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Happy National Video Arcade Day 2024!
Today is June 27th and that means its National Video Arcade Day! Why today? Because it’s Atari’s birthday, and that’s as good a mark as any to denote when video arcades and our favorite
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Newsbytes: Bowl Expo Updates; DPVR; Asteroids Test; Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, our regular series of posts at Arcade Heroes that rounds up quick bites of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. As ever, Summer can be a slow season
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Animal Kaiser Plus Is Now Shipping In The US
It’s time for another game release, although this post may be a little brief, since the game has launched already – in the UK. The game in question being Animal Kaiser Plus, as it
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Marvel: Contest Of Champions Is Now Available For All Arcades
Arcade news has slowed down a little bit as it often does when we approach the Summer time – but don’t worry, as we have some news on Raw Thrills’ Marvel: Contest of Champions,
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Arcade Collection LIVE Now Available From Incredible Technologies
Arcade operators and bar owners are always on the lookout for games that are affordable and earn great. Incredible Technologies has long been happy to fill that demand, usually with the likes of Golden
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GENDA Makes A Major Move In The US Arcade Market With The Acquisition of NEN
Japanese arcade owners GENDA are now poised to become a major player in the US market, as they are set to acquire one of the largest arcade operation networks in the USA. Let’s dive
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Location Watch June 2024: New Arcade Venues Open Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, our series of posts at AH that cover recently-launched arcades across the world. If you’re curious to find out which new arcade businesses have opened up lately, this is the
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Now Available To Order: KungFu Kickball Arcade Edition
An indie console game by the name of KungFu Kickball is now available for arcades. This bit of news should have been posted before the month switched over to June, but we’ll make up
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A Quick Look At The Games Of IAAPA Expo Asia 2024
IAAPA Expo Asia 2024 is taking place from now until Thursday over in Bangkok, Thailand. Thanks to a couple of readers, we have some photos to share. Just note that I myself am not
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LAI Games Launches Smash DX to Arcades
May is just about over, and while a certain new basketball video game has been soaking up most of the attention, this Memorial Day weekend is full of surprises. One we posted about last
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Maimai DX By Sega Placed On Test In The USA
A little over a year ago, certain North American rhythm game fans’ prayers were answered when out of nowhere, Taiko No Tatsujin by Bandai Namco Amusement appeared on surprise test at a Round1USA location.
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The Spirit Of NBA Jam Returns With NBA Superstars By Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills
The arcade pockets of the internet went crazy this past Friday, when Raw Thrills posted a teaser for a new basketball arcade game to their social media. It appeared to just be called “Super
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