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On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label

On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label

Shaggy June 29, 2025 0

Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good chance for companies to try out upcoming titles or concepts, so it is time once again to round up

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exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

Shaggy June 21, 2025 0

While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t been an exclusive phenomenon in recent years, thanks to companies whose business model allows them to release content at

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exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

Shaggy June 15, 2025 0

The 2025 edition of ShooterFes, a yearly Japanese event that is specially focused on the “shoot ’em up” genre of games (also known as “shmup” or “STG;” I’ll use the latter in this article),

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exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

Shaggy February 12, 2025 0

Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming event in Japan. The focus was on showcasing some previously announced titles that will be available very soon, so

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Game Updates + Cambria Sword Another Cry AC Now Available

Game Updates + Cambria Sword Another Cry AC Now Available

Shaggy January 28, 2025 0

We’ve got two quick bits of news to share with you today about new releases for the arcade industry, including one game that just began shipping. But before we get to that, let’s update

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exA-Arcadia Showcases First New Arcade Games For Japan Amusement Expo & IAAPA 2024

exA-Arcadia Showcases First New Arcade Games For Japan Amusement Expo & IAAPA 2024

Shaggy November 13, 2024 0

Japan’s Amusement Expo – formerly known as JAEPO – is going to begin on Friday in Japan, while IAAPA Expo 2024 starts less than a week from now in Orlando. In the instance of

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Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica The Focus Of The First exALive

Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica The Focus Of The First exALive

Shaggy February 21, 2024 2

It’s been a little bit since we’ve had some news from exA-Arcadia, with their most recent game release taking place in December with Arcana Heart 3 Xtend.  Now they are gearing up for their

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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]

Shaggy 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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Arcade News From The Tokyo Game Show 2023

Arcade News From The Tokyo Game Show 2023

Shaggy September 25, 2023 0

The Tokyo Game Show 2023 event was held from the 21st-24th, just wrapping up yesterday. While the show is mainly focused on consoles and other forms of home-based interactive entertainment, there was a little

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Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games

Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games

Shaggy 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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Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label

Toaplan Returning To The Arcade With Batsugun Exa Label

Shaggy December 1, 2022 0

If you’re a seasoned fan of arcade games, particularly of the shoot ’em up (“shmup”) genre, then the name Toaplan likely conjures up some warm gaming memories. The company was a trailblazer in the

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exA-Arcadia Launching A New Cabinet & Games At IAAPA 2022

exA-Arcadia Launching A New Cabinet & Games At IAAPA 2022

Shaggy October 27, 2022 0

Long-time readers to the site will be familiar with exA-Arcadia, a platform I’ve discussed many times on the blog. If you haven’t heard about it before, they are akin to classic Neo Geo MVS,

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