The weeks after a big tradeshow always tend to be a little slow, although I’ve been a little surprised by just how quiet arcade things have been this April. Fortunately we won’t close the month out this way, as we have something to discuss and that is a new model release of NFS Heat Takedown, [...]
April tends to be a very slow month for arcade news, since most of the info that pertains to the industry (particularly brand new games) takes place at Amusement Expo. So to help fill in the news gap, it’s time for another history article, although this one is all from myself and not the usual [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post where I scour the interwebs for quick news items that are related to the wonderful world of arcades and pinball machines. If you’re new here, yes, arcades still exist, and there are more than just Chuck E. Cheeses and Dave & Busters out there. Let’s take a look at what’s [...]
Welcome to the Arcade Heroes “round-up” of Amusement Expo 2023. This will show off & discuss various games which appeared at this trade show which was held last week in Las Vegas. The short of it is: There are many new arcade games out there for locations to purchase now, and sales for game makers [...]
UPDATE: Big H/T to Jdevy who created the cabinet mock-ups for this post – he did those, I did the post. Happy April Fools! That’s right, everyone’s favorite rocket-powered racing game is making the jump from consoles to the arcade, as many other games before it has. Now you can properly control the vehicles with [...]
“Segaaaaaa!” When you read that, do you also hear it in your head? If you grew up playing Sega stuff, particularly at home on the Genesis/Mega Drive, then the answer is likely yes. Of course, the company didn’t get it’s start at home, but in coin-op arcades. Today is a milestone for the arcade side [...]
The end of March is upon us which means that the “Spring Show,” or rather, Amusement Expo is taking place. In the past this was also known as the AMOA show – regardless, this is a trade show that takes place annually in the spring, where various arcade & amusement product manufacturers come together to [...]
This news is a couple of weeks old now, but thanks to LinkedIn’s dumb algorithm, one often doesn’t see posts of pages you follow for 2~4 weeks after they post something – or never. Otherwise, you have to remember to check, which I did in the case of Amusement Source International’s LinkedIn page when I [...]
American Pinball has finally given a full unveil of their 5th game, titled Galactic Tank Force and the initial teases that it would be a little quirky are certainly backed up here. The website doesn’t have the game page up for it yet but here’s a quote from the front page, then the trailer: Get [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the arcade and pinball world. There’s plenty to digest in this one than can fit into the headline, so let’s dive in: Pre-Orders Open For Shinorubi Pink Label & Donut Dodo Do! It’s been a bit since exA-Arcadia released a new game cart but the [...]