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Amusement Goes To The Olympics

Amusement Goes To The Olympics

July 26, 2021, 1 Comment on 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

July 22, 2021, Comments Off on 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

Newsbytes: Minecraft Unboxing; 4:3 Arcade LCDs; SNK Millenium; KeyMaster Legal Woes & More

July 17, 2021, 1 Comment on 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 Round-up

July 9, 2021, 1 Comment on 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

ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021

July 2, 2021, 2 Comments on 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

Sega Posts 3 Direct Captures Of Mission: Impossible Arcade

July 1, 2021, No Comments on 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 »

Newsbytes: Black Emperor Launch; Bowl Expo News; Andamiro USA Goes To Texas; Playing Cruis’n Blast & More

Newsbytes: Black Emperor Launch; Bowl Expo News; Andamiro USA Goes To Texas; Playing Cruis’n Blast & More

June 26, 2021, 2 Comments on Newsbytes: Black Emperor Launch; Bowl Expo News; Andamiro USA Goes To Texas; Playing Cruis’n Blast & More

Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekly or bi-weekly curation of news from around the world of arcades & pinball. Stay tuned to YouTube on Monday/Tuesday as I will be posting an Amusement Expo 2021 preview, discussing what we know will be there – along with some guessing on the blank spots. A New Trailer & »

Touch Magix Launching The SpaceWarp 66 Mega Model At Bowl Expo ’21

Touch Magix Launching The SpaceWarp 66 Mega Model At Bowl Expo ’21

June 21, 2021, No Comments on Touch Magix Launching The SpaceWarp 66 Mega Model At Bowl Expo ’21

It’s Bowl Expo week, and due to circumstances this year, that means it’s going to see the debut of some new titles. That generally isn’t the case for this particular expo, although it has become more important to the arcade side of the business as time has marched on. Among the first games to »

Raw Thrills Ports Cruis’n Blast To The Nintendo Switch

Raw Thrills Ports Cruis’n Blast To The Nintendo Switch

June 15, 2021, 2 Comments on Raw Thrills Ports Cruis’n Blast To The Nintendo Switch

I wondered whether or not I should cover this today, since I normally don’t get into console game news, but I figure that not everyone who reads this blog necessarily watches E3 coverage. As the post headline says, the 2017 arcade title Cruis’n Blast is finally headed home, thanks to Raw Thrills developing a »

Touch Magix Issues Free Updates For SpaceWarp 66 & Carnival Cups

Touch Magix Issues Free Updates For SpaceWarp 66 & Carnival Cups

June 14, 2021, No Comments on Touch Magix Issues Free Updates For SpaceWarp 66 & Carnival Cups

As manufacturers continue to get back into the swing of things, they are not only keeping things moving on the development of new titles, but also in supporting their older ones. This is particularly true of games that were released at the end of 2019, which really didn’t get a chance to breath on »