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Want To Make An Arcade Game? Check Out The #NoticeMe Game Jam & The Arcade Jam Contests

Want To Make An Arcade Game? Check Out The #NoticeMe Game Jam & The Arcade Jam Contests

arcadehero February 28, 2022 1

When a video game becomes a proper arcade game (being put into a cabinet that can take payment of some kind to play it), we give it a highlight on this site, regardless it

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Astro Ninja Man Exa Coming To Arcades This Year

Astro Ninja Man Exa Coming To Arcades This Year

arcadehero February 28, 2022 0

It’s been a spell since we last received an announcement for a new title coming to the exA-Arcadia platform, and today’s addition should be welcome for NES fans. The exA already has two titles

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Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity

Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity

arcadehero February 24, 2022 1

Most new pinball machines seem to follow a distinct reveal pattern: Get a quick tease, then a full video trailer+photos, then production comes along a short time later. For the latest pinball machine that

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Pinball Designer & Legend Barry Oursler Passes Away At 70

Pinball Designer & Legend Barry Oursler Passes Away At 70

arcadehero February 22, 2022 0

Sad news hit the wires today that we’ve lost another legend in pinball, this time it is Barry Oursler. He had been battling cancer for the past 9 years; He was 70. Barry started

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Pinball News: Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Announced (P3); Cactus Canyon Remake Now Shipping

Pinball News: Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Announced (P3); Cactus Canyon Remake Now Shipping

arcadehero February 21, 2022 2

We’ve got two items for you on pinball today, one of which is a nice surprise. Let’s start with that one. Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Coming Soon While I have covered the

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Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production

Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production

arcadehero February 21, 2022 2

While Sega has often experimented with new technologies in the arcade, Virtual Reality has not really been one of them. They did test out a VR concept in the 90s called TecWar/NetMerc, but the

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Newsbytes: Playable Pinball Coffee Table; Cleveland Gaming Classic ’22; NeoTRIS; ValoArena & More

Newsbytes: Playable Pinball Coffee Table; Cleveland Gaming Classic ’22; NeoTRIS; ValoArena & More

arcadehero February 20, 2022 1

Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I curate news from around the world of arcades & pinball for your weekend reading pleasure. Let’s start with something pinball: The Playable Pinball Coffee Table By Build

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New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

arcadehero February 17, 2022 1

It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the

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Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll exA Edition Now Shipping Worldwide

arcadehero February 10, 2022 1

It’s been a few months – October last – since exA-Arcadia released a new title to their platform, but the dry spell has ended as they have begun shipping their first game of 2022,

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Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

arcadehero February 9, 2022 2

It’s time for another guest post and this time from a fresh name. “James UK” recently discovered the blog, where he wanted to share some thoughts on a couple of things that he enjoys

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Newsbytes: King Kong VR Chapter 3; Winner Winner App; New Arcade Books; Super Hoop Pinball & More

Newsbytes: King Kong VR Chapter 3; Winner Winner App; New Arcade Books; Super Hoop Pinball & More

arcadehero February 5, 2022 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news items from around the Arcade & Pinball world for your reading enjoyment. King Kong of Skull Island Adds A 3rd Chapter Operators who have a King Kong

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Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

arcadehero February 4, 2022 0

After a bit of a hiatus, it seems that videmption games are swinging back into action on the market, as mentioned yesterday with Sega’s Jumanji and now a couple more titles from Coastal Amusements.

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