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NEON FM Innovates With New Smartphone-to-Arcade Crossplay
While I’ve heard the sentiment before that smartphones would mean the final doom for the arcade industry (just like services like Xbox 360 Live was supposed to mean the same thing), that dire prediction
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16-Bit Bar + Arcade Aiming To Open Their 3rd Location This Spring
[Thanks to George Arbogast Jr. for the tip] Expansion is generally going to be a positive thing in business and the 16-bit Bar + Arcade that first opened in Ohio back in 2013 certainly
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Newsbag: Magic Girl DevBlog; Mini Cabs; Flyer Video
It’s that time of week again, time to check out some of the quick stories for our Newsbag feature, covering those stories that are too short or I found myself without the time to
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Flyer Fever Offers A New Archive Of High Quality Arcade Flyers
I really enjoy arcade flyers, in part because they have served as the perfect media for many stories ran here on Arcade Heroes. Some have great artwork which makes them fascinating, others went for
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AC/DC Pinball Goes Color Thanks To ColorDMD
I have mentioned the company ColorDMD on here before – they have taken upon themselves the arduous task of taking old monochrome dot matrix displays on pinball machines and providing a modern tech package
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“Best of Show Awards” 2015 Open To the Public
For the past few years I had ran a poll for Arcade Game Of The Year, although for 2014 I missed out on that, being pre-occupied with some other items on my plate. Awards for
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Newsbag: Abari; Midway 90s Doc; Steve Bristow
Welcome to the last day of February. Depending upon where you are, perhaps March will improve weather wise. Either way, where arcades are usually an indoor activity, you can enjoy them at any time
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Sega Begins Shipping Showdown Special Attraction
About a month ago we reported that the standard version of Sega’s latest video arcade driving title Showdown began shipping and today I received a press release from Sega Amusements stating that both versions
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BBC News Checks Out The Largest Pinball Collection in Europe
This news tip was sent in by: News about big pinball collections is becoming more frequent these days and as more places go crazy with offering huge selections, it is easier to come across
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Q&A On Jurassic Park Arcade With Eugene Jarvis
The name Eugene Jarvis is well-known in video gaming circles although more than once I have surprised someone by mentioning that he is not only still in the industry but he is also still
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Newsbag: Soundfighter; Level 257; Truxton
I’m feeling a little under-the-weather today so this will be a newsbag that probably could have used a little more time in the oven. I hope you all have a great weekend and next
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Heighway Pinball Unveils Alien Pinball Whitewood
In the pinball business, the “whitewood” is a way of saying that the game is in a prototype/alpha build state. These are done with every game so that adjustments can be made on the
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