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LAI Games To Introduce Kaiju Rampage At IAAPA 2024

arcadehero October 25, 2024 0

When I began researching the set up for IAAPA 2024, I was surprised to see that LAI Games would have a larger-than-usual presence this year. That alone was an indicator they were planning on

Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games

arcadehero June 30, 2023 0

The following is a guest post submitted by Ted Haydon for you readers to drink in; It’s good timing given the recent release of Batsugun EXA Label, Saturn Tribute Boosted, and Kumagumi’s official merchandise

Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label

arcadehero December 1, 2022 0

If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the

CAVE & exA-Arcadia To Release Akai Katana EXA Label To Arcades Worldwide This Winter

arcadehero July 29, 2021 1

Back in December of 2020, CAVE rejoined the coin-op arcade scene with the release of their popular title DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label. Despite the pandemic pressures in Japan suppressing a lot of potential

Blazing Chrome AC Launches To Arcades On exA-Arcadia

arcadehero April 13, 2021 3

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

Now Shipping: Mission: Impossible Arcade by Sega

arcadehero March 19, 2021 2

Initially intended for a release in the Spring of 2020, jump forward a year, and the latest light-gun creation by Sega Amusements is now shipping out to locations that have pre-ordered one. This is

Sega Opens Pre-Orders For Mission: Impossible Arcade

arcadehero March 1, 2021 1

UPDATE 3/2: Corrected a photo and added more details below. It’s one of Sega’s biggest games that they’ve done in recent times, and after the added wait of an extra year, Sega Amusements is

ICE Unveils Full Line Of Arcade Pro Games, Including Jurassic Park Pro

arcadehero December 10, 2020 0

Back in September, ICE (short for Innovative Concepts in Entertainment) revealed that they were launching a full line of commercial-grade, home-focused arcade games. With the holidays here, they now have all of their titles

ExA-Arcadia Releases Vritra Hexa

arcadehero November 3, 2020 0

I don’t know if posting about a new game release will be seen right now in the States, since everyone’s focused on Election Mania, but in case you want to read about something other

UNIS Introduces Elevator Invasion

arcadehero October 17, 2020 1

While UNIS may be known for its redemption & videmption content, they do often release straight video games. In the run-up to the UNIS Showcase 2020 virtual event that is taking place this coming

Exa-Arcadia Announces Location Test & Details For CAVE’s DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label

arcadehero September 10, 2020 0

Back in March, some waves were made among the shoot ’em up & gaming communities when Exa-Arcadia announced that a new version of CAVE’s popular DoDonPachi Saidaioujou would be gracing the platform. Very few

Quake Arcade Tournament Edition Now Unlocked

arcadehero August 17, 2020 0

[Thanks to everyone who sent me various links about this. I’ll be using Ars Technica for the main source] First person shooters in arcades – not on-rails light-gun titles, but the kind that regularly