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https://arcadeheroes.com - For the biggest surprise at Amusement Expo 2020 was American Pinball's 3rd game, Hot Wheels. It is particularly based on the Hot Wheels of Hero City YouTube series. The footage seen here shows a game that is 90% complete, with 4-6 weeks expected before it's finished and ships out (expect release for April/May).

https://arcadeheroes.com - Here's a quick look at a few new products that Sega Amusements showed off in London, UK last week, as a part of the IAAPA Europe Expo 2022 event. Videos were not taken by me but by Sega themselves and shared on LinkedIn; I extracted them so you could see: -SMARTS Darts, Augmented Reality Darts -VR Agent, VR arcade gaming -Solar System S, another marble pusher -Mission: Impossible Arcade DX, a proper video arcade game

https://arcadeheroes.com - Following up on the video, "How Does Pinball Do In A Regular Arcade in 2022," as many of you had comments, thoughts and criticisms to share about the thoughts there. In this video I provide more insight into why I don't go the bar/arcade & entry fee/time pass route and share some additional details on how pinball performs from other ops in the business. Yes, this is a bit "stream of consciousness" as what I'm sharing here is unscripted. But to help, here are timecodes: 0:22 - Greetings, thanks & a little of what to expect 2:47 - My background for some context 5:50 - The hype for pinball is huge 6:55 - Do the earnings reflect the BIG HYPE? 7:21 - Why am I not changing up the biz model to become a bar/arcade? 8:12 - Utah and the local culture 11:40 - Comments from an Australian arcade operator on pins & beer 13:48 - Mentioning bar/arcades in the Salt Lake City area 15:24 - The problem with pinball is that it doesn't sell itself [explanation] 18:25 - More numbers from a pinball operator in Nevada 18:50 - What is a 'route?' 21:26 - Another operator shares his thoughts on why he still offers pinball despite it not earning well 22:54 - How did pinball perform back in the 1970s? 23:31 - Mentioning the Australian op again 24:06 - Sharing thoughts from a veteran arcade & pinball operator who operated pinball since the 1970s 27:58 - On the question of the entry fee or time/pass 31:06 - Examples of free play arcades...that still charge for pinball (and pinball gets REKT by Skeeball) 33:06 - Why does skeeball crush pinball? 33:54 - Commentor suggestions to run pinball education seminars & a pinball happy hour 35:52 - The best people to teach the public on pinball isn't operators, it's the players 38:03 - What about posting a BIG How To Play card? 38:48 - Tournaments as means to educate noobs 39:40 - How can I possibly sustain a "regular arcade" business with coin drop 40:42 - Another disadvantage to time/pass models - new game ROI 42:30 - Pinball & arcade games were designed with the coin drop model in mind, not the console-like free play model 43:18 - What about setting up easier games centrally? 43:39 - The problem with signs 44:49 - Stern's Insider Connected 45:37 - What about lighting & music to bring people in? 48:50 - What about digital marketing? 49:43 - What about ticket redemption for pinball? 50:46 - In closing Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

https://arcadeheroes.com/ - A month after the IAAPA 2022 event took place, I'm here to discuss in detail what new arcade games appeared and answer your questions about what I saw and played. It's a ton of games so buckle up...here's a list of some of them: Arcana Heart 3 xtend (exA-Arcadia) Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR (LAI Games) Bond 007 (Stern Pinball) Box BlitzX1/Hit The Green (Kalkomat) Bridge Man (Coastal) Bumper (Slim Luke Games/Coastal Amusements) Carnival Cups Crane (Touch Magix) Carnival Cups Street (Touch Magix) Crazy Rafting (Wahlap/Sega Amusements) Dead Heat Unleashed (Bandai Namco Amusements) Dinosaur Era (Coastal Amusements) Donut Dodo Do! (exA-Arcadia) Drone Racing Genesis (Sega Amusements) EXA ARC-1 Cabinet Fast & Furious Arcade (Raw Thrills) Football Frenzy (VRStudios/Creative Works) Galaxy Ranger (Ace/Coastal) Gold & Mace (Boxblaster VR) Guns ‘N Roses: Not In This Lifetime (Jersey Jack Pinball) Halo: Fireteam Raven Assault Model (Raw Thrills) Hawt Pink Club Cabinet w/Bad Ass Babes Kiss Jitsu Squad (exA-Arcadia) MegaBlaster & SpaceWarp 66 Linked (Touch Magix) Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 2 (Raw Thrills) MotoGP VR (Raw Thrills) NFS Heat Takedown (Adrenaline Amusements) Pac-Man Chompionship DX (Bandai Namco Amusements) Playbox 4-player (Playmind) Sailor’s Quest VR (UNIS) Shinorubi Pink Label (exA-Arcadia) Sniper Strike II (Amusement Source Intl.) Spongebob VR Coaster (Rilix) Step ManiaX DLX (Step Revolution) Storm Racer 2 (Sega Amusements) Synth Riders (VRsenal) Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica (exA-Arcadia) Toy Story 4 (Jersey Jack Pinball) Qube (Triotech) Virtual Rabbids: THe Big Ride Ultra HD (LAI Games) Warlords Remake (Atari/Retro Arcade Remakes) Zombie Bowling (Amusement Source Intl) Zombie Land (Coastal) Zombieland Headshot Fever (VRsenal) Other things: Augmented Reality Darts (501 Fun/Sega) F1 Racer (Unsure of the company and the exact product name but it was quite impressive) FlashPads (Battle Company) Game of 1000 Boxes Ghostbusters VR Academy (Hologate) Limitless VR (Creative Works) Sisyfox ball game (Sisyfox) Spree Interactive Springboard VR QBIX (INOWIZE) ValoArena VARLive VR360 Zombie game on Hyperdeck Help Arcade Heroes out by purchasing a product with one of our designs on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/arcade... Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

https://arcadeheroes.com/2023/02/27/march-is-pinball-season-updates-from-stern-jersey-jack-american-pinball/ - There are a bunch of new pinball games coming to the market so lets discuss them, including: 1:12 - Foo Fighters (Stern Pinball) 2:40 - The Godfather 50 years (Jersey Jack Pinball) 5:23 - Galactic Tank Force (American Pinball) 7:35 - Final Resistance (P3 Multimorphic Pinball) 9:06 - Pulp Fiction (Play Mechanix Pinball & Chicago Gaming) #pinball #gamingnews #thegodfather Help Arcade Heroes out by purchasing a product with one of our designs on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/arcadeheroes Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/gtzzEbe

https://arcadeheroes.com/arcade-pinball-releases-for-2021/ - These are the games that were released in North America & Europe in 2021. Game footage captured directly where possible but several games the only footage available was from the official trailers posted by their respective manufacturers. The latter will be marked with a * on the list below. I have also strived to have all info in this video be as accurate as possible, but there still might be some minor errors. If so, I'll correct those in a pinned comment. Timecodes: 0:27 - Led Zeppelin (Stern Pinball)* 1:01 - Nippon Marathon Turbo Hyper=Running (Onion Soup Int.) 1:35 - Sky Riders (Ace Amusement)* 2:11 - Mission: Impossible Arcade (Sega Amusements Intl.)* 2:48 - Playbox (Playmind) 3:28 - Atari Pong Knock Out (UNIS) 4:04 - Blazing Chrome AC (Joymasher) 4:36 - Minecraft Dungeons Arcade (Play Mechanix/Raw Thrills) 5:11 - The Mandalorian (Stern Pinball) 5:50 - Alien (Pinball Brothers)* 6:31 - Retro Raccoons (Glitchbit/Incredible Technologies) 7:09 - Kira Kira Star Night exa (Riki/exA-Arcadia)* 7:49 - Bad Ass Babes Kiss (Hawt Pink Club) 7:54 - exA-Arcadia Dedicated Cabinets (exA-Arcadia/Fun Company) 8:17 - Hypernoid (NeoHomebrew)* 8:49 - Xeno Crisis (Bitmap Bureau)* 9:25 - Jet Blaster (IGS/Sega Amusements Intl.)* 10:08 - John Carpenter's Halloween (Spooky Pinball)* 10:49 - Rival Megagun XE (Spacewave Software/exA-Arcadia)* 11:31 - Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble (Spooky Pinball)* 12:08 - Cosmic Digger 3671 (Mindware/exA-Arcadia)* 12:41 - Godzilla (Stern Pinball) 13:20 - Skill Shooter (Electrocoin)* 14:00 - Elevator Action Invasion (Taito/UNIS) 14:35 - Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade (IGS/LAI Games) 15:09 - Twin Tiger Shark - Not the SAME! (Mikael Tillander)* 15:47 - Videmption releases - Mega Blaster (Touch Magix); Spacewarp 66 (Touch Magix); Surfin Surfari (Teamplay/Benchmark Games) 16:08 - VR Arcade machines 16:14 - Hoops Madness VR (VRStudios/Creative Works) 16:36 - King Kong of Skull Island (Raw Thrills) 16:56 - Rhythmatic (VRsenal) 17:16 - Space Pirate Trainer (I-Illusion/VRsenal) Music comes from several arcade games including Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2, 2Spicy, R-Type LEO, and Armed Police Batrider. Curious about which arcade games are launching in 2022? https://arcadeheroes.com/arcade-pinball-releases-for-2022/ Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/kbZG4Vbk Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

https://arcadeheroes.com - Every copy of Gimmick! EXACT*MIX by exA-Arcadia comes with the option to play the game with the NES graphics and sounds (minus the original HUD). Here's a single credit playthrough on that, captured directly from my coin-operated exA-Arcadia arcade unit. Done at Arcade Galactic in Newgate Mall, Ogden UT.

https://arcadeheroes.com - Today is Atari's 50th anniversary so to celebrate, let's take a look at every single arcade machine they released, from Pong to San Francisco Rush 2049. As you'll see in the 1970s, Atari was the first company to have produced many innovations that are taken for granted in today's gaming scene. They were truly pioneers. Have YOU played Atari today? Info in this video is as accurate as I could get it but there may be some minor errors. Sources: https://arcadeheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/atarinumbers90s.pdf https://flyerfever.com https://www.arcade-history.com/ https://www.mobygames.com https://system16.com https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/ https://ipdb.org Special thanks to Dennis Harper for some info on Return of the Jedi, Toobin, Hydra, and Road Riot 4WD. Note that I combine all numbers of listed sales from the "atarinumbers" document, so all versions of a game released. Just was easier to save on space. Music - All music in this video comes from Atari-made systems - some are from the arcade games, the rest Atari's home consoles. Several are from the Atari 400/800 computer line which used the POKEY audio chip. POKEY was also used in many of Atari's late '70s, early '80s arcade games. Most songs are from the demoscene, where musicians and coders have pushed the limits of what the 6502 & Pokey could do. Paul Slocum - "Atari Demo Song" (Used with permission) Second Life Atari 800XL demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGz-u6a_P_o Nordlicht 2017 Invitro by Desire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEUmMHTCt2k Numen Demo by Taquart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVuEd742Yyg 0:25 - Colorized photo of Ted Dabney (left), Nolan Bushnell (Center), Alan Alcorn (far right) posing with their first hit product 11:02 - Atari Arcade Games The 1980s 20:43 - Atari Arcade Games The 1990s 26:46 - Honorable Mentions (Modern arcade games with the Atari logo on them) Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

Before Star Trek turned in the hottest of woke dumpster fires in television, it was great sci-fi and space adventure. The game Star Trek: Legacy brought all of the shows together in an epic real-time strategy game that spanned generations. It wasn't a perfect game but that aside, it had excellent music.

https://arcadeheroes.com - Here's a new video arcade/redemption game for the kids called Real Heroes Fire Rescue. Designed by Ace Amusements, the non-water cannon version is being sold in North America by Elaut USA, while the water gun version is being handled by Coastal Amusements. The game itself is nothing to write home about although in venues with a lot of kids, it'll probably do just fine. #arcade #kidsgames #firefighter Help Arcade Heroes out by purchasing a product with one of our designs on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/arcadeheroes Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/gtzzEbe

https://arcadeheroes.com - Here's one of the most pedantic reviews you'll possibly come across for @DigitalEclipse 's Atari 50th Anniversary Collection. A true love letter to Atari, this collection features games from every platform (minus the ST/TT) Atari produced, with 25 of those games coming from coin-op arcades. I take a look at those along with the consoles - timecodes below #atari #review #classicgaming Intro - 0:11 Digital Eclipse - 0:57 Where are games like Paperboy(i.e. why are there two Ataris)? - 2:24 Atari History Section - 7:22 My personal interest/history with Atari - 8:18 Getting into the games - ARCADES - 11:07 My favorite Atari arcade games - 25:32 Reimagined Atari Games - 26:20 Playing Vctr Sctr - 33:18 The Atari 2600 VCS - 37:42 The Atari 5200 SuperSystem - 41:26 The Atari 7800 ProSystem - 45:11 The Atari Lynx - 51:34 The Atari 800/XEGS - 54:19 The Atari Jaguar - 58:10 Final wrap-up, DLC talk - 1:11:07 Interested in the new home gaming channel I recently created? @iratanongrata5973 or direct: https://www.youtube.com/@iratanongrata5973 Help Arcade Heroes out by purchasing a product with one of our designs on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/arcadeheroes Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/gtzzEbe

Whether it's arm day, leg day, abs day or whatever day, this mix of high-energy songs from the realm of video games is sure to keep the blood pumping. Games that the music is pulled from -Spy Hunter (Arcade) -Halo - Combar Evolved (Xbox) -BallBlazer (Atari 400/800) -Doom (MS-DOS) -Contra (Arcade) -Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis (MS-DOS) -Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar) -WipEout (Sony PlayStation) -Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (Nintendo 64) -bombergirl (Arcade) -Zero 5 (Atari Jaguar) -Maximum Tune 5 (Arcade) -Double Dragon Neon (NS/PC/PS3/XB360) -Defender 2000 (Atari Jaguar) - F-Zero X (Nintendo 64) -The Need For Speed (3DO) -Lords of Thunder (TurboGrafx-CD) -Tempest 2000 Soundtrack (Various) -Daytona USA (Arcade) Want more? Let me know in the comments!

https://arcadeheroes.com - A brand new fighting game for arcades in 2022? Yep! This is one of several fighters headed to the exA-Arcadia platform, but like Dynamite Bomb(developed by the same company), this one is also exclusive to the system with no console port planned. Filmed at the IAAPA 2021 tradeshow. The original Axel City is rather rare, only found on Windows 2000 systems (by my understanding). This release will greatly upgrade the system and bring the series to a much wider audience. Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/kbZG4Vbk Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

https://arcadeheroes.com - What has been my #1 earning game at the arcade is soon headed to the Nintendo Switch, and with that announcement from the Nintendo Direct earlier in the week, a lot of you are looking for game footage. Previous footage that I'd captured was subpar, mainly on the audio (as a note, no matter what capture device I use there seems to be a bit of video artifacting taking place, but this is not present in the actual game). This video solves that, and present to you the complete game with all five courses. Unfortunately, there is no "ending" to the game like the classic Cruis'ns had, not even a credits sequence.

An electronic remix of Pac-Man's classic theme, spiced up with some additional arcade sounds. Originally produced by "Aphex Twin," whoever you are. I want to say this was composed in the late 90s/early 2000s but I'm not certain of that..I just know it is older than 10

https://arcadeheroes.com - Starting off our Amusement Expo 2021 coverage with one of the biggest arcade releases in the past while, Minecraft Dungeons Arcade. This is an exclusive Minecraft experience that is not the same as the console version and it offers collectible cards that are used to craft your characters and game experience. The game is shipping now, although due to manufacturing delays and high demand, it'll take some time for different places to get it.

https://arcadeheroes.com - For today's arcade operator perspective, I get into something that generally makes operators groan - fixing broken down machines. Having operated an arcade business, @Arcade Galactic for the past 14 years and with some background in IT, here is some of what I have had to deal with. I also get into the costs behind it, although that is a difficult question to answer. RESOURCES - As mentioned in the video, there are a number of companies that deal with arcade repairs and tech help. Here are the links: Speedy's One Stop Repair - https://www.sosrepairservice.com/ Eldorado Games - https://www.eldoradogames.com Arcade Repair Tips - http://www.arcaderepairtips.com Betson - https://www.betson.com PrimeTime Amusements Manual Archive - https://primetimeamusements.com/arcade-game-service-manuals/ iRepair Sega - https://www.irepairsega.com KLOV Forums - https://forums.arcade-museum.com/ Arcade Controls Forums - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/ Arcade Collectors Worldwide - https://www.facebook.com/groups/270593863103863 Pinside Forums (Tech section) - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/list PARTS SUPPLIERS - Most manufacturers may have their own parts resources on their websites, but occasionally there are others who are in this sector of the biz. Some of these may only carry things for older games and not the new stuff: Suzo Happ - https://na.suzohapp.com/ Arcade Parts & Repair - https://www.arcadepartsandrepair.com/ Twisted Quarter - https://twistedquarter.com/ Betson Parts - https://www.betsonparts.com/ (Lots of Raw Thrills support here) Paradise Arcade Shop - https://paradisearcadeshop.com/ Action Pinball - https://www.actionpinball.com/ Marco Specialties - https://www.marcospecialties.com/ Mikes Arcade - https://www.mikesarcade.com/ Arcade Shop - https://www.arcadeshop.com/ Quarter Arcade - https://quarterarcade.com Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/jnKJTN23

https://arcadeheroes.com - Another arcade game has been released in 2020, thanks to the exA-Arcadia platform. This one is the Dariusburst meets Dragon Spirit shoot 'em up game Vritra Hexa, which comes with a slew of improvements and changes over the mobile/PC versions. It's the "ultimate" director's cut of the game, and these additions will not be made available on home versions. By neotro Inc.

Another oddity from Chinese developer Huatai Games. I would never consider one for my arcade, but for an axe throwing business this sort of thing could make sense. I also can give them props for actually trying something original instead of just pirating someone else's work

https://arcadeheroes.com - Here is the official trailer for Raw Thrills' first release of 2021, King Kong of Skull Island VR. Includes an introduction I made just for this, then the official RT footage. This is Raw Thrills' first VR game and motion ride; the latter is a very popular class of games in the amusement industry that you might have seen before with the likes of the Typhoon or Mad Wave Motion Theater. This has no ties to the upcoming Godzilla Vs. Kong movie, being it's own unique entry into the King Kong series.

A high-energy track from the arcade-exclusive racing game, R-Tuned. Launched by Sega in 2008, this was created as an answer to Raw Thrills' popular The Fast & The Furious arcade racing games, but it failed to capture wide interest in the market. It was also Sega's last game to use a CRT (tube) monitor, with all arcade games after it shipping with LCDs. Interested in arcade news? Check out ArcadeHeroes.com

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQp-1LktkB6aWQhkScdzIPA/join https://arcadeheroes.com - A quick look at Bandai Namco Amusements' GoldStorm Pirates video arcade game, launching in 2024. I'll have more footage of this in November. Help Arcade Heroes out by purchasing a product with one of our designs on it: https://www.teepublic.com/user/arcadeheroes Interact with the Arcade Heroes community on Guilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0L6LGME Or interact on Discord: https://discord.gg/gtzzEbe

https://arcadeheroes.com - First unveiled at IAAPA 2019, but filming was prohibited, Sega Amusements finally allowed their new Mission: Impossible Arcade game to be shown at the Amusement Expo 2020 show in New Orleans, LA in March (the last major trade show held in 2020...around the world really). It does not carry the likenesses of anyone in the movies, but you are still an agent of the IMF, taking on dangerous missions filled with evil humanoid robots. Race against your rival team to complete the missions first. This Super Deluxe design is the only cabinet for it at the moment, with other cabinet versions possible down the road. Had the pandemic not happened, the game would have been available in arcades in the Summer, but as thing have shaken out, Sega is looking at Q1 2021 to release this one. It is exclusive to arcades and is licensed by Paramount.

https://arcadeheroes.com - It's time to unbox a rhythm arcade game machine, a 2017 release from Step Revolution called StepManiaX. Hypersped up so that it doesn't take the 3-4 hours that it actually took. :) This game is still available brand new and many places have been adding it to their game selection. It receives monthly updates with new songs, and it will soon feature over 300 titles to choose from.

A song created & composed by Atari fan Paul Slocum, circa 2003. This was created using the Atari 2600 but layered to produce something that couldn't play as an original in-game song. The colorized photo in this video is of the original Atari Inc. crew, excepting 1 - from the right, Al Alcorn (senior engineer), a sales distributor guy, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney (Nolan's original business partner and the principle engineer for Computer Space)