Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label
Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order
While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t »
Pinball Brothers Bring PREDATOR Out Of The Jungle
Since it was first teased by the failed outfit Skit-B Pinball back in 2012, plenty »
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Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems
It’s been a fairly quiet February although between this and one other new game story that I’m working on, perhaps it’ll go out with a bang. We’ve detailed what the exA-Arcadia system is plenty
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Newsbytes: InitialD x Wangan; New Mortal Kombat Film; Abandoned Sega R360; New Breakout & More
Welcome to yet another weekend and with it another round of Newsbytes, a collection of items from around the arcade world that don’t necessarily need a full-blown post to talk about. While the month
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New From Ace Amusement: Nitro Speed
In today’s morning post I mentioned that I would talk about another new game from Ace Amusement, as found on the UDC Distributor website, so here we are to give that a highlight. This
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New For The Prop Cycle Genre: Sky Riders by Ace Amusement
A few months back when UNIS held their 2020 Virtual Showcase, they unveiled a game that falls into the genre, if we want to classify it as such, of Namco’s somewhat obscure Prop Cycle.
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Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More
Welcome to Newbytes, a curated compilation of arcade news from around the world, generally covering items that didn’t necessarily need their own full-blown post but are still worth mentioning. This week has seen arcade
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Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave
This week has been dead for arcade news, and I haven’t had the time to cook up an opinion piece or article, but I was able to Joe of Slackerz Inc. and Indie Arcade
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Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More
Well, it’s February, and it seems like arcade news is picking up to a point where there’s enough to discuss. I probably won’t be able to do a new Location Watch for a while,
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Knock Out The Undead In Adrenaline Amusements’ Zombie Smasher
A few years ago, I was contacted by a reader who lamented that “none of the games you talk about on the blog are found in the UK.” I pointed out that there are
Read More »Newsbytes: Big Buck Reloaded Updates; Power-up Baseball; Corporate Restructuring & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a quick collection of news items from around the wonderful world of arcades. I’m your host, Arcadehero, curator & commentator on the content. 😉 Today is also my first day out
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Andamiro Unveils Standard Upright Model For House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn
As you saw the headline for this one I’m sure it elicited a reaction not unlike the many wonderful memes online that fall under the “wut?” genre, but no worries, I’m happy to explain
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Raw Thrills Begins Shipping King Kong Of Skull Island VR
It’s a big year for the King Kong franchise, and to get the ball rolling in that regard, Raw Thrills has released their first full-on arcade game since launching Nitro Trucks last summer. Covered
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Taito’s Densha De Go!! Spotted On Test At Dave & Busters
It’s been a little bit since we had news regarding a game on location test, particularly something that was introduced at Dave & Busters. As you can recognize from the title, this one is
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