Bubsy Paws Into Pinball (Updated!)
Atari has been on a retro kick lately, grabbing the rights to all sorts of »
Location Watch March 2026: The Latest Arcade Openings Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that compiles the most »
Amusement Expo 2026: The Full Rundown
Welcome to Arcade Heroes’ full rundown of Amusement Expo 2026. This was the most recent »
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition Detailed
It has been a long wait for Maximum Tune fans to see the next iteration »
Newsbytes: Resident Evil 2: Arcade On Test In Japan; Texas Pinball Festival; Konami Rhythm Games Come To America; More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that runs down “byte-sized” »
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Previewing the Arcade Anniversaries of 2023
Each year marks some kind of anniversary, although we tend to only pay attention to those ending in a 0 or a 5. This year saw Atari celebrating 50 years, and where I got
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2022 Home Arcade Ports – Arcade Games For Old Consoles
Back in my day, when all phones were connected to a wall and the only way to skip commercials was record an over-the-air broadcast, then fast forward through them all, our game systems were
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Location Watch December 2022: New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a curated look at brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors, all over the world. I’m a little bit behind on this news thanks to IAAPA, which
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Big Newsbytes: IAAPA 2022 Updates; The Last Ridge Racer; Michael Jackson/Sega Discovery; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball. This post has been on the backburner since the weekend before IAAPA started but there has been so
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Spooky Pinball To Launch Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?
“Boo-tique” pinball makers Spooky Pinball are at it again and this time they’ve taken on a beloved classic cartoon that generally had a spooky theme to it, Scooby-Doo!. This is not based upon any
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IAAPA 2022 Round-Up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on
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Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label
If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the
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Win A Signed Copy of Cruis’n Blast On Nintendo Switch
It’s time to do something unusual for the site here – give away a prize! Thanks to Eugene Jarvis and Raw Thrills, I’ve been hooked up with two physical copies of Cruis’n Blast on
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IAAPA 2022 Round-up #1 – New Arcade Games For 2023
It’s almost been a week since the end IAAPA 2022, so it’s probably a good time for me to make a post about some of the news that came out of the event! It
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Raw Thrills Launches Series 2 Cards & New Level For Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
After being teased through updates to the game during the year, Series 2 cards are now available for Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, which brings the total number of collectible cards to 98 (adding 38). As
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