Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite
When I started selling arcade machines back in 2011, I would often get requests for »
Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games
Previously on Arcade Heroes, we mentioned the arrival of a new company to the industry »
New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements
In our industry, arcade games don’t always get a shot at being sold for much »
exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More
Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming »
Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More
Welcome back to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes covering bite-sized pieces of »
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Update on my arcade: Merging and expanding!
I haven’t had much to update on my arcade as of late although there is some news I’d like to pass along for any of those who have been keeping track of our progress.
Read More »Another new FEC opens tomorrow – Xscape in Indianapolis
When it rains, it pours at least when it comes to new facility news. Here is another FEC opening up in the US, this time in Indianapolis, IN, to be called Xscape. Xscape is
Read More »New FEC called Kids Castle opens in Burbank, CA + some other arcade/economic news
(Photo: Alex Collins/Leader) While it’s generally been accepted that there is a ‘worldwide economic slowdown’ (although personally I never am quick to believe that it’s always as bad as the news says it is
Read More »Win a copy of Arcade Mania by creating your own Kotaku Arcade
Gaming blog site Kotaku is running a contest to see what users can come up with the best arcade diorama (made up of paper, toys, etc.) of a ‘Kotaku Arcade’. The prize – a
Read More »Michael Yum of PM Studios discusses DJ Max Technika & more (including possible European release)
PM Studios has not kept a tight lid on their new arcade title known as DJ Max Technika and this means more information for us to enjoy about the game. In an interview with
Read More »Chuck E. Cheese – where adults can't learn to play nice
At the very first arcade that I worked at, they had a large area of redemption games and of course a redemption desk. For the most part things went smoothly there but on occasion
Read More »Another location test report on DJ Max Technika + news on an iPhone version of the game
Say what you will about DJ Max Technika, it certainly is generating a bit of excitement among players. This of course is why I think that there is great value in high-profile location tests
Read More »Arcade Art – hand painted 8-bit goodness
We’ve discussed arcade-related artwork before but I hadn’t thought of looking up “Arcade Art.com” before to see what would pull up. It seems like a no brainer now, but there is a website called
Read More »Virtual-Kade opens up in Kentucky with focus on VR and exergaming
We’re happy to report new of yet another new arcade facility opening it’s doors to the public, although this one is a little different as they don’t appear to have any coin-operated arcades (except
Read More »News on Pinball Events in the UK for 2009
[Thanks to Nick of ThePinballBlog for the information] If you are a pinball fan and you live in the UK then next year you’ll have a great time thanks to several events that will see some
Read More »City in California makes a loan for new arcade/FEC to open
When I saw this news it had me a little surprised since it always seems like many cities do things to make life harder for an arcade to open these days but that
Read More »Happy (belated) 2nd birthday for Arcade Heroes
This week Arcade Heroes reached it’s second year in existence and I feel bad for missing the actual day – I thought it was today but after some checking it was actually on the
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