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Jersey Jack Pinball Launches Guns N’ Roses: Not In This Lifetime

Jersey Jack Pinball Launches Guns N’ Roses: Not In This Lifetime

October 5, 2020, 1 Comment on Jersey Jack Pinball Launches Guns N’ Roses: Not In This Lifetime

It’s been on the rumor list for a while now, and today Jersey Jack Pinball has officially unveiled and launched their sixth game, Guns N’ Roses: Not In This Lifetime. The latter part of it launching today is a little bit of a surprise given that most of the time the games aren’t quite »

Newsbytes: Shutdowns Expand; More Amusement Expo Vids; Rampage Topper

Newsbytes: Shutdowns Expand; More Amusement Expo Vids; Rampage Topper

March 21, 2020, No Comments on Newsbytes: Shutdowns Expand; More Amusement Expo Vids; Rampage Topper

Welcome to another Newsbytes, although this one is somewhat different from the norm. With a pandemic sweeping the globe, it’s presented an unprecedented challenge that wasn’t something that I think could have been easily prepared for. While you can follow news on the various health and economic impacts across the Internet, I’m going to »

Aka & Blue Type-R Overseas Orders Begin Shipping

Aka & Blue Type-R Overseas Orders Begin Shipping

January 6, 2020, 1 Comment on Aka & Blue Type-R Overseas Orders Begin Shipping

The dust from New Years celebrations and vacations have settled, so now it’s time to get into some news. And for our first bit of news of the year – and the decade – we have an update on the Exa-Arcadia system and the first game shipping out for it. Aka & Blue Type-R »

Exa Boards By Exa-Arcadia Are Now Available For Pre-Order

Exa Boards By Exa-Arcadia Are Now Available For Pre-Order

November 2, 2019, 2 Comments on Exa Boards By Exa-Arcadia Are Now Available For Pre-Order

The Exa board, by Exa-Arcadia, is something that has been a frequent subject of the posts here on Arcade Heroes. In case you missed those posts, let me sum it up in a sentence: The Exa Board is a modern Neo Geo MVS, a conversion kit that can go into an existing JVS cabinet »

New Info & Footage For Super Bikes 3 By Raw Thrills

New Info & Footage For Super Bikes 3 By Raw Thrills

April 13, 2019, 1 Comment on New Info & Footage For Super Bikes 3 By Raw Thrills

It’s springtime, which in the arcade business means new games. We covered a few of them as a part of the Amusement Expo 2019 coverage, and today, we’re focusing on another title from a major manufacturer – Super Bikes 3 by Raw Thrills, This game was first seen at IAAPA 2018, where only 3 »

New Release: Fantasy Soccer (UNIS)

New Release: Fantasy Soccer (UNIS)

March 15, 2019, No Comments on New Release: Fantasy Soccer (UNIS)

Video arcade fans, we’ve got a new release for you to be on the look out for, as Universal Space (UNIS) has begun shipping their latest amusement title, Fantasy Soccer, to arcades in North America. First revealed in September of last year, Fantasy Soccer piqued interest among many in the community for a few reasons. »

New Locations: FEC Expansion In CA, CO, IL, MI, NJ, UT; Galloping Ghost Pinball (IL); Player One Arcade Pub (GA)

New Locations: FEC Expansion In CA, CO, IL, MI, NJ, UT; Galloping Ghost Pinball (IL); Player One Arcade Pub (GA)

March 4, 2019, No Comments on New Locations: FEC Expansion In CA, CO, IL, MI, NJ, UT; Galloping Ghost Pinball (IL); Player One Arcade Pub (GA)

For our first look at the latest locations to open their doors around the world for this month of March, we have quite a few places to talk about. The explosion in FEC’s continues apace, especially in my neighborhood. It’s getting to the point where it has me a little concerned for how us »

JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

January 29, 2019, 1 Comment on JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

Another arcade trade show has come and gone, but this one has really stirred things up thanks to the Exa-Arcadia platform, guaranteeing a larger amount of content for arcades to enjoy. As a lot of the news was covered in the first JAEPO post, I’ll only be including items here that are new, such »

UNIS Pulls The Curtain Back On Fantasy Soccer

UNIS Pulls The Curtain Back On Fantasy Soccer

October 12, 2018, 1 Comment on UNIS Pulls The Curtain Back On Fantasy Soccer

Exactly a month ago, we ran a story about a brand new soccer video game that was shown off at a trade show in China. Apart from a photo of the game at the UNIS booth, we had no other information to go off of, so we’ve had to wait. Today, UNIS uploaded a »

Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

January 13, 2018, 4 Comments on Newsbytes: Aki To Blue Type R; WCCF 2017-2018; Arcade Cab Conversions; Starcade Goes Prime

January has been fairly mild as far as weather goes – at least where I live (hanging around the 40s most of the time). Even though it’s not super-freezing like the Eastern US, it has seemed to keep people coming to the mall and thus to the arcade. Let’s start with just a headline: »

New Locations: The Grid Arcade Bar (MN); Big Al’s (CA); Little Big Thrills (MN); 1up Arcade (AU); Rock N’ Fun (HI)

New Locations: The Grid Arcade Bar (MN); Big Al’s (CA); Little Big Thrills (MN); 1up Arcade (AU); Rock N’ Fun (HI)

April 21, 2017, 2 Comments on New Locations: The Grid Arcade Bar (MN); Big Al’s (CA); Little Big Thrills (MN); 1up Arcade (AU); Rock N’ Fun (HI)

Time for new arcade locations and updates! These have been accumulating for a few weeks as I’ve been very busy with other things, mainly in remodeling my own location. Let’s jump into the news of the locations out there: The Grid Arcade Bar (Lansing, MI) Let’s start off with a bar/arcade that opened their »

Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017

Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017

February 25, 2017, 8 Comments on Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017

Welcome to Part 3 of our series on games that will be celebrating a certain anniversary during this calendar year of 2017. With going back to 1997, we will be looking at games turning 20 this year. But first, check out the first two parts if you haven’t already: Arcade Games Turning 40 in »