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RIP Heighway Pinball

RIP Heighway Pinball

arcadehero April 30, 2018 0

Last week we heard a ‘rumbling’ that UK based pinball manufacturer Heighway Pinball was filing for bankruptcy. Now, that has been confirmed as a public notice regarding the liquidation of the company’s assets will

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Newsbytes: LvL Up Opens (CA); Shrek & Baywatch Pins Get Color; Classic Game News & More

Newsbytes: LvL Up Opens (CA); Shrek & Baywatch Pins Get Color; Classic Game News & More

arcadehero April 28, 2018 3

Welcome to another weekend and with that, a collection of news from around the arcade world. Here’s what we’ve got for you today: LvL Up Opens For Business (Campbell, CA) While I was saving

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Now Available: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Now Available: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Way back in October of last year, we discovered that American developer Raw Thrills was hard at work on the creation of a new beat ’em up arcade game called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Changes Come To Big Buck Wild With The May 2018 Update

Changes Come To Big Buck Wild With The May 2018 Update

arcadehero April 27, 2018 0

It was recently announced that commercial/online Big Buck Wild machines would be receiving a big new update on May 1st, 2018. We ran a post about what was known here; since then we’ve been

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New Fighter: The Kung Fu Vs. Karate Champ Coming To Arcades 2018

New Fighter: The Kung Fu Vs. Karate Champ Coming To Arcades 2018

arcadehero April 26, 2018 2

UPDATE: The game was delayed until early 2020, where it did release worldwide in January of the year. We all understand just how important 1v1 fighters have been to arcades over the years but

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Testing Now: Spins Ahoy!

Testing Now: Spins Ahoy!

arcadehero April 25, 2018 0

A while back, we heard rumblings and saw distant, blurry shots of a Jumanji videmption arcade game that was on test at a Dave & Busters location. We never got a good look at

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WHAM-O BLAST Redemption game back on location at Dave & Busters Buffalo NY

WHAM-O BLAST Redemption game back on location at Dave & Busters Buffalo NY

SaraAB87 April 23, 2018 2

It’s time for another look at a game on test, this time with WHAM-O BLAST. This a new redemption arcade game from ICE and Acme Game Designs. It is currently on location at the

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Cosmotrons Update: Now Available To Order!

Cosmotrons Update: Now Available To Order!

arcadehero April 21, 2018 4

The journey of the indie arcade game Cosmotrons is about to come to a head as we have a new update to share with you in regards to the production version of the game.

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Open For Business: Another Castle: Arcade Edition (WA); Xplore Kids (NY); GameTime #4 (FL) & More

Open For Business: Another Castle: Arcade Edition (WA); Xplore Kids (NY); GameTime #4 (FL) & More

arcadehero April 19, 2018 1

Time for another look at new arcade locations to open their doors out there – or who soon will. Another Castle:Arcade Edition Expands To Another Location (Marysville, WA) (Thanks to Logan N. for sending

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Connect 4 Basketball Game Spotted On Test

Connect 4 Basketball Game Spotted On Test

arcadehero April 18, 2018 0

This has been an abnormally slow time for news lately and I would pad things up with interest articles – if I had the time. Fortunately, something worth discussing has been indirectly spotted on

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Newsbytes: MGC’18; Billy Mitchell Disgraced; New VLOG; The Last Starfighter

Newsbytes: MGC’18; Billy Mitchell Disgraced; New VLOG; The Last Starfighter

arcadehero April 14, 2018 2

Hello user and welcome to this week’s Newsbytes Midwest Gaming Classic In Full Swing For those gamers in the Midwest who are looking to get their fill of arcade and pinball goodness this weekend,

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Ninja Soldier To Be Resurrected By M2

Ninja Soldier To Be Resurrected By M2

arcadehero April 9, 2018 2

This is a piece of news that hit on April 1st so I took it with a grain of salt until a little later – as it turns out, it was not an April

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