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Japan Amusement Expo Recap
Changes have greatly affected the Japanese amusement scene since the pandemic, which includes the changing up of dates and formats to amusement trade events. The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO for short) has generally taken
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IAAPA 2023: The Sega Amusements Round-Up
New arcade games have been announced via the IAAPA 2023 trade show, so it’s time to digest what is headed to venues for you to play. As mentioned previously, instead of lumping all of
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IAAPA 2023 – The Grand Preview
It’s IAAPA season, which means it is time for tons of new games. The sheer size of the show and its amount of exhibitors is a little overwhelming, but hopefully this preview and guide
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IAAPA 2023: Sega Amusements To Showcase Apex Rebels
“Well that was fast” is a little bit of an understatement – yesterday we ran a story on a somewhat mysterious arcade racer by the name of Apex Rebels. It had been seen on
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UNIS Announces Lane Master Xtreme; Sega Bringing Hyper Cross & Zombies Ready, Deady, Go! To IAAPA 2023
We have a couple of new arcade games different companies to discuss here, although stay tuned for more – I have a couple of items from Raw Thrills on the backburner, just waiting for
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Checking Out IAAPA Expo Europe 2023 (From Far Away)
The main IAAPA Expo for this year in Orlando may still be a couple months away, but in the meantime the biggest of their several international shows, IAAPA Expo Europe 2023, has been happening
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2023 Preview
IAAPA is here, although it’s not “the” IAAPA that is implied in most of my posts. IAAPA themselves are an amusement industry related trade organization and they put together various shows throughout each year.
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Newsbytes: Maximum Tune 20th; Space Hunt Pinball; Big Shot Flyer; Tons Of Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates arcade & pinball news from around the web (that may not work for a full post of its own) and posts it on a weekend – not
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Super Sizing Amusement! – Part 1
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams (KWP), takes a look at the history of the “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe” categories of arcade cabinet hardware. These
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Rounding Up The AAA’23 Expo In China
The latest Asia Amusements & Attractions Expo has came and went, so here’s a quick review of what was there. This expo is mainly focused on the Chinese amusement market so what we can
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Sega Amusements International Celebrates 40 Years In Business
“Segaaaaaa!” When you read that, do you also hear it in your head? If you grew up playing Sega stuff, particularly at home on the Genesis/Mega Drive, then the answer is likely yes. Of
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New Arcade Games For Japan – JAEPO 2023 Round-Up
Since not everyone follows the site on Twitter or Discord, here’s a handy post to round up news from the trade show that just started in Japan, JAEPO 2023. This is the first time
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