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ABC News Report on The Current State of Arcades

ABC News Report on The Current State of Arcades

arcadehero August 21, 2014 3

The other day I mentioned in a post that I had been contacted by an ABC News Reporter who was researching the modern arcade industry to find out more about the current state of

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Kickstarter Check: Galloping Ghost Arcade and Super Arcade

Kickstarter Check: Galloping Ghost Arcade and Super Arcade

arcadehero April 25, 2014 0

I admit that I don’t really stay on top of Kickstarter all that often as there aren’t many projects for real arcades that go on, usually it’s just software that calls itself arcade but

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Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

Hunger For Amusement Proven At The Heart of Gaming In London, UK

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This past weekend was the grand opening of a new arcade in London. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report / DNA Association was there and he snapped numerous pictures and wrote up this article

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New Arcade Opening in LA soon, XLanesLA + Saving Super Arcade

New Arcade Opening in LA soon, XLanesLA + Saving Super Arcade

arcadehero February 4, 2013 4

Here are a couple of pieces of news regarding arcade locations, today both involving the Southern California region. Today I’ll do the opposite of the bad news/good news thing and start with the good

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Location News: 60th Dave & Busters In Dallas, Retro Arcade Open in Japan

Location News: 60th Dave & Busters In Dallas, Retro Arcade Open in Japan

arcadehero December 10, 2012 0

Normally we only have one new location to speak of per post but today we have two. Bring more of them on I say! First off Dave & Busters has been busy opening more

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The Belated Arcade Heroes Podcast – April 2012

The Belated Arcade Heroes Podcast – April 2012

arcadehero April 12, 2012 1

It seems like it took place ages ago but we used to do podcasts on a semi-regular basis. Then life got too busy and that went to the wayside. Life is still quite busy

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Following up on the Trocadero closure – Where are some of the games now?

Following up on the Trocadero closure – Where are some of the games now?

arcadehero October 5, 2011 6

The unwelcome news of the Trocadero shutting it’s doors in London earlier this year continues to have repercussions as some other London locations pick up some of the games that used to occupy the

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The Taiwanese Arcade where Tetris is King

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(Thanks to Shinichi on our Facebook page for the tip!) Any good restaurant has a signature dish that attracts locals in to enjoy it and in turn they give patronage to that restaurant, usually

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Bloggers visit Mike’s CarnEvil arcade in Iowa

Bloggers visit Mike’s CarnEvil arcade in Iowa

arcadehero August 4, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1084 via I wasn’t sure at first how to approach this article on 1up.com entitled “Where Did Arcades Go?”. When I see stuff like the first thought I have is to once again

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The Arcade Hunters visit Richie Knucklez

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It may be impossible to visit all of the arcades that are out there but at least thanks to the wonderful world of the internet we can get in-depth videos of the locations that

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If you build it, they will come and play

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When Aaron Auzins sent me this video from the opening of the Galloping Ghost Arcade (they are promising to send more media as well which I have added to our previous GGA post to

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Guest Post: A review of Planet Fun, Inngoldmels, UK by Kieran May

Shaggy July 15, 2010 2

It’s been a while since we had an arcade location review, as well as a guest post but Arcade Heroes reader (and frequent tipster) Kieran May sent us his review of an FEC in

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