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Amusement Goes To The Olympics

Amusement Goes To The Olympics

July 26, 2021, 2 Comments 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: »

Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)

Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)

July 17, 2021, 1 Comment on Pre-Orders Now Live For Rival Megagun XE (exA-Arcadia)

Fans of shoot ’em ups and particularly versus play can rejoice, as a fun new title that fits both of those categories is now available to pre-order for exA-Arcadia systems. Called Rival Megagun XE, this one is similar in nature to Twinkle Star Sprites, but with some twists of its own. From the pre-order »

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, 4 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 »

June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

June 25, 2021, 1 Comment on June Location Watch #2: More New Arcades Open in GA, TX, AZ, MA, OK, The UK and NZ

Welcome to part 2 of our June Location Watch. If you missed Part #1, click here. This was broken up as there were so many locations opening their doors for the first time that it was better to stretch it out so that all locations could better get some attention. This one also heavy »

June 2021 Location Watch #1 : Several New Arcade Venues Open Their Doors Around The World

June 2021 Location Watch #1 : Several New Arcade Venues Open Their Doors Around The World

June 22, 2021, 3 Comments on June 2021 Location Watch #1 : Several New Arcade Venues Open Their Doors Around The World

It’s only been a month since our last Arcade Location Watch, but so many locations have opened their doors that I need to split this into at least two parts – possibly a 3rd if there are more later this month. My guess for the explosion is that with the lockdowns finally lifting in »

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 »

Kira Kira Star Night Exa Now Available For Arcades

Kira Kira Star Night Exa Now Available For Arcades

June 10, 2021, No Comments on Kira Kira Star Night Exa Now Available For Arcades

News has been pretty slow lately as we crawl into summer, but in today’s post, we have something that isn’t an announcement of a game to come nor a tease – it’s a game that’s available right now for any existing exA-Arcadia coin-op platform. That game is called Kira Kira Star Night exa. If »

Newsbytes: Egret II Mini; StepManiaX Update; Blazing Chrome AC; Xeno Crisis MVS; Hatchet Hero & More

Newsbytes: Egret II Mini; StepManiaX Update; Blazing Chrome AC; Xeno Crisis MVS; Hatchet Hero & More

June 5, 2021, 3 Comments on Newsbytes: Egret II Mini; StepManiaX Update; Blazing Chrome AC; Xeno Crisis MVS; Hatchet Hero & More

Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend collection of news from around the arcade & pinball worlds. It’s been a bit slow in this regard for the past few weeks, which is why it’s been a little while since we’ve done it, but I was able to cobble together just enough to go to the wire »