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Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

Japan: Pokémon Ga-Olé Coming This Summer

arcadehero April 13, 2016 0

Among games that tend to get released in Japan are the card vending ‘kid-tainment’ games. Once in a blue moon, you might come across one in the US (not sure what kind of spread

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Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus; NTG#80

Newsbytes: DDR ACE; Arcade Expo 3.0; Argus; NTG#80

arcadehero April 9, 2016 5

It has been a busy weekend so far! Hopefully any of you that owns arcade locations out there are seeing good business or if you are a gamer, that you find some arcade goodness

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New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

arcadehero April 9, 2016 1

The Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event (MGC 2016) is well under way in Wisconsin today and with that, some news on new arcade titles that smaller developers are showing off. Game Refuge and Galloping

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3 New Arcade Titles To Be Unveiled At Midwest Gaming Classic This Weekend

3 New Arcade Titles To Be Unveiled At Midwest Gaming Classic This Weekend

arcadehero April 6, 2016 0

UPDATE: The games have been shown off, check them out! The Midwest Gaming Classic event is approaching this weekend and while the name implies that it’s all about older/retro/classic games, that is not always

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Namco Launches Their Star Wars Battle Pod Game Locator

Namco Launches Their Star Wars Battle Pod Game Locator

arcadehero April 4, 2016 11

Back in February, we reported that Bandai Namco Amusements America (the US arcade wing of the BN company) was working on building a Star Wars Battle Pod game locator. One frequent complaint I hear

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Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo; NTG#79

Videobytes: Crusin’; VR Zone; Sega Promo; NTG#79

arcadehero April 2, 2016 4

For this weekends newsbytes it was so heavy on the videos that I figured to call this Videobytes instead. I hope you are all having a good start to your April! Cruisn’ – It’s

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Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016

Arcade April Fools Jokes 2016

arcadehero April 1, 2016 1

Today is a day that not everyone enjoys but I just take it as: you know what’s coming so just have some fun with it. There have been a few April Fools jokes to

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VRf Bringing VR SHOW to Arcades

VRf Bringing VR SHOW to Arcades

arcadehero March 31, 2016 5

UPDATE: This was our contribution to the April Fools joke brigade today. I denounce myself 😛 Although in all honesty, I imagine that if the Vortek unit was redesigned and re-released right now, it

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Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan

Konami Launches Dance Dance Revolution A In Japan

arcadehero March 30, 2016 1

The latest version of Konami’s legendary arcade series Dance Dance Revolution has launched in Japan, known as Dance Dance Revolution A. The new version offers more songs and some other aesthetic changes to the

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Big Buck Wild 2016 Update Rolling Out April 1st

Big Buck Wild 2016 Update Rolling Out April 1st

arcadehero March 28, 2016 0

When Play Mechanix launched the “Wild” update for their Big Buck HD games, it was stated that there would be updates in 2016 and 2017 to help keep the game fresh. Owners of the

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Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive

Location Watch: Tappers Arcade Bar; Secret Headquarters; Game Vault; McDonalds I-Drive

arcadehero March 24, 2016 0

(Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips) News on new arcade locations has been a little slow lately but that doesn’t mean that things aren’t happening ‘behind the scenes’, so to speak. We’ve got

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Luigi’s Mansion Arcade Exclusively Available At Dave & Busters Until Summer

Luigi’s Mansion Arcade Exclusively Available At Dave & Busters Until Summer

arcadehero March 21, 2016 1

In posting about the new Luigi Mansion Arcade as seen at Amusement Expo 2016, reader Jordan Fredrick pointed out on our Facebook channel that the game is already setup at more than one Dave

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