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Japan Amusement Expo Recap
Changes have greatly affected the Japanese amusement scene since the pandemic, which includes the changing up of dates and formats to amusement trade events. The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO for short) has generally taken
Read More »IAAPA 2023: The Raw Thrills Round-Up
New arcade games have been announced via the IAAPA 2023 trade show, so it is high time to digest what is headed to venues for you to play. As mentioned previously, instead of lumping
Read More »Air Strike Warplane Coming To The States At IAAPA 2023?
We are under 20 days left until the giant IAAPA 2023 trade show begins, and we might have a preview of one title that will be there – although nothing has been officially confirmed
Read More »UNIS Jumps Into Dual-Screen Driving With Bigfoot Mayhem
It’s Friday and that means a new game has been unveiled from UNIS. I haven’t covered all of their releases here since not all have been video-related but today’s game certainly is, so let’s
Read More »LAI Games To Roll Out Four New Video Arcade Games At IAAPA 2023
It’s that time of year where new arcade games are inbound, thanks to the IAAPA 2023 tradeshow event that will be taking place in Orlando, FL from Nov. 14th-18th. If you’re new to arcades,
Read More »UNIS Announces Lane Master Xtreme; Sega Bringing Hyper Cross & Zombies Ready, Deady, Go! To IAAPA 2023
We have a couple of new arcade games different companies to discuss here, although stay tuned for more – I have a couple of items from Raw Thrills on the backburner, just waiting for
Read More »Kevin Williams: When Video Ruled The Land
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the amusement scene of 1983, and understand how far the trade has come
Read More »Newsbytes: Bullseye Crack Shot; iiRcade Bankruptcy; Bandai Namco Arcade Updates; Valo Climb & More
Welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, a quick tour through the arcade & pinball news items to fill up your weekend. It’s Father’s Day in the States this Sunday so if you have
Read More »Batsugun EXA LABEL Release; Pump It Up 2023 Phoenix Gets A Date
I’ve got a quick one for you all as we have a couple of game release updates to discuss. Batsugun EXA LABEL For all intents and purposes, this game is shipping (the official release
Read More »Bandai Namco Announces First Online Champion Match For Maximum Tune 5DX+
Note: This news only applies to Maximum Tune 5DX+ machines connected to Namco’s North American network. It does not apply to the “International Version” that is found in parts like Australia/SouthEast Asia, nor Japan.
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