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New For Europe: Air Zone Deluxe; Bullseye Crackshot; Stern Pins

New For Europe: Air Zone Deluxe; Bullseye Crackshot; Stern Pins

June 10, 2023, No Comments on New For Europe: Air Zone Deluxe; Bullseye Crackshot; Stern Pins

I’m running a few days behind on this news, but two UK-based distributors (Electrocoin and UDC) held their 35th annual Park Avenue Open Day. This is where some new games for the amusement business were put on display, including some titles we might see further West at some point. Let’s take a look. As »

Bandai Namco Announces First Online Champion Match For Maximum Tune 5DX+

Bandai Namco Announces First Online Champion Match For Maximum Tune 5DX+

June 7, 2023, No Comments on Bandai Namco Announces First Online Champion Match For Maximum Tune 5DX+

Note: This news only applies to Maximum Tune 5DX+ machines connected to Namco’s North American network. It does not apply to the “International Version” that is found in parts like Australia/SouthEast Asia, nor Japan. As one of the few arcade games connected to the internet, Maximum Tune 5DX+ comes with some perks, mainly in »

Arcade Releases May 2023: Gungeon – House of the Gundead; Donut Dodo Do!; Halo: Fireteam Raven Tethered

Arcade Releases May 2023: Gungeon – House of the Gundead; Donut Dodo Do!; Halo: Fireteam Raven Tethered

May 31, 2023, No Comments on Arcade Releases May 2023: Gungeon – House of the Gundead; Donut Dodo Do!; Halo: Fireteam Raven Tethered

It’s the last day of May, so it is time to give a shout out to the arcade games released this month! I’ll also be making a video to highlight these games; Please share them around to let people know about a few of the new games that you might stumble across at an »

SUPER SIZING AMUSEMENT – Part 2!

SUPER SIZING AMUSEMENT – Part 2!

May 29, 2023, No Comments on SUPER SIZING AMUSEMENT – Part 2!

In the second part of his trip down arcade memory lane, Kevin Williams (KWP) continues to discuss “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe cabinet designs. Editing and several additions were thrown in by myself, Arcadehero. If you missed the first part, click here! KWP: The first part of our coverage looked at the history of Deluxe »

LAI Games To Launch Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR At Bowl Expo 2023

LAI Games To Launch Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR At Bowl Expo 2023

May 29, 2023, No Comments on LAI Games To Launch Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR At Bowl Expo 2023

Happy Memorial Day to my fellow American readers  – here’s a story I had meant to get to on Friday but it’s important to get some details in place before publishing. By all accounts I’ve heard, Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade has been a success for LAI Games and Wahlap. It was one of the »

Newsbytes: Batsugun Pre-Orders Open; House Of The Gundead; Ice Cold Beer Remake; Atari Prototype Discovered; More

Newsbytes: Batsugun Pre-Orders Open; House Of The Gundead; Ice Cold Beer Remake; Atari Prototype Discovered; More

May 27, 2023, 1 Comment on Newsbytes: Batsugun Pre-Orders Open; House Of The Gundead; Ice Cold Beer Remake; Atari Prototype Discovered; More

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news stories from around the world of arcades and pinball that I semi-regularly post here to Arcade Heroes. It had been a while since the last one, in part due to some life troubles going on for me lately (one of several being the SSD on my main »

Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World

Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World

May 25, 2023, 2 Comments on Location Watch May 2023: New Arcade Businesses Open Their Doors Around The World

It’s been a spell since we last spoke about brand new arcade businesses opening their doors, the most recent post about the subject coming along in February. I was searching for venues in March and April, but news in this regard was tepid up until this month, where it suddenly blew up. Why the »

Rounding Up The AAA’23 Expo In China

Rounding Up The AAA’23 Expo In China

May 12, 2023, 1 Comment on Rounding Up The AAA’23 Expo In China

The latest Asia Amusements & Attractions Expo has came and went, so here’s a quick review of what was there. This expo is mainly focused on the Chinese amusement market so what we can expect to see come to the West may be limited. There isn’t a whole lot to discuss here – nothing »

The Motion Deluxe Version Of NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Available

The Motion Deluxe Version Of NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Available

April 25, 2023, No Comments on The Motion Deluxe Version Of NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Available

The weeks after a big tradeshow always tend to be a little slow, although I’ve been a little surprised by just how quiet arcade things have been this April. Fortunately we won’t close the month out this way, as we have something to discuss and that is a new model release of NFS Heat »

Retrospective: PCs Powering Arcade Machines

Retrospective: PCs Powering Arcade Machines

April 15, 2023, 4 Comments on Retrospective: PCs Powering Arcade Machines

April tends to be a very slow month for arcade news, since most of the info that pertains to the industry (particularly brand new games) takes place at Amusement Expo. So to help fill in the news gap, it’s time for another history article, although this one is all from myself and not the »

Amusement Expo 2023 – The Complete Round-Up

Amusement Expo 2023 – The Complete Round-Up

April 6, 2023, No Comments on Amusement Expo 2023 – The Complete Round-Up

Welcome to the Arcade Heroes “round-up” of Amusement Expo 2023. This will show off & discuss various games which appeared at this trade show which was held last week in Las Vegas. The short of it is: There are many new arcade games out there for locations to purchase now, and sales for game »

Rocket League Is Blasting Into Arcades! (Updated)

Rocket League Is Blasting Into Arcades! (Updated)

April 1, 2023, 3 Comments on Rocket League Is Blasting Into Arcades! (Updated)

UPDATE: Big H/T to Jdevy who created the cabinet mock-ups for this post – he did those, I did the post. Happy April Fools! That’s right, everyone’s favorite rocket-powered racing game is making the jump from consoles to the arcade, as many other games before it has. Now you can properly control the vehicles »