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EAG 2023 – Amusement Shines In London
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams reports from the first international amusement trade show of the New Year, visiting London’s EAG 2023 and reporting back
Read More »Stern Pinball Unveils James Bond 007 60th Anniversary Limited Edition
Our first story for 2023 involves Bond…James Bond. Particularly the teased 60th Anniversary Edition of Stern Pinball’s 007 game. The base game based upon Sean Connery’s rendition of the world’s most famous fictious spy
Read More »2022 Arcade Year-In-Review
Welcome to the annual Arcade Heroes Year-in-Review, where I take us back down the memory lane of the past 12 months, and review how things have gone in the industry, at least from my
Read More »Astro Crow Games Launches Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes
H/T to Joe at Indie Arcade Wave for this news. UPDATED ON FEB. 3RD, 2023 One issue with IAAPA is that there is so much going on that one can easily miss something as
Read More »Previewing the Arcade Anniversaries of 2023
Each year marks some kind of anniversary, although we tend to only pay attention to those ending in a 0 or a 5. This year saw Atari celebrating 50 years, and where I got
Read More »2022 Home Arcade Ports – Arcade Games For Old Consoles
Back in my day, when all phones were connected to a wall and the only way to skip commercials was record an over-the-air broadcast, then fast forward through them all, our game systems were
Read More »Location Watch December 2022: New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a curated look at brand new arcade locations that have recently opened their doors, all over the world. I’m a little bit behind on this news thanks to IAAPA, which
Read More »Big Newsbytes: IAAPA22 Updates; The Last Ridge Racer; Michael Jackson/Sega Discovery; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball. This post has been on the backburner since the weekend before IAAPA started but there has been so
Read More »IAAPA 2022 Round-up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on
Read More »Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label
If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the
Read More »Win A Signed Copy of Cruis’n Blast On Nintendo Switch
It’s time to do something unusual for the site here – give away a prize! Thanks to Eugene Jarvis and Raw Thrills, I’ve been hooked up with two physical copies of Cruis’n Blast on
Read More »IAAPA 2022 Round-up #1 – New Arcade Games For 2023
It’s almost been a week since the end IAAPA 2022, so it’s probably a good time for me to make a post about some of the news that came out of the event! It
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