Location Watch May 2025: The Latest Arcade Businesses To Open Their Doors Around The World
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LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR
Much has been said in recent months about arcade virtual reality (and VR in general) »
Newsbytes: PlayX4 In South Korea, Raw Thrills Update, Konami Reshuffles & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a regular series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through »
Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA
Late last year, word spread around in arcade circles about a brand new Contra video »
Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!
Alan-1 has announced that they have begun shipping their third title, the enhanced version of »
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Taking A Closer Look: Blazing Chrome
We’ve been covering the Exa-Arcadia platform for a while now, and with the release of the new multi-game platform approaching fast, I figured it might be good to highlight some of the games that
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Newsbytes: DDR A20 In The US; Strikers 2020; Ride The Wave; New Games Shown In China & More
It has been a little while since our last news post, so let’s take the opportunity of the weekend to catch up with things in Newsbytes. Keep in mind, if the site isn’t loading
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And We’re Back!
Well that downtime was a load of fun…and hopefully will be avoided in the future. It appears that the main issues with the website have finally been resolved and the site (on my end)
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Newsbytes: Repro Star Wars Yoke; Marble Carnival; Cosmotrons Unboxing; Exa-Arcadia & Mario Party Updates
I skipped Newsbytes last week as I was busy running an arcade at a comic convention, and just didn’t have the time to post about anything. Before we get started, I have updated the
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Raw Thrills Begins Shipping Slither.io, With Super Bikes 3 Coming In May
Posts have been a little infrequent on the blog as of late, but we’ve got an update on two titles that we’ve been talking about for a while now, so let’s see what the
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Controversy As An Atari Prototype Lands On MAME
NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect some new thoughts about the event. As I figured, this is something that people will be talking about in arcade circles for some time to come.
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Wrapping Up Midwest Gaming Classic 2019
The Midwest Gaming Classic event has come and gone for 2019, with the show expanding their reach into a larger venue and bringing along more names to show off their goods. I did not
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Newsbytes: Round1USA News; Willy Wonka Rules; Game History; Virtuix VR Success & More
Welcome to another Spring edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, Arcadehero, and let’s take a quick look at some newsworthy arcade items to get you through the weekend. It’s good news all around, so
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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
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Jersey Jack Pinball Reveals Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The rumors have been swirling for months, and finally the day has arrived for Jersey Jack Pinball to unveil their fifth game – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. This is the first of
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Location Watch: Maniac’s Mansion (TX); Quarters Bar+Arcade (CO); Apex Entertainment (NY); Play Money Pinball (FL); Pixels Arcade (WI) & More
I’ll keep on saying this until it somehow gets stuck into the public’s consciousness, but the amusement industry is on fire right now. Dozens of locations continue to open their doors out there, and
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