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Konami Releases Contra Burst To Round1USA
Late last year, word spread around in arcade circles about a brand new Contra video redemption game by Konami under the name of Contra Burst. This quietly appeared on location test at Round1USA‘s flagship
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Adrenaline’s Hot Wheels: Victory Lap Lands At Dave & Busters
Just over a month back, we ran a story on a brand new Hot Wheels arcade racer by Adrenaline Amusements that suddenly had a manual listed on their website folder link. Besides some reports
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AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games
Day 3 means the home stretch for our coverage of the AAA 2025 trade show in China, but it is going to be a long one, rounding up all the other, smaller names who
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AAA 2025 Day 2: More Arcade Games Debuting In China
Though the trade show may have ended, things are far from done here on Arcade Heroes with AAA 2025. This post is the second in three days’ worth of coverage for the expo; as
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AAA 2025 Day 1: Arcade Games Showcased In China
Our next big event for the month of May takes us from Tokyo to the other side of Asia, namely Guangzhou, China, for a considerably larger show than EVO Japan – AAA 2025. This
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exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins
Out of all the brand new arcade-exclusive fighting game announcements to be coming out of exA-Arcadia, all being made as part of the company’s appearance and exALive video streams from EVO Japan 2025, one
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EVO Japan 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up The Rest Of The Show
Welcome to the third and final day of coverage for EVO Japan 2025. Like last year’s, this post rounds up all the other companies’ arcade-adjacent happenings that were going on at the event (and
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EVO Japan 2025 Day 2: exA-Arcadia Revives Fallen Angels & Rabbit; Announces Blazing Strike AC
It’s time to look at the announcements made on day two of EVO Japan 2025 by exA-Arcadia, following the unveiling of The Rumble Fish 2 Nexus and Spectral Vs. Generation Chaos yesterday. Today, we
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Wahlap Previews Their AAA Expo 2025 Line-Up
This year’s AAA Expo (Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo) out of Guangzhou, China is coming in just a matter of days time, and one of the biggest companies to be gracing that will be
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Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through recent bytes of news around the arcade and pinball worlds. There are a couple major Asian events coming
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GTI Southeast Asia Expo – Malaysia Gets A New Arcade Trade Show
Over the years on Arcade Heroes, we have covered many of the trade shows organised by Taiwan’s Game Time International (GTI) – originally the GTI Asia Taipei Expo in their homeland, then the GTI
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Newsbytes: Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition Tests; Portal Pinball; Gitadora Arena Model & Idolmaster Tours Release; More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts at AH that curates stories from across the worlds of arcade and pinball. Things have been “quiet” on the site this week since Amusement Expo has been
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