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Deep Root Pinball Holds A Panel At FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention

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While most of our focus here is on video arcade games, we certainly do like to talk pinball. The attention that pinball gets in the media is a little different than what you get

Wrapping Up Midwest Gaming Classic 2019

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The Midwest Gaming Classic event has come and gone for 2019, with the show expanding their reach into a larger venue and bringing along more names to show off their goods. I did not

Newsbytes: Round1USA News; Willy Wonka Rules; Game History; Virtuix VR Success & More

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Welcome to another Spring edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, Arcadehero, and let’s take a quick look at some newsworthy arcade items to get you through the weekend. It’s good news all around, so

New Info & Footage For Super Bikes 3 By Raw Thrills

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It’s springtime, which in the arcade business means new games. We covered a few of them as a part of the Amusement Expo 2019 coverage, and today, we’re focusing on another title from a

Jersey Jack Pinball Reveals Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

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The rumors have been swirling for months, and finally the day has arrived for Jersey Jack Pinball to unveil their fifth game – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. This is the first of

Location Watch: Maniac’s Mansion (TX); Quarters Bar+Arcade (CO); Apex Entertainment (NY); Play Money Pinball (FL); Pixels Arcade (WI) & More

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I’ll keep on saying this until it somehow gets stuck into the public’s consciousness, but the amusement industry is on fire right now. Dozens of locations continue to open their doors out there, and

Newsbytes: Samurai Spirits AC; Star Trek VR for Dave & Busters; AAMA Awards; Piano Pinball & More

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Hello valiant readers, and welcome to another edition of Newsbytes. If you’re new to the site, Newsbytes are posted every Saturday and feature a variety of quick news items from the wonderful world of

Sega Amusements Announces Availability of Daytona Champions USA Upgrade, “New Season Edition”

arcadehero April 5, 2019 0

At IAAPA 2018, Sega previewed an early build of another major update to their arcade-exclusive Daytona Championship USA game. Called the New Season Edition, this software package made several big modifications to the game,

Delving Into Galactic Battleground by Slackerz Inc.

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The big surprise of Amusement Expo 2019 for me, was the strong focus on indie-made arcade games. These are titles that have not been developed by one of the major manufacturers that we generally

Post Your High Scores To The Raw Thrills Hall Of Fame

arcadehero April 2, 2019 1

For the past several years, many Raw Thrills arcade titles have incorporated a QR code score sharing system, where a user who finishes a game can whip out their smartphone, open a QR scanner

April Fools 2019: Textminator II; Cosmotrons Console Edition; World President’s Challenge

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Well the first day of April is about over, so now that we’ve had some fun with the fake version of Super Smash Bros. Arcade, it’s time to see who else cooked up a

Bandai Namco Amusements Confirms Super Smash Bros. Arcade For Arcades (UPDATED)

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UPDATE: Some information of the most important nature has been added to the bottom of the post. Please check it out on this, the first day of April, 2019. 2019 has been quite the