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New From Ace Amusement: Nitro Speed

New From Ace Amusement: Nitro Speed

arcadehero February 18, 2021 1

In today’s morning post I mentioned that I would talk about another new game from Ace Amusement, as found on the UDC Distributor website, so here we are to give that a highlight. This

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New For The Prop Cycle Genre: Sky Riders by Ace Amusement

New For The Prop Cycle Genre: Sky Riders by Ace Amusement

arcadehero February 18, 2021 2

A few months back when UNIS held their 2020 Virtual Showcase, they unveiled a game that falls into the genre, if we want to classify it as such, of Namco’s somewhat obscure Prop Cycle.

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Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

arcadehero February 13, 2021 2

Welcome to Newbytes, a curated compilation of arcade news from around the world, generally covering items that didn’t necessarily need their own full-blown post but are still worth mentioning. This week has seen arcade

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Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More

Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More

arcadehero February 6, 2021 0

Well, it’s February, and it seems like arcade news is picking up to a point where there’s enough to discuss. I probably won’t be able to do a new Location Watch for a while,

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Knock Out The Undead In Adrenaline Amusements’ Zombie Smasher

Knock Out The Undead In Adrenaline Amusements’ Zombie Smasher

arcadehero February 4, 2021 2

A few years ago, I was contacted by a reader who lamented that “none of the games you talk about on the blog are found in the UK.” I pointed out that there are

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Andamiro Unveils Standard Upright Model For House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn

Andamiro Unveils Standard Upright Model For House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn

arcadehero January 30, 2021 0

As you saw the headline for this one I’m sure it elicited a reaction not unlike the many wonderful memes online that fall under the “wut?” genre, but no worries, I’m happy to explain

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Raw Thrills Begins Shipping King Kong Of Skull Island VR

Raw Thrills Begins Shipping King Kong Of Skull Island VR

arcadehero January 29, 2021 1

It’s a big year for the King Kong franchise, and to get the ball rolling in that regard, Raw Thrills has released their first full-on arcade game since launching Nitro Trucks last summer. Covered

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Taito’s Densha De Go!! Spotted On Test At Dave & Busters

Taito’s Densha De Go!! Spotted On Test At Dave & Busters

arcadehero January 25, 2021 0

It’s been a little bit since we had news regarding a game on location test, particularly something that was introduced at Dave & Busters. As you can recognize from the title, this one is

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Coming Soon To JAMMA Arcade Machines: Twin Tiger Shark – Not The SAME!

Coming Soon To JAMMA Arcade Machines: Twin Tiger Shark – Not The SAME!

arcadehero January 20, 2021 1

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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Newsbytes: AtGames Launches ArcadeNet; New Videos; VR WOW; Arcade Ports

Newsbytes: AtGames Launches ArcadeNet; New Videos; VR WOW; Arcade Ports

arcadehero January 16, 2021 3

This week has been extremely quiet for arcade news, but there are a few items that showed up late in the week that are fine for Newsbytes. Let’s hop to it! AtGames Launches Their

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Newsbytes: More Namco Art; GENDA/SEGA Takes Taito’s Record; HyperNova Release & More

Newsbytes: More Namco Art; GENDA/SEGA Takes Taito’s Record; HyperNova Release & More

arcadehero January 9, 2021 0

Welcome to another edition of Newsbytes, a collection of brief news items from the world of arcades & pinball. I didn’t find much this week again…but some manufacturers are coming to life again, so

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Bandai Namco Announces A New Tournament For Maximum Tune 5

Bandai Namco Announces A New Tournament For Maximum Tune 5

arcadehero January 5, 2021 1

It has been a while since we had some game news from Bandai Namco Amusements America, the US/CAN side of the company – and an even longer time since we had something new to

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