Mere weeks after being revealed to the world, Utah-based Alan-1 Inc. has begun testing out their new Asteroids Recharged arcade game. What is slightly unusual though is that this is a location test where I’m not reporting about it from photos sent in to me – this time, I’m the source. Let’s explain. Asteroids Recharged Recap In case you missed the news, Asteroids Recharged Arcade is an arcade port of the home game that was released in 2021. Handled by newcomer Alan-1, they inked the deal and received the code only six weeks before Amusement Expo 2024. Thus it was impressive that they already h ..read more

Long-time readers of the site might remember a story from a few years ago regarding an enormous version of Taito’s signature arcade game being released in Japan. Space Invaders Gigamax is a mighty impressive piece of arcade gaming, especially when projected onto the side of a building. Now, Americans will get to enjoy the experience, thanks to Round1USA. What Is Space Invaders Gigamax? For a quick refresher, SIG was created to celebrate 40 years of Space Invaders. A version was released to the Nintendo Switch, but it was truly designed for large-scale, location-based events. Taito has set it u ..read more

At Amusement Expo 2024, there was a surprise there for Minecraft, with the 2-player Minecraft Dungeons Arcade cabinet. Raw Thrills was coy however about the next software update and Series 3 cards… until today. Thanks to RT, here is your first look at Series 3 and the Hero cards. Also as a note: That 2-player cabinet is also shipping out now. Minecraft Series 3 – The Hero Update As a refresher, Series 1 is what came with the machine for starters, offering 60 cards to collect; Series 2 came along in at the end of 2022 and bumped that up to 98 cards (and a new level, The Hidden Depths). Now wit ..read more

Fans of musical pinball machines have a new game to seek out among pinball parlors and arcades, although this one is decidedly not based upon a rock band as most in the genre are. ABBA is the third title from Pinball Brothers, who are now operating out of Sweden. ABBA, as you might know, was a Swedish pop band that was big in the ’70s. As it turns out, this past Saturday was the 50th anniversary of ABBA breaking out onto the scene with their song, Waterloo. To celebrate, Pinball Brothers held a launch event for the game on that day. Let’s take a look. ABBA Pinball ABBA follows in the footsteps ..read more

It’s springtime, and with holidays like Golden Week on the horizon in Japan, this is traditionally a popular season for new arcade game launches over there. Slightly less so in recent years with how their arcade industry has been going, but this year there are a couple of new titles that just released at the end of March. We don’t always give over full posts to Japan-only titles here on AH, however with both the overseas interest in them and slightly inaccurate perception held by some that none are being made there now, more English coverage can’t hurt. In talking with Ted (who helped produce ..read more

The annual Shooters Fes 2024 event is underway in Japan, held at Mikado Game Center in Tokyo. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is a showcase of many shoot ’em up (“shmup”) titles for both arcades and consoles that will be hitting the scene soon. exA-Arcadia was there to make some arcade announcements, so let’s get you up to speed on those developments. Shooters Fes Live Stream If you come across this post when it goes live, the stream for the festival can be watched here. Just note that it’s 100% in Japanese. If the link changes afterward its all done, I’ll update. Note that there is a Day 2 ..read more

In the wake of Amusement Expo 2024, we’re catching up on the latest releases to the arcade market. The subject of today’s new game is Mega Shot, by JET Games USA. This is on location in some parts of the world at the moment (the Middle East and Indonesia), but it is soon arriving on American shores. Interested operators can place an order with their distributor if they wish as of now, so let’s take a look at what this game offers. MEGA SHOT For those who might have visited JET’s booth in the past, you likely saw their Quickshot and Big Shot games. These are shooting gallery games that use a re ..read more

Released a decade ago, the Five Nights At Freddy’s series has become an icon in popular culture, culminating in the movie that was released this past October. While it has already been released as a VR game for home, now it is bringing that immersion to arcades with a brand new virtual ride. UPDATE: An important note has been added to the bottom of this post. Be sure to check it before you click off to somewhere else! Five Nights At Freddy’s: Help Wanted! Take the night shift, and bring the world of FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S into your location! Those familiar with the VR motion ride niche of t ..read more

Welcome to Location Watch, our regular series of posts covering recently-launched venues across the world. What new arcade businesses have opened up lately? That question is what these reports are all about. For many years now here at AH, we’ve strived to report on all of the recent grand openings for out-of-home entertainment establishments such as arcades, bar/arcades, retrocades, Family Entertainment Centers (FECs), route arcades and so on. This particular edition of LW has been in the works for a little while, as it was supposed to come out sometime before Amusement Expo. But news seemed ..read more

It’s time for part two of the Amusement Expo 2024 booth tours. This will close out the tours, although I still have a few more individual products to post. If you missed out on part one, click here. There’s more than this that you can find on YouTube, so subscribe there if you want to see more; I’ve also made an Amusement Expo ’24 playlist that has everything from the event in one place. Note that this will also include a couple of other companies I spoke with at the show where I didn’t exactly film them (they didn’t have products to show like most others) but what they have still mi ..read more