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Amusement Expo 2022 Recap #1 – The Latest In Arcade Games

Amusement Expo 2022 Recap #1 – The Latest In Arcade Games

arcadehero March 19, 2022 0

Another amusement/arcade tradeshow has come and gone, and I was there to check it out. As always it’s great to see and talk with many in the business face-to-face, and play the games instead

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Touch Magix To Debut Street Versions Of Dicey Jump and Hop ‘N’ Stack

Touch Magix To Debut Street Versions Of Dicey Jump and Hop ‘N’ Stack

arcadehero March 10, 2022 0

It’s been a slow arcade news week, but not to worry, Amusement Expo 2022 is just around the corner and that means we’ll have some things to talk about again. Unfortunately we can’t still

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EAG 2022 Wrap-Up

EAG 2022 Wrap-Up

arcadehero March 7, 2022 0

I was going to cover the EAG 2022 show for a Newsbytes, but I really couldn’t find much else to talk about for that post, so I figure it’s better to separate that out

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Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production

Sega’s VR Agent Now In Production

arcadehero February 21, 2022 2

While Sega has often experimented with new technologies in the arcade, Virtual Reality has not really been one of them. They did test out a VR concept in the 90s called TecWar/NetMerc, but the

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New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

New Arcade Releases: Crimson Katana EXA Label (exA-Arcadia); Golden Tee PGA Tour (Incredible Tech.);ATV Slam SD (Sega); Super Wings (Wahlap)

arcadehero February 17, 2022 1

It’s been a pretty quiet week for arcades (although I was going to do something on a cool pinball coffee table project before that got picked up by mainstream sources…I’ll highlight it at the

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Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

Two New Arcade Games From Coastal: Ice Walker & Zombie Land

arcadehero February 4, 2022 0

After a bit of a hiatus, it seems that videmption games are swinging back into action on the market, as mentioned yesterday with Sega’s Jumanji and now a couple more titles from Coastal Amusements.

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Unboxing SpaceWarp 66

Unboxing SpaceWarp 66

arcadehero January 31, 2022 0

My second acquisition of the year is now complete, as I recently purchased a SpaceWarp 66 from Touch Magix (purchased through one of the distributors I often use). Here’s the video; If you missed

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Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

Prop Cycle-Style Sky Riders by Ace Amusement Is Now Available In The US

arcadehero January 21, 2022 0

Way back in February of last year, I ran a story about an interesting new game that had launched over in the UK/EU via a distributor called UDC; The name of the game was

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Bandai Namco Amusements Launches Maximum Tune 5DX+ In North America

Bandai Namco Amusements Launches Maximum Tune 5DX+ In North America

arcadehero January 12, 2022 1

It’s unusual for us to have a specific release date for arcade games here in the West – often times games will just ship without public notice until they just appear on location. Fortunately

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Pre-Orders Open For Akai Katana/Crimson Katana EXA Label

Pre-Orders Open For Akai Katana/Crimson Katana EXA Label

arcadehero January 6, 2022 0

Arcade shoot ’em ups aren’t as strong as they used to be on the North American market, but the genre isn’t dead. Thanks to the efforts of some indie companies and now exA-Arcadia, fans

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Stern Pinball Unveils Details on Rush

Stern Pinball Unveils Details on Rush

arcadehero January 4, 2022 1

Well, it’s a busy day all of the sudden! First was news of Sega shipping Mission: Impossible Arcade machines and now we have the details revealed on Stern’s latest piece, Rush. This game is

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Sega Launches Mission: Impossible Arcade DX in North America & Europe

Sega Launches Mission: Impossible Arcade DX in North America & Europe

arcadehero January 4, 2022 1

Let’s start of 2022 with a bang – we have our first game release of the year to report on, and some updates on a few other games. As the headline mentions, Sega Amusements

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