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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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

Newsbytes: Iron Maiden Pinball; Dancerush Stardom; Arcade Post-Mortems; JPO IN SLC

arcadehero March 24, 2018 3

Welcome to Newsbytes, our little collection of arcade & pinball news for the weekend. Note that we had to correct something on the Buckzilla article so that has been updated. Also, I’m hearing from

Indie Arcades 2018: Cosmotrons Update

arcadehero January 9, 2018 1

Could 2018 be the year of indie ‘true arcade’ game? After yesterday’s news of Tipsy Raccoon and the upcoming releases of titles like Rashlander, Project Armor(formerly Strike Harbinger) and Kraut Buster it is starting