Prototype Uncovered: Atari Games’ JAMMIN
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IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 5: Amusement Source International, Coastal Amusements, Ace
Continuing our coverage of the IAAPA 2025 trade show that took place in Orlando, FL, »
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 4: Andamiro USA, Pinball, UNIS
Continuing our coverage of the IAAPA 2025 trade show that took place in Orlando, FL »
Arcade Heroes Celebrates 19 Years Of Covering Arcade News & Fun
It is hard to believe, but as of today, this site is now nineteen years »
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 3: exA-Arcadia, AVS Companies, JET Games
Welcome to the third part of our IAAPA 2025 wrap-up, the series of posts that »
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The Unreleased Arcade Concepts Of Amazement Machines
Prototype and unreleased concepts have always been fascinating to me, particular in the video game arena. There are a plethora of reasons as to why a product might not ever make it out of
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The Hobbit Pinball Reaches Manufacturing Milestone
Seen today on Twitter and Facebook, Jersey Jack Pinball has announced that the first complete playfield for their second title, The Hobbit, was installed into a cabinet. This means that the game should begin
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Arcade Heroes Podcast #10 – IAAPA and 2015 Review
It’s been a little while since we did a podcast – the end of the year gets really busy for arcade operators like myself and Sean. That was boosted with Star Wars 7, which
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New Arcades: Moonwalker; Cobra Arcade Bar; The Quarter Barrel; Shelter Arcade Bar; Sunshine Pinball; Super Bario
I can’t recall a post quite like this that covers this many new arcade locations in one shot. From new ‘pure’ arcades to bar/arcades to those looking to open, it has everything except for
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Stern Pinball Announces Spider-Man Vault Edition
Sometimes there is a new game announcement this early in the year and today happens to give us one from the pinball side of things – Spider-man Vault Edition. The news was broken via
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Newsbytes: 2015 Review; Games Turning 40; Brad Fuller Passing
It’s 2016 and I hope that everyone had a great week with the turn of the year. 2015 was really good for my own arcade business and I have heard reports from a few
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New Pinball Parlor: North Star Opens In Montreal, Canada
(Thanks to Arcade Hunters for the tip) Just a quick news item here, which nicely wraps up our 2015. I’m working hard at getting the 2015 Year-In-Review video completed before the year is officially
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“Pointless Arcade Cabinets”
Time for something not-serious compared to what we normally talk about. It isn’t close to April Fools but these “pointless arcade cabinets” found on Imgur by Djmdesign would certainly fit right in with that
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The Top 10 Posts On ArcadeHeroes.com For 2015
It’s the end of the year so once again it is time to look back over the past twelve months to see what news was big on everyone’s minds. And since it is possible
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Newsbytes: MaxiTune 5DX Music; Avengers Pinball Color; SF2 Car Bash
I hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas and holiday weekend. We got a lot of snow where I am at although it was the kind that isn’t good for kids to make
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