IAAPA is here, although it’s not “the” IAAPA that is implied in most of my posts. IAAPA themselves are an amusement industry related trade organization and they put together various shows throughout each year. The largest of these events is just called the IAAPA Expo and it takes place every November the week before Thanksgiving. [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post for the weekend that curates news from around the arcade & pinball world to for your reading pleasure. For today’s episode: The AAMA Holds Their Annual Gala The AAMA (American Amusement Machine Association) has held the annual Gala but unlike some previous years, I have little info on what was [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcade games and pinball. Taito Turns 70 August 24th was Taito’s 70th anniversary, one that they’ve been keen to celebrate over in Japan. Unfortunately where the company doesn’t have much of a presence in the States anymore, only those really connected into [...]
It’s the last day of May, so it is time to give a shout out to the arcade games released this month! I’ll also be making a video to highlight these games; Please share them around to let people know about a few of the new games that you might stumble across at an arcade [...]
Disclaimer: The games discussed in this article are prototypes which have been seen on location test but have not been officially announced. This means that the final production models will likely change OR they might not even be released at all. As such, reserve your final judgments for later. H/T to Jdevy for the info [...]
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams (KWP), takes a look at the history of the “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe” categories of arcade cabinet hardware. These now dominate the arcade landscape, so I felt it fitting to see how we got here. Original text is from Mr. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s time to do something unusual for the site here – give away a prize! Thanks to Eugene Jarvis and Raw Thrills, I’ve been hooked up with two physical copies of Cruis’n Blast on Nintendo Switch, signed by the man himself, Eugene Jarvis. At the moment I’m just giving one away – then we’ll see [...]
It’s almost been a week since the end IAAPA 2022, so it’s probably a good time for me to make a post about some of the news that came out of the event! It was great meeting a few of you at the show – my apologies on my voice. It’s still a little hoarse [...]