New arcade games have been announced via the IAAPA 2023 trade show, so its time to digest what is headed to venues for you to play. As mentioned previously, instead of lumping all of the companies and news together over the course of a few posts, I’m going to keep most IAAPA coverage focused on [...]
It’s been a little over a year since I did an “unboxing” of an arcade machine – although that wasn’t of any new game, but a pair of oldies. Business just hasn’t been conducive since then to grabbing a lot of equipment, as I really need to pay off a few of the loans I [...]
Welcome to Part #2 of my IAAPA 2022 review; If you missed it, here’s Part #1. This post will repeat much of the first part for the games lists; Then I’ll continue thoughts on games starting with titles in the M’s. If you don’t care about the games lists, then just scroll down to where [...]
Welcome to something of an annual tradition here at Arcade Heroes, albeit something sort of rare on my part – a Top 10 list. I’m not big on such lists since most of them on the internet are arbitrary opinions, but here I can base my list off of hard data. Before we get to [...]
Hello and welcome to Newsbytes, a semi-regular weekend post that curates arcade & pinball news from around the world for your enjoyment. This one, in particular, is packed with videos, so if you’re in more of a watching mood than a reading one, this post is up your alley. Cruis’n Blast Switch Review If you [...]
At the end of last year’s review when looking ahead to 2020 we predicted, “This is going to be quite a ride“, and by just about any measure 2020 has been an extraordinary twelve months. What started out as a seemingly ordinary year soon turned into anything but. By mid-January the first tell-tale signs surfaced [...]
Hello and welcome to this summer edition of Newsbytes. Arcade news itself has been pretty slow this week, apart from talking about Chuck E. Cheeses, but we’ve got enough “bytes” to hopefully tide you over for now. I almost missed this, but happy 48th anniversary to Atari Corp as of today. I always think it’s [...]
The past couple of weeks has seen the first set of Evercade handhelds out in the wild in the hands of reviewers, and 3 Evercade reviews have surfaced from some top Retro gaming influencers on YouTube. The reviews are really positive for the new console that seems like a collector’s dream, and we’re looking forward [...]
Hello heroic reader, and welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes. Insert Coin Documentary Trailer This should’ve got it’s own post this week, but I was super-super busy. It has been mentioned on the blog before how often Midway/Williams history seems to get overlooked compared to the likes of Atari and Sega. But, that is [...]
Hello kind readers, and welcome to another edition of Newsbytes. This is a weekend post where I gather some quick news items together to discuss so you have something to read over said weekend. IAAPA Expo 2019 – Final Edition IAAPA19 Post #1 IAAPA19 Post #2 IAAPA19 Post #3 IAAPA19 Post #4 Per usual, I’ve [...]