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Newsbytes: Batsugun Pre-Orders Open; House Of The Gundead; Ice Cold Beer Remake; Atari Prototype Discovered; More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news stories from around the world of arcades and pinball that I semi-regularly post here to Arcade Heroes. It had been a while since the last one, in
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Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World
It’s been a spell since we last spoke about brand new arcade businesses opening their doors, the most recent post about the subject coming along in February. I was searching for venues in March
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Super Sizing Amusement! – Part 1
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams (KWP), takes a look at the history of the “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe” categories of arcade cabinet hardware. These
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Rounding Up The AAA’23 Expo In China
The latest Asia Amusements & Attractions Expo has came and went, so here’s a quick review of what was there. This expo is mainly focused on the Chinese amusement market so what we can
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Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing A Sequel To DeadStorm Pirates In Japan
The following post is discussing a game that has been seen on location test, which is the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. This means that there is not much info to go
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Trio-Tech’s QUBE Is Shipping Now
What’s the most expensive arcade game ever made? It’s a difficult question to answer since prices weren’t always published or records kept, particularly when it came to games that were so expensive, only large
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Newsbytes: Taito Ramps Up Celebrations; Dynamite Bomb Testing; Amusement Hall Of Fame; & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I scour the interwebs for quick news items that are related to the wonderful world of arcades and pinball machines. A bit has accumulated this month in that
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The Motion Deluxe Version Of NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Available
The weeks after a big tradeshow always tend to be a little slow, although I’ve been a little surprised by just how quiet arcade things have been this April. Fortunately we won’t close the
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Retrospective: PCs Powering Arcade Machines
April tends to be a very slow month for arcade news, since most of the info that pertains to the industry (particularly brand new games) takes place at Amusement Expo. So to help fill
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Newsbytes: April Fools Catch-Up; New Gundead Trailer; Arcade Documentaries; AEI’23 Vids & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I scour the interwebs for quick news items that are related to the wonderful world of arcades and pinball machines. If you’re new here, yes, arcades still exist,
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Amusement Expo 2023 – The Complete Round-Up
Welcome to the Arcade Heroes “round-up” of Amusement Expo 2023. This will show off & discuss various games which appeared at this trade show which was held last week in Las Vegas. The short
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Rocket League Is Blasting Into Arcades! (Updated)
UPDATE: Big H/T to Jdevy who created the cabinet mock-ups for this post – he did those, I did the post. Happy April Fools! That’s right, everyone’s favorite rocket-powered racing game is making the
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