Arcade Heroes February 2011

Amusement Expo ’11 Preview

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It’s March and that means it’s time for Amusement Expo (formerly ASI). Last year there were a few announcements to talk about before the show but so far this year has been a little

Whac-A-Mole Machines Sabotaged?

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(Thanks to Joe J. for the tip!) When you spend several thousand dollars on a product, you expect it to be in working condition for quite a while, barring any acts outside of your

The End of Infinity – An Arcade Story Mini-documentary

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The end of an era will be ending tomorrow when Arcade Infinity in Rowland Heights, CA will be closing it’s doors for the last time. You may recall that when the news first broke

Initial D6 Arcade Stage and Super Monkey Ball Ticket Blitz Promo trailers

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Sega has a new arcade racer coming out next on the 3rd but for some strange reason, they didn’t give the game any booth space at AOU2011. That game is Initial D Arcade Stage

SSFIV Arcade Edition staying arcade exclusive?

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Andriasang has an interesting bit of news today, concerning Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition – apparently Capcom has decided to keep the AE content and balancing in arcades and will not be bringing

A fundraiser to help the American Classic Arcade Museum

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(Thanks to Jon Lynch for the tip!) We’ve had some unpleasant news about a popular arcade in Southern California closing it’s doors, Arcade Infinity which is closing this week (BTW- They asked me to

Winnitron 1000 Arcade cabinet coming to GDC’11

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Newsfeed 1010 via If you have an indie game you want to get out in public, then it can be a daunting task to be noticed as there are many games to choose from.

Meet Namco’s new BanaPassport card

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(Image via Gamespot Japan) Newsfeed 1009 via While not every arcade game out there features a card system, most games in Japan do, as a way for you to save your progress, statistics, etc.

TouchFX now in single and double screen models + special edition Fruit Ninja FX model

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Since IAAPA 2010, we have only seen Adrenaline Amusements‘ new coin-op platform, the TouchFX, in a triple screen configuration. The company promised single and double screen models and now according to this page on

NG:DEV TEAM release Last Hope: Pink Bullets for NeoGeoMVS

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The NeoGeo MVS has another game to add to it’s overall game library today as the Germany-based development team NG:DEV TEAM has announced the limited release of their original game, Last Hope: Pink Bullets.

Chinatown Fair Arcade closing Wednesday? + Ground Kontrol goes 3.0 (UPDATE)

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(From inside the Chinatown Fair arcade, GameSetWatch) UPDATE: Both Joystiq and Kotaku have ran stories about this and found out that the closure isn’t completely true – there are some issues with the landlord

Arcade games of the Taipei 2011 Game Show + more AOU links

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(Image via Game Watch) Newsfeed 1007 via AOU wasn’t the only big video game related show that took place this past weekend, down in Taiwan they had an event going on as well, which