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Round1USA Puente Hills Hosting Special exA-Arcadia Event Starting Tuesday

Round1USA Puente Hills Hosting Special exA-Arcadia Event Starting Tuesday

arcadehero August 29, 2021 0

We don’t get a lot of news on Sundays, but today gets to be an exception. Round1USA has built a reputation for bringing a variety of Japanese market-made games to the US. Today, their

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Newsbytes: Stern’s Insider Connected; Prototype Atari Basketball Game; Frogger Game Show & More

Newsbytes: Stern’s Insider Connected; Prototype Atari Basketball Game; Frogger Game Show & More

arcadehero August 28, 2021 2

Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts that curates some quick news from around the world of arcades & pinball. We’re a bit heavier on the pinball this week, which is no problem at

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SNK Joins exA-Arcadia As An Official Partner; 1st Game To Be Samurai Shodown V Perfect

SNK Joins exA-Arcadia As An Official Partner; 1st Game To Be Samurai Shodown V Perfect

arcadehero August 26, 2021 2

SNK is one of those names that, if you’re into arcade gaming at all, is instantly familiar to you. The company built their reputation in the West primarily through their NEO GEO MVS platform,

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Seen In The Wild: House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn SD (Sega); ATV Slam SD (Sega); Ship Wreck (ICE); Skip Time (Wahlap)

Seen In The Wild: House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn SD (Sega); ATV Slam SD (Sega); Ship Wreck (ICE); Skip Time (Wahlap)

arcadehero August 25, 2021 1

It’s been a bit since we’ve discussed some location test games, i.e., arcade games that are beta testing by going out on location at an arcade. Arcade news has also been kind of slow

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Good News (Cactus Canyon Remake) & Bad News (RAZA) For Pinball

Good News (Cactus Canyon Remake) & Bad News (RAZA) For Pinball

arcadehero August 21, 2021 2

I’m not sure about doing a Newsbytes post today, but there are two big stories from pinball-land, so we’ll tackle those for now and see if there are some other things to cover later.

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Sega To Debut Jet Blaster At IAAPA Expo Europe 2021

Sega To Debut Jet Blaster At IAAPA Expo Europe 2021

arcadehero August 16, 2021 0

Back around the beginning of July, we reported that Sega Amusements and Wahlap were gearing up to release a new racing game to arcades by the name of Jet Blaster. At the time, there

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Newsbytes: Eugene Jarvis Talks Cruis’n History; exA Updates; Miner 2049er Arcade;

Newsbytes: Eugene Jarvis Talks Cruis’n History; exA Updates; Miner 2049er Arcade;

arcadehero August 15, 2021 1

Welcome to Newsbytes, a semi-regular weekend post that brings together news from around the world of arcades and pinball. Eugene Jarvis Talks Cruis’n USA History I’d been teasing this interview for a while and

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The Museum Of Pinball To Auction Off Their Machines This September

The Museum Of Pinball To Auction Off Their Machines This September

arcadehero August 11, 2021 3

This news had already spread out around the internet, but I just got a press release about it, so with that, we can discuss what’s going on in a little more official detail. The

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Incredible Technologies To Relaunch Three Of Their Classics With ‘Arcade Collection’

Incredible Technologies To Relaunch Three Of Their Classics With ‘Arcade Collection’

arcadehero August 9, 2021 1

The dog days of summer and arcade news don’t seem to go together too well, although the desire to come across anything arcade-news related today had me on a hunt across a bunch of

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Spotted On Test: Asphalt 9 Legends DX; Pac-Man Power Pellets

Spotted On Test: Asphalt 9 Legends DX; Pac-Man Power Pellets

arcadehero August 6, 2021 1

Well…arcade news really slowed to a snail’s pace the past few weeks. That doesn’t mean we take a break here, and thankfully we’ve got something to share with you today about a couple of

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Newsbytes: Mr Do! Returning To Arcades; Smash Bros Arcade; Arcade History & More

Newsbytes: Mr Do! Returning To Arcades; Smash Bros Arcade; Arcade History & More

arcadehero July 31, 2021 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend/bi-weekend curation of news items from around the arcade world. I tried to find something from pinball too, but it seems fairly quiet there right now.  I finally had the

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CAVE & exA-Arcadia To Release Akai Katana EXA Label To Arcades Worldwide This Winter

CAVE & exA-Arcadia To Release Akai Katana EXA Label To Arcades Worldwide This Winter

arcadehero July 29, 2021 1

Back in December of 2020, CAVE rejoined the coin-op arcade scene with the release of their popular title DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label. Despite the pandemic pressures in Japan suppressing a lot of potential

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