Happy National Arcade Day!
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Stranger Things Arcade Is Coming Soon Via Raw Thrills
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Bubsy Paws Into Pinball (Updated!)
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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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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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Coming Soon To JAMMA Arcade Machines: Twin Tiger Shark – Not The SAME!
It sure has been a spell since we had a standalone arcade news story to discuss, so I’m happy to say that this one is about a “new retro” game. New retro probably fits
Read More »Newsbytes: AtGames Launches ArcadeNet; New Videos; VR WOW; Arcade Ports
This week has been extremely quiet for arcade news, but there are a few items that showed up late in the week that are fine for Newsbytes. Let’s hop to it! AtGames Launches Their
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Newsbytes: More Namco Art; GENDA/SEGA Takes Taito’s Record; HyperNova Release & More
Welcome to another edition of Newsbytes, a collection of brief news items from the world of arcades & pinball. I didn’t find much this week again…but some manufacturers are coming to life again, so
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