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Bandai Namco Amusements Launches Maximum Tune 5DX+ In North America
It’s unusual for us to have a specific release date for arcade games here in the West – often times games will just ship without public notice until they just appear on location. Fortunately
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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This
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Newsbytes: Arcade 1up Pro, Funhouse 2.0 & Some Other Assorted Arcade News
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where we take a quick look at bits of arcade & pinball news from around the world. It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these as
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Pre-Orders Open For Akai Katana/Crimson Katana EXA Label
Arcade shoot ’em ups aren’t as strong as they used to be on the North American market, but the genre isn’t dead. Thanks to the efforts of some indie companies and now exA-Arcadia, fans
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Stern Pinball Unveils Details on Rush
Well, it’s a busy day all of the sudden! First was news of Sega shipping Mission: Impossible Arcade machines and now we have the details revealed on Stern’s latest piece, Rush. This game is
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Sega Launches Mission: Impossible Arcade DX in North America & Europe
Let’s start of 2022 with a bang – we have our first game release of the year to report on, and some updates on a few other games. As the headline mentions, Sega Amusements
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2021 Year-In-Review With The Top 10 Posts
Welcome to something of an annual tradition here at Arcade Heroes, albeit something sort of rare on my part – a Top 10 list. I’m not big on such lists since most of them
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IAAPA 2021: The Final Round-Up
It’s unusual for me to get to the final IAAPA tradeshow round-up this late in the year, but this year has thrown me for a loop in more than one regard. Still, it’s better
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‘Furious’ By Raw Thrills Seen On Test At Dave & Busters Addison
[Thanks to Jdevy for the tip] Note: This post discusses a game seen on location test, the arcade equivalent of a beta test. The game may change significantly from what you see here, or
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Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!
Ending the year with a new guest post for the site, industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the tempestuous history of Gameworks – when Hollywood came to arcades. He sent
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RIP GameWorks
[Thanks to everyone who sent me the info] While we have not mentioned the arcade chain GameWorks as frequently as some other chains out there, they have had a presence on the scene since
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