The Arcade Anniversaries of 2025
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EAG Expo 2025 Preview
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Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
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Arcade Prototype Discovered: Dropzone Arcade
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Stern Pinball Unveils Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye
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The King of Fighters Character Encyclopedia
If you know anything about SNK’s King of Fighter’s series then you know that they have introduced a lot of different characters to the game over the years and unless you are a dedicated
Read More »Sega Republic in Dubai just about ready to open, will include some awesome games
Sega’s massive new entertainment facility in Dubai is getting ready to open it’s doors and with that, it is already putting it’s staff of 125 people through “intensive training sessions” on how the facility
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #6
It has been a few weeks since I last had the chance to create a podcast but last Wednesday, Kevin Williams and I were able to sit down and talk about what has been
Read More »Update on Dark Presence – now with touch screens on the panel
Galloping Ghost continues their work Dark Presence and they have added a couple of new, previously unannounced features to the game, which contributor Aaron Auzins details below. —————– Doc Mack of Galloping Ghost has
Read More »New coin-op project begins at Incredible Technologies with a twist
In the wonderful world of coin-op game development, it is very rare that we will hear much about the development of a new title until it is practically ready to hit the streets. That
Read More »172 lbs. of marijuana found in a crane game
Drug runners will use pretty much anything to hide the transport of their “products” – that’s no secret. It is slightly surprising to read this story of a Las Vegas man who was transporting
Read More »Bang Back: The Pinball Movie
It’s been a little while since we had any pinball news – I have been waiting to see what Stern’s Big Buck Hunter Pinball is supposed to be like (which I hear is their
Read More »The 5 best arcades still in business (in the Chicago area)
Whoever the contributors are to Examiner.com, they seem to be taking an interest in rating arcades in their local areas lately and here is the latest “Top Whatever” list of the best arcades in
Read More »Arcade biz in Texas closing it's doors Friday
With all of the news lately of entertainment facilities opening their doors, I had hoped that we wouldn’t hear about any closures but sadly that is not the case. An arcade in Abiline TX
Read More »New FEC opens in the Tampa Bay area – Xtreme Adventures
The new FEC location announcements just keep pouring in and this one comes from Tampa Bay area in Florida. What used to be a gym has now become a 6,000 sq. ft. entertainment facility
Read More »Plenty of new games to be seen at Sega's "Private" Show in Japan
Sega recently held a ‘private’ show in Japan where they showed off some of their latest offerings for the amusement market and thanks to the internet, that show is not so private after all.
Read More »Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! confirmed for US release
While there weren’t many new products revealed at the Distributor Gala in Chicago that took place this past Friday, there were some new confirmations about certain games coming to the US that we only
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