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The Lyman Sheats Tribute Post
It was suggested that I do a post just for Lyman Sheats and I have to agree – so let’s use this space to express your condolences for the passing of a master pinball wizard. If you aren’t familiar with Lyman, let me quote from the Newsbytes post the other day: Lyman was a »
Newsbytes: RIP Lyman Sheats; Park Avenue 2022; NeoXperience; New Games For PlayChoice-10 & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from the world of arcades & pinball, run on the weekends. As a note, I am working on a new Location Watch post and continue to work on the Games of 2021 video, among other things. Lyman F. Sheats Passes Away At 55 I hate to »
The Arcade Anniversaries of 2022 (25, 40 & 50 Year Milestones)
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This time I’m going to cover major games that are turning 25 (1997), 40 (1982) and 50 (1972), since we can »
Pre-Orders Open For Akai Katana/Crimson Katana EXA Label
Arcade shoot ’em ups aren’t as strong as they used to be on the North American market, but the genre isn’t dead. Thanks to the efforts of some indie companies and now exA-Arcadia, fans of the genre have had a lot to enjoy and look forward to. ExA has been the biggest driving force »
Arcade & Pinball Releases For 2022
What arcade & pinball games have been released in 2022? 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. Expect »
2021 Year-In-Review With The Top 10 Posts
Welcome to something of an annual tradition here at Arcade Heroes, albeit something sort of rare on my part – a Top 10 list. I’m not big on such lists since most of them on the internet are arbitrary opinions, but here I can base my list off of hard data. Before we get »
Kevin Williams: GameWorks – The Slow Collapse Of The Dream!
Ending the year with a new guest post for the site, industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the tempestuous history of Gameworks – when Hollywood came to arcades. He sent it in to “bring to light of what has led to [GameWorks’] latest collapse, and the cautionary lesson of its »
RIP GameWorks
[Thanks to everyone who sent me the info] While we have not mentioned the arcade chain GameWorks as frequently as some other chains out there, they have had a presence on the scene since the original location opened its doors in Seattle back in March 1997. That location opened with a star-studded event, which »
QuickBits: StepManiaX Expands Reach; Chrono Circle Coming To Round1USA
In lieu of a Newsbytes this weekend, I wanted to highlight a few items that came in recently, particularly when it comes to rhythm games. First, StepManiaX by Step Revolution. The SR team was at IAAPA and the booth seemed plenty popular any time I saw it; They also had no competition from the »
LAI Games Launches Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade
It’s not every game release where we hear about an arcade manufacturer officially launching a new game to the world – often games will just start showing up at certain places with zero fanfare to accompany them. There are times however that game launches are given some proper press releases, which is the case »
KWP Guest Post: Nintendo & Others Return To Out-Of-Home Entertainment
Apologies for the various issues plaguing the site over the past few weeks. While my hosting service has been quick to fix them when I alert them to it, it’s also not something that should be happening. I had to bite the bullet and pay for upgraded hosting services but the jump was quite »
