Sega’s Maimai DX Starts Shipping Out Across The USA
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Preview
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exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Vanguard Princess R; Tests For Axel City 2: The Final Storm
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Stern Pinball Unveils Star Wars Fall of The Empire
As recently teased by the company, Stern Pinball is coming back to Star Wars, this »
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Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World
It’s been a spell since we last spoke about brand new arcade businesses opening their doors, the most recent post about the subject coming along in February. I was searching for venues in March
Read More »Super Sizing Amusement! – Part 1
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams (KWP), takes a look at the history of the “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe” categories of arcade cabinet hardware. These
Read More »Rounding Up The AAA 2023 Expo In China
The latest Asia Amusements & Attractions Expo has came and went, so here’s a quick review of what was there at AAA 2023. This expo is mainly focused on the Chinese amusement market so
Read More »Axel City 2 Goes On Test + Donut Dodo Do! Trailer
Things are picking up in the arcade news space as we had news about the latest PIU arcade game and now we have a couple of other titles to discuss with Axel City 2
Read More »Andamiro Pulls The Curtain Back On Pump It Up 2023 Phoenix
(Thanks to ted and nsm on the Arcade Heroes Discord server for the tips) It’s been a spell since we had some news on Andamiro’s most prominent video game, Pump It Up – in
Read More »Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing A Sequel To DeadStorm Pirates In Japan
The following post is discussing a game that has been seen on location test, which is the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. This means that there is not much info to go
Read More »Trio-Tech’s QUBE Is Shipping Now
What’s the most expensive arcade game ever made? It’s a difficult question to answer since prices weren’t always published or records kept, particularly when it came to games that were so expensive, only large
Read More »Pinball Updates: Punny Factory Now Available; Haggis Pinball News
I mentioned on the last newsbytes that there was some stuff to discuss about a boutique pinball maker by the name of Pinball Adventures, but on top of that there was someinth Punny Factory
Read More »Newsbytes: Taito Ramps Up Celebrations; Dynamite Bomb Testing; Amusement Hall Of Fame; & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I scour the interwebs for quick news items that are related to the wonderful world of arcades and pinball machines. A bit has accumulated this month in that
Read More »Retro Arcade Remakes & Atari Join Forces For PCB Reproductions [UPDATED]
[Thanks to GraffitiTavern for the tip] [UPDATE 5/1/23] – Retro Arcades got back to me and stated: “Licensed Atari PCB boards Major Havoc, Black Widow, Gravitor, War Lords, Lunar Lander are now available food
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