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Arcade Events For July: New Jersey & Salt Lake Gaming Cons; Replay FX; California Extreme; Let’s Play Gaming Expo

Arcade Events For July: New Jersey & Salt Lake Gaming Cons; Replay FX; California Extreme; Let’s Play Gaming Expo

arcadehero July 6, 2018 0

July is a busy month for arcade collector events and so let’s take this opportunity to highlight a few of them. If I am missing any, please let me know and they will be

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Halo: Fireteam Raven Begins Landing At Dave & Busters Locations Across The US

Halo: Fireteam Raven Begins Landing At Dave & Busters Locations Across The US

arcadehero July 5, 2018 0

Initially unveiled in May 2018, the surprise announcement of Raw Thrills’ biggest game cabinet to-date had no trouble in dominating headlines across the gaming sphere. Announced as a Dave & Busters timed exclusive for

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GridSnaps PodCast #31 – Discussing TMNT, Exa-Arcadia And A New Arcade Almanac

GridSnaps PodCast #31 – Discussing TMNT, Exa-Arcadia And A New Arcade Almanac

arcadehero July 5, 2018 0

Things have been a little slow on AH lately – in part due to the standard Summertime lull in news but also where I have been very busy in writing up a new work

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Two Discovered From Atari: Star Trap & Space Storms

Two Discovered From Atari: Star Trap & Space Storms

arcadehero July 4, 2018 0

Happy Independence Day American readers! It has been a while since we’ve talked about a prototype/unreleased video arcade game. Granted, such news is always a bit random since it is not unlike archaeology –

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Newsbytes: Maximum Tune 6 Cabinet; Augmented Climbing; Jurassic World VR

Newsbytes: Maximum Tune 6 Cabinet; Augmented Climbing; Jurassic World VR

arcadehero June 30, 2018 1

It’s a sorta holiday weekend, with the 4th of July happening in the middle of next week which makes things a little awkward. Either way, if you find yourself traveling, keep an eye out

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Video Updates Tomb Raider; Halo Fireteam Raven Setup; Iron Maiden Pinball

Video Updates Tomb Raider; Halo Fireteam Raven Setup; Iron Maiden Pinball

arcadehero June 28, 2018 0

The lazy days of Summer are here but that also means that various games we’ve spoken about are starting to show up at locations around the globe. Let’s take a look at some new

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Halo Fireteam Raven Update – Now On Location Test

Halo Fireteam Raven Update – Now On Location Test

arcadehero June 26, 2018 1

The wait for Halo Fireteam Raven is almost over, with the game now available at one Dave & Busters location and soon rolling out to the others. This version does “not have the finalized

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Bowl Expo ’18 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

Bowl Expo ’18 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

arcadehero June 23, 2018 1

This week as Bowl Expo ’18 and as I had mentioned on the previous post, I wasn’t planning on attending until a last minute change took place. Granted, with Las Vegas being as close

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Bandai Namco Debuts Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash At Bowl Expo ’18

Bandai Namco Debuts Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash At Bowl Expo ’18

arcadehero June 19, 2018 8

If you’ve been around the arcade business for the past couple of decades, then you likely are familiar with Bandai Namco’s re-issues of select classic arcade games in a proper arcade cabinet format. These

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Transformers Shadows Rising Launching In July; Appearing At Bowl Expo 2018

Transformers Shadows Rising Launching In July; Appearing At Bowl Expo 2018

arcadehero June 19, 2018 1

This week marks a new amusement event, one that I’ve often heard of but never attended called the International Bowl Expo. I hadn’t planned on going but something worked out yesterday that means I’ll

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Taito Celebrates 40 Years Of Invader Blasting With Space Invaders Gigamax

Taito Celebrates 40 Years Of Invader Blasting With Space Invaders Gigamax

arcadehero June 15, 2018 0

Forty years ago, Taito released a game that not only turned the arcade business on its head, it would mark a cultural turning point for entertainment in general – Space Invaders. Many consider this

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Sega Amusements Releases Daytona Championship USA Standard Version

Sega Amusements Releases Daytona Championship USA Standard Version

arcadehero June 14, 2018 6

If you have found it difficult to come across Sega’s return to the iconic Daytona USA franchise then you are in luck – they’ve got a new, more affordable design shipping out to locations

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