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ExA-Arcadia Is Headed To EVO 2023
We don’t discuss EVO here very often, the reason being that it’s more “arcade adjacent” then “arcade focused.” That’s just the nature of things as fighters have taken the far back seat in interest
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Location Tests: Taiko No Tatsujin At Anime Expo’23; Axel City 2 Testing In Japan
There are a couple of new games spotted on test out there that some of you might be interested in, so let’s take a quick look! As a note, every game on test could
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New Details Unveiled On The Upcoming Arcade Version Of Samurai Shodown V Perfect
Back in August of last year, the news came out that SNK was joining up with exA-Arcadia as a partner, which would mean that SNK titles would once again grace arcades around the world
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ExA-Arcadia Makes Their Official US Debut At Amusement Expo 2021
I’ve been talking about the company and its games for years, and this week, exA-Arcadia finally was able to make their official introduction to the North American industry as they appeared at Amusement Expo
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Examu’s Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars Xtend Headed To Arcades Worldwide In 2021
Way back in the early days of the blog, there was one company out of Japan that received some attention every now and then, known as Examu. Best known for the Arcana Heart 2D
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Exa-Arcadia Updates: Chaos Code, Lightning Knights, Axel City 2, Vritra Hexa
We’ve got more Exa-Arcadia news for you today, as the company has been able to continue work on various titles that are headed to arcades this year. Let’s get you up-to-speed! Chaos Code -Exact
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Exa Boards By Exa-Arcadia Are Now Available For Pre-Order
The Exa board, by Exa-Arcadia, is something that has been a frequent subject of the posts here on Arcade Heroes. In case you missed those posts, let me sum it up in a sentence:
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Taking A Closer Look: Bayani
It’s been a slow news month, even if the site had been up and running the whole time. As we approach the summer months, I will attempt to fill in the gaps with some
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Taito To Begin Testing NESiCAxLive 2 Exclusively At Round1USA
At the end of 2010, Taito released their version of a digital game delivery service to Japanese arcades by the name of NESiCAxLive. The idea was to replace the hardware kit with download-only software
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Arcade Fighters Update: Street Fighter V; Dead Or Alive 6; Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
It’s to to catch up on some news that has come out of Japan this week, all involving the beloved genre of fighting games. Street Fighter V Finally Coming To Arcades Street Fighter was
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Mortal Kombat II+ Now In Public Beta
It’s time to break the lull in arcade news with something that’s from the wonderful world of classic arcade games. We don’t hear about hacks of old arcade software very often, apart from oddities
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Galloping Ghost Productions Pulls The Curtain Back On Dark Presence
Long-time readers of the site might recall several stories that we ran regarding the development of a new arcade fighter by the name of Dark Presence. The first of these ran in March 2008,
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