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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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Arcade History: The Atari Dance Machine

Arcade History: The Atari Dance Machine

arcadehero February 27, 2019 2

There isn’t much arcade news this week, so let’s jump into something from the days of arcade past; something that had it been released “in the day” would have been almost three decades ahead

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Sega’s Daytona Championship USA SDLX Revealed

Sega’s Daytona Championship USA SDLX Revealed

arcadehero February 18, 2019 2

(Thanks to Jdevy for the tip) Last week, I ran a story on the pending arrival of a new “Super Deluxe (SDLX)” model for Sega Amusements’ Daytona Championship USA. Today, we have a look

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Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

arcadehero February 5, 2019 2

Way back in 2013, I wrote up a couple of articles that detailed the history of unreleased arcade games that were in the works at one time by Midway. Similar posts had been created

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Newsbytes: Sega Arcade Pop-Up Book; The Spectre Files; Magic Leap

Newsbytes: Sega Arcade Pop-Up Book; The Spectre Files; Magic Leap

arcadehero July 14, 2018 0

Apologies about the site being down for the past 24 hours but it seems to be corrected now and hopefully stays that way forever 😛 There wasn’t much to talk about this week but

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Two Discovered From Atari: Star Trap & Space Storms

Two Discovered From Atari: Star Trap & Space Storms

arcadehero July 4, 2018 0

Happy Independence Day American readers! It has been a while since we’ve talked about a prototype/unreleased video arcade game. Granted, such news is always a bit random since it is not unlike archaeology –

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Optimus Prime Returns To The Arcade In Transformers Shadows Rising

Optimus Prime Returns To The Arcade In Transformers Shadows Rising

arcadehero March 1, 2018 5

Way back at IAAPA 2016, I was given a very small hint about Sega’s next big project after Daytona Championship USA. All I was told is that it was a shooting game, later to

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Wizard of Wor Prototype Discovered: Invisible Monsters

Wizard of Wor Prototype Discovered: Invisible Monsters

arcadehero March 27, 2017 3

(Thanks to Troy F. for sending us details and photos) If you follow the site on social media then last week you should have heard about our new page dedicated to tracking unreleased arcade

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Newsbytes: CES 2017; MAGFest 2017; StepManiaX; SF Rush Beta; Hoopla; NTG102b

Newsbytes: CES 2017; MAGFest 2017; StepManiaX; SF Rush Beta; Hoopla; NTG102b

arcadehero January 7, 2017 5

Welcome To The First Newsbytes of 2017. Let’s Start With VR It’s been a busy week in tech with CES 2017 in full swing. Interestingly enough, while VR was trying to make a splash

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Newsbytes: Domino’s Pizza Pinball; Star Wars Color Pinball; Pac-Dog; NTG#92

Newsbytes: Domino’s Pizza Pinball; Star Wars Color Pinball; Pac-Dog; NTG#92

arcadehero August 20, 2016 1

I’m not sure why but in my area it was back to school week for most districts. Seems a bit early for that as the schools also got out the 2nd week of June.

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Lost Arcade Title KenJu (Atomiswave)

Lost Arcade Title KenJu (Atomiswave)

arcadehero July 29, 2016 5

Back in 2005, Sammy was still promoting their Dreamcast based arcade hardware Atomiswave, hoping that it could pick up enough development to become the next Neo Geo MVS. We’ve highlighted some titles that were

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Newsbytes: World Tour Foosball; Ghostbusters Deluxe; RC Squared; NTG#85b

Newsbytes: World Tour Foosball; Ghostbusters Deluxe; RC Squared; NTG#85b

arcadehero June 4, 2016 3

June is here and with that school is out and the arcade stays busy. At least in my neck of the woods. We’ve got plenty of video to fill in your weekend: Unboxing a World

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