Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More
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Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)
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Now Shipping: Minions – Bullseye Mania by TouchMagix
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Arcade Recap: Top Gun Maverick & The Wizard Of Oz (Raw Thrills)
This edition of Arcade Recap is going to cover two of Raw Thrills’ recent debuts, »
GTI Southeast Asia Expo – Malaysia Gets A New Arcade Trade Show
Over the years on Arcade Heroes, we have covered many of the trade shows organised »
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Guitar Freaks and DrumMania go XG
[Thanks to Phil for the tip!] Konami isn’t letting up on their bemani upgrades and now Guitar Freaks (the guitar video game before Guitar Hero) and DrumMania (kind of the same in regards to
Read More »LAI Games' Textminator appears at the AAMA Gala
It looks like there is a still a little bit of news to discuss about in regards to the AAMA Gala, with this recent press release that was sent out by LAI Games. You
Read More »Stride gum launches a Save the Arcades initiative
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!] When it comes to saving arcade companies across the US, I never would have thought that a gum company would be spearheading an effort to save them.
Read More »Arcade style horse racing soon coming to the Wii
The creation of new peripherals for the Nintendo Wii that mimic controls that have already been seen in arcades continues to come along at a steady pace and the latest one that we have
Read More »The DIY Mini-NeoGeo cabinet
Arcade cabinets are never seen as truly portable devices but this mini-Neo Geo cabinet certainly could be. The designer of this particular model has created mini-cabinets previously but those used old consoles. This uses
Read More »Little update on the podcast and more
I have to apologize for the lack of updates over the past few days along with missing the podcast again. I think I have a good reason for that though – last week I
Read More »New arcade in West Virginia – TJ's Arcade
I’m finding it encouraging that we are seeing more news come around of new locations opening up in various places and the latest example of this opening trend is TJ’s Arcade in Mannington, West
Read More »The Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas
I have heard about the Pinball Hall of Fame more than once but I have never had the fortune of going there (which is more due to limited funds than interest – I hate
Read More »Big Buck Hunter on The Onion
As proof to the links that Big Buck Hunter shares with the bar scene, the satirical website The Onion has posted a short spoof article titled “Area Man Uses ‘Big Buck Hunter’ Score To
Read More »The touchable holography demo
I fully believe that one day holograms will play an essential role in the amusement industry – it is going to require lower costs, more convincing holograms and a practical way to apply the
Read More »Arcade booting screens now have a T-Shirt
There are plenty of ideas in the arcade arena to fuel ideas for new t-shirts but admittedly I had never thought that retro booting screens would be one of them. Nevertheless, it has been
Read More »Video of a new attraction – Lazer Frenzy
Last week when we posted about a new FEC opening up in Florida called Xtreme Adventures, there was one thing that the company had mentioned as being a part of their facility called Lazer
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