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Arcade Heroes Turns 15

Arcade Heroes Turns 15

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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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IAAPA 2021 Round-up #1: New Games From Bandai Namco Amusements, exA-Arcadia, LAI Games, Retro Arcade, Sega, TouchMagix

IAAPA 2021 Round-up #1: New Games From Bandai Namco Amusements, exA-Arcadia, LAI Games, Retro Arcade, Sega, TouchMagix

arcadehero November 20, 2021 0

Greetings and welcome to my first round-up of arcade news from IAAPA 2021. It took place this week in Orlando, FL, where for some of you keeping up on Arcade Heroes via YouTube, Guilded

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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

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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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Sega Amusements Reveals Standard Versions Of ATV Slam, Mission: Impossible And More On VR Agent

Sega Amusements Reveals Standard Versions Of ATV Slam, Mission: Impossible And More On VR Agent

arcadehero October 28, 2021 2

While I discussed some of Sega Amusements’ revelations for IAAPA 2021 in a post last week, today Sega posted a surprise that we’ll dig into here. Now, where I got my information on Sega’s

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Location Watch: Pinball Growth (KY, NY, OR), New Arcades In CA, UT, FL, the UK, Croatia, India, Israel, & More

Location Watch: Pinball Growth (KY, NY, OR), New Arcades In CA, UT, FL, the UK, Croatia, India, Israel, & More

arcadehero September 22, 2021 0

Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts where we take a look at brand new arcade businesses that are opening their doors for the first time. This provides some good news in lieu

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Newsbytes: Cruis’n Blast Switch Review; RIP Gene Lipkin & Frank Pellegrini; Rival Megagun XE Release; Disenchantment Test & More

Newsbytes: Cruis’n Blast Switch Review; RIP Gene Lipkin & Frank Pellegrini; Rival Megagun XE Release; Disenchantment Test & More

arcadehero September 18, 2021 1

Hello and welcome to Newsbytes, a semi-regular weekend post that curates arcade & pinball news from around the world for your enjoyment. This one, in particular, is packed with videos, so if you’re in

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Newsbytes: ZOMBEEZ; LBE VR News; Motion Sphere & More

Newsbytes: ZOMBEEZ; LBE VR News; Motion Sphere & More

arcadehero September 5, 2021 0

Hello, and welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend post where we discuss various pieces of arcade news that usually don’t warrant a post all by themselves. Arcade Heroes Site News I’ll get this out of

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Round1USA Puente Hills Hosting Special exA-Arcadia Event Starting Tuesday

Round1USA Puente Hills Hosting Special exA-Arcadia Event Starting Tuesday

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We don’t get a lot of news on Sundays, but today gets to be an exception. Round1USA has built a reputation for bringing a variety of Japanese market-made games to the US. Today, their

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Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More

Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More

arcadehero July 17, 2021 1

Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the arcade & pinball world and serves them up to you on a digital platter. We’re in the post trade show news lull

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Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up

Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up

arcadehero July 9, 2021 1

Amusement Expo 2021 is officially over, so with the dust settled, let’s take this opportunity to wrap it all up in a tidy blog post. I may do a Vlog about it too, if

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June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

arcadehero June 25, 2021 1

Welcome to part 2 of our June Location Watch. If you missed Part #1, click here. This was broken up as there were so many locations opening their doors for the first time that

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