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Funhouse Pinball To Return With An Official Remake

Funhouse Pinball To Return With An Official Remake

arcadehero May 17, 2024 1

Ask any long time pinball player about their favorite games, and chances are that Funhouse by Williams will come up at some point. Designed by Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar, it was released right

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Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing ‘Jump Racer’ In Japan

Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing ‘Jump Racer’ In Japan

arcadehero May 1, 2024 0

It barely feels like five minutes since we were last talking about a new location test game here on Arcade Heroes. But today, we have yet another to exclusively reveal. Not that this is

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EVO Japan 2024 Day 2: Additional Arcade Fighting Games Via exA-Arcadia

EVO Japan 2024 Day 2: Additional Arcade Fighting Games Via exA-Arcadia

arcadehero April 27, 2024 0

It’s day 2 for EVO Japan 2024, and as we saw yesterday, several arcade games were announced. Today, there are more! All of these are coming to the exA-Arcadia platform and while they are

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EVO Japan 2024 Day 1: exA-Arcadia Announces New Arcade Fighters

EVO Japan 2024 Day 1: exA-Arcadia Announces New Arcade Fighters

arcadehero April 26, 2024 4

EVO Japan 2024 is now underway, and this year it means new arcade games. Normally we don’t get much location-based entertainment (LBE) arcade news out of EVO, but in large part thanks to exA-Arcadia,

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Angry Birds Boom! Spotted On Location Test

Angry Birds Boom! Spotted On Location Test

arcadehero April 22, 2024 1

It was only a month ago where we had the chance to see all of the latest arcade games coming to the market, but that doesn’t mean that developers are taking a break. Angry

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Now On Test: Asteroids Recharged by Atari & Alan-1

Now On Test: Asteroids Recharged by Atari & Alan-1

arcadehero April 12, 2024 1

Mere weeks after being revealed to the world, Utah-based Alan-1 Inc. has begun testing out their new Asteroids Recharged arcade game. What is slightly unusual though is that this is a location test where

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Shooters Fes 2024: exA-Arcadia Shows Airgallet, Fixeight, Jamjam’n Jelly, Cambria Sword AC

Shooters Fes 2024: exA-Arcadia Shows Airgallet, Fixeight, Jamjam’n Jelly, Cambria Sword AC

arcadehero April 5, 2024 2

The annual Shooters Fes 2024 event is underway in Japan, held at Mikado Game Center in Tokyo. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is a showcase of many shoot ’em up (“shmup”) titles

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Now Taking Orders: Mega Shot by JET Games USA

Now Taking Orders: Mega Shot by JET Games USA

arcadehero April 3, 2024 0

In the wake of Amusement Expo 2024, we’re catching up on the latest releases to the arcade market. The subject of today’s new game is Mega Shot, by JET Games USA. This is on

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Location Watch March 2024: New Arcades Open Up All Around The World

Location Watch March 2024: New Arcades Open Up All Around The World

arcadehero March 30, 2024 0

Welcome to Location Watch, our regular series of posts covering recently-launched venues across the world. What new arcade businesses have opened up lately? That question is what these reports are all about. For many

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Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Is Now Available

Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Is Now Available

arcadehero March 26, 2024 0

The King of Monsters has been sweeping the pop culture scene lately, although there is good reason for that. I went into Godzilla Minus One expecting a dumb monster action flick, but came out

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New Details On Bandai Namco’s Animal Kaiser Plus For The UK & USA

New Details On Bandai Namco’s Animal Kaiser Plus For The UK & USA

arcadehero March 26, 2024 0

At two recent trade shows (EAG and Amusement Expo), Bandai Namco Amusement showed off the return of their kids card arcade game, Animal Kaiser Plus. Today, we’re taking a deeper dive into the game

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Amusement Expo 2024: Booth Tours #1 [Team Play, Raw Thrills, Bandai Namco, Sega, Pinball]

Amusement Expo 2024: Booth Tours #1 [Team Play, Raw Thrills, Bandai Namco, Sega, Pinball]

arcadehero March 23, 2024 1

With Amusement Expo 2024 now well in our rear view mirror, it’s time to talk a little more about what was there. I’ve been busy editing and uploading videos to YouTube, so subscribe there

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