video games »
JAEPO 2019: The Exa-Arcadia Thread
The Japanese Amusement Expo (JAEPO) has begun, and with it the world gets to see what Japanese game makers are cooking up for locations there. Most of the time, announcements and games are not
Read More »
Shipping & Release Updates: Pump It Up XX; ATV Slam; PIU-XX; Fantasy Soccer; Atari PONG Table Coin-op & More
With so many new arcade products having been announced over the past few months, it feels prudent to get everyone up to speed on what’s shipping. This also helps us get something in while
Read More »
Newsbytes: JAEPO 2019 Approaching; Arcade Teaser Videos; Arcade Phone Booths & More
This was a slow week for news, although I was plenty busy with my new route location. Unfortunately, the technical issues there have been a bit of a time consuming headache, coupled with several
Read More »
EAG 2019: The Latest Arcade Games Come To London
It’s the middle of January, which not only means that it’s cold outside for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, but that our friends across the pond are throwing a big amusement trade
Read More »
Newsbytes: 2018 Arcade Video; EAG 2019 Preview; Bushnell Praises Pong & Other CES 2019 Arcade News
Hello fellow Arcade Heroes, and welcome to another edition of newsbytes. This is a collection of quick bits ‘n bytes of news from this week that wouldn’t really warrant a full post; or I
Read More »
Tecnoplay Launches Website, Trailer For Racecraft Arcade
There are three pillars of development focus in the modern arcade industry: gun games, racing games, and redemption. While you do get titles that fall outside of those three “genre pillars,” most R&D is
Read More »
Now Shipping: Halo: Fireteam Raven 2-player (Plus new screenshots)
Continuing the solid start for 2019 in terms of new arcade machines, we’ve got an update for gamers & operators who are interested in the more compact version of Halo: Fireteam Raven. For a
Read More »
Newsbytes: High Score Girl; Dark Presence Footage; Ralph Coppola Passing; Arcade History & More
Welcome to the year’s first Newsbytes, a collection of arcade news from around the web from the past week (or two..or three..in today’s case). I do have a story on Halo: Fireteam Raven 2-player
Read More »
NESiCAxLive 2 Begins Testing In The USA Until Jan. 27th
Just a quickie post here. We recently highlighted news about Taito looking to test their NESiCAxLive 2 digital download arcade network in the states, and now it has begun. This tweet from the official
Read More »
Sega Unleashes An ATV Slam Trailer
Back in October of last year (2018, of course 😉 ), Sega Amusements unveiled a brand new racing arcade game to the world, ATV Slam. Unfortunately, the game did not make an appearance at
Read More »
The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review
2019 is upon us, which means that it is time to take a look back at the arcade, pinball and other amusement news of 2018. The State Of The Industry 2018 2018 has been
Read More »Taito To Begin Testing NESiCAxLive 2 Exclusively At Round1USA
At the end of 2010, Taito released their version of a digital game delivery service to Japanese arcades by the name of NESiCAxLive. The idea was to replace the hardware kit with download-only software
Read More »
