February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with »
LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now »
New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing »
Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized »
Gotta Catch ‘Em All? Stern Pinball Officially Unveils Pokémon
The internet went all ablaze last week when Stern Pinball finally teased that their next »
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UNIS To Showcase Galactic Force 6D Ride At IAAPA 2015
As I write this I am uploading my IAAPA Pre-Game show video and of course, this story covers something that I missed for that video (it is too large to have to re-do, so
Read More »Raw Thrills Launches MotoGP Arcade IAAPA Promo Video
I’ve been busy working on an IAAPA Pre-Game Show video that is one of the largest videos I’ve done so far…expect it later today. But in the meantime, the IAAPA hype is starting to
Read More »Newsbytes: Play Mechanix Turns 20; MaxiTune 5 In The US; REVO
Happy weekend everyone. Due to a press release, I’ve broken this post up between two tabs, otherwise the main post content is below
Read More »New Location: Boss Battle Games (Indianapolis, IN)
I was going to make this post about two new locations but when investigating one of them that has opened in South Florida, they didn’t have any actual arcade machines, instead preferring to use emulators inside
Read More »FUN IS Mobile App Announced To Drive Customer Interest To Amusement Locations
The modern arcade industry is in an interesting spot – while retail spots face a lot of challenges up against the digital store juggernauts, arcades still require on-spot visitation. The gaming trends have also
Read More »New For Videmption: Timberman Arcade by Magic Play
In case you hadn’t noticed, the trend that is ‘so hot right now’ in the arcade market are videmption games and on top of that, porting mobile games to the arcade for a larger
Read More »Retro: Space Harrier’s 30th Anniversary – Happy Birthday to Space Harrier
Happy Birthday to Space Harrier! 2015 marks the 30th Anniversary of the famous Sega arcade game, Space Harrier. This game is loved by many people and has become kind of a cult classic to
Read More »Ghostbusters Videmption Arcade In Action
(Thanks to Jdevy for the tip) November is one month where you can expect to hear a lot about new arcade games coming out of the woodwork as this month is like the arcade
Read More »New Details On Play Mechanix’s New MotoGP Arcade
We recently mentioned a new motorcycle racing game that was soon coming to the market, MotoGP by Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills. Today the company released some official announcements about it to better detail
Read More »Newsbytes Halloween Edition: Real Drive; Hooligans Family Fun; Dissidia
Happy Halloween everyone! This is the one day of the year that I get more people walking in front of my arcade than any other…of course 95% of them don’t walk in at that
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