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Newsbytes: RIP Ted Dabney & Bradley Chawgo; Kraut Buster; Video Updates; Arcadrone & More

Newsbytes: RIP Ted Dabney & Bradley Chawgo; Kraut Buster; Video Updates; Arcadrone & More

arcadehero May 26, 2018 0

Welcome to our latest round-up of arcade related headlines. Atari Co-Founder & Game Designer Ted Dabney Passes Away Unfortunately we have some bad news to start off today’s Newsbytes with. Ted Dabney passed away

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Taito Begins Testing AirSoft BB Gun Arcade Game ‘GunArena’ In Japan

Taito Begins Testing AirSoft BB Gun Arcade Game ‘GunArena’ In Japan

arcadehero May 25, 2018 3

There have been many legends in this business, one of which is a Japanese company by the name of Taito. With around 500 arcade machines to their name over the past 45+ years, you

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Newsbytes: Halo Fireteam Raven Cabinet; Strania EX & M2 Join Exa; ColorDMD Updates & More

Newsbytes: Halo Fireteam Raven Cabinet; Strania EX & M2 Join Exa; ColorDMD Updates & More

arcadehero May 19, 2018 0

Today’s Newsbytes is sure to be interesting. Let’s get to it 😉 But first, if you do the Facebook thing, I updated the album for Arcade/Pinball cabinets the other day. There are some additions

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Raw Thrills & Microsoft Join Forces To Bring Halo Fireteam Raven To Arcades In 2018

Raw Thrills & Microsoft Join Forces To Bring Halo Fireteam Raven To Arcades In 2018

arcadehero May 17, 2018 3

Yes you read that headline right. Seventeen years after the first-person shooter Halo rocked the gaming world on the original Xbox, the popular IP is finally headed to arcades, courtesy of Play Mechanix and

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Adrenaline’s Rampage Headed To The Wide Arcade Market In June

Adrenaline’s Rampage Headed To The Wide Arcade Market In June

arcadehero May 14, 2018 2

Happy Monday readers (if there is such a thing). We’ve got a quick piece of news to share with you today about the new Rampage arcade game. As you might recall, Dave & Busters

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Newsbytes: Redline Rampage; Cosmotrons Map Contest; NEO GEO Mini; Factory Video Updates; Pinball

Newsbytes: Redline Rampage; Cosmotrons Map Contest; NEO GEO Mini; Factory Video Updates; Pinball

arcadehero May 12, 2018 0

It was a quiet week on the site as I was busy, busy, busy working on a game conversion of a Need For Speed Underground to a Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers and troubleshooting that.

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Unboxing & Reviewing The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018) Arcade Game

Unboxing & Reviewing The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018) Arcade Game

arcadehero May 12, 2018 5

Doing an”unbox” of an arcade game is not exactly done with frequency but when the opportunity arises, I do try and film it. This week was a very rare event for me at the

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Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available

Volumetric Displays From Voxon Photonics Now Commercially Available

arcadehero May 4, 2018 2

While the focus of the blog here is on arcade news and opinion, it’s not just about new releases and locations. The technology that can be adapted for out-of-home entertainment/amusement is just as interesting

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gets A Sales Trailer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Gets A Sales Trailer

arcadehero May 3, 2018 2

The arcade side of the business is a little bit different from what you find for home consoles and those differences lead to an alternative way of handling marketing. The basic layout of the

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Newsbytes: LvL Up Opens (CA); Shrek & Baywatch Pins Get Color; Classic Game News & More

Newsbytes: LvL Up Opens (CA); Shrek & Baywatch Pins Get Color; Classic Game News & More

arcadehero April 28, 2018 3

Welcome to another weekend and with that, a collection of news from around the arcade world. Here’s what we’ve got for you today: LvL Up Opens For Business (Campbell, CA) While I was saving

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Changes Come To Big Buck Wild With The May 2018 Update

Changes Come To Big Buck Wild With The May 2018 Update

arcadehero April 27, 2018 0

It was recently announced that commercial/online Big Buck Wild machines would be receiving a big new update on May 1st, 2018. We ran a post about what was known here; since then we’ve been

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New Fighter: The Kung Fu Vs. Karate Champ Coming To Arcades 2018

New Fighter: The Kung Fu Vs. Karate Champ Coming To Arcades 2018

arcadehero April 26, 2018 2

UPDATE: The game was delayed until early 2020, where it did release worldwide in January of the year. We all understand just how important 1v1 fighters have been to arcades over the years but

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