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Mario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure

Mario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure

March 10, 2021, No Comments on Mario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure

Source: NintendoMario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, looks at the amazing influence that one of the world’s most recognizable video game characters has had, and continues to have, on the amusement and attraction scene. Being that it is March 10th (Mar10/Mario »

Play Mechanix & Mojang Team Up To Make Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

Play Mechanix & Mojang Team Up To Make Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

March 5, 2021, 3 Comments on Play Mechanix & Mojang Team Up To Make Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

To answer the first question that everyone probably thought the moment that they read the headline – no, this is not an early April Fools joke or some other prank. It’s real and quite a surprise at that. I didn’t even hear an inkling of this among my usual reliable rumor mills. I should »

Location Watch: Area 15[NV]; Game Terminal [TN]; 16-Bit Bar & Arcade [OH]; Natsuge Museum [JP] & More

Location Watch: Area 15[NV]; Game Terminal [TN]; 16-Bit Bar & Arcade [OH]; Natsuge Museum [JP] & More

March 4, 2021, 1 Comment on Location Watch: Area 15[NV]; Game Terminal [TN]; 16-Bit Bar & Arcade [OH]; Natsuge Museum [JP] & More

Welcome to Location Watch, a post series that highlights brand new arcade locations that have opened their doors for the first time. Since news in this regard has been rather slow, we haven’t had them taking place monthly like in the past, but where we’ve gone about 3 months since the last one, some »

New In Interactive Carnival Style Games – Playbox by Playmind

New In Interactive Carnival Style Games – Playbox by Playmind

March 4, 2021, 1 Comment on New In Interactive Carnival Style Games – Playbox by Playmind

I’ve noticed lately that my stories that are shared on LinkedIn are getting a bit more attention than I tend to get on other social media sites that have several times more followers, so I guess a lot of the audience here likes to use LI instead. No problem there, but in using the »

Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues

Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues

March 1, 2021, 4 Comments on Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues

It is no surprise – and probably won’t be for a while – that the effects of the covid-19 pandemic will have changed a lot about the arcade industry, along with pretty much every other business sector out there. Because arcades are “location-based entertainment,” and public locations have either been experiencing a huge decrease »

Newsbytes:  Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More

Newsbytes: Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More

February 27, 2021, No Comments on Newsbytes: Arcade Game Cards Database; Secret Life of Components; Cardboard Arcade;More

Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of quick news items from around the world of amusement for your weekend reading pleasure. This week was the busiest of the shortened month for arcade news, and March is generally a little busier, although we won’t have Amusement Expo to provide any kind of boost in that regard. »

The New Amusement Entertainment Future by Kevin Williams

The New Amusement Entertainment Future by Kevin Williams

February 26, 2021, No Comments on The New Amusement Entertainment Future by Kevin Williams

In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, takes on a ticklish subject for the industry that of change, and the ramifications it will have on the traditional amusement scene and its future. As the amusement trade starts to emerge from the hibernation forced on it by »

New Beat ‘Em Up Headed To Arcades In 2022: Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios.

New Beat ‘Em Up Headed To Arcades In 2022: Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios.

February 24, 2021, No Comments on New Beat ‘Em Up Headed To Arcades In 2022: Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios.

exA-Arcadia kept the arcade news flowing in 2020, but they’ve been a little quiet at the beginning of this year. Now that gets to change as we have our first new exA game announcement of 2021 – Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios. As stated in the headline to this post, this will bring »

Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

February 22, 2021, No Comments on Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

It’s been a fairly quiet February although between this and one other new game story that I’m working on, perhaps it’ll go out with a bang. We’ve detailed what the exA-Arcadia system is plenty of times on the blog so I won’t rehearse all that; You can click here if it sounds new to »

Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

February 13, 2021, 2 Comments on Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

Welcome to Newbytes, a curated compilation of arcade news from around the world, generally covering items that didn’t necessarily need their own full-blown post but are still worth mentioning. This week has seen arcade news slow to a crawl again, but in some positive location news, one of my locations is almost back-to-normal as »

Indie Arcade Games

February 13, 2021, Comments Off on Indie Arcade Games

This page has been created to track “indie” (i.e., independently produced, generally by a very small team with limited resources) arcade games. These games often don’t receive much attention outside of a few small pockets of niche interests online, and because they rarely receive support from distributors, few operators tend to purchase them. If »

Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

February 12, 2021, No Comments on 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 Wave last week, and he posted the podcast for it today. I figure that it’s a good idea to shine »