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The Museum Of Pinball To Auction Off Their Machines This September
This news had already spread out around the internet, but I just got a press release about it, so with that, we can discuss what’s going on in a little more official detail. The Museum of Pinball may not have the most distinctive name you could find among pinball-focused locations out there(given how many »
Newsbytes: Mr Do! Returning To Arcades; Smash Bros Arcade; Arcade History & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a weekend/bi-weekend curation of news items from around the arcade world. I tried to find something from pinball too, but it seems fairly quiet there right now. I finally had the chance to sit down and interview Eugene Jarvis about the Cruis’n series this week; I’m just hoping to get some »
The Future Amusement Landscape Of London Is Changing As Iconic FEC Will Close
In a special feature for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, breaks the news of the closure of the latest London amusement space (NAMCO Funscape London), and views the state of the business in the important capital. This comes in contrast to the recent string of new location openings across the UK (covered »
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
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)
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 »
