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Atari Is Returning To Arcades With New Alan-1 Partnership

Atari Is Returning To Arcades With New Alan-1 Partnership

arcadehero March 12, 2024 4

The arcade business has been around for a while now, but the video side of the business really got started, of course, when Atari released PONG in 1972. After a slew of other successful

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LAI Games Officially Unveils Smash DX

LAI Games Officially Unveils Smash DX

arcadehero March 1, 2024 0

With trade show season upon us, it is time for a few new games. The first of the bunch is Smash DX, coming to us from LAI Games and the Chinese amusement factory Superwing.

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Trade Show Updates: Family Entertainment Expo; IAAPI; DEAL; Amusement Expo

Trade Show Updates: Family Entertainment Expo; IAAPI; DEAL; Amusement Expo

arcadehero February 28, 2024 0

It’s trade show season right now in the amusement industry, and the time has come for us to look at what is going on at FEExpo (Italy); IAAPI (India); DEAL (Dubai); and Amusement Expo

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Super Blaster Now Available; Raw Thrills’ TMNT Arcade Goes Home

Super Blaster Now Available; Raw Thrills’ TMNT Arcade Goes Home

arcadehero February 27, 2024 1

We have a couple of pieces of arcade news to discuss today, so let’s dive in. First, I’ll discuss the new arcade machine available from Trio-Tech, then we’ll get into the TMNT news. Super

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New Arcade Directory: BlueBurst

New Arcade Directory: BlueBurst

arcadehero February 26, 2024 0

Welcome to a new week, although the last one of this slightly longer month. Let’s start things off with a new website that can help players, collectors and operators in finding their out-of-home entertainment

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Newsbytes: Mystery Game; Bay Tek Buys MajorMega; RIP Mike Jang; Headlines & Much More

Newsbytes: Mystery Game; Bay Tek Buys MajorMega; RIP Mike Jang; Headlines & Much More

arcadehero February 24, 2024 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates arcade and pinball news from around the world. After a slight prolonged new year lull with one or two notable exceptions, we had a sudden burst in

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Visiting Motorland Sakura In Apex Rebels

Visiting Motorland Sakura In Apex Rebels

arcadehero February 21, 2024 0

The other day I had received some new screenshots from Sega’s newest arcade racer called Apex Rebels. Today is the follow-up, as we explore one track that was not available in the game at

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Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica The Focus Of The First exALive

Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica The Focus Of The First exALive

arcadehero February 21, 2024 2

It’s been a little bit since we’ve had some news from exA-Arcadia, with their most recent game release taking place in December with Arcana Heart 3 Xtend.  Now they are gearing up for their

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The Cars Of Sega’s Apex Rebels

The Cars Of Sega’s Apex Rebels

arcadehero February 19, 2024 0

Sega Amusements and 3MindWave recently launched their latest racing game, Apex Rebels, to the market. Perhaps you’ve had the chance to give it a play already, or you’re still on the lookout for one.

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LAI Games Teases Smash DX For Amusement Expo ’24

LAI Games Teases Smash DX For Amusement Expo ’24

arcadehero February 16, 2024 0

Amusement Expo 2024 is a little over a month from today and LAI Games is here to tease a new title to spice up an otherwise slow week. Well, slow for arcade news. Thanks

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Newsbytes: Avian Knights Tournament; Insert Coins Watch Party, Headlines & More

Newsbytes: Avian Knights Tournament; Insert Coins Watch Party, Headlines & More

arcadehero February 10, 2024 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcades & pinball. It’s been about a month since the last one of these posts, so there are a few things

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Sega Apex Rebels Is Now Available For Arcades

Sega Apex Rebels Is Now Available For Arcades

arcadehero February 6, 2024 1

Sega Amusements has announced the availability of their latest arcade game release, Apex Rebels. If you’ve missed out on news for that, read on. I’ll include my details, as well as a press release

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