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The IAAPA 2021 Pre-Game Show
Greetings readers, this is Adam the Arcadehero, and in lieu of Newsbytes this weekend, here is a preview of IAAPA 2021, a large tradeshow event focused on the arcade/amusement/theme park industry that takes place next week in Orlando, FL. If you’re unfamiliar with IAAPA, they’re a trade organization that organizes big events like this, »
Kevin Williams: Is The Sun Setting On Japanese Amusement?
In one of his occasional features for Arcade Heroes, immersive amusement and attraction entertainment specialist Kevin Williams (KWP) looks at the major issues impacting the international amusement sector, particularly in regards to Japan and their current amusement scene. Kevin Williams: Having observed the video-amusement market since the 1970’s, I have always had a soft »
Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a blog post that curates various bits ‘n bytes of news from around the wonderful world of arcade & pinball games. Pinball Expo 2021 By all accounts I’ve heard, it sounds like Pinball Expo 2021 was a success, with many people getting their first chances to play the likes of Godzilla, »
Location Watch: Arcade Grand Openings In The UK, USA (CA, IN, OH, NY, KY), & Japan
It’s time to highlight a number of recently opened arcades, with this exciting edition of Location Watch. If you put “location watch” into the search bar, you’ll find a bunch of such posts covering these grand openings over the years, and hopefully, these will get some well-deserved traction. If you find yourself near any »
Stern Pinball Opens Insider Connected Kit Orders
Stern Pinball issued a press release to announce the availability of their Insider Connected kits today, marking the official launch of the system for arcades to grab. They had already launched the app so that users could create their account, but the only game out there that uses it at the moment is Godzilla. »
Newsbytes: Insider Connected Is Live; Zoltar Promo; Atari Stuff; Space Out & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post of curated, but brief, arcade/pinball news from around the world. Stern’s Insider Connected Is Now Live As the headline says, you can now make an account with Stern Pinball’s Insider Connected service. There’s a free and paid tier at the moment, but nothing about operators at this time. As »
Cosmic Digger 3671 Now Available For Arcades + News On New Location Test Games
I’m going to do a “2fer” on this one, as the news would be pretty brief otherwise. Cosmic Digger 3671 Now Shipping The games released for 2021 expands a little, as does the library for the exA-Arcadia, as the quirky Cosmic Digger 3671 is now shipping and available for exA systems worldwide. If you »
Bandai Namco Amusements Preps Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR For Winter Release
H/T To Kamen-Rider Ex-Aid for the tip News has been rather quiet when it comes to Bandai Namco Amusements, but today an update to the beloved, and arcade exclusive, racing series Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune was announced, so let’s dive into that from what we can. First off, the announcement for WMMT 6RR only »
Big Buck World Championship XIV Is Now Underway
October has just started and as we enter into the final quarter of the year, a big arcade tournament is now underway with the 14th Big Buck World Championship. Qualifiers were held on all Big Buck Hunter Reloaded machines throughout this year, whittling it down to the top 128 players from around the world. »
Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica Headed To The exA-Arcadia
We’ve got yet another exA-Arcadia announcement to start the week off, with this one certainly coming with a big impact for arcades in Japan. For us Westerners, I imagine that most interest will be found among collectors, but perhaps some locations where bullet hell shmups have a home. Designed by Team Shanghai Alice (main »
Cotton Rock ‘N Roll Headed To Arcades Worldwide Via exA-Arcadia
For the past while, I’ve been seeing things posted about a new game in the Cotton series that would be going to Japanese arcades via Sega’s APM3 digital distribution network. Called Cotton Rock ‘N Roll, and developed by Success, this is the sixth entry in the series, which first got its start in arcades »
Location Watch: Pinball Growth (KY, NY, OR), New Arcades In CA, UT, FL, the UK, Croatia, India, Israel, & More
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts where we take a look at brand new arcade businesses that are opening their doors for the first time. This provides some good news in lieu of the various highly publicized closures that have been taking place lately, including the closure of a beloved arcade in »
