Monthly Archives: June 2008 »

Exclusive: A look inside the Flora Print Club, London

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 8

It looks like something you might expect to find in Tokyo, but the print club you see pictured above is actually located in the heart of London, being situated in the popular Covent Garden

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Konami launches official Dance Dance Revolution community

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 1

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Dance Dance Revolution series (known as Dancing Stage in Europe), Konami has launched an official community portal for the site. It is extremely comprehensive, featuring an official

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Retro Gamer #52 – King of Kong, Atari interviews and more

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 2

The new issue of UK publication Retro Gamer has hit newsagents, and it features a lot of interesting material for fans of classic arcade games. For fans of juicy gossip, the first port of

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New arcade in France focuses on fighters

Shaggy June 19, 2008 3

Despite what you might hear in the media at times, there are still many people out there who enjoy arcade fighters. I have seen that myself over the past week of running my arcade,

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The Surface iBar at Las Vegas' Rio

Twisted Supreme June 19, 2008 0

It has annoyed me how few video arcade games are in pubs and bars these days and I wonder if this could be the answer. Now as cheesy as this video maybe, it does show some

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Next from Stern Pinball: Dark Knight

Shaggy June 19, 2008 2

While I was at my distributor the other day I heard some interesting news on the pinball front as to what is next from Stern, but with my busy schedule lately I haven’t had

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Marketing the arcade

Shaggy June 19, 2008 0

One thing that some arcades seem to have trouble with is getting the word out about their business. This is something that any small business can have trouble with as it takes money to

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First footage of Taito's new Space Invaders: Beat The Attackers

Shaggy June 19, 2008 2

We first saw Taito’s new Space Invader’s based redemption game at the Park Avenue Open Day in the UK a short time ago and now it has been seen on location at the Funland

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Arcade Heroes E-Mail

Twisted Supreme June 19, 2008 0

Just a quick site update. Looks like our proper email is now up and running again, so please direct all your tips and stories to; tipus@arcadeheroes.com or click on the “contact us” link which

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My first impressions on Oriental Legend 2

Shaggy June 18, 2008 1

I have to keep this fairly brief as I don’t have a lot of time but Oriental Legend 2 by IGS arrived the other day and I had a chance to set it up

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Immersion Copr. invests into new startup called NanoTech Entertainment

Shaggy June 18, 2008 0

You might be wondering why I am bringing this up as the names of these companies don’t sound familiar, but it is arcade related. Some time ago a company called Immersion Corporation signed an

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Lord of Vermilion Release Ceremony at a Taito Game Station in Japan

Shaggy June 17, 2008 0

We have known about Square Enix’s latest entry into the arcade market, The Lord of Vermilion for some time now and finally the game has been released in Japan. For those out of the

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