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IAAPA Day 1: Impressions on Daytona 3, Cruis’n Blast, The Walking Dead, Maximum Tune 5 & More
Hello fellow arcaders! The biggest week in arcade gaming is upon us and I have been able to get some hands-on time with some of the games! Let’s get to it: IAAPA 2016 First Game Impressions Click on any image below to see a larger size! Space Invaders Frenzy It’s mainly a videmption game »
IAAPA 2016 Pre-Game Show
Things are about to get busy around here as we finally hit IAAPA 2016, the biggest trade show for the arcade industry that there is every year. But First, Some Quick Headlines Sega’s MaiMai Pink is testing in California – I reached out to Sega for comment on this but I have not received »
New Flyer For Space Invaders Frenzy
We recently uncovered a location test for Space Invaders Frenzy by Raw Thrills. In the digging we were told that this game was headed for IAAPA 2017 although that information seemed a little odd since we never hear of IAAPA surprises that far in advance. Here’s the original location test spy pic: Now, things have »
The Walking Dead Arcade Officially Unveiled; Coming January 2017
We’ve known that Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills have been testing out The Walking Dead arcade for a little while now. We knew that the cabinet shown was a prototype and today, Betson has unveiled the final design for us to check out. The Walking Dead Flyer & Cabinet First, let’s start with the cabinet. »
Newsbytes: Big Buck Championships 2016; Cesys VR; New Gamestate
Welcome to November everybody! As the temperatures decline in northern areas and holidays arrive, that does equal a boost in sales for some locations. Before the current event below (Big Buck World Championships 2016) we also have IAAPA 2016 in a little over a week, so stay tuned to Arcade Heroes for the deluge »
New Cruis’n Blast Info: Secrets, QR Codes and More
IAAPA is only about a week and a half away but in advance to getting our first hands-on time with brand new arcade machines like Cruis’n Blast, we’ve been able to dig up a little more info for you. Game Engine Similar To Jurassic Park Arcade Raw Thrills released Jurassic Park Arcade in 2015 »
Videmption Updates: Fly O’Clock; Crazy Tower; Shooty Skies Arcade & Launch Code
One type of game that we expect to see in droves at the upcoming IAAPA 2016 trade show are videmption games. More can be done in redemption with video so these have been quite popular for the past six or seven years. Today, we have news on a few new videmption items so let’s »
New Arcades: Main Event (KS); T3 Arcade (KS);
Kansas doesn’t show up too often on our arcade radar but it is the showcase today. Thanks to Jordan F. for the tip and some of the pics! New Arcade Venues: Main Event (Olathe, KS) Main Event is a chain of FECs that features bowling, food, arcade games and more. Like other major arcade »
Newsbytes: NEOSD Cart; Plasma Pinball Bumpers
I have not had a lot of luck in finding quick arcade things to talk about today so this will be a little short. Without much further ado, here’s the latest Newsbytes! News Recap First, let’s recap news from this week: Cruis’n Blast Trailer Released New Redemption Game, Tailgate Toss seen on test Arcooda »
Coming To IAAPA 2016: Games By Australian Based Arcooda
IAAPA is the largest tradeshow for the arcade & amusement industry and it is only a few weeks away. In the run up to that, we begin receiving press releases and more to showcase what will be there. Arcooda’s IAAPA Debut A new Australian based company by the name of Arcooda is bringing some »
Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2016; MaxiTune 5DX+; Breakout; Photo Election 2016
It has been quite the week for gaming news in general with the revelation of Nintendo’s latest game console, the Switch. I find it interesting that no one is saying that this one means the ‘death of the arcade’ as that seems to be said with every new console these days… perhaps operators are »
New Arcades: Harp-Cade (NJ); Bar 145 Reset (OH); The Dam Sports Arcade (OR); Flippin Great Pinball (FL); Netherworld (Au); Dave & Busters (CA)
It’s that time again to check out the accumulated news of the latest arcade locations to pop-up out there. But first, this tweet of Bill Murray signing a Ghostbusters pinball machine in Charleston: Dr. Peter Venkman was kind enough to autograph our #Ghostbusters pinball today. Always great seeing him. Who you gonna call? #BillMurray »
