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Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

arcadehero August 10, 2024 0

Things have been a little bit quiet for the blog lately, but I’ve been super busy. Big nod to Ted for helping out on many stories and drafts during this time. In the meantime,

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International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview

International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview

arcadehero June 30, 2024 0

It’s time for your middle-of-the-year arcade event known as Bowl Expo, although this one is meant to focus on bowling. Since most bowling centers happen to have an arcade on-site, their annual get-together now

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Bowl Expo 2023 Wrap-Up

Bowl Expo 2023 Wrap-Up

arcadehero June 30, 2023 0

Bowl Expo has come and gone once again, but with many having checked out the preview I did, I want to follow-up on anything that the preview might have missed. Do note that I

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Bowl Expo’23 Preview: New Arcade Games For The Summer

Bowl Expo’23 Preview: New Arcade Games For The Summer

arcadehero June 27, 2023 0

This week is the International Bowl Expo event and it’s an opportunity for arcade game makers to show off their latest product lines. While this will entail titles that were previously seen at the

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EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London

EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London

arcadehero January 11, 2023 0

In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams reports from the first international amusement trade show of the New Year, visiting London’s EAG 2023 and reporting back

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IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 Gets Underway

IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 Gets Underway

arcadehero September 12, 2022 0

Amusements operators and manufacturers in Europe are descending upon London today as the 2022 European conference and expo by IAAPA gets underway. I am unable to attend myself but I have some proxies there

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Newsbytes: CAX 2022; Firestone Halts Lending; TekyGo!; Japan Updates & More

Newsbytes: CAX 2022; Firestone Halts Lending; TekyGo!; Japan Updates & More

arcadehero July 30, 2022 1

Welcome to Newsbytes, a curation of news & videos from around the wonderful world of arcades & pinball. I’m trying to complete another Location Watch post as well but am also looking to do

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Bowl Expo 2022: The Preview

Bowl Expo 2022: The Preview

arcadehero June 23, 2022 0

Another amusement-related trade show is upon us and while this one has generally not been given high prominence among our industry in the past, this year is very different. I’m not sure why that

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Amusement Expo 2022 Preview

Amusement Expo 2022 Preview

arcadehero March 14, 2022 0

This week will see the arrival of Amusement Expo International 2022, a tradeshow that typically takes place every March in Las Vegas. Every once in a while it is held elsewhere, such as New

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IAAPA 2021 Round-Up #2 – Booth Tours!

IAAPA 2021 Round-Up #2 – Booth Tours!

arcadehero November 28, 2021 0

It’s time to present more news from the IAAPA 2021 tradeshow that took place a couple of weeks ago, with a strong focus on touring the different booths that were there. If you missed

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The IAAPA 2021 Pre-Game Show

The IAAPA 2021 Pre-Game Show

arcadehero November 13, 2021 2

Greetings readers, this is Adam the Arcadehero, and in lieu of Newsbytes this weekend, here is a preview of IAAPA 2021, a large tradeshow event focused on the arcade/amusement/theme park industry that takes place

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Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More

Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More

arcadehero November 7, 2021 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a blog post that curates various bits ‘n bytes of news from around the wonderful world of arcade & pinball games. Pinball Expo 2021 By all accounts I’ve heard, it sounds

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