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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

Arcadian 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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Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

Guest Post: Arcade Carpets

Arcadian 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

Arcadian 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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GENDA-Owned Sega Arcades To Change Name To GiGO In Japan

GENDA-Owned Sega Arcades To Change Name To GiGO In Japan

Arcadian January 28, 2022 2

Today, it was revealed that Genda completed their purchase of Sega’s amusement operations division, purchasing the remaining 15% of shares. As a part of that, they changed the name of their company to GENDA

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Location Watch January 2022: New Arcades In FL, CA, VT, IA, TX, Canada, The UK, India & Australia

Location Watch January 2022: New Arcades In FL, CA, VT, IA, TX, Canada, The UK, India & Australia

Arcadian January 27, 2022 2

Welcome to the first Location Watch of 2022. This is an on-going series of posts which highlight new locations that have opened their doors recently (or semi-recently), curated from news around the ‘net. Granted,

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Newsbytes: Arcade 1up Pro, Funhouse 2.0 & Some Other Assorted Arcade News

Newsbytes: Arcade 1up Pro, Funhouse 2.0 & Some Other Assorted Arcade News

Arcadian January 9, 2022 2

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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2021 Year-In-Review With The Top 10 Posts

2021 Year-In-Review With The Top 10 Posts

Arcadian December 31, 2021 0

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

IAAPA 2021: The Final Round-Up

Arcadian December 30, 2021 2

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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Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!

Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!

Arcadian December 27, 2021 1

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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Arcade Heroes Turns 15

Arcade Heroes Turns 15

Arcadian December 3, 2021 1

It’s December 3rd, and where it’s 2021, the site now marks 15 years in existence. Thank you for your support of the site over these many years. Here’s the first post ever published on

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