July Trade Shows: Bowl Expo & IAAPA Expo Asia 2025
With July fully underway, it’s time to take a look at a couple more trade »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label
Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order
While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t »
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Pics from IAAPA 2009 (Part 1)
Well I’m back from IAAPA 2009 and it was an excellent show, as expected. I had always heard how large it was but you have to see it (and walk it) to believe it.
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IAAPA 2009 preview (updated – w/Cooking Mama arcade and more)
Tomorrow I head off for Las Vegas to attend the annual amusement industry tradeshow IAAPA. This will be the first time I will have a chance to visit this particular show – I have
Read More »Leland Cook Jr. of Tradewest passes away
Via Remember Ikari Warriors? That was one of the first games to be licensed by video game company Tradewest. While Tradewest was primarily known for their work on the NES, they did purchase coin-op
Read More »"Pimp My Bumper Car"
In a world where pretty much everything receives the “pimped out” treatment in some form or another, I guess it was only a matter of time before bumper cars would become part of the
Read More »Taito's Panic Museum coming to the US via ICE
It looks like the slowdown in arcade news is finally letting up with a number of companies sending out press releases today regarding product that we’ll be seeing at IAAPA next week. One release
Read More »Terminator Salvation Arcade coming to IAAPA next week
(Click on the image above for a more detailed view) We first heard about a Terminator Salvation arcade title way back at ASI in March and except for a brief view of the game
Read More »Sega's "Gettenka War History" card coin-op game
Sega continues to roll out the coin-op card games to strengthen their hand in that segment of the market and the latest title to fill out their line-up is “Getteka War History”. Like other
Read More »Footage of Mario Party Arcade
(Thanks to reader ECM for the tip) It has been a few months since we have heard anything about the collaborative efforts between Capcom, Namco and Nintendo on a new Mario Party redemption arcade
Read More »Don't just play Outrun – drive it!
Driving a real car and driving a virtual one are generally different experiences but in the case of this heavily modified Sega Outrun cabinet by Garnet Hertz of the Pasadena Art Center College of
Read More »Smash TV to make a comeback – someday soon perhaps
There are many arcade games out there which have been ported to a console or two but not many games can claim to have been ported to at least 16 different platforms (if you
Read More »Mall forces the closure of an arcade in Auburn NY
It’s one thing when an arcade business has to close it’s doors due to poor business performance but it’s something else when the landlord shuts the business down simply because they want to “go
Read More »Sega's new plan for arcades
(Thanks to everyone who sent this in!) When you run a company, you need a plan if you want to succeed in that business. Some corporations are more open about their plans in public
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