Happy National Arcade Day!
Today, April 8th, has been declared to be National Arcade Day. According to this page, »
Stranger Things Arcade Is Coming Soon Via Raw Thrills
We’re past April Fools Day now (where this year we had a fuzzy bobcat-inspired joke »
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 »
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Source Code For Several Williams/Midway Arcade Titles Pop-up Online
This might be something that I normally leave for a Newsbytes, but given how absurdly slow arcade news has been this month, I think it’s fine to stretch things out with certain items –
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Blazing Chrome AC Launches To Arcades On exA-Arcadia
After Gimmick! Exact*Mix was released to arcades at the very end of this past December, exA-Arcadia took a break from their busy 2020. That break had extended into this month thanks to how the
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Arcade Talk – April 2021
I really don’t like to have Newsbytes posts back-to-back, but this week has seen a sudden drought of arcade news. I have been chasing a few stories, but either some things aren’t ready yet
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Newsbytes: James Games Arcade Closes; 2020 Pinball GOTY; Mini R360 & More
This is Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball that I run every weekend. Once again there isn’t a ton for this edition of the post James
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April Fools 2021 Round-Up
It’s the day for pranksters and jokesters all around the globe, and per usual we’ve been a part of that for the arcade side of things. This year we did Untitled Goose Game Arcade,
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Coming Soon To Arcades: Untitled Goose Game
UPDATE: This post has been updated with some super-important information. Scroll to read more! While new game news has been sporadic for the past year or so, developments have continued behind the scenes. We’ve
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Location Watch: Carousel Arcade Bar (AZ); Family Fun Factory (NY); Babylon Park (Serbia); Gamestate (NL); Xtreme Play Adrenaline Park (CT) & More
Welcome to Location Watch, a genre of posts on the blog where I highlight brand new arcade locations that have opened their doors to the world. It’s been a little over a year since
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Newsbytes: Fishing Spirits Real Hit; Pinball Updates; Tigapo Payments; Clockwork Aquario; & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curation of quick arcade & pinball-related content that I hold for the weekend. I meant to post this on Saturday but getting sidetracked never helps. I was hoping that more
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Original Game On Test: Drakons Realm Keepers
Location tests are starting to pile up, and particularly from one company that we have mentioned a few times lately: Adrenaline Amusements. They have Zombie Smasher, Twister, and now Drakons: Realm Keepers. This latter
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The Future Of Sega Amusements International & The Sega Name In Arcades
UPDATE: Some minor fixes and more details have been added to the story. When the pandemic first began, it was anyone’s guess as to how deeply it would have affected the arcade industry –
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