Arcade Heroes January 2018

New Arcade Locations Part #2 – Coming In 2018

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As mentioned in yesterday’s post about new arcade locations, there are many new venues going through the process of opening their doors out there. Some are taking more time than others but I’m impressed

New Arcades: Neon Retro Arcade #2 (CA); Appalachian Pinball Museum (NC); The Arcade (KS); Keg & Coin (FL); Pinz (MA); State Of Mind (CA); The Game Works (OR)

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It has been a little more than a month since we had our last look at new arcade businesses opening their doors out there in the world and as it so happens, I’m going

Namco Bringing Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 To JAEPO 2018

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It’s been a week since Bandai Namco first teased the next installment of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune for arcades and with the day arriving, we have a few details to chew on. First, here’s

Spooky Pinball To Debut Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle At The Texas Pinball Festival

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If you are a fan of Spooky Pinball and their “boutique” (and limited release) table designs, then their next game will soon be available to play. Announced as a part of a 16 second

Newsbytes: EAG 2018; Sonic Athletics; Tempest Development; TVs In Slo-Mo; Lost World Pinball Colorized

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Welcome to this week’s Newsbytes, our collection of arcade news that is generally too brief to dedicate an entire post to. Interview With Someone At Sega For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn It

EAG 2018 Round-up: New Arcade Content For Europe

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While the IAAPA trade show tends to soak up most of the arcade news that’s out there, it is not the only amusement/arcade related event of it’s kind to find out there. Every January

House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Location Test Info

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The day has arrived for Sega to begin testing the House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn in Japan and with that, we have our first batch of info. I recorded this “vlog” to discuss

Bandai Namco Teases Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6

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(thanks to Dark Tetsuya & Arcade Belgium for the tip) It’s not much to go off off at the moment but Bandai Namco has announced that Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 is going to

Sega Opens A Countdown Website For Sen Sen Sen Ki

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There’s more Sega arcade news to chew on – if you are wondering why they are suddenly active it is because about three weeks from now, JAEPO 2018 will be taking place. JAEPO has

Sega To Begin Testing House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn This Friday

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Fans of Sega’s House Of The Dead franchise have long been clamoring for a new entry in the franchise but it has remained mostly dormant since House Of The Dead 4 launched in 2006.

Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

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January has been fairly mild as far as weather goes – at least where I live (hanging around the 40s most of the time). Even though it’s not super-freezing like the Eastern US, it

Indie Arcades 2018: Cosmotrons Update

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Could 2018 be the year of indie ‘true arcade’ game? After yesterday’s news of Tipsy Raccoon and the upcoming releases of titles like Rashlander, Project Armor(formerly Strike Harbinger) and Kraut Buster it is starting