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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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2020 Year-In-Review W/ Top 10 Posts

2020 Year-In-Review W/ Top 10 Posts

arcadehero January 1, 2021 0

It’s the start of a new year, which means that it’s time to recap the arcade & pinball news from 2020. It goes without saying that last year was an anomaly in the 14

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Newsbytes: New For Nintendo Vs.; Namco Art Gallery; Armored Princess Battle Conductor & More

Newsbytes: New For Nintendo Vs.; Namco Art Gallery; Armored Princess Battle Conductor & More

arcadehero December 26, 2020 2

Happy Holidays everyone, regardless of the belief you have and the days that you commemorate. Welcome to the final Newsbytes of 2020, with these posts involving a quick collection of news from the arcade/pinball

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The ExA-Arcadia Christmas Update: Releases For Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX, Psyvariar Delta AC & EXA I/O

The ExA-Arcadia Christmas Update: Releases For Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX, Psyvariar Delta AC & EXA I/O

arcadehero December 24, 2020 0

It’s rare that we have a post to do on Christmas Day, although where I’m at it’s still Christmas Eve. Either way,  if you celebrate that, then Merry Christmas! If you celebrate something around

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ICE Unveils Full Line Of Arcade Pro Games, Including Jurassic Park Pro

ICE Unveils Full Line Of Arcade Pro Games, Including Jurassic Park Pro

arcadehero December 10, 2020 0

Back in September, ICE (short for Innovative Concepts in Entertainment) revealed that they were launching a full line of commercial-grade, home-focused arcade games. With the holidays here, they now have all of their titles

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Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

arcadehero November 30, 2020 0

Meant to launch this past Spring, the documentary by Joshua Tsui about the glory days of Midway and their arcade developments (mainly during the 1990s) is now seeing a limited release through “Alamo On-Demand

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The Current Home Arcade Landscape

The Current Home Arcade Landscape

arcadehero November 26, 2020 1

Rushing towards Black Friday and the holidays, and we see a perfusion of retro-mini arcade cabinets hitting the shelves. Friend-of-the-site, and trend specialist Kevin Williams looks at a selection of the releases hoping to

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Super Battle Princess Madelyn Released To Arcades; Bonus Vritra Hexa Unboxing

Super Battle Princess Madelyn Released To Arcades; Bonus Vritra Hexa Unboxing

arcadehero November 24, 2020 0

I skipped doing a Newsbytes this past weekend as there really wasn’t enough to talk about from last week. This is against the norm, since that week is normally IAAPA week, which gives us

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UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

arcadehero November 19, 2020 0

This would have been a week full of new game announcements and videos were taken at IAAPA 2020. Since that was canceled, I wasn’t really expecting anything to discuss such games right now (although

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