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Pre-orders Now Available For Project Neon [Neo Geo AES/MVS]

Pre-orders Now Available For Project Neon [Neo Geo AES/MVS]

arcadehero January 21, 2024 0

Anyone here remember a shoot ’em up game by the name of Project NEON? If not, you can be forgiven – the last time we reported on this new Neo Geo game was back

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What Is In Store For DSM Arcade In 2024?

What Is In Store For DSM Arcade In 2024?

arcadehero December 26, 2023 0

Before we end 2023, I wanted to take this opportunity to look at an arcade developer who are moving up from an indie developer to bigger player in the amusement business. I spoke with

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Polycade Kickstarts Their New Sente Model

Polycade Kickstarts Their New Sente Model

arcadehero November 28, 2023 0

I almost missed this news since I’ve been so hyper-focused on tradeshows, but Polycade has been running a Kickstarter campaign for the next model of cabinet on their digital distribution platform. Called the Polycade

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Retro Raccoons Readies For A Summer Release

Retro Raccoons Readies For A Summer Release

arcadehero May 5, 2021 0

Back at the beginning of 2018, we heard about a new multiplayer indie game by the name of Tipsy Raccoons, developed by Adam Wray of glitchbit. He had noticed that bar/arcades really had a

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Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

arcadehero February 12, 2021 0

This week has been dead for arcade news, and I haven’t had the time to cook up an opinion piece or article, but I was able to Joe of Slackerz Inc. and Indie Arcade

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Super Battle Princess Madelyn To Begin Testing This Friday

Super Battle Princess Madelyn To Begin Testing This Friday

arcadehero August 5, 2020 1

Exa-Arcadia keeps on rollin’ with the new game tests, the latest being a game that has been on the Exa games roster since the end of last year. NOTE: I have updated the post

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BumbleBear Games Announces ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN

BumbleBear Games Announces ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN

arcadehero April 30, 2020 0

While this story is primarily about a home game, there is an arcade element to it, so it counts 😉 You know BumbleBear Games through their efforts on Killer Queen Arcade and Black Emperor,

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Highlight: Current Indie Arcade Games

Highlight: Current Indie Arcade Games

arcadehero November 4, 2019 0

Before IAAPA 2019 kicks into full-swing, I wanted to put a spotlight on the real, independently developed coin-op arcade titles that are out there. Without a major license and marketing budget, the challenge of

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A Direct Look At Black Emperor

A Direct Look At Black Emperor

arcadehero October 1, 2019 0

Welcome to October, a month that means we can probably expect to see more previews of new arcade games before IAAPA lands in November. Since big stuff tends to get a lot of the

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deeproot Studios Holds A Panel At FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention

deeproot Studios Holds A Panel At FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention

arcadehero April 19, 2019 0

While most of our focus here is on video arcade games, we certainly do like to talk pinball. The attention that pinball gets in the media is a little different than what you get

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Available In June: Tipsy Raccoons

Available In June: Tipsy Raccoons

arcadehero May 23, 2018 2

Way back in January you might recall a story we ran about an up-and-coming independent developer by the name of Glitchbit and their first release: Tipsy Raccoons. The game has made appearances at arcade

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Cosmotrons Update: Now Available To Order!

Cosmotrons Update: Now Available To Order!

arcadehero April 21, 2018 4

The journey of the indie arcade game Cosmotrons is about to come to a head as we have a new update to share with you in regards to the production version of the game.

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