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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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Star Wars Battle Pod Adding An Episode VII Stage This Summer

Star Wars Battle Pod Adding An Episode VII Stage This Summer

arcadehero February 15, 2016 13

We’ve been speculating for a while now about additional content coming to Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod. Given the success of the latest film installment, it only makes sense that the big new

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Bandai Namco Building A New Star Wars Battle Pod Location Directory

Bandai Namco Building A New Star Wars Battle Pod Location Directory

arcadehero February 2, 2016 7

Today Bandai Namco Amusements sent out the following e-mail, looking for information on where to find Star Wars Battle Pod arcade games out ‘in the wild’: To owners of: Star Wars: Battle Pod and

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Newsbytes: New DDR?; Ghostbusters Pinball Leak?; Computer Space; NTG#68

Newsbytes: New DDR?; Ghostbusters Pinball Leak?; Computer Space; NTG#68

arcadehero December 19, 2015 5

With it being less than a week before Christmas, things are getting as busy as they can get in the year – for me anyways. Here’s a round-up of your arcade news for the weekend:

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Star Wars Battle Pod Flat Screen Edition Trailer

Star Wars Battle Pod Flat Screen Edition Trailer

arcadehero October 8, 2015 1

I recently mentioned that the standard or “Flat Screen Edition” of Bandai Namco/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Battle Pod is available worldwide, allowing venues that do not have the capital necessary for the Deluxe Pod version

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New Details On The Star Wars Battle Pod Premium Edition

New Details On The Star Wars Battle Pod Premium Edition

arcadehero August 16, 2015 2

Back in May was revealed that Bandai Namco would be producing a high cost version of their Star Wars Battle Pod arcade game. The oddest thing about it at the time was that the

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Star Wars Battle Pod Unboxing

Star Wars Battle Pod Unboxing

arcadehero July 3, 2015 11

It was recently mentioned on an Arcade Heroes podcast that I was going to be getting my hands on a Star Wars Battle Pod. As with many of these new big games, it wasn’t

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Star Wars Battle Pod Gets A Special Home Release

Star Wars Battle Pod Gets A Special Home Release

arcadehero May 29, 2015 6

(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) I meant to get to this yesterday but was occupied with working on the latest podcast(which we also forgot to mention on the podcast…whoops). Here’s the headline:

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Newsbytes: Star Wars; Arcade Vehicle Crash; Pinball; Missile Command; NTG #41B

Newsbytes: Star Wars; Arcade Vehicle Crash; Pinball; Missile Command; NTG #41B

arcadehero April 18, 2015 4

Welcome to my last minute collection of arcade news for this weekend. Star Wars Battle Pod at the Star Wars Celebration – this week has been loaded with plenty of Star Wars news and

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StarWars.com Gives Star Wars Battle Pod A Marketing Boost

StarWars.com Gives Star Wars Battle Pod A Marketing Boost

arcadehero January 29, 2015 0

As you know, Bandai Namco Amusement’s Star Wars Battle Pod is soon upon us and as such, promotion for the game is ramping up. This game already has received more media attention by itself

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Interview: Kazushi Imoto, Lead Producer for Bandai Namco Amusements’ Star Wars Battle Pod

Interview: Kazushi Imoto, Lead Producer for Bandai Namco Amusements’ Star Wars Battle Pod

arcadehero January 19, 2015 2

At IAAPA 2014, I was discussing the event with another attendee who stated he would like to see an interview with the designers of Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod. It was a great

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Arcade Heroes  2014 Year-In-Review + The Top Ten Stories

Arcade Heroes 2014 Year-In-Review + The Top Ten Stories

arcadehero December 31, 2014 11

Which stories here at Arcade Heroes were read the most by you the readers this year? What is it that we covered through the year? Here is a breakdown for those that are curious!

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