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Happy National Arcade Day!
Today, April 8th, has been declared to be National Arcade Day. According to this page, it was set by LAI Games, although I’m not sure why today was picked as that day, as there
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Bubsy Paws Into Pinball (Updated!)
Atari has been on a retro kick lately, grabbing the rights to all sorts of forgotten classic IP, including the failed 1990s gaming mascot Bubsy. Working to rehabilitate his image is no easy task,
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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition Detailed
It has been a long wait for Maximum Tune fans to see the next iteration of their favorite racing game hit the scene, but we’re in the home stretch as Bandai Namco has released
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Newsbytes: Resident Evil 2: Arcade On Test In Japan; Texas Pinball Festival; Konami Rhythm Games Come To America; More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that runs down “byte-sized” pieces of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. There’s still a lot to get through with
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Alan-1 Introduces New “MirrorFX” Cabinets With Latest Atari Recharged Titles
Amusement Expo 2026 has now wrapped up and with it, I’m back home and able to start distilling the news. We already covered a few new announcements and now we take a look at
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AVATAR LEGENDS: The Fighting Game Comes To Arcades First On exA-Arcadia
Amusement Expo 2026 is here, and we’re getting some big new game unveilings at the show again this year. This first one today is based on another big IP, and is one of two
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February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with EAG in January and Amusement Expo International in March, in-between them there tend to be a few smaller events
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Newsbytes: Atari Relief Pitcher Prototype; New Owners For American Pinball; Ski Hero & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2026. This is a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. The year
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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2026
It’s a new year, which means new anniversaries for many of your favorite arcade games from the past. So as a stop-gap for when our EAG 2026 review comes out (the show has now
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Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2025: Business, New Games, Top 10 Posts & More
Welcome to the Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review of 2025, our annual rundown of arcade happenings across various bases. As well as the usual top 10 posts and content at the end of the post, here
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