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A Closer Look At The Indie Project Cosmotrons

A Closer Look At The Indie Project Cosmotrons

arcadehero April 10, 2017 5

On the last post to AH, the Midwest Gaming Classic event was mentioned, along with the presence of a new “Asteroids like” arcade game called Cosmotrons. Thanks to Sean of All Castle Games, we

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Exclusive Arcade Title Skycurser Now Officially Available For Purchase

Exclusive Arcade Title Skycurser Now Officially Available For Purchase

arcadehero April 3, 2017 3

Back in February 2015, we mentioned a new horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up was headed to arcades by the name of Skycurser. As of today, the game is officially available for purchase so it

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Segabits Podcast Interviews Chris Tang, Developer For Upcoming Strike Harbinger Arcade

Segabits Podcast Interviews Chris Tang, Developer For Upcoming Strike Harbinger Arcade

arcadehero May 5, 2016 1

A couple of posts ago, we mentioned the development of an upcoming indie arcade game by the name of Strike Harbinger.  It was a big surprise that was shown as a part of the

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New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

New Games At MGC 2016: Raider’s Run, Spectre Files Deathstalker, Skycurser and More

arcadehero April 9, 2016 1

The Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event (MGC 2016) is well under way in Wisconsin today and with that, some news on new arcade titles that smaller developers are showing off. Game Refuge and Galloping

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War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks

War of Currents Arcade Lets Tesla and Edison Duke It Out, Delivers Shocks

arcadehero March 22, 2016 1

(Thanks to Gary Riggins for the tip) I had meant to post this on Saturday as a part of the Newsbytes post but became sidetracked with other necessary work…so let’s use this as an

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Archer Pinball Whitewood Shown At Arcade Expo 2.0

Archer Pinball Whitewood Shown At Arcade Expo 2.0

arcadehero January 18, 2016 2

At this past weekend’s Arcade Expo 2.0 in Banning, CA, brothers Keith and Randy Elwin demonstrated the whitewood of their independent project, Archer pinball. The term ‘whitewood’ is used to indicate a pinball table

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New Exclusive Preview For Skycurser

New Exclusive Preview For Skycurser

arcadehero August 8, 2015 1

Back in February, I posted about an upcoming arcade shoot ’em up by the name of Skycurser. Developed by a small team under a company name of Griffin Aerotech, they were seeking to create

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New Trailer and Details For The Upcoming NEOGEO MVS Game, Kraut Buster

New Trailer and Details For The Upcoming NEOGEO MVS Game, Kraut Buster

arcadehero June 9, 2015 2

German game developer NG:DEVTEAM has released a new update on their in-development NEOGEO MVS title, Kraut Buster. When first unveiled, the game received a mixed reaction based upon it appearing to be ‘just a Metal

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Killer Queen Arcade Is Available Now

Killer Queen Arcade Is Available Now

arcadehero October 14, 2014 1

Remember Killer Queen Arcade? We have been following some news on this one for a while but I had not heard much about it until I received an email today from Fun Company (who

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New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon: Flytrap

New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon: Flytrap

arcadehero June 14, 2014 17

It was mentioned on the blog previously (I can’t remember exactly where) that 2014 was shaping up to be a good year for independent/small developments in the arcade sector. Today, Coate Games has shared

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The Arcades At GDC 2014

The Arcades At GDC 2014

arcadehero March 19, 2014 2

According to surveys like this one, most developers that have headed to the Game Developers Conference 2014 this week are interested in developments for mobile or PC platforms. The survey didn’t ask about arcade

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Mini Motor Racing Arcade Coming In Spring 2014 Via Tecnoplay

Mini Motor Racing Arcade Coming In Spring 2014 Via Tecnoplay

arcadehero March 6, 2014 7

Earlier this year I noticed that the release list for arcade games was becoming more populated with small/indie type games than usual. Today I received an email from San Marino-based arcade/amusement distributor Tecnoplay that

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