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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)

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

CAVE & exA-Arcadia To Release Akai Katana EXA Label To Arcades Worldwide This Winter

arcadehero July 29, 2021 1

Back in December of 2020, CAVE rejoined the coin-op arcade scene with the release of their popular title DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label. Despite the pandemic pressures in Japan suppressing a lot of potential

DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL Now Available For Arcades

arcadehero December 1, 2020 1

Bullet hell shooter and CAVE fans rejoice, as one of the most recognizable names in the genre has made a return to coin-op with the release of DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL on the

ExA-Arcadia News: Paul Jacobs Joins The Company; DoDonPachi SDJ & Vritra Hexa Orders Open

arcadehero October 8, 2020 0

We’ve got some exA news for you today, starting with a personnel announcement. Paul Jacobs is very well known in the industry, having worked for numerous amusement companies over the years including Data East,

Exa-Arcadia Announces Location Test & Details For CAVE’s DoDonPachi True Death EXA Label

arcadehero September 10, 2020 0

Back in March, some waves were made among the shoot ’em up & gaming communities when Exa-Arcadia announced that a new version of CAVE’s popular DoDonPachi Saidaioujou would be gracing the platform. Very few

CAVE Returning To Arcades With DODONPACHI SAIDAIOUJOU EXA Label

arcadehero March 19, 2020 0

With all of the bad news out there right now, all good news is welcome. We’ve already covered just how much change has come to the arcade scene thanks to the Exa-Arcadia company and

Video Arcade Games Turning 20 In 2017

arcadehero February 25, 2017 8

Welcome to Part 3 of our series on games that will be celebrating a certain anniversary during this calendar year of 2017. With going back to 1997, we will be looking at games turning

Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective

arcadehero March 11, 2014 4

The video game world is teasing with VR once again but it is hardware that still has plenty of potential in the arcade/amusement space. A year ago this month saw the release of the

Newsbag: Konami Shows DDR Classroom Edition; Ultra Street Fighter IV Arcade Beta Test; CAVE ; Unboxing A Beatmania Cabinet

arcadehero January 28, 2014 2

Newsfeeds 1344-47 via We’ve had a lot of news about pinball recently, now for a little arcade news of bytes that may not have completely warranted a standalone post for themselves. First off, we

Cave unveils Dodonpachi Saidaioujou for Arcades

arcadehero January 30, 2012 6

The Dodonpachi series has created a strong following in circles of shmup players and while it had seemed for a time that Cave might give up on arcades in favor of developments elsewhere, that

Cave’s Akai Katana now available in Japan

Shaggy August 19, 2010 0

(Thanks to Casey McMahon for the tip) The new CAVE shooter Akai Katana (aka Red Sword) that was able to attract some attention from various sources on the internet is now available in Japan.

Videos from the Akai Katana (aka Red Sword) location test

Shaggy July 25, 2010 0

(Thanks to ECM for the tip) Interested in seeing CAVE’s new shooter Akai Katana? Then here are some of the first videos of the game in action, as seen recently on location test. I’m