Hello there, and welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, a weekend post that highlights quick news items from around the world of arcades for your reading pleasure. BTW – For anyone who has been trying to reach me via email over the past two weeks, said email has been fixed. It was lost with [...]
Welcome to another edition of Newsbytes, a quick collection of news items from the arcade world. Things Coming Along For Super Nintendo World At Universal Studios Japan If you plan on heading over to Japan for the Summer Olympics next year, then you’ll want to make sure you have the funds to visit the hottest [...]
(Thanks to Jdevy for the tip) Last week, I ran a story on the pending arrival of a new “Super Deluxe (SDLX)” model for Sega Amusements’ Daytona Championship USA. Today, we have a look at it thanks to the Chicago Eater, a blog that covers restaurants in the Chicago area. This game is still a [...]
We finally come to a close of our IAAPA 2018 coverage, this year taking a bit longer to get to it all than usual as I’ve been occupied with managing work from multiple directions. Better late than never I suppose! For previous Wrap-ups: Wrap-Up #1 Wrap-Up #2 Wrap-Up #3 Wrap-Up #4 Wrap-Up #5 This final [...]
About a month since IAAPA 2018 ended, and we’re finally approaching the end of the news. If you’ve been following Arcade Heroes on YouTube or Bitchute, then you have seen these videos already, but I’m offering a little more information in the text below to essentially review the games based on what I played. For [...]
If you’ve visited a modern arcade (one that keeps up-to-date with releases) over the past decade, then chances are that you have either seen or used the Typhoon motion simulator. If you haven’t seen one, they are a motion ride, a virtual roller coaster if you will, that in addition to the motion seats, offers [...]
[Thanks to Kevin Williams for the heads-up] If you aren’t familiar with the name Yu Suzuki, then you should be familiar with some of his work (particularly if you’re reading this blog): OutRun, Hang-On, After Burner, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, and so on. Mr. Suzuki hasn’t been directly employed by Sega for a while now, [...]