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Rabbids Hollywood Joins The Smaller Cabinet Crowd

Rabbids Hollywood Joins The Smaller Cabinet Crowd

arcadehero October 17, 2018 0

Super Deluxe/giant cabinets can be impressive, but as we’ve pointed out before, they don’t work for every location. That and the right cabinet design can not only save on space, but can end up

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Newsbytes: Voxon Holographic Arcade; Scarlet Dawn Trailer; Pinball Expo 2018 Preview; & More

Newsbytes: Voxon Holographic Arcade; Scarlet Dawn Trailer; Pinball Expo 2018 Preview; & More

arcadehero October 13, 2018 0

Well this week was busy! Which I will not complain about…I never like doing back-to-back NEwsbytes during slow weeks. Here’s your collection of quick news to enjoy for the weekend: Voxon Photonics Creates An

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Sega’s House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Arriving At Dave & Busters Locations Now

Sega’s House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Arriving At Dave & Busters Locations Now

arcadehero October 10, 2018 1

Back in July, we reported that the major FEC chain Dave & Busters had purchased Sega’s House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn for all of their locations. While Sega stressed that this was not

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Mario Party Challenge World Spotted On Test Almost A Year After Reveal

Mario Party Challenge World Spotted On Test Almost A Year After Reveal

arcadehero October 9, 2018 5

In our coverage of IAAPA 2017, you might recall one game that generated a lot of buzz at the time, but has since disappeared from the headlines. That would be Capcom & Raw Thrills’

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Popular App Slither.Io Makes The Jump To Arcades Via Raw Thrills

Popular App Slither.Io Makes The Jump To Arcades Via Raw Thrills

arcadehero October 8, 2018 1

Not long before Space Invaders dominated the gaming scene, “Snake” games did. Now, there wasn’t any game actually called Snake that was in arcades – instead it was games like Comotion or Dominos. But

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New Locations: EightyThree 2.0(OK); Outer Orbit (CA); Andretti’s (TX); Malibu Jack’s (KY); GameTime (FL) & More

New Locations: EightyThree 2.0(OK); Outer Orbit (CA); Andretti’s (TX); Malibu Jack’s (KY); GameTime (FL) & More

arcadehero October 4, 2018 0

It’s been more than a month since we looked new arcade locations that are opening their doors out there, so let’s jump into it! I’m going to break this one into small independent locations

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Newsbytes: Tokyo Game Show 2018; Roller Coaster Dumps VR; Merchandiser Thief

Newsbytes: Tokyo Game Show 2018; Roller Coaster Dumps VR; Merchandiser Thief

arcadehero September 22, 2018 3

Welcome to this week’s Newsbytes, where I curate some quick arcade news items as opposed to giving them a lengthy post. Before we get to that, I’d just like to bring attention to an

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It’s Official: House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Launching At IAAPA 2018

It’s Official: House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn Launching At IAAPA 2018

arcadehero September 17, 2018 3

One of the bigger news stories of the year has been the return of House of the Dead to arcades, and last week we had news that the game is officially shipping in Japan. 

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Newsbytes: House Of The Dead Prototype; CART;  Beat Saber; Star Trek Day & More

Newsbytes: House Of The Dead Prototype; CART; Beat Saber; Star Trek Day & More

arcadehero September 8, 2018 0

As you can tell, arcade news has continued to be slow for September, which is pretty normal. As school starts up, there are many projects in the works that will be headed to IAAPA,

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Defunctland: A Brief Look At The History Of Gameworks & DisneyQuest

Defunctland: A Brief Look At The History Of Gameworks & DisneyQuest

arcadehero September 5, 2018 1

Defunctland is an episodic mini-documentary series on YouTube that jumps into the history of various out-of-home attractions. In looking through the first two seasons (they are still going through Season 2), there seems to

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Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Expands Model Availability

Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Expands Model Availability

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Earlier this summer, we broke a story that Bandai Namco was getting “Pac-Man Fever” again as they announced the creation of Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash. This game is the latest in a long line of

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The Making Of Halo: Fireteam Raven

The Making Of Halo: Fireteam Raven

arcadehero August 22, 2018 1

One of the biggest arcade surprises of the year was the announcement of Halo: Fireteam Raven. While the Super Deluxe model of the game has been out there this summer, the game continues to

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