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IAAPA 2023 – The Grand Preview

IAAPA 2023 – The Grand Preview

arcadehero November 10, 2023 0

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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LAI Games Launches The Big Expansion Software Pack For Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride

LAI Games Launches The Big Expansion Software Pack For Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride

arcadehero August 22, 2019 0

While there are a number of VR-enhanced arcade machines out there on the market right now, nothing has made as big a splash as the Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride by LAI Games. By

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Sega Launches New Promotion For ATV Slam

Sega Launches New Promotion For ATV Slam

arcadehero July 11, 2019 5

Earlier this year, Sega Amusements launched their newest racing simulator by the name of ATV Slam to the market. I’ve only had the opportunity to see it once at Amusement Expo 2019, where I

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Bandai Namco Revives Arcade Classics As LBE-VR Titles At New Location in Japan

Bandai Namco Revives Arcade Classics As LBE-VR Titles At New Location in Japan

arcadehero June 20, 2019 6

I mentioned in the last post that we’d have another Location Based Entertainment Virtual Reality (LBE-VR for those that don’t want to spout that mouthful every time) piece to discuss today, and here we

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Sega To Begin Testing Daytona Championship USA Motion SDLX In Chicago

Sega To Begin Testing Daytona Championship USA Motion SDLX In Chicago

arcadehero February 11, 2019 0

While scouring the web for new arcade location news, I came across a very interesting line in this article at the Chicago Eater regarding the opening of a new FEC in the Chicago area

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Ubisoft ‘Rabbids’ VR Roller Coaster Spotted On Test In Texas

Ubisoft ‘Rabbids’ VR Roller Coaster Spotted On Test In Texas

arcadehero July 12, 2017 3

Who is ready for some upcoming game news? This post won’t be the only one showing a brand new upcoming game so stay tuned! Thanks to reader Jdevy for the tip on this one.

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Newsbytes: Olympics; Densha De Go!; Arcade Movie Spoofs; NTG#91

Newsbytes: Olympics; Densha De Go!; Arcade Movie Spoofs; NTG#91

arcadehero August 13, 2016 2

It’s been a time for travel and vacations so things have been kinda slow around here lately. That doesn’t mean that news has stopped though, let’s look at what is going on in the

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Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR

Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR

arcadehero July 20, 2016 1

With the return of VR onto the scene, we’ve begun to cover the subject on the blog recently as “VR Arcades” and other out-of-home applications of the technology find their way into amusement. The

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Newsbytes Halloween Edition: Real Drive; Hooligans Family Fun; Dissidia; NTG#63

arcadehero October 31, 2015 2

Happy Halloween everyone! This is the one day of the year that I get more people walking in front of my arcade than any other…of course 95% of them don’t walk in at that

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New Details On The Star Wars Battle Pod Premium Edition

New Details On The Star Wars Battle Pod Premium Edition

arcadehero August 16, 2015 2

Back in May was revealed that Bandai Namco would be producing a high cost version of their Star Wars Battle Pod arcade game. The oddest thing about it at the time was that the

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IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West

IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West

arcadehero December 4, 2014 1

With this post I can finally breath a sigh of relief as it means that my IAAPA 2014 coverage is wrapped up. The amount of video to edit and comment on was significant this

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IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators

IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators

arcadehero November 21, 2014 11

Well that is a wrap on IAAPA 2014 for me – I leave this morning for a slightly colder venue (this week was the coldest I have ever felt in Florida, not that it

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