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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This
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Pre-Orders Open For Akai Katana/Crimson Katana EXA Label
Arcade shoot ’em ups aren’t as strong as they used to be on the North American market, but the genre isn’t dead. Thanks to the efforts of some indie companies and now exA-Arcadia, fans
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Newsbytes: The Site Is Back; MaxiTune 6RR Release Date; New Games For Asia; D&B Update & More
Greetings and welcome to Arcade Heroes. This Newsbytes post is made to catch us up on some arcade news from around the world, but due to some backend issues with the website here, I’ve
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Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Headed To The exA-Arcadia
We’ve got yet another exA-Arcadia announcement to start the week off, with this one certainly coming with a big impact for arcades in Japan. For us Westerners, I imagine that most interest will be
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Cotton Rock ‘N Roll Headed To Arcades Worldwide Via exA-Arcadia
For the past while, I’ve been seeing things posted about a new game in the Cotton series that would be going to Japanese arcades via Sega’s APM3 digital distribution network. Called Cotton Rock ‘N
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Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)
Fans of shoot ’em ups and particularly versus play can rejoice, as a fun new title that fits both of those categories is now available to pre-order for exA-Arcadia systems. Called Rival Megagun XE,
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ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021
I’ve been talking about the company and its games for years, and this week, exA-Arcadia finally was able to make their official introduction to the North American industry as they appeared at Amusement Expo
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exA-Arcadia Announces P-47 Aces Mk. II, Only For Arcades
[Updates] Note that a few updates have come along since I first posted this story; Scroll down for more. Yesterday and today have been great for fans of the shoot ’em up genre, thanks
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Blazing Chrome AC Launches To Arcades On exA-Arcadia
After Gimmick! Exact*Mix was released to arcades at the very end of this past December, exA-Arcadia took a break from their busy 2020. That break had extended into this month thanks to how the
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Coming Soon To JAMMA Arcade Machines: Twin Tiger Shark – Not The SAME!
It sure has been a spell since we had a standalone arcade news story to discuss, so I’m happy to say that this one is about a “new retro” game. New retro probably fits
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Raiden IVxMIKADO Remix Headed To Arcades Worldwide In 2021 On ExA-Arcadia
I think we’re all ready to leave 2020 in the distant past, and we’re almost there with just a little over a week to go. Fortunately, we get to end the year on some
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