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Location Watch December 2022: New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a curated look at brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors, all over the world. I’m a little bit behind on this news thanks to IAAPA, which
Read More »Big Newsbytes: IAAPA22 Updates; The Last Ridge Racer; Michael Jackson/Sega Discovery; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball. This post has been on the backburner since the weekend before IAAPA started but there has been so
Read More »Spooky Pinball To Launch Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?
“Boo-tique” pinball makers Spooky Pinball are at it again and this time they’ve taken on a beloved classic cartoon that generally had a spooky theme to it, Scooby-Doo!. This is not based upon any
Read More »IAAPA 2022 Round-up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on
Read More »Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label
If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the
Read More »Win A Signed Copy of Cruis’n Blast On Nintendo Switch
It’s time to do something unusual for the site here – give away a prize! Thanks to Eugene Jarvis and Raw Thrills, I’ve been hooked up with two physical copies of Cruis’n Blast on
Read More »IAAPA 2022 Round-up #1 – New Arcade Games For 2023
It’s almost been a week since the end IAAPA 2022, so it’s probably a good time for me to make a post about some of the news that came out of the event! It
Read More »Raw Thrills Launches Series 2 Cards & New Level For Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
After being teased through updates to the game during the year, Series 2 cards are now available for Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, which brings the total number of collectible cards to 98 (adding 38). As
Read More »Raw Thrills Brings MotoGPVR & A New Cabinet For Halo: Fireteam Raven to IAAPA 2022
Quickie post here but it’s now confirmed what else Raw Thrills has brought to the IAAPA 2022 tradeshow and is likely to be hitting the arcade market in the near future. A press release
Read More »Adrenaline Amusements Is Debuting NFS Heat Takedown At IAAPA 2022
It has been a spell since we’ve heard from Canada-based arcade developer Adrenaline Amusements, although given that the focus of the site here tends to be on video games and not ticket redemption pieces,
Read More »Cabinet Revealed For Bandai Namco’s Dead Heat Unleashed
We’ve been getting bits and pieces of news about the sequel to Bandai Namco’s Dead Heat thanks to the location test but with IAAPA starting on Tuesday, the company has pulled the curtain back
Read More »The IAAPA 2022 Pre-Game Show
Welcome to the annual IAAPA preview, 2022 edition. Here, I will lay out everything I know about what will be at the IAAPA 2022 tradeshow that takes place from Nov. 14-18th in Orlando, FL.
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