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Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024

arcadehero August 10, 2024 0

Things have been a little bit quiet for the blog lately, but I’ve been super busy. Big nod to Ted for helping out on many stories and drafts during this time. In the meantime,

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Maimai DX Hops Over To Dave & Busters For Testing

Maimai DX Hops Over To Dave & Busters For Testing

arcadehero August 6, 2024 0

Here’s a unexpected surprise for our dog days of summer news cycle – Maimai DX is expanding its location test reach by now appearing at Dave & Busters Dallas. Let’s take a look: Maimai

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Breakers Revenge Chicago Is Now Available For Arcades

Breakers Revenge Chicago Is Now Available For Arcades

arcadehero August 2, 2024 0

It’s a new month and that means at least one new arcade release. July was a slow month for new arcade titles, but thanks to exA-Arcadia, Breakers Revenge Chicago is now available for anyone

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BumbleBear Games Offers ZOMBEEZ: A Killer Queen Remix for Pre-Order

BumbleBear Games Offers ZOMBEEZ: A Killer Queen Remix for Pre-Order

arcadehero July 30, 2024 1

I’m back from CAX (click here to watch a tour – I will likely do a post about the event here soon) and that means its time to catch up on a little news

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On Test: Godzilla Kaiju Drop; Beatmania IIDX 32 Pinky Crush; Kung Fu Panda The Warriors Gauntlet

On Test: Godzilla Kaiju Drop; Beatmania IIDX 32 Pinky Crush; Kung Fu Panda The Warriors Gauntlet

arcadehero July 25, 2024 0

I’m leaving for California Extreme (CAX) tomorrow but before I go, let’s get to some location test news – one game testing in Japan, one from Japan that’s testing in the US, then another

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Newsbytes: Taiko No Tatsujin USA Updates, Golden Tee 2025, Naruto Details, More

Newsbytes: Taiko No Tatsujin USA Updates, Golden Tee 2025, Naruto Details, More

arcadehero July 20, 2024 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, our regular series of posts at Arcade Heroes that rounds up quick bites of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. As ever, Summer can be a slow season

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Atari Announces Asteroids Recharged Arcade Orders

Atari Announces Asteroids Recharged Arcade Orders

Volfied July 18, 2024 0

The return of Atari and Asteroids to arcades is upon us, as the former revealed today in a press release about orders opening for Asteroids Recharged Arcade on their website. Note that Adam has

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Confirmed: Taiko No Tatsujin Is Launching In US Arcades This November

Confirmed: Taiko No Tatsujin Is Launching In US Arcades This November

arcadehero July 14, 2024 0

You may remember in our last post about Marvelous’ two new kids card game launches, it was said that they would possibly be the biggest arcade news for this month. Well, less than two

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Two New From Marvelous: Naruto Emblem Battle (NA), Pokemon Frienda (JP)

Two New From Marvelous: Naruto Emblem Battle (NA), Pokemon Frienda (JP)

arcadehero July 12, 2024 0

The dog days of summer have been dragging on as usual, and arcade news has been fairly quiet in more ways than one of late. Part of that is down to this very site

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Stern Pinball Unleashes The Godzilla 70th Anniversary Premium Table

Stern Pinball Unleashes The Godzilla 70th Anniversary Premium Table

arcadehero July 9, 2024 0

The King of Monsters is turning 70 this year, and to celebrate, we’ve already received a VR arcade title from Raw Thrills. Now, Stern Pinball has launched a new Premium edition of their Godzilla

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Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-up

Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-up

arcadehero July 3, 2024 0

Bowl Expo 2024 is now over and done with, although my plan to be there and check it all out in person unexpectedly fell through thanks to me missing my flight. Fortunately, Brandon Willey

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International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview

International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview

arcadehero June 30, 2024 0

It’s time for your middle-of-the-year arcade event known as Bowl Expo, although this one is meant to focus on bowling. Since most bowling centers happen to have an arcade on-site, their annual get-together now

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