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A detailed IAAPA 2022 preview covering arcade cabinets, redemption games, pinball, dance platforms, VR arenas and mixed-reality attractions in Orlando.
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Bandai Namco has revealed the Dead Heat Unleashed cabinet, detailing its linked racing, reactive LED lighting, Ultimate Heat system and ten-car lineup.
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Adrenaline Amusements and Electronic Arts revive Need for Speed in arcades with a four-player racer featuring takedowns, boosts and LED-heavy design.
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Raw Thrills showcased a new Halo: Fireteam Raven cabinet, MotoGP VR, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 2 and Fast & Furious Arcade at IAAPA 2022.
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Minecraft Dungeons Arcade expands to 98 collectible cards with Series 2, the Hidden Depths level, and three more stages planned for future updates.
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Enter a planned giveaway for a physical Nintendo Switch copy of Cruis’n Blast signed by Eugene Jarvis, with one to three raffle entries available.
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Toaplan’s influential shooter Batsugun is returning to modern arcades as Batsugun EXA Label, an enhanced worldwide release for the exA-Arcadia platform.
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IAAPA 2022 showcased new arcade games, redemption machines, pinball tables and VR attractions, from compact skill games to enormous theme-park experiences.
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Spooky Pinball’s Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? brings the classic 1969–70 cartoon to pinball with three editions and a 1,969-unit production limit.
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IAAPA 2022 updates, Ridge Racer preservation, Michael Jackson footage from Sega’s AS-1, new rhythm games and the latest arcade-industry headlines.
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December 2022’s Location Watch visits new arcades, barcades and family entertainment centres across Australia, North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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From Atari 2600 to ZX Spectrum, these 2022 homebrew projects brought arcade classics, reinterpretations and ambitious conversions to older hardware.
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Taito’s 70th year, the 1983 crash, landmark arcade games and Sega NAOMI’s 25th anniversary make 2023 a notable year for arcade history.
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Astro Crow’s Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes brings the unusual Basque sport to arcades with colourful visuals, two cabinet formats and competitive multiplayer action.
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Arcade operators entered 2023 amid strong FEC trading, rising costs, new game releases and hard lessons from a failed second location in Utah.
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Stern Pinball’s James Bond 007 60th Anniversary Edition brings every Bond actor to a Keith Elwin-designed playfield limited to 500 machines.
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EAG 2023 brought new racing, redemption, rhythm and immersive arcade attractions to London, including releases from Bandai Namco, Sega, ACE and Raw Thrills.
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EAG 2023 showcased European arcade distributors, redemption equipment, pinball and new video games, offering a remote look at the commercial amusement market.
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Bay Tek’s QB Throwdown appears in location testing, combining two-player football throws, projected graphics and a large ticket-game cabinet.
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Taito’s officially licensed Ice Cold Beer remake is scheduled to ship from February 2023, bringing modern hardware to the classic electromechanical arcade experience.
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Taito’s JAEPO 2023 showcase pairs Music Diver with compact X-Station attractions, including projection-mapped adventures built for modern entertainment venues.
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EAG 2023, JAEPO previews, TRON 3, Space Invaders’ 45th anniversary, pinball updates and rising arcade energy costs headline this industry round-up.
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Sega’s Storm Rider 2 brings motion, touchscreen controls and four-bike multiplayer racing to a new arcade motorcycle simulator from Wahlap and 3MindWave.
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LaserDisc arcade games promised cinematic breakthroughs but exposed the risks of costly hardware, shallow gameplay and unreliable machines during the 1980s crash.
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IGS’s Hyper Cross snowmobile racer is being tested by Sega Amusements at London’s Airport Bowl, but a Western release is not yet confirmed.
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Sega’s Drone Racing Genesis brings aerial competition to arcades with five drones, four courses, vivid visuals and a joystick-based control system.
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Need for Speed Heat Takedown is shipping in its standard arcade cabinet, combining powerful audio and modern visuals while a deluxe motion model remains in testing.
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LaserDisc and CD-ROM promised to reinvent 1990s arcades, powering light-gun games, simulators and giant attractions before reliability and cost ended the experiment.
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UNIS’s Sailor’s Quest VR and Rilix’s SpongeBob VR Bubble Coaster bring motion seating, licensed themes and immersive gameplay to new arcade venues.
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The latest arcade news covers Roger Sharpe’s pinball biopic, Street Fighter VR testing, mysterious cabinets, Super Shot and Pump It Up.
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Two arcade-exclusive releases arrive in February 2023: a faithful Ice Cold Beer remake and Bandai Namco’s eight-level racer Dead Heat Unleashed.
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Bandai Namco’s Taiko No Tatsujin has entered an official USA location test, using an English Nijiro-based build with a limited song list.
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Stern Pinball teases Foo Fighters, with Jack Danger and possibly Zombie Yeti attached and a full reveal expected before Amusement Expo 2023.
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February 2023’s global arcade roundup covers new venues, Japanese imports, free-play formats, pinball museums, family entertainment centres and upcoming openings.
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Stern, Jersey Jack and American Pinball tease new tables, including Foo Fighters and Galactic Tank Force, as the 2023 pinball season gathers pace.
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Stern Pinball’s Foo Fighters brings 15 songs, an alien invasion storyline and three cabinet editions to the company’s latest rock-themed machine.
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March’s arcade news includes IAAPI and GTI Asia China Expo 2023, pinball reveals from Jersey Jack and American Pinball, plus fresh industry headlines.
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Step ManiaX DX is now shipping, bringing a larger screen, stronger audio and expanded LED lighting to the rhythm arcade game’s deluxe cabinet.
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Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Godfather 50th Anniversary arrives in Limited and Collector’s Editions, combining film licence appeal with collector-level pricing.
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Play Mechanix and Chicago Gaming are developing Pulp Fiction Pinball, with Mark Ritchie designing the machine and a fuller reveal still to come.
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