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A fresh arcade news roundup covering P-47 Aces Mk. II, redemption game testing, Stern pinball badges, Far Cry VR and Magic Girl.
Sega’s IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 showcase featured Solar System, AR Darts, VR Agent and Shipwreck, plus major licensed arcade attractions.
UNIS’ IAAPA Europe Expo 2022 preview includes Emoji Roller, Star Crusaders II, Power Puck Fever, new cranes and merchandisers.
New arcade games reach testing, EXA opens pre-orders, Playbox expands to four players and operators confront high energy costs across Europe.
Stern Pinball has teased a James Bond machine, raising questions about its featured 007, George Gomez’s involvement and the project’s place in pinball history.
Samurai Shodown V Perfect returns to arcades through exA-Arcadia with three kit options, restored features, collector extras and a September 2022 launch.
Bandai Namco refreshes its commercial Pac-Man line-up with Battle Royale Chompionship Deluxe and the redesigned basketball game Pac-Man Baller.
IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 brought arcade distributors, VR developers and amusement manufacturers to London with new redemption, sports and mixed-reality attractions.
Polycade adds Tanuki Sunset and STRIPES, with new tournaments for both games and a possible expansion of the platform’s hardware range.
The latest arcade news covers leaked James Bond pinball images, Dave & Buster’s Middle East expansion, Al Kress, repairs and Tekken 8.
IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 showcased new VR simulators, redemption attractions, pinball, racing games and arcade hardware for the European market.
MotoGP VR has appeared in location testing at Dave & Buster’s, offering a headset-based take on Raw Thrills’ serious motorcycle racing simulator.
Stern’s James Bond 007 pinball machine is built around Sean Connery, with Pro, Premium and limited LE editions plus a forthcoming 60th Anniversary model.
September 2022 brought new arcades, arcade bars and family entertainment centres across the USA, UK, India and Australia, with pinball and prize venues included.
September 2022 delivered fresh exA-Arcadia shooters, Stern’s James Bond 007, Samurai Shodown V Perfect, Sniper Strike II and Polycade’s Stripes.
Raw Thrills updates Injustice Arcade with Series 4 cards and offers a closer look at the Fast & Furious Arcade cabinet ahead of IAAPA 2022.
Golden Tee PGA Tour Club House Edition brings the golf arcade experience home in Deluxe and Standard cabinet formats, with pre-orders now open.
Raw Thrills has revealed new footage, cabinet colours and gameplay details for Fast & Furious Arcade, alongside updates on production and shipping.
From Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. to Mario Kart Arcade GP and VR, trace Mario’s complete journey through Nintendo’s arcade history.
Raw Thrills announces Big Buck Hunter Championship XV livestreams and shares new Fast & Furious Arcade images, locations and availability details.
Inowize’s QBIX is a compact, unattended six-player attraction using interactive screens, projection effects, wind and a vibrating floor instead of VR headsets.
Big Buck Hunter’s 15th world championship, a new Pokémon ball-toss machine and the latest pinball, racing and arcade industry developments.
October 2022’s location watch surveys new arcades, pinball bars and family entertainment venues opening across North America, Europe, New Zealand and beyond.
Bandai Namco tests Dead Heat Unleashed, Pinball Expo 2022 delivers extensive footage, and new arcade, pinball and gaming headlines emerge.
Sega’s Drone Racing Genesis swaps the steering wheel for a joystick, combining linked multiplayer, selectable drones and four colourful courses.
Fury Solo brings VRstudios’ single-player Football Frenzy experience to IAAPA 2022, offering operators a compact, unattended sports attraction.
exA-Arcadia heads to IAAPA 2022 with the modular ARC-1 cabinet, low-latency hardware, new games and a 31-title exhibition line-up.
Bandai Namco’s Dead Heat Unleashed location test reveals eight tracks, a Maximum Tune-inspired cabinet design and an unusual buy-in bonus.
Sega previews Drone Racing Genesis and Storm Rider 2, revealing colourful drone racing, motion-based motorbike action and upcoming IAAPA 2022 appearances.
TouchMagix showcased its Carnival Cups Crane and linked Mega Blaster and SpaceWarp 66 DX games at IAAPA Expo 2022 in Orlando.
LAI Games is taking Asphalt 9 Legends VR to IAAPA 2022, adding first-person racing, a pursuit-focused Hunted mode and a third arcade cabinet design.
A detailed IAAPA 2022 preview covering arcade cabinets, redemption games, pinball, dance platforms, VR arenas and mixed-reality attractions in Orlando.
Bandai Namco has revealed the Dead Heat Unleashed cabinet, detailing its linked racing, reactive LED lighting, Ultimate Heat system and ten-car lineup.
Adrenaline Amusements and Electronic Arts revive Need for Speed in arcades with a four-player racer featuring takedowns, boosts and LED-heavy design.
Raw Thrills showcased a new Halo: Fireteam Raven cabinet, MotoGP VR, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 2 and Fast & Furious Arcade at IAAPA 2022.
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade expands to 98 collectible cards with Series 2, the Hidden Depths level, and three more stages planned for future updates.
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.
Toaplan’s influential shooter Batsugun is returning to modern arcades as Batsugun EXA Label, an enhanced worldwide release for the exA-Arcadia platform.
IAAPA 2022 showcased new arcade games, redemption machines, pinball tables and VR attractions, from compact skill games to enormous theme-park experiences.
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.
IAAPA 2022 updates, Ridge Racer preservation, Michael Jackson footage from Sega’s AS-1, new rhythm games and the latest arcade-industry headlines.
December 2022’s Location Watch visits new arcades, barcades and family entertainment centres across Australia, North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
From Atari 2600 to ZX Spectrum, these 2022 homebrew projects brought arcade classics, reinterpretations and ambitious conversions to older hardware.
Taito’s 70th year, the 1983 crash, landmark arcade games and Sega NAOMI’s 25th anniversary make 2023 a notable year for arcade history.
Astro Crow’s Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes brings the unusual Basque sport to arcades with colourful visuals, two cabinet formats and competitive multiplayer action.
Arcade operators entered 2023 amid strong FEC trading, rising costs, new game releases and hard lessons from a failed second location in Utah.
Stern Pinball’s James Bond 007 60th Anniversary Edition brings every Bond actor to a Keith Elwin-designed playfield limited to 500 machines.
EAG 2023 brought new racing, redemption, rhythm and immersive arcade attractions to London, including releases from Bandai Namco, Sega, ACE and Raw Thrills.
EAG 2023 showcased European arcade distributors, redemption equipment, pinball and new video games, offering a remote look at the commercial amusement market.
Bay Tek’s QB Throwdown appears in location testing, combining two-player football throws, projected graphics and a large ticket-game cabinet.
Taito’s officially licensed Ice Cold Beer remake is scheduled to ship from February 2023, bringing modern hardware to the classic electromechanical arcade experience.
Taito’s JAEPO 2023 showcase pairs Music Diver with compact X-Station attractions, including projection-mapped adventures built for modern entertainment venues.
EAG 2023, JAEPO previews, TRON 3, Space Invaders’ 45th anniversary, pinball updates and rising arcade energy costs headline this industry round-up.
Sega’s Storm Rider 2 brings motion, touchscreen controls and four-bike multiplayer racing to a new arcade motorcycle simulator from Wahlap and 3MindWave.
LaserDisc arcade games promised cinematic breakthroughs but exposed the risks of costly hardware, shallow gameplay and unreliable machines during the 1980s crash.
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.
Sega’s Drone Racing Genesis brings aerial competition to arcades with five drones, four courses, vivid visuals and a joystick-based control system.
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.
LaserDisc and CD-ROM promised to reinvent 1990s arcades, powering light-gun games, simulators and giant attractions before reliability and cost ended the experiment.
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.
The latest arcade news covers Roger Sharpe’s pinball biopic, Street Fighter VR testing, mysterious cabinets, Super Shot and Pump It Up.
Two arcade-exclusive releases arrive in February 2023: a faithful Ice Cold Beer remake and Bandai Namco’s eight-level racer Dead Heat Unleashed.
Bandai Namco’s Taiko No Tatsujin has entered an official USA location test, using an English Nijiro-based build with a limited song list.
Stern Pinball teases Foo Fighters, with Jack Danger and possibly Zombie Yeti attached and a full reveal expected before Amusement Expo 2023.
February 2023’s global arcade roundup covers new venues, Japanese imports, free-play formats, pinball museums, family entertainment centres and upcoming openings.
Stern, Jersey Jack and American Pinball tease new tables, including Foo Fighters and Galactic Tank Force, as the 2023 pinball season gathers pace.
Stern Pinball’s Foo Fighters brings 15 songs, an alien invasion storyline and three cabinet editions to the company’s latest rock-themed machine.
March’s arcade news includes IAAPI and GTI Asia China Expo 2023, pinball reveals from Jersey Jack and American Pinball, plus fresh industry headlines.
Step ManiaX DX is now shipping, bringing a larger screen, stronger audio and expanded LED lighting to the rhythm arcade game’s deluxe cabinet.
Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Godfather 50th Anniversary arrives in Limited and Collector’s Editions, combining film licence appeal with collector-level pricing.
Play Mechanix and Chicago Gaming are developing Pulp Fiction Pinball, with Mark Ritchie designing the machine and a fuller reveal still to come.
Galactic Tank Force, Big Buck World Championship XVI qualifiers, DEAL 2023 and Vader Immortal hardware changes lead this week’s arcade news.
Play Mechanix’s Pulp Fiction pinball machine channels late-1970s design, with base and LE pricing, trailers, sculpted toys and a simpler playfield layout.
Jousting Heroes updates classic aerial arcade combat with weapons, egg transformations, wind feedback and multiplayer cabinets for up to eight players.
Orders are open for Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead, a compact Griffin Aerotech light-gun cabinet with procedural gameplay and customised recoil.
The latest arcade news covers exA-Arcadia pre-orders, Atari’s Stern catalogue acquisition, NFS Heat Takedown DX, Galactic Tank Force and Taiko testing.
American Pinball’s Galactic Tank Force combines sci-fi pinball, live-action characters and 1990s FMV-style humour across four editions.
Zombies Crisis, Nitto Game’s light-gun shooter, is moving toward the US market through Amusement Source International after its EAG’23 appearance.
A detailed preview of Amusement Expo 2023, covering the arcade, pinball, redemption, VR and mixed-reality products expected in Las Vegas.
Sega Amusements International celebrates 40 years, tracing its journey from a European coin-op operation to an independent global arcade business.
A fictional Rocket League arcade cabinet promised steering-wheel controls, collectible cards, rocket effects and eight-player linking in an elaborate April Fools joke.
Amusement Expo 2023 showcased record attendance, new arcade games, pinball, redemption attractions and VR hardware from leading industry manufacturers.
The latest arcade and pinball news covers House of the Gundead, documentary projects, Cosmotrons, Amusement Expo videos and major industry headlines.
From the Bally Astrocade to Windows-based cabinets, trace how consumer computers moved into arcades and eventually became the industry standard.
Adrenaline Amusements’ NFS Heat Takedown Motion Deluxe adds a 16-degree motion seat, 75-inch 4K display and linked racing support.
Atari and Retro Arcade Remakes are producing reproduction PCBs for classic vector games including Major Havoc, Gravitar and Black Widow.
Taito’s 70th anniversary attractions, Dynamite Bomb!! testing, the Amusement Hall of Fame and a packed arcade release schedule headline this news round-up.
Punny Factory 2520 enters production with limited orders, while Australian maker Haggis outlines plans for Fathom, Celts and its next pinball game.
Trio-Tech’s QUBE motion arcade attraction has begun shipping, bringing four-player light-gun action, D-BOX seats and Unreal Engine 5 visuals to the $100,000-plus market.
Bandai Namco Amusement is testing GoldStorm Pirates, a possible DeadStorm Pirates sequel with motion seating, wind effects and familiar gun controls.
Andamiro has revealed Pump It Up Phoenix, featuring updated scoring, Premium mode and new music after four years since Pump It Up XX.
Axel City 2 enters location testing at two Japanese arcades, while Donut Dodo Do! receives a trailer and pre-order details for exA-Arcadia.
AAA 2023 showcased Initial D: The Arcade, tank combat, shooting games, cranes and new amusement concepts aimed at China’s arcade market.
From Indy 800 and Star Fire to VR rides and motion racers, explore how Deluxe and Super Deluxe arcade cabinets became modern amusement attractions.
From Wichita to Melbourne, May 2023 brought a wave of new arcades, pinball rooms, bar venues and family entertainment centres worldwide.
This arcade news round-up covers Batsugun Exa Label pre-orders, House of the Gundead shipments, rare preservation finds, prototypes and pinball headlines.
LAI Games is bringing Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR to operators, with an updated cabinet, HP Reverb G2 headset and exclusive Hunted mode.
From Galaxian 3 and Battle Pod to VR arenas, explore how Super Deluxe arcade machines turned theme-park spectacle into venue-ready entertainment.
Raw Thrills has two unannounced arcade prototypes on test: King Kong of Skull Island II and the dinosaur-themed T-Rex Adventure VR.
Wahlap’s Asphalt Moto Blitz DX brings three-axis motorcycle motion, four-player linking and nitro-fuelled racing to its 2023 arcade debut.
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