up from the Day #1 post, I was so busy that I couldn’t do a Day #2 and Day #3 post like I had wanted to do, so I’ll just call this Official
Read More »Taito To Debut GunArena At IAAPA 2019
Way back in May of 2018, Taito began testing an airsoft/BB gun video game hybrid in Japan by the name of GunArena. The game fell into the realm of an interactive shooting gallery, but
Read More »Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2019; Outnumbered; Capcom & AtGames Home Arcade & More
Welcome to yet another exciting edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, ArcadeHero, and I’ll be guiding you through these curated pieces of news for this weekend. Be sure to catch my review of the
Read More »Location Watch Japan: As One Arcade Closes, Many Open
(Post cover photo via Atlas Obscura; also thanks to everyone who send the news about Anata No Warehouse in) It has been a little while since our last Location Watch post, either due to
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