IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 5: Amusement Source International, Coastal Amusements, Ace
Continuing our coverage of the IAAPA 2025 trade show that took place in Orlando, FL, »
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 4: Andamiro USA, Pinball, UNIS
Continuing our coverage of the IAAPA 2025 trade show that took place in Orlando, FL »
Arcade Heroes Celebrates 19 Years Of Covering Arcade News & Fun
It is hard to believe, but as of today, this site is now nineteen years »
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 3: exA-Arcadia, AVS Companies, JET Games
Welcome to the third part of our IAAPA 2025 wrap-up, the series of posts that »
Retro Gamer & Former Arcade Hero Writer Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away
It is with a heavy heart that we have learned of the news that Retro »
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The NYT takes a look at Stern Pinball
(Image credit: Sally Ryan, NYT) The New York Times has written an article looking at the last pinball factory in the world: Stern. It’s a great article that looks at the current state of
Read More »Dig Dug: The Untold Story by the Duo Group
I saw this linked on the KLOV forums and had to share it. It’s a couple of months old but if you haven’t seen it, it’s rather funny. There is some violence in it
Read More »Eighth Annual H. Betti Industries Golf Outing Charity Event
Betson has announced the eighth annual H. Betti Industries Golf Outing, a charitable event whose proceeds typically go to the Tomorrow’s Children Fund but this year will be going to help out one of
Read More »The Asteroids Lamp
Even though Atari never created many memorable characters they created plenty of icons and symbols that people easily recognize. One of those would be the rocks from Asteroids, which have been brought to the
Read More »Noise levels studied at arcades in Maine
Some grad students at the University of Maine have conducted an informal survey of noise levels in four arcades in the vicinity of the university and have come to the conclusion that arcade noise
Read More »SingTel's Formula One Simulator
If you ever happen to drop by Singapore (or if you live there) and have a thing for F1 racing then F1 sponsor SingTel has unveiled the simulator game for you. The game will
Read More »Article: Arcade Perfect
One thing that we have been preaching about for a long time is how arcades can and need to progress beyond the typical fare of racers, light-gun games, dancing titles, etc. That is a
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Missing in Action – Adventure/RPGs
Missing In Action is an editorial series that looks at different genres of games that have been a part of the arcade scene in the past but in recent times have fallen by the wayside
Read More »Seen on eBay – Star Trek Arcade's Bridge Chair
A long time ago on Arcade Heroes we had weekly updates on interesting arcade-related stuff on eBay but we obviously haven’t been keeping up on that very well. But I just had to mention
Read More »James Edes' Pinball Collection
The News Tribune did an interesting story on an avid pinball collector named James Edes. He has been playing pinball since he was a little kid, and now he collects them. In his basement
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