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March Is Pinball Season: Updates From Stern, Jersey Jack & American Pinball
March is usually a time that pinball fans get some new goodies to talk about, although that hasn’t completely been the case for the past few years. As the norm returns, each major manufacturer
Read More »Location Watch February 2023: The Newest Places To Play Arcade Games
Welcome to the first Location Watch of the year – I likely could have done this in January but that was a very busy month for me. It is worth noting that while I
Read More »New Arcade Releases: Ice Cold Beer [Retro Arcade]; Dead Heat Unleashed [Bandai Namco]
They say that February is a month for lovers and when it comes to arcade releases, this particular February has been great for lovers of arcade games. As you could already tell from the
Read More »Newsbytes: Roger Sharpe Movie; Street Fighter VR; More Games On Test; New Super Shot & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of quick news items from around the world of arcades and pinball. Please note: I am working on a new Location Watch post so for anyone waiting on
Read More »VR Arcade Updates: UNIS Launches Sailor’s Quest VR; Andamiro USA & Rilix Team Up On SpongeBob
Now that a few standard type arcade machines have had their day in the sun, now its time for some Virtual Reality arcade machines to get some attention as they begin shipping out into
Read More »Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry! – Part 2
Industry specialist Kevin Williams follows up on his look at the rise-and-fall of technology in the amusement scene, particularly in regards to optical storage mediums. It’s the 1990s and its time for…LaserDiscs…and CDs! KWP:
Read More »New Arcade Games For Japan – JAEPO 2023 Round-Up
Since not everyone follows the site on Twitter or Discord, here’s a handy post to round up news from the trade show that just started in Japan, JAEPO 2023. This is the first time
Read More »Sega’s Drone Racing Genesis Takes Off
While checking in with Sega Amusements about the release of Storm Rider 2, I found out about something else worth noting – that’s not the only game that has begun to ship. Drone Racing
Read More »Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry!
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes, industry specialist Kevin Williams looks at the marking of the 40th anniversary of a technology that was then hailed as a ‘savior of coin-op’
Read More »Newsbytes: More From EAG 2023; TRON 3; Space Invaders 45th; & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2023, one that I had meant to post a couple of weeks ago but I just didn’t find enough to pad it out at first – then I
Read More »Taito’s JAEPO 2023 Line-Up Includes Mixed Reality, New Rhythm Game
If you follow arcades to any degree then you know who Taito is – even if you don’t then you should at least know Space Invaders or Arkanoid (if it’s still a no, then
Read More »Checking Out EAG 2023 – From Afar
I first discovered Arcade Heroes back in January 2007 when the then UK-based crew attended what was called ATEI. I was amazed to learn that there was anyone covering the arcade industry, then I
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