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2022 Arcade Year-In-Review
Welcome to the annual Arcade Heroes Year-in-Review, where I take us back down the memory lane of the past 12 months, and review how things have gone in the industry, at least from my
Read More »Astro Crow Games Launches Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes
H/T to Joe at Indie Arcade Wave for this news. One issue with IAAPA is that there is so much going on that one can easily miss something as important as a new arcade
Read More »Previewing the Arcade Anniversaries of 2023
Each year marks some kind of anniversary, although we tend to only pay attention to those ending in a 0 or a 5. This year saw Atari celebrating 50 years, and where I got
Read More »2022 Home Arcade Ports – Arcade Games For Old Consoles
Back in my day, when all phones were connected to a wall and the only way to skip commercials was record an over-the-air broadcast, then fast forward through them all, our game systems were
Read More »Location Watch December 2022: New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a curated look at brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors, all over the world. I’m a little bit behind on this news thanks to IAAPA, which
Read More »Big Newsbytes: IAAPA22 Updates; The Last Ridge Racer; Michael Jackson/Sega Discovery; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball. This post has been on the backburner since the weekend before IAAPA started but there has been so
Read More »Spooky Pinball To Launch Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?
“Boo-tique” pinball makers Spooky Pinball are at it again and this time they’ve taken on a beloved classic cartoon that generally had a spooky theme to it, Scooby-Doo!. This is not based upon any
Read More »IAAPA 2022 Round-Up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on
Read More »Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label
If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the
Read More »Win A Signed Copy of Cruis’n Blast On Nintendo Switch
It’s time to do something unusual for the site here – give away a prize! Thanks to Eugene Jarvis and Raw Thrills, I’ve been hooked up with two physical copies of Cruis’n Blast on
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