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Arcade Anniversaries In 2020

Arcade Anniversaries In 2020

arcadehero January 7, 2020 2

With a new year and decade upon us, it’s time to alert everyone to some important anniversaries that will be coming along this year. We won’t cover every game celebrating a birthday in 2020,

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Newsbytes: IAAPA 2019 Final Wrap-up; Star Wars Battle Pod Review; Virtua On Hotel Arena & More

Newsbytes: IAAPA 2019 Final Wrap-up; Star Wars Battle Pod Review; Virtua On Hotel Arena & More

arcadehero December 21, 2019 1

Hello kind readers, and welcome to another edition of Newsbytes. This is a weekend post where I gather some quick news items together to discuss so you have something to read over said weekend.

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Ricky & Morty Pinball Now Available For Purchase

Ricky & Morty Pinball Now Available For Purchase

arcadehero December 16, 2019 2

It wasn’t very long ago that we found out that boutique pinball maker Spooky Pinball would have the mature cartoon series Rick & Morty up for their next pinball theme, and today, the game

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Newsbytes: A Personal Arcade Experience; Exa-Arcadia Update; Sega’s Execution & More

Newsbytes: A Personal Arcade Experience; Exa-Arcadia Update; Sega’s Execution & More

arcadehero December 14, 2019 0

Hello there boys and girls, and welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes. It’s been a little bit since we’ve done this due to the work needed on IAAPA videos, but note that I

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IAAPA Expo 2019 #4 – UNIS; Pinball; Touch Magix & More.

IAAPA Expo 2019 #4 – UNIS; Pinball; Touch Magix & More.

arcadehero December 7, 2019 2

IAAPA Expo 2019 closed a couple of weeks ago, but it was busy enough to provide content for plenty of blog posts.  Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get to these posts as quickly

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As Arcade Heroes Turns 13, Let’s Find Out Your Game of the Decade!

As Arcade Heroes Turns 13, Let’s Find Out Your Game of the Decade!

arcadehero December 3, 2019 3

December 3rd seems to be an important date for game history. In 1979, the Intellivision game console was launched; in 1994, the first Sony PlayStation launched. And on December 3rd 2006, this website launched!

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IAAPA Expo 2019 #3 – Sega, Taito, UNIS, Indie Games

IAAPA Expo 2019 #3 – Sega, Taito, UNIS, Indie Games

arcadehero November 29, 2019 2

Let’s continue our coverage of the IAAPA Expo 2019 event, but before jumping into that, here are links to the first two stories (In case you missed them) IAAPA 2019 Post #1 IAAPA 2019

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IAAPA Expo 2019 #2 – Tournaments; Injustice Series #3; Super Firing; Speed Driver 5; More Taito

IAAPA Expo 2019 #2 – Tournaments; Injustice Series #3; Super Firing; Speed Driver 5; More Taito

arcadehero November 23, 2019 2

Following up from the Day #1 post, I was so busy that I couldn’t do a Day #2 and Day #3 post like I had wanted to do, so I’ll just call this Official

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IAAPA 2019 Day 1: Sega, Raw Thrills, LAI Games, TouchMagix, UNIS, & More

IAAPA 2019 Day 1: Sega, Raw Thrills, LAI Games, TouchMagix, UNIS, & More

arcadehero November 20, 2019 1

Day 1 of the IAAPA Expo 2019 event has come and gone, and boy was it a loooong one. That’s not to say it wasn’t fun though (it just gets a little exhausting to

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The IAAPA 2019 Pre-Game Post

The IAAPA 2019 Pre-Game Post

arcadehero November 16, 2019 2

It’s time for the biggest event in the arcade industry to take place, which is the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, FL. Because there is a ton of information to sift through, I like to

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Battle Bowling Sports A New Cabinet As Testing Begins

Battle Bowling Sports A New Cabinet As Testing Begins

arcadehero November 15, 2019 0

It’s been a couple of months since we last spoke about an upcoming indie arcade project by the name of Battle Bowling. Developed by a group called Coin Crew, this is their second game,

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Taito To Debut GunArena At IAAPA 2019

Taito To Debut GunArena At IAAPA 2019

arcadehero November 14, 2019 0

Way back in May of 2018, Taito began testing an airsoft/BB gun video game hybrid in Japan by the name of GunArena. The game fell into the realm of an interactive shooting gallery, but

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