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2022 Arcade Year-In-Review
Welcome to the annual Arcade Heroes Year-in-Review, where I take us back down the memory lane of the past 12 months, and review how things have gone in the industry, at least from my
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Astro Crow Games Launches Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes
H/T to Joe at Indie Arcade Wave for this news. UPDATED ON FEB. 3RD, 2023 One issue with IAAPA is that there is so much going on that one can easily miss something as
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Previewing the Arcade Anniversaries of 2023
Each year marks some kind of anniversary, although we tend to only pay attention to those ending in a 0 or a 5. This year saw Atari celebrating 50 years, and where I got
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Big Newsbytes: IAAPA22 Updates; The Last Ridge Racer; Michael Jackson/Sega Discovery; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball. This post has been on the backburner since the weekend before IAAPA started but there has been so
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IAAPA 2022 Round-Up #2 – New Arcade Games For 2023
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on
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Raw Thrills Launches Series 2 Cards & New Level For Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
After being teased through updates to the game during the year, Series 2 cards are now available for Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, which brings the total number of collectible cards to 98 (adding 38). As
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Raw Thrills Brings MotoGPVR & A New Cabinet For Halo: Fireteam Raven to IAAPA 2022
Quickie post here but it’s now confirmed what else Raw Thrills has brought to the IAAPA 2022 tradeshow and is likely to be hitting the arcade market in the near future. A press release
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Adrenaline Amusements Is Debuting NFS Heat Takedown At IAAPA 2022
It has been a spell since we’ve heard from Canada-based arcade developer Adrenaline Amusements, although given that the focus of the site here tends to be on video games and not ticket redemption pieces,
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Cabinet Revealed For Bandai Namco’s Dead Heat Unleashed
We’ve been getting bits and pieces of news about the sequel to Bandai Namco’s Dead Heat thanks to the location test but with IAAPA starting on Tuesday, the company has pulled the curtain back
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The IAAPA 2022 Pre-Game Show
Welcome to the annual IAAPA preview, 2022 edition. Here, I will lay out everything I know about what will be at the IAAPA 2022 tradeshow that takes place from Nov. 14-18th in Orlando, FL.
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LAI Games Bringing Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR To IAAPA 2022
The battle of the arcade racers continues to heat up and at this IAAPA, it’ll be a doozy. There will be at least four new racing games appearing at the show, with more likely
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exA-Arcadia Launching A New Cabinet & Games At IAAPA 2022
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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