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Retronauts Talk Street Fighter

January 16, 2008, No Comments on Retronauts Talk Street Fighter

I am a massive videogame podcast listener and one of my favourites is 1UP’s Retronauts. This week I was pleasantly surprised that thier latest episode was all about the Street Fighter series which I highly recommend. Everything is talked about, from the fantastic Alpha series and the upcoming SF4 to the not so fantastic Street Fighter »

Stern Still Going Strong

August 30, 2007, No Comments on Stern Still Going Strong

The New York Times published a story that profiled small, entrepreneurial companies that are/have made changes to adapt to changing times and markets.  One of these companies was the one and only Stern Pinball, read on….. Take Gary Stern, a second-generation pinball entrepreneur.     In the early 1990s, about five companies in the United »

Tron and Battlezone CG cabinets by Peter Hirschberg

July 7, 2007, No Comments on Tron and Battlezone CG cabinets by Peter Hirschberg

This has been fairly slow week without a lot of news to post about but don’t worry, we’re still here. I’ll put this post into a ‘time waster’ category but a cool time waster nonetheless (for you classic gamers anyways). Very nice 3D animation of the BattleZone and Tron arcade cabinets by Peter Hirschberg. »

Tron and Prince of Persia Coming to XBLA

April 19, 2007, No Comments on Tron and Prince of Persia Coming to XBLA

  Two new entries appeared on the ESRB’s updated list today, which sound like additional Xbox Live Arcade titles. Prince of Persia has been rumored to come to the Xbox 360 sometime and somewhat confirming this rumor is a listing for Prince of Persia Classic with Ubisoft as the publisher. Probably more left wing »

Retronauts talk Arcade

February 8, 2007, No Comments on Retronauts talk Arcade

One of my favourite podcasts, Retronauts, based thier latest discussion (1/2/07) on the American arcade, past and present. It makes for an interesting listen, although I do think that they were a bit negative on today’s modern arcade »

Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

October 16, 2025, No Comments on Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

Last year about this time, we unveiled that a new company by the name of Blue Motion Games would make their debut to the industry at IAAPA 2024. A few months after that, they arrived at Amusement Expo 2025 with two premiere titles: Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam. Both were large 4-player games intended »

exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

October 15, 2025, No Comments on exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

While exA-Arcadia usually waits for trade shows and video game-related events to announce brand new games, that isn’t always the case. Today, the company has revealed a major anime license is coming to arcades, so let’s take a look at what they are doing with Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact. Before we get »

Orbit Games Debuts At Pinball Expo 2025 With Whirl-O-Ball

Orbit Games Debuts At Pinball Expo 2025 With Whirl-O-Ball

October 14, 2025, No Comments on Orbit Games Debuts At Pinball Expo 2025 With Whirl-O-Ball

For some time now, there has been quite a bit of ‘loose talk’ on the scene surrounding the state of American Pinball and their rumored releases. Following several personnel departures and a few absences at events, a lot of that has been based around the assumption that they would soon be shutting up shop »

New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

October 10, 2025, No Comments on New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

It has been a slow start to October, but as the month moves on, we will start getting more IAAPA news. We’ll break some of the first of that fast with several new arcade games out of Alan-1, UNIS and Ace Amusement/Amusement Source International (ASI). Stay tuned to the site as we have even »

Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

October 4, 2025, No Comments on Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent pieces of news from around the arcade and pinball worlds into one digestible article. It’s been a little while since the last of these, so there is a fair share of content and stories that has built up since »