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Adam Pratt’s Portfolio
Welcome to my portfolio! I appreciate you taking the time to take a look at the various works I’ve created over the years. As a father of three, I keep busy while professionally I’ve been involved in writing, editing, videography, marketing, graphic design and photography. Presently, I’m self-employed with Arcade Galactic & Arcade Heroes, »
Newsbytes: AAMA Gala; T-Rex Adventure Sighting; QBIX Update; Pinball & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post for the weekend that curates news from around the arcade & pinball world to for your reading pleasure. For today’s episode: The AAMA Holds Their Annual Gala The AAMA (American Amusement Machine Association) has held the annual Gala but unlike some previous years, I have little info on what »
Newsbytes: Taito 70th; NBA BOX; Phoenix Monitor Troubles; Zooom Studios & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcade games and pinball. Taito Turns 70 August 24th was Taito’s 70th anniversary, one that they’ve been keen to celebrate over in Japan. Unfortunately the company doesn’t have much of a presence in the States anymore, so over here only those »
Arcade Updates: Golden Tee PGA Tour 2023/2024; Jurassic Park 30th Pin; Raccoon Rampage; DDR A3 & More
It’s the dog days of summer and that means its been slow around here, but as we inch our way towards Fall, new games will start popping up – and as you’ll see here, pop-up they have! Here’s the latest to discuss, including: Golden Tee PGA Tour 2023/2024; the Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Edition »
Kevin Williams: When Video Ruled The Land
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the amusement scene of 1983, and understand how far the trade has come over the past 40 years. Note that when the term video is used in our industry, it’s not always talking »
Newsbytes: Scaled Down Edition
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcade games and pinball. This edition is a bit brief as news is still a little sluggish in this regard but there was enough to at least discuss something. Let get into it: The Arcade Flyer Archive Gets A Makeover There »
Arcade Unboxing & Review: Enter The Gungeon – House of the Gundead
It’s been a little over a year since I did an “unboxing” of an arcade machine – although that wasn’t of any new game, but a pair of oldies. Business just hasn’t been conducive since then to grabbing a lot of equipment, as I really need to pay off a few of the loans »
Location Watch July 2023 – New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news up between different world regions. Growth in this regard seems steady but given what I’ve seen from my business this summer, »
Newsbytes: Maximum Tune 20th; Space Hunt Pinball; Big Shot Flyer; Tons Of Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates arcade & pinball news from around the web (that may not work for a full post of its own) and posts it on a weekend – not every weekend these days. BTW, For anyone who noticed that the Arcade Heroes Twitter account had a Gold badge next »
The Last Starfighter Celebrates 39 Years – Should It Get A Remake?
Today is the 39th anniversary to another 80s film that had a little involvement with arcades: The Last Starfighter by Lorimar and Universal. If you’ve never seen this one, it’s a tale about one down-on-his-luck Alex Rogan who kills time on a “Starfighter” arcade machine that got placed into his rural trailer park – »
Location Tests: Taiko No Tatsujin At Anime Expo’23; Axel City 2 Testing In Japan
There are a couple of new games spotted on test out there that some of you might be interested in, so let’s take a quick look! As a note, every game on test could underperform and end up not being released; Or the game could undergo some changes (major or minor) from what you »
Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games
The following is a guest post submitted by Ted Haydon for you readers to drink in; It’s good timing given the recent release of Batsugun EXA Label, Saturn Tribute Boosted, and Kumagumi’s official merchandise collection (which this article was originally written to support). My editing has been minimal. Enjoy! – AH Ted: Danmaku – »
