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Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars Is Now Shipping To Arcades

Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars Is Now Shipping To Arcades

arcadehero August 21, 2024 1

Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars is one of the highest profile arcade releases of 2024. Already having been given a limited release to Dave & Busters, I can confirm today that the game is now

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The Spirit Of NBA Jam Returns With NBA Superstars By Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills

The Spirit Of NBA Jam Returns With NBA Superstars By Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills

arcadehero May 20, 2024 2

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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Raw Thrills & Play Mechanix Teases New Basketball Arcade Game: Super Star

Raw Thrills & Play Mechanix Teases New Basketball Arcade Game: Super Star

arcadehero May 17, 2024 0

Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix have just teased Super Star, a new basketball game that might be a new take on Midway’s classic megahit, NBA Jam today… but there’s not a whole lot to go

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New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

arcadehero February 17, 2022 1

It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the

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Sega Unveils Their Take On Video Arcade Basketball, Allstars Basketball

Sega Unveils Their Take On Video Arcade Basketball, Allstars Basketball

arcadehero February 3, 2022 0

The modern arcade has been full of games that blur the line between a video arcade game and something else – that is particularly true of the genre I call “videmption”, and I think

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Bandai Namco Amusements Updates:  New Website; New Pac-Man Basketball Game; MT5DX+ Unbox

Bandai Namco Amusements Updates: New Website; New Pac-Man Basketball Game; MT5DX+ Unbox

arcadehero January 20, 2022 0

We haven’t had much to talk about for the past week or so, but even though today’s news is brief, at least it is something. Back at IAAPA, Nate Nissen of Bandai Namco Amusements

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More Details On The New Slam ‘N’ Jam by LAI Games

More Details On The New Slam ‘N’ Jam by LAI Games

arcadehero October 13, 2020 0

Since this might be missed by those of you who saw the Newsbytes post over the weekend, and news around these parts is kind of slow anyways, here’s a new trailer for a video/basketball

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Newsbytes: New Slam ‘N’ Jam; Retro Raccoons Trailer; 1960s Arcade & More

Newsbytes: New Slam ‘N’ Jam; Retro Raccoons Trailer; 1960s Arcade & More

arcadehero October 10, 2020 2

Another busy week is in the can, and as things are at the moment, I should be a little less busy this week. To update anyone who cares about my second arcade location, I

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Book Review: NBA Jam by Reyan Ali/Boss Fight Books

Book Review: NBA Jam by Reyan Ali/Boss Fight Books

arcadehero October 26, 2019 0

While I cannot recall the first time I heard about Midway’s NBA Jam, I can remember when I came across one for the first time. I was a fresh teenager and the part of

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Bowl Expo ’18 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

Bowl Expo ’18 Report: Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash; Connect 4 Hoops; Transformers Shadows Rising & More

arcadehero June 23, 2018 1

This week as Bowl Expo ’18 and as I had mentioned on the previous post, I wasn’t planning on attending until a last minute change took place. Granted, with Las Vegas being as close

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Connect 4 Basketball Game Spotted On Test

Connect 4 Basketball Game Spotted On Test

arcadehero April 18, 2018 0

This has been an abnormally slow time for news lately and I would pad things up with interest articles – if I had the time. Fortunately, something worth discussing has been indirectly spotted on

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Coming Summer 2015: Baller Beats Exergame Arcade

Coming Summer 2015: Baller Beats Exergame Arcade

arcadehero September 12, 2014 3

We aren’t always accustomed to hearing about new arcade projects well in advance but it happens every now and then. Exergames also don’t pop-up all of the time either and when they do it

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