The Arcade Anniversaries of 2025
With a new year upon us, you are likely to come across an anniversary or »
EAG Expo 2025 Preview
The first major amusement-focused trade show of this year is now just around the corner, »
Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes that covers everything happening in »
Arcade Prototype Discovered: Dropzone Arcade
It has been quite a long time since we last reported on a new arcade »
Stern Pinball Unveils Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye
It’s the first week of January, which aside from it being a new year, means »
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Meteors, The Prototype Arcade Game That Changed An Industry
(Thanks to DasBacon on Facebook for pointing me to this story, Eric Holniker for providing details) We’ve spoken plenty about prototype games this year since so many notable games turned 30, and Pong turned
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Sega’s MaiMai Released In English – But Will We See It Out West?
Earlier this year a video by Diginfo News covered a new music game released by Sega Japan called MaiMai. At the very end of the video which was covering the Japanese game release, they
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Stern Demonstrates Avengers LE Pinball
(Thanks to IcePagoda for the tip!) The chances of getting some hands-on time with the Premium or Limited Edition models on a lot of the Stern titles has not exactly been plentiful in my
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Videos & More: Epic Arcade Project; Arcade Relief; Ms. Pac-Man Factory Footage; Bionic Roshambo
As we head into the weekend here are some positive things to look into as the general news of the day has been pretty horrible. My heart really goes out to the families hit
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Arcade Love To Continue At Disney with TRON 3 and Wreck-It Ralph 2?
Perhaps it’s a little early to discuss the level of coverage arcades might get out of movies that won’t be hitting the silver screen for a few more years yet but there are two
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New FEC Opening in Indianapolis, IN called Latitude 39
(Thanks to Craig for the tip!) Way back in April 2011 we ran a story about the planning of a new entertainment facility in Castleton, IN USA that would be called Latitude 39. Large
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Mid-Week News: Pump It Up Tournament in London This Saturday; Pac-Man Ornaments; Arcade Network Device Update + More
There are several news items to look at today, from a UK Pump It Up tournament to Pac-Man Ornaments to a Q*Bert Prototype machine found and more.
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Two Bits Retro Arcade And Bar Opens In NYC
In a post earlier today I brought up the trend in retrocades opening up this year and almost as it were on cue, here comes another location that has opened its doors with that
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Two-For-One: Angry Birds Pinball Auction; Playing Retro Games On New Monitors
Time again for another variety post, but only two items to speak of right now. First is something found from The Gameroom Blog, an auction on eBay for a unique homebuilt Angry Birds Pinball
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Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet Sells For a Mere $20,000
The Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet that was on eBay sold and for a lot more than many including ourselves expected.
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Location News: 60th Dave & Busters In Dallas, Retro Arcade Open in Japan
Normally we only have one new location to speak of per post but today we have two. Bring more of them on I say! First off Dave & Busters has been busy opening more
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Weekend Newsblast: Battle of the Arcades, Fix It Felix cab, Real Life KOF
Not much has gone on in the arcade world this past week, which is often the case in the post-IAAPA month since all the new game announcements come along at that time. But enough
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