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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

arcadehero 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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Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

arcadehero January 21, 2022 0

Way back in February of last year, I ran a story about an interesting new game that had launched over in the UK/EU via a distributor called UDC; The name of the game was

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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)

The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)

arcadehero January 11, 2022 3

It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This

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IAAPA 2021: The Final Round-Up

IAAPA 2021: The Final Round-Up

arcadehero 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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Spotted On Test: Halo: Fireteam Raven Standard

Spotted On Test: Halo: Fireteam Raven Standard

arcadehero December 21, 2021 3

[Thanks to Jdevy for the tip] Note that this post is discussing a game model that has not officially been announced; As it is on test, it may change significantly from what you see

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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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IGS Unveils Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR

IGS Unveils Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR

arcadehero November 26, 2021 1

I’m working hard on editing and uploading videos from IAAPA 2021 to the net, although I’ve got a lot of other things requiring my time, so hang tight, the 2nd IAAPA 2021 show report

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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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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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Arcooda Launches New Line of Arcade-Ready Monitors

Arcooda Launches New Line of Arcade-Ready Monitors

arcadehero July 22, 2021 5

This is a post that probably won’t make hardcore classic arcade collectors very happy, while enticing arcade operators and more casual home arcade fans. The debate of whether or not older arcade machines should

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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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Benchmark Games & Boxblaster Join Forces To Create A VR Redemption Game, VR X-perience

Benchmark Games & Boxblaster Join Forces To Create A VR Redemption Game, VR X-perience

arcadehero June 22, 2021 1

Long-time readers of the site might recall a story from a few years ago, back when VR was just starting to dip its toe into the arcade industry again (the gurus called it “LBE

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