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Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry! – Part 2
Industry specialist Kevin Williams follows up on his look at the rise-and-fall of technology in the amusement scene, particularly in regards to optical storage mediums. It’s the 1990s and its time for…LaserDiscs…and CDs! KWP:
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New Arcade Games For Japan – JAEPO 2023 Round-Up
Since not everyone follows the site on Twitter or Discord, here’s a handy post to round up news from the trade show that just started in Japan, JAEPO 2023. This is the first time
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NFS Heat Takedown Is Now Shipping To Arcades
I really didn’t expect to be writing this post until Spring, as I had heard at IAAPA that the latest arcade entry for the Need For Speed series likely wouldn’t be shipping until that
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Sega’s Drone Racing Genesis Takes Off
While checking in with Sega Amusements about the release of Storm Rider 2, I found out about something else worth noting – that’s not the only game that has begun to ship. Drone Racing
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Now On Test: Hyper Cross by IGS & Sega
Last year, the Taiwan-based arcade game developer IGS unveiled a new snowmobile racing title called Hyper Cross. It was promoted on Chinese manufacturer Baohui’s website and YouTube channel, but other than that we didn’t
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Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry!
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes, industry specialist Kevin Williams looks at the marking of the 40th anniversary of a technology that was then hailed as a ‘savior of coin-op’
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Sega Launches Storm Rider 2 For Arcades
New month, new arcade games – although you’ll want to stay tuned here as we’ll be hearing about a few more this month once JAEPO (an arcade-focused tradeshow in Japan) lands. To start things
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Newsbytes: More From EAG 2023; TRON 3; Space Invaders 45th; & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2023, one that I had meant to post a couple of weeks ago but I just didn’t find enough to pad it out at first – then I
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Taito’s JAEPO 2023 Line-Up Includes Mixed Reality, New Rhythm Game
If you follow arcades to any degree then you know who Taito is – even if you don’t then you should at least know Space Invaders or Arkanoid (if it’s still a no, then
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Ice Cold Beer Remake Set To Release In February
Since the officially licensed remake of Taito’s Ice Cold Beer was announced, many collectors and operators of classic games have been awaiting word on its release. That release is now upon us as the
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QB Throwdown By Bay Tek Spotted On Test
[Thanks Mr. M for sending in these pics; Please note that this is about a game that is on location test. It might not be released or it might change significantly from what is
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Checking Out EAG 2023 – From Afar
I first discovered Arcade Heroes back in January 2007 when the then UK-based crew attended what was called ATEI. I was amazed to learn that there was anyone covering the arcade industry, then I
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