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Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

arcadehero January 21, 2022 0

Way back in February of last year, I ran a story about an interesting new game that had launched over in the UK/EU via a distributor called UDC; The name of the game was

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

Deeproot Pinball Throws Their Hat Into The Ring With Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland

arcadehero December 11, 2020 2

Also known as RAZA Pinball, newcomer deeproot Pinball (yes, they insist on having the first word done with no capitals) has begun taking orders for their first title, with two different options available: Arcade

Touch Magix To Launch Two At Amusement Expo 2020: Ticket Pinball & SpaceWarp 66 [AM]

arcadehero March 6, 2020 2

Amusement Expo 2020 is next week, and while I did publish a preview for what we expect to find at the show just the other day, sometimes news comes along that slightly changes things

Battle Bowling Sports A New Cabinet As Testing Begins

arcadehero November 15, 2019 0

It’s been a couple of months since we last spoke about an upcoming indie arcade project by the name of Battle Bowling. Developed by a group called Coin Crew, this is their second game,

Taking A Closer Look: Cosmic Digger 3671

arcadehero June 14, 2019 1

It’s time to shine a spotlight on another title that is coming soon to arcades via the Exa-Arcadia EXA platform, this week I’ll be looking at one of the oddball titles that is a

New Games For Arcades: Indie Games Storm The Scene (Amusement Expo 2019)

arcadehero March 30, 2019 1

UPDATE: Video for Retro Raccoons has been re-added to the post below; it had been there, but a glitch had removed just that one. The Spring event for the trade of arcade/amusement games has

Taito Testing Head-To-Head “Space Invaders Pinball Jam” In Japan [UPDATED]

Shaggy December 23, 2018 7

This week is starting strong with the arcade news, and we’ve got quite the interesting product to start off with, something unexpected from Taito. Taito has been full of surprises over the past month,

Atari Pong Coffee Table Project Raising Funding For A General Release

arcadehero February 24, 2017 3

(Thanks to Michael L. for the tip) Back in May of last year, we mentioned a very cool electromechanical Pong project. It received quite a bit of media attention, using an old but proven

IAAPA 2016 Part 3 – Gun Games; Rhythm Games

arcadehero November 22, 2016 0

Continuing our IAAPA 2016 coverage, today we are going to focus on two categories of titles found at the show last week: Gun games, Rhythm games. I was going to put Pinball here too

Jersey Jack Pinball Unveils The Pat Lawlor Game: Dialed In!

arcadehero October 13, 2016 4

We have long awaited for news and details on the joint efforts of Pat Lawlor and Jersey Jack Pinball. If you are unfamiliar with the name, he designed some of the best selling pinball

The MagixFloor Virtual Playground By Touch Magix

arcadehero October 6, 2016 5

With IAAPA 2016 approaching fast, we’re getting more information on brand new product that is on its way. Not everything the industry uses is stored in a kiosk-like box and this product certainly fits