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Andamiro Officially Rolls Out Pump It Up XX 20th Anniversary Edition

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While this was mentioned on the blog the other day, press releases tend to give us another reason to discuss new game releases in more detail. The 20th anniversary edition of Andamiro’s seminal dancing

Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

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Way back in 2013, I wrote up a couple of articles that detailed the history of unreleased arcade games that were in the works at one time by Midway. Similar posts had been created

Newsbytes: Xeno Crisis For Neo Geo; Mixed Reality Pinball; Mortalmania & More

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Welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, where I curate some of the quick pieces of arcade news to showcase for this weekend. Let’s get to it! Xeno Crisis For The Neo Geo MVS

Location Watch: The 1up – Greenwood (CO); TapNPlay(Philippines); Pizza Ranch [WY]; AGS-Automatic [France] & More

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I like to get at least one locations post in per month, so with it being Jan 31st, we’ll go with it, even though I don’t have quite as many new locations to talk

JAEPO 2019 Wrap-Up: New Arcade Games For Japan & The World

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Another arcade trade show has come and gone, but this one has really stirred things up thanks to the Exa-Arcadia platform, guaranteeing a larger amount of content for arcades to enjoy. As a lot

JAEPO 2019: Konami, Sega, Taito, Bandai Namco & More

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The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO) has begun, and with it is a flurry of news. I have already posted a thread dedicated to the many announcements that will be coming about from the exA-Arcadia

JAEPO 2019: Pinball In Japan; Bandai Namco Unveils Pac-Man Panic

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While Japanese industry has long embraced video games, pinball’s journey in the country has been a struggle. With JAEPO 2019, it looks like that might be about to turn around as Stern Pinball, Jersey

JAEPO 2019: The Exa-Arcadia Thread

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The Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) has begun, and with it the world gets to see what Japanese game makers are cooking up for locations there. Most of the time, announcements and games are not

Shipping & Release Updates: Pump It Up XX; ATV Slam; PIU-XX; Fantasy Soccer; Atari PONG Table Coin-op & More

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With so many new arcade products having been announced over the past few months, it feels prudent to get everyone up to speed on what’s shipping. This also helps us get something in while

EAG 2019: The Latest Arcade Games Come To London

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It’s the middle of January, which not only means that it’s cold outside for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, but that our friends across the pond are throwing a big amusement trade

Newsbytes: 2018 Arcade Video; EAG 2019 Preview; Bushnell Praises Pong & Other CES 2019 Arcade News

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Hello fellow Arcade Heroes, and welcome to another edition of newsbytes. This is a collection of quick bits ‘n bytes of news from this week that wouldn’t really warrant a full post; or I

Tecnoplay Launches Website, Trailer For Racecraft Arcade

arcadehero January 12, 2019 2

There are three pillars of development focus in the modern arcade industry: gun games, racing games, and redemption. While you do get titles that fall outside of those three “genre pillars,” most R&D is