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Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry! – Part 2
Industry specialist Kevin Williams follows up on his look at the rise-and-fall of technology in the amusement scene, particularly in regards to optical storage mediums. It’s the 1990s and its time for…LaserDiscs…and CDs! KWP: Its hard to fathom anyone in the amusement trade being too attracted to another bout of technology in the optical »
New Arcade Games For Japan – JAEPO 2023 Round-Up
Since not everyone follows the site on Twitter or Discord, here’s a handy post to round up news from the trade show that just started in Japan, JAEPO 2023. This is the first time JAEPO (Japan’s equivalent of Amusement Expo) has been held in-person since just before COVID in February 2020; 2021’s was online-only, »
NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Shipping To Arcades
I really didn’t expect to be writing this post until Spring, as I had heard at IAAPA that the latest arcade entry for the Need For Speed series likely wouldn’t be shipping until that time. Turns out that development was much closer to final that expected as I have confirmed with manufacturer Adrenaline Amusements »
Sega Launches Storm Rider 2 For Arcades
New month, new arcade games – although you’ll want to stay tuned here as we’ll be hearing about a few more this month once JAEPO (an arcade-focused tradeshow in Japan) lands. To start things off we have a game from Wahlap, 3MindWave & Sega Amusements International, one that was seen at IAAPA 2022 called »
Newsbytes: More From EAG 2023; TRON 3; Space Invaders 45th; & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2023, one that I had meant to post a couple of weeks ago but I just didn’t find enough to pad it out at first – then I became too occupied with moving equipment from my now closed location to the open one. Over that time then a »
Checking Out EAG 2023 – From Afar
I first discovered Arcade Heroes back in January 2007 when the then UK-based crew attended what was called ATEI. I was amazed to learn that there was anyone covering the arcade industry, then I was also surprised to discover that there were still tradeshows which focused on new coin-op arcade games. Unfortunately the UK-based »
EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams reports from the first international amusement trade show of the New Year, visiting London’s EAG 2023 and reporting back about the new content headed to arcades in Europe in the near future. This article was a surprise to me »
Arcade & Pinball Releases For 2023
What arcade & pinball games have been released in 2023? That’s what this page is for! Simply select the region you wish to browse for video games & pinball below via the tabs. Videmption & AR/VR attractions & EM Games are separated out, but those genres tend to only focus on North America. »
2022 Arcade Year-In-Review
Welcome to the annual Arcade Heroes Year-in-Review, where I take us back down the memory lane of the past 12 months, and review how things have gone in the industry, at least from my perspective. If you are curious about last year’s review, click here. I’ve been wanting to do a video or livestream »
2022 Home Arcade Ports – Arcade Games For Old Consoles
Back in my day, when all phones were connected to a wall and the only way to skip commercials was record an over-the-air broadcast, then fast forward through them all, our game systems were cutting edge. New games weren’t classics yet…they were brand new and arcade ports could make or break a system, the »
