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Newsbytes: Allied Tank Review; NW Pinball & Arcade Show; FTW Chicago Opens
Schools out for the Summer – at least everywhere around me. This means that it becomes busier in my case, which is great. Hopefully it is like that everywhere that an arcade can be found. This coming Monday is also important for my arcade business as it will mark 7 years since I opened »
Sega Turns 55 – Let’s Remember Their Electromechanical Games
It is anniversary season – combine Summer with a year ending in 5 and that seems to do the trick. Today is an anniversary for a company very important to the arcade industry, as indicated in part by the amount of time they have been around – Sega at 55 years. Here is the image shared »
Newsbytes: New Barcade; Silver Ball Planet; TRON 3
Welcome to the last weekend of May 2015. It is out-of-school/graduation time for many, hope everyone has a fun and safe time. It’s also the perfect time to visit some arcades if you have any in the area, I recall one year when I got out of school my friends and I spent a »
New Locations: Round 1 Santa Ana, Nightowl Toronto; Emporium San Fransisco
Busy day for some arcade news, all of the sudden. Thanks to Michael Louie for the tips on all of these news items, all involving new locations. Round1USA Opens In Santa Ana, CA – Japanese owned Round 1 continues the expansion of their chain in the USA with the grand opening of a location »
Star Wars Battle Pod Gets A Special Home Release
(Thanks to Kevin Williams for the tip) I meant to get to this yesterday but was occupied with working on the latest podcast(which we also forgot to mention on the podcast…whoops). Here’s the headline: Star Wars Battle Pod Home Version Confirmed for US/EU/JP I had heard about its development a few months ago but »
Newsbytes: Polybius Doc; Walking Dead Update; Heighway Pinball Update
In the US many are out and about thanks to it being Memorial Day weekend, which is (or at least should be) one of the more solemn holidays. For most it also marks the beginning of Summer. Regardless, I wish you safe travels in the process. Here is a round-up of some arcade news »
Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35
Today marks the 35th anniversary of a legend in video gaming, particularly in arcades. That would be the arcade release of Namco’s Pac-Man to Japanese arcades. There is a big celebration going on at Level 257 in Schaumburg, IL starting tomorrow(May 23rd), where Pac-Man’s creator Toru Iwatani, top Pac-Man player Billy Mitchell and some »
Video Tuesday: New Pixels Trailer; Say What You Want Pinball Vid; KISS Pinball Footage
Ok so the words ‘video’ and ‘Tuesday’ don’t rhyme but let’s not keep that from sharing some news. New Pixels Trailer – Skip if you want to avoid a few spoilers, like many near final trailers these days it does cross into that spoilery territory. This shows that the movie is heaping tons of »
Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader
It’s been another slow news week and today’s bundle of news reflects that as I had to really scrub the internet just for small news items. In the mean time if you haven’t listened to the Return of the Arcade Heroes Podcast, check it out here! Also, I’ve added a new T-Shirt to the Arcadeheroes »
Newsbytes: Yoshimitsu; GTI Asia Taipei 2015; Wahlap
Good weekend everyone and to the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow. My mom is not a gamer by any means but she put up with my little obsession, among other things that moms put up with from their kids 😉 BTW – A new Arcade Heroes Podcast is on the horizon later »
Enjoy 30 Minutes of AOU/AM Show Footage from 1991 & ’92
These days we all expect to see footage of arcade games from trade shows or venues since cameras are found everywhere. But that wasn’t the case from the earlier days of arcade gaming when footage would have only been gathered by a news organization and then broadcast once, perhaps. Fortunately thanks to interest in »
