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New Beat ‘Em Up Headed To Arcades In 2022: Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios.

New Beat ‘Em Up Headed To Arcades In 2022: Jitsu Squad by Tanuki Creative Studios.

arcadehero February 24, 2021 0

exA-Arcadia kept the arcade news flowing in 2020, but they’ve been a little quiet at the beginning of this year. Now that gets to change as we have our first new exA game announcement

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Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

Now Available: Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper = Running on exA-Arcadia coin-op systems

arcadehero February 22, 2021 0

It’s been a fairly quiet February although between this and one other new game story that I’m working on, perhaps it’ll go out with a bang. We’ve detailed what the exA-Arcadia system is plenty

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Newsbytes: InitialD x Wangan; New Mortal Kombat Film; Abandoned Sega R360; New Breakout & More

Newsbytes: InitialD x Wangan; New Mortal Kombat Film; Abandoned Sega R360; New Breakout & More

arcadehero February 20, 2021 0

Welcome to yet another weekend and with it another round of Newsbytes, a collection of items from around the arcade world that don’t necessarily need a full-blown post to talk about. While the month

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New From Ace Amusement: Nitro Speed

New From Ace Amusement: Nitro Speed

arcadehero February 18, 2021 1

In today’s morning post I mentioned that I would talk about another new game from Ace Amusement, as found on the UDC Distributor website, so here we are to give that a highlight. This

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Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

Newsbytes: New Save The Arcades Campaign; Slugterra VR; Indies; Splatterhouse Art & More

arcadehero February 13, 2021 2

Welcome to Newbytes, a curated compilation of arcade news from around the world, generally covering items that didn’t necessarily need their own full-blown post but are still worth mentioning. This week has seen arcade

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Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

Talking Indies With Indie Arcade Wave

arcadehero February 12, 2021 0

This week has been dead for arcade news, and I haven’t had the time to cook up an opinion piece or article, but I was able to Joe of Slackerz Inc. and Indie Arcade

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Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More

Newsbytes: MT5 Qualifers; Super Nintendo World; EU Arcade Raid & Much More

arcadehero February 6, 2021 0

Well, it’s February, and it seems like arcade news is picking up to a point where there’s enough to discuss. I probably won’t be able to do a new Location Watch for a while,

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Knock Out The Undead In Adrenaline Amusements’ Zombie Smasher

Knock Out The Undead In Adrenaline Amusements’ Zombie Smasher

arcadehero February 4, 2021 2

A few years ago, I was contacted by a reader who lamented that “none of the games you talk about on the blog are found in the UK.” I pointed out that there are

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Raw Thrills Begins Shipping King Kong Of Skull Island VR

Raw Thrills Begins Shipping King Kong Of Skull Island VR

arcadehero January 29, 2021 1

It’s a big year for the King Kong franchise, and to get the ball rolling in that regard, Raw Thrills has released their first full-on arcade game since launching Nitro Trucks last summer. Covered

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Bandai Namco Announces A New Tournament For Maximum Tune 5

Bandai Namco Announces A New Tournament For Maximum Tune 5

arcadehero January 5, 2021 1

It has been a while since we had some game news from Bandai Namco Amusements America, the US/CAN side of the company – and an even longer time since we had something new to

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Newsbytes: The Games Of 2020; Conquest; Formula Race; Pinball Stuff & More

Newsbytes: The Games Of 2020; Conquest; Formula Race; Pinball Stuff & More

arcadehero January 3, 2021 0

Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2021, where I collect some quick news stories from around the world of arcades & pinball for your weekend reading pleasure. It was a bit delayed and almost

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Incredible Technologies Teases Golden Tee PGA Tour

Incredible Technologies Teases Golden Tee PGA Tour

arcadehero January 1, 2021 0

Golden Tee is one of the best selling arcade games in modern times, a staple of bars everywhere, even if they aren’t “bar/arcades.” While the company hasn’t needed the “gamer” segment of the market

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