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New Arcade Watch: Rocky’s Big City Games & Sports Bar In Clarence, NY

New Arcade Watch: Rocky’s Big City Games & Sports Bar In Clarence, NY

arcadehero February 8, 2016 0

(Thanks to JDevy for the tip!) There has been a lot of new arcade location activity in Upstate New York…why that is exactly, I would have to defer to our writer Sara on that.

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Sega Coming To CEMA 2016 With Four Games Including Luigi Mansion Arcade

Sega Coming To CEMA 2016 With Four Games Including Luigi Mansion Arcade

arcadehero February 2, 2016 3

Sega Amusements International sent out a press release this morning touting their presence at both the upcoming CEMA (California Entertainment Machine Association) and the Amusement Expo International events. The CEMA Spring Spotlight show happens

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New Arcade Watch: National Video Game Museum (Frisco, TX); Press Start (Rapid City, SD)

New Arcade Watch: National Video Game Museum (Frisco, TX); Press Start (Rapid City, SD)

arcadehero January 21, 2016 0

Thanks to Michael Louie for the great tips on new locations opening their doors out there, we have two locations to highlight today. National Video Game Museum – Frisco, TX: Below is a news

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Arcade Expo 2.0 Fully Operational Through Sunday

Arcade Expo 2.0 Fully Operational Through Sunday

arcadehero January 15, 2016 0

Last year in Banning, CA, the Museum of Pinball launched their first “Arcade Expo” event. Featuring over 700 arcade and pinball games, it was a retro gaming get-together  that challenged some of the other

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #10 – IAAPA and 2015 Review

Arcade Heroes Podcast #10 – IAAPA and 2015 Review

arcadehero January 6, 2016 3

It’s been a little while since we did a podcast – the end of the year gets really busy for arcade operators like myself and Sean. That was boosted with Star Wars 7, which

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The Top 10 Arcade Heroes Videos of 2015

The Top 10 Arcade Heroes Videos of 2015

arcadehero December 18, 2015 0

I recently mentioned in a post that I don’t care for most Top 10 lists. The “most” is aimed at lists which are arbitrary in nature, such as those ‘best games evar’ kinds of

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New Arcade Watch: Free Play & Bit Bar Open In TX; Retro Museum in Indiana; Ikuri Arcade in Finland

New Arcade Watch: Free Play & Bit Bar Open In TX; Retro Museum in Indiana; Ikuri Arcade in Finland

arcadehero December 5, 2015 0

I was going to have this news as a part of the Newsbytes for the weekend but so much is accumulating for that post as I research that I decided it is better to

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Dave & Busters Location Updates: Friendswood, TX; Glendale, AZ

Dave & Busters Location Updates: Friendswood, TX; Glendale, AZ

arcadehero November 30, 2015 1

It’s been a little while since we ran an update on the latest locations being opening by the growing Dave & Busters. The last time was this post from September which discussed new locations

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New Details On Play Mechanix’s New MotoGP Arcade

New Details On Play Mechanix’s New MotoGP Arcade

arcadehero November 2, 2015 2

We recently mentioned a new motorcycle racing game that was soon coming to the market, MotoGP by Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills. Today the company released some official announcements about it to better detail

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Big Buck World Championships 2015 Wrap Up

Big Buck World Championships 2015 Wrap Up

arcadehero October 26, 2015 2

As mentioned on Saturday, the Big Buck World Championship took place and after many players battled it out, one came out as ‘the’ World Champion – previous 2013 champ Trev Garner took home the

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Newsbytes: Rocket Amusements; Sarah Spain Hosting Big Buck World Event; UNIS IAAPA Line-Up; NTG#60

Newsbytes: Rocket Amusements; Sarah Spain Hosting Big Buck World Event; UNIS IAAPA Line-Up; NTG#60

arcadehero October 10, 2015 5

I hope that everyone is having a good weekend so far, loaded with arcade goodness if at all possible. Let’s get to our news: Rocket Amusements Launches First Game, Crazy Claw – We see many

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Location News: Button Mash Coming To Los Angeles, CA; Dave & Busters Continues Growth

Location News: Button Mash Coming To Los Angeles, CA; Dave & Busters Continues Growth

arcadehero September 10, 2015 1

Got some quick items for new arcade locations out there to discuss so let’s start with… Button Mash Coming To Echo Park Los Angeles – If you are in the LA area then another

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