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VR 360 Action To Hold Raffle Giveaway For Their $30,000 OMG Simulator At IAAPA 2023

VR 360 Action To Hold Raffle Giveaway For Their $30,000 OMG Simulator At IAAPA 2023

arcadehero October 27, 2023 1

I’ve been going to the IAAPA trade show since 2009, and while manufacturers will often do prize giveaways, I don’t recall hearing about anything quite as elaborate as today’s story. It’s usually something like

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EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London

EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London

arcadehero January 11, 2023 0

In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams reports from the first international amusement trade show of the New Year, visiting London’s EAG 2023 and reporting back

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IAAPA 2022 Round-up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023

IAAPA 2022 Round-up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023

arcadehero December 3, 2022 0

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

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Arcade April Fools Round-up 2022

Arcade April Fools Round-up 2022

arcadehero April 1, 2022 1

Another April Fools Day has come and gone and while some hate it with the passion of a thousand exploding stars, others find it as a way to just have some light-hearted fun. I

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Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity

Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity

arcadehero February 24, 2022 1

Most new pinball machines seem to follow a distinct reveal pattern: Get a quick tease, then a full video trailer+photos, then production comes along a short time later. For the latest pinball machine that

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exA-Arcadia Announces P-47 Aces Mk. II, Only For Arcades

exA-Arcadia Announces P-47 Aces Mk. II, Only For Arcades

arcadehero April 25, 2021 0

[Updates] Note that a few updates have come along since I first posted this story; Scroll down for more. Yesterday and today have been great for fans of the shoot ’em up genre, thanks

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April Fools 2021 Round-Up

April Fools 2021 Round-Up

arcadehero April 1, 2021 0

It’s the day for pranksters and jokesters all around the globe, and per usual we’ve been a part of that for the arcade side of things. This year we did Untitled Goose Game Arcade,

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Coming Soon To Arcades: Untitled Goose Game

Coming Soon To Arcades: Untitled Goose Game

arcadehero April 1, 2021 3

UPDATE: This post has been updated with some super-important information. Scroll to read more! While new game news has been sporadic for the past year or so, developments have continued behind the scenes. We’ve

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Newsbytes: Stern Runs Avengers Contest; Hypernoid For MVS; & More

Newsbytes: Stern Runs Avengers Contest; Hypernoid For MVS; & More

arcadehero March 6, 2021 0

It’s been such an unusually busy week for arcade news that today’s Newsbytes is a wee bit sparse. Either way, here are some quick items to read & watch for the weekend. Stern Launches

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Newsbytes:  Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More

Newsbytes: Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More

arcadehero February 27, 2021 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of quick news items from around the world of amusement for your weekend reading pleasure. This week was the busiest of the shortened month for arcade news, and March

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Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

arcadehero February 22, 2021 0

It’s been a fairly quiet February although between this and one other new game story that I’m working on, perhaps it’ll go out with a bang. We’ve detailed what the exA-Arcadia system is plenty

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2020 Year-In-Review W/ Top 10 Posts

2020 Year-In-Review W/ Top 10 Posts

arcadehero January 1, 2021 0

It’s the start of a new year, which means that it’s time to recap the arcade & pinball news from 2020. It goes without saying that last year was an anomaly in the 14

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