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Dave & Busters Aiming To Open 7 New Stores in 2014
(Image from a D&B location in the Northwest, USA) There are not many big chains of arcades or FECs in the Western world but there are a few. One of those, Dave & Busters,
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Megatouch Ceases Development/Production Operations
Here on Arcade Heroes we have rarely touched upon “bartop touchscreen games”. While they do fit into the out-of-home entertainment angle, they are an oddball, at least among other options that can go into
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Astro City Brings Retro Arcade Goodness to Southend-On-Sea, UK
(Thanks to Barrie for the tip!) The year is coming to a close and just in before the end, a link was sent to my inbox about a new retro arcade that opened its
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Review 2013: New Arcade Openings/Closures
This has been a slow month for news, although in part I’m sure there are items I have just overlooked as I’ve been busy handling many other things in life and business (and several
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Eugene Jarvis To Be Honored With AIAS Pioneer Award
As Raw Thrills gears up for one of their busiest arcade launch periods in their history, starting with the release of Batman last month and Aliens Armageddon next month (and potentially more I am
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Arcade Heroes Turns 7
Well I did it again – I missed posting this on the birthday of the site so here is a belated birthday post. I have a decent excuse this year – I moved from
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IAAPA 2013 Summary: Plenty Of New Games For Western Arcades Going Into 2014
The IAAPA 2013 trade show is now over and with that, time to sum up what we have learned and seen from the event. So far most attention on the site this week was
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What is the Dynamics ePlate and What Does It Have To Do With Jersey Jack Pinball?
Not long ago there was an announcement about a credit card company that was becoming involved with Jersey Jack Pinball. We don’t often have discussions on credit cards in what is still often referred
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Newsbag: NJ Boardwalk Fire, Groove Coaster in Hong Kong; Knotts Berry Farm ’91; A couple of Game Funding Campaigns
Last week was quite a punch for arcade news, especially after a relatively slow summer. Sometimes a lot of the big stuff hits all at once then leaves us wanting for a few days
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Newsbag: Arcade Button Watch, Terminator 2 Arcade Footage
Happy weekend once again to everyone. In some areas with school getting in full swing it has probably meant a slow-down for many arcades so if you’ve been meaning to get to your local
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Two New Venues For Arizona: D&D Pinball Opens in Tucson; Flipside in Gilbert
We haven’t ran two many stories about new locations opening their doors in the same state in the same post although partially it was because one of these locations we did not hear about
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Polygon Looks at Behemoth’s PAX Arcade Cabs and The indie Killer Queen Game
(Pictured: Castle Crashers Arcade cabinet from a previous PAX event) The game news site Polygon.com is giving some love to arcades, albeit with a focus on some “indie” developments that have been going on
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