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Bowl Expo 2018 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More
This week was Bowl Expo 2018, and as I had mentioned on the previous post, I wasn’t planning on attending until a last minute change took place. Granted, with Las Vegas being as close
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Mayan Adventure / We Play VR Coming To IAAPA 2017 Via Bandai Namco
If you plan on heading to the IAAPA 2017 trade show event the week of November 12th in Orlando, FL, then we’re here to help you have a good idea of what to expect.
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Tracking down the Namco Galaxian 3 6 Player Theater from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada and Beyond
Here at Arcade Heroes we like to track down arcade games to find out what happened to them if they are no longer on location, especially if its a game that is rarely seen
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From one historic landmark to another, The Story of a Sega R360 and my 14 month search to find the long lost game from my childhood
This article will chronicle my 14-month search to find a long lost arcade game from my childhood. As many of you already know the Sega R360 is my favorite arcade game ever made. I
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The Skylon Tower Family Fun Center Arcade (Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada) Updates and additions
As you may remember I visited the Skylon Tower Family Fun Center Arcade (Also known as Skyquest) last year. I had a chance to visit 2 more times since then so I thought I
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Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017
Welcome to Part 3 of our series on games that will be celebrating a certain anniversary during this calendar year of 2017. With going back to 1997, we will be looking at games turning
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Cruis’n Blast Arcade Now Available
We’ve been covering the latest edition of Cruis’n for a little while now and earlier this week, I received confirmation from Betson (a major arcade game distributor) that they have received Cruis’n Blast units
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New Details On Cruis’n Blast by Raw Thrills & Nintendo
A little while ago, we had unveiled that the famous Cruis’n game series was coming back to arcades via Raw Thrills and Nintendo. Thanks to those two companies, we have new official information to share
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The Making of Galaxian 3
Back in 1990, Namco had begun to dive into the development of 3D graphics and motion simulator technology. As their way of showing that they had the expertise to compete in these fields, they
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Japanese Racing Game Updates: Initial D Zero; MaxiTune 5DX; Real Drive
There has been plenty of excitement over the upcoming return of Cruis’n to the arcade scene here in the States but over in Japan, they are keeping their racing scene plenty strong. Let’s take
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