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Bandai Namco Tests New Magic Wand Shooter “Magi Blast”

Bandai Namco Tests New Magic Wand Shooter “Magi Blast”

arcadehero February 26, 2025 0

Big arcade news has just kept on coming with Bandai Namco of late, be it their overseas launches of Taiko No Tatsujin and GoldStorm Pirates or tests for their next music game and Wangan

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Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite

Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite

arcadehero February 22, 2025 0

When I started selling arcade machines back in 2011, I would often get requests for arcade basketball machines – not just from businesses, but often from residential customers. They would almost always call the

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Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games

Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games

arcadehero February 19, 2025 0

Previously on Arcade Heroes, we mentioned the arrival of a new company to the industry fray by the name of Blue Motion Games. Spearheaded by industry veteran Salim Sabbagha, the company was at IAAPA

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New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements

New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements

arcadehero February 13, 2025 0

In our industry, arcade games don’t always get a shot at being sold for much longer than five years, let alone receive new models. There are exceptions with popular titles however, and today we

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exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

arcadehero February 12, 2025 0

Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming event in Japan. The focus was on showcasing some previously announced titles that will be available very soon, so

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Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More

Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More

arcadehero February 10, 2025 0

Welcome back to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes covering bite-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcade and pinball. It’s been a little while since we had a regular

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Bandai Namco Reveals Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition

Bandai Namco Reveals Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition

arcadehero February 5, 2025 0

For several years now, one of the most heavily-rumored arcade games out there has been the next major entry in the Wangan Midnight series of racers by Bandai Namco. This has been talked about

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Sega’s Maimai DX Is Headed To Amusement Expo 2025

Sega’s Maimai DX Is Headed To Amusement Expo 2025

arcadehero February 3, 2025 0

Thanks to everyone who sent this in! It’s now February, which means that we’re a month and a half away from the next major arcade industry trade show, Amusement Expo International. It’s often been

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Location Watch Japan Special: A Look At Aeon Mall Arcades (Molly Fantasy, Feedy Diner & Arcade)

Location Watch Japan Special: A Look At Aeon Mall Arcades (Molly Fantasy, Feedy Diner & Arcade)

arcadehero January 31, 2025 0

Welcome to a different kind of Location Watch from what Arcade Heroes has done previously! In a specially prepared piece, one of our true blue Arcade Heroes site friends has kindly written a look

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Bandai Namco To Test New Arcade Music Game “Penda Beats” In Japan

Bandai Namco To Test New Arcade Music Game “Penda Beats” In Japan

arcadehero January 30, 2025 0

A few weeks ago, mention was made in a Newsbytes of a mysterious new Bandai Namco Amusement trademark. Little was clear but from the logo design and title, it looked like it could be

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Game Updates + Cambria Sword Another Cry AC Now Available

Game Updates + Cambria Sword Another Cry AC Now Available

arcadehero January 28, 2025 0

We’ve got two quick bits of news to share with you today about new releases for the arcade industry, including one game that just began shipping. But before we get to that, let’s update

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Atari’s Missile Command Returning To Arcades With Missile Command Recharged By Alan-1

Atari’s Missile Command Returning To Arcades With Missile Command Recharged By Alan-1

Volfied January 27, 2025 0

This past weekend, Alan-1 held their second annual Major League eSports League World Championship. While we had made an update in regards to the winner of that tournament, along with a brief note in

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