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Newsbytes: ZOMBEEZ; LBE VR News; Motion Sphere & More
Hello, and welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend post where we discuss various pieces of arcade news that usually don’t warrant a post all by themselves. Arcade Heroes Site News I’ll get this out of the way first – I think I will be canceling the mobile/PC arcade trivia game that I’ve been working on »
Looking At Electrocoin’s Skill Shooter
One game that really stood out at IAAPA 2019, was the Western arrival of Taito’s airsoft gun target shooting game, then known as Gun Arena (soon renamed to OnPoint). This primarily stood out for its use of real airsoft pistols that fired a pellet/BB at the screen, which was then recollected by the game, »
Newsbytes: Stern’s Insider Connected; Prototype Atari Basketball Game; Frogger Game Show & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts that curates some quick news from around the world of arcades & pinball. We’re a bit heavier on the pinball this week, which is no problem at all. Let’s get to it: Stern Pinball To Launch Insider Connected This Fall <operator soapbox activate> I hate to say »
SNK Joins exA-Arcadia As An Official Partner; 1st Game To Be Samurai Shodown V Perfect
SNK is one of those names that, if you’re into arcade gaming at all, is instantly familiar to you. The company built their reputation in the West primarily through their NEO GEO MVS platform, but like many major players, recent years have seen them focus mostly on home consoles with a Japanese arcade release »
Seen In The Wild: House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn SD (Sega); ATV Slam SD (Sega); Ship Wreck (ICE); Skip Time (Wahlap)
It’s been a bit since we’ve discussed some location test games, i.e., arcade games that are beta testing by going out on location at an arcade. Arcade news has also been kind of slow lately, but when it picks up, it’s suddenly a deluge like this. So let’s get up to speed with what »
The Future Amusement Landscape Of London Is Changing As Iconic FEC Will Close
In a special feature for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, breaks the news of the closure of the latest London amusement space (NAMCO Funscape London), and views the state of the business in the important capital. This comes in contrast to the recent string of new location openings across the UK (covered »
Amusement Goes To The Olympics
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, marks the celebration of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, and charts the influences that the video amusement industry has taken from the Global sporting event. This comes full circle as the Opening Ceremonies of the 2020 games showcased video game »
REVIEW: Lightning Knights by Tikipod / exA-Arcadia
Lightning Knights Developer: Tikipod Publisher: exA-Arcadia Release: June 2020 Type: Top-Down Dungeon Crawler Players: 1-4, simultaneous Hardware: EXA Board ARCADE EXCLUSIVE?: Yes Rating: N/A, but probably would be Yellow Label for Animated Violence Synopsis: Crawl the dungeons and fight off the hordes in this unique game that is like Smash TV meets Gauntlet Review: »
Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the arcade & pinball world and serves them up to you on a digital platter. We’re in the post trade show news lull at the moment, so arcade news has been a little tough to come by, hence the gap in Newsbytes lately, »
Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up
Amusement Expo 2021 is officially over, so with the dust settled, let’s take this opportunity to wrap it all up in a tidy blog post. I may do a Vlog about it too, if anyone is interested; Speaking of videos, thanks to everyone who has subscribed to the AH YouTube channel lately. Maybe by »
ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021
I’ve been talking about the company and its games for years, and this week, exA-Arcadia finally was able to make their official introduction to the North American industry as they appeared at Amusement Expo 2021 with four cabinets a total of twenty-five games. While they have appeared at events like JAEPO before, that was »
Sega Posts 3 Direct Captures Of Mission: Impossible Arcade
Amusement Expo 2021 has come and gone, and I’ve been busy working on videos but also posting details to social media about some of the news there. I am working on a post to wrap it up, but that all will take some time to complete. Until then, we have got some quick news »
