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Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Shaggy May 24, 2025 0

Alan-1 has announced that they have begun shipping their third title, the enhanced version of DSM Arcade’s Perfect Pour, known as Soda Slam! Let’s take a look at what this is as units may

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PAC-MAN Celebrates 45 Years Of Dot Eating, Ghost Chasing Fun

PAC-MAN Celebrates 45 Years Of Dot Eating, Ghost Chasing Fun

Shaggy May 22, 2025 0

If you were to pick a “mascot” for the arcade industry, the chances are that Namco’s PAC-MAN would win the polls of public opinion. Yes, there had been some basic characters that popped up

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exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins

exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins

Shaggy May 11, 2025 0

Out of all the brand new arcade-exclusive fighting game announcements to be coming out of exA-Arcadia, all being made as part of the company’s appearance and exALive video streams from EVO Japan 2025, one

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EVO Japan 2025 Day 1: The Rumble Fish & Spectral Vs. Generation Back In Arcades Via exA-Arcadia

EVO Japan 2025 Day 1: The Rumble Fish & Spectral Vs. Generation Back In Arcades Via exA-Arcadia

Shaggy May 9, 2025 0

If you have been regularly reading the blog and watching some of the YouTube channel’s videos, it should come as no surprise that exA-Arcadia have been teasing several new game reveals for EVO Japan

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Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 4 Update & Cards Are Now Available

Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 4 Update & Cards Are Now Available

Shaggy May 6, 2025 0

Adjusting some news that we had previously reported, Series 4 software and cards for Raw Thrills’ Minecraft Dungeons Arcade is now available – previously the reporting had made it sound like it was available

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Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More

Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More

Shaggy May 3, 2025 0

Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through recent bytes of news around the arcade and pinball worlds. There are a couple major Asian events coming

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Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)

Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)

Shaggy May 2, 2025 0

Welcome back to Arcade Recap, where we will take a look at recently revealed games at tradeshows like Amusement Expo 2025 and give one or two games a highlight at a time. The purpose

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Arcade Recap: Top Gun Maverick & The Wizard Of Oz (Raw Thrills)

Arcade Recap: Top Gun Maverick & The Wizard Of Oz (Raw Thrills)

Shaggy April 25, 2025 0

This edition of Arcade Recap is going to cover two of Raw Thrills’ recent debuts, as the company was kind enough to provide updates on these titles that they showcased at Amusement Expo 2025.

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Arcade Recap: Cyberpunk 2077 Turf Wars (LAI Games)

Arcade Recap: Cyberpunk 2077 Turf Wars (LAI Games)

Shaggy April 24, 2025 0

For our next stop on recapping some recent arcade games, let’s take a look at the inaugural arrival of Cyberpunk 2077 into the arcade space. Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars debuted at Amusement Expo 2025,

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Arcade Recap: Maimai DX (Sega Amusements)

Arcade Recap: Maimai DX (Sega Amusements)

Shaggy April 23, 2025 0

Welcome to our first of several Arcade Recaps, where we will take a look at recently-revealed games at tradeshows like Amusement Expo 2025 and give one game a spotlight at a time. The purpose

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Adrenaline Amusements Preps New Hot Wheels Driver For Arcades

Adrenaline Amusements Preps New Hot Wheels Driver For Arcades

Shaggy April 18, 2025 0

When you first read the headline here, you were probably thinking “is this dredging up an old article? Adrenaline already has a Hot Wheels game.” Well, not to worry as we’ll clear things up

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exA-Arcadia To Launch Chaos Code -Nemesis Experiment- This Summer

exA-Arcadia To Launch Chaos Code -Nemesis Experiment- This Summer

Shaggy April 16, 2025 0

exA-Arcadia is off to a busy start this month, testing multiple games and prepping launches for those titles. While the subject of today’s post hasn’t been given a location test date at this time,

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