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Alan-1 Begins Shipping Asteroids Recharged Arcade; Celebrates IAAPA Brass Ring Win

Alan-1 Begins Shipping Asteroids Recharged Arcade; Celebrates IAAPA Brass Ring Win

Volfied December 13, 2024 0

Following a successful showing at IAAPA 2024 that saw it awarded a coveted Brass Ring Award, Utah based Alan-1 has begun shipping both the Pro and Deluxe models of their Asteroids Recharged arcade game

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Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games

Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games

arcadehero June 30, 2023 0

The following is a guest post submitted by Ted Haydon for you readers to drink in; It’s good timing given the recent release of Batsugun EXA Label, Saturn Tribute Boosted, and Kumagumi’s official merchandise

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Fans Enjoy The Coca-Cola X Stranger Things UK Pop-Up Arcade For A Day

Fans Enjoy The Coca-Cola X Stranger Things UK Pop-Up Arcade For A Day

arcadehero July 13, 2019 1

Earlier this month, we were informed that Coca-Cola & Netflix were joining forces to do a pop-up arcade in Shoreditch, UK to promote the freshly launched season 3 of the hit show Stranger Things.

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Retro Raccoons Prepares To Hit The Market Via Incredible Technologies

Retro Raccoons Prepares To Hit The Market Via Incredible Technologies

arcadehero July 4, 2019 0

Happy Independence Day US readers! I hope you have a safe and happy holiday. If you aren’t in the US, then I still hope you have an awesome day and have the opportunity to

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New Arcades @ Amusement Expo 2019 – Centipede Chaos (ICE); ATV Slam (Sega); Nerf Arcade (Raw Thrills)

New Arcades @ Amusement Expo 2019 – Centipede Chaos (ICE); ATV Slam (Sega); Nerf Arcade (Raw Thrills)

arcadehero March 31, 2019 3

Pictured: The Pac-Man Statue that was seen at the Speedy’s One Stop Repair Booth Continuing with our coverage of the Amusement Expo International 2019 trade show that took place on the last week of

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Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Expands Model Availability

Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Expands Model Availability

arcadehero August 27, 2018 6

Earlier this summer, we broke a story that Bandai Namco was getting “Pac-Man Fever” again as they announced the creation of Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash. This game is the latest in a long line of

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Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Chill Offers Licensed Multi-gaming For Man Caves

Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Chill Offers Licensed Multi-gaming For Man Caves

arcadehero July 31, 2018 5

Last month (cutting it close here ;P ), Bandai Namco pulled back the curtain on a follow-up to their Pac-Man’s Arcade Party classic multi-game system. The new version, Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash, offered 31 games

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Next From Stern Pinball: Batman 66 (UPDATED)

Next From Stern Pinball: Batman 66 (UPDATED)

arcadehero August 29, 2016 2

UPDATE BELOW This has been an interesting year for Stern so far and the news today will only build on that. A flyer has been shared from a pinball distributor that explains exactly why Adam

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New Arcades: Tilt Studio (AZ); Flynn’s Retrocade (UT); High Scores #2 (CA)

New Arcades: Tilt Studio (AZ); Flynn’s Retrocade (UT); High Scores #2 (CA)

arcadehero August 17, 2016 0

While I just posted about some new arcades opening their doors out there, we’ve got more to discuss as the arcade growth trend continues! New Tilt Studio Opens In Tempe, AZ – This is

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Stern Pinball And Pabst Brewing Team Up For The Pabst Can Crusher Pinball

Stern Pinball And Pabst Brewing Team Up For The Pabst Can Crusher Pinball

arcadehero July 13, 2016 4

Surprises are always fun and Stern Pinball certainly has been pulling out more of them in recent times. Today’s surprise is a new retro themed pinball machine that they have developed in conjunction with beer brewing

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Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

Arcade MTL Opens In Montreal, Canada

arcadehero April 8, 2016 0

(Thanks to Michel Descoteaux for the tip) Back in January while reporting on a number of new locations, it was mentioned that a new bar/arcade concept was working on overcoming some hurdles to open up

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Games Turning 40,20, 30 and 10 in 2016

Games Turning 40,20, 30 and 10 in 2016

arcadehero April 7, 2016 3

With each year that passes, we take a look at games celebrating a certain anniversary via a post. This year however, I decided to go the video route and make these long videos covering

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