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New Location News: GAMA Ride Open in Belmont, CA; Summer Street Arcade in Denver, CO

New Location News: GAMA Ride Open in Belmont, CA; Summer Street Arcade in Denver, CO

arcadehero June 30, 2014 8

(Thanks to Jon Cox for this first tip) A new FEC venue has opened their doors in Belmont, CA by the name of GAMA Ride (corrected from San Francisco, thanks for the point Sean).

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New Shots of InJoy Motion’s Allied Tank Attack

New Shots of InJoy Motion’s Allied Tank Attack

arcadehero January 17, 2014 5

One game I was hoping to get some hands-on time with late last year was InJoy Motion’s brand new Allied Tank Attack. There haven’t been very many tank games in arcades this past decade

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Taito & Scrap Launches A Game Station Real Escape Attraction In Japan

Taito & Scrap Launches A Game Station Real Escape Attraction In Japan

arcadehero November 3, 2013 2

Newsfeed 1336 via Point & Click adventure games had their heyday back in the 80s, representing a contrast in PC gaming at the time compared to arcades. The closest arcades would get to that

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Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013

Cruden Launching New Powerboat Simulator at IAAPA 2013

arcadehero October 4, 2013 0

When I attended the IAAPA 2012 trade show in Orlando, FL, there was a noticeable trend in new product entries for vehicle simulation products.  All of them involved racing in one form or another,

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Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

arcadehero April 23, 2013 3

Time for another blending of news items together into one post. It does a body good, every once in a while at least. About a year and a half ago an arcade opened up

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Grab Some Tesla II Mech Pods for Only $25k

Grab Some Tesla II Mech Pods for Only $25k

arcadehero December 5, 2012 12

(Tip via The Stinger Report) We don’t normally post about sales of equipment although in the past we have done “eBay Pick of the Week.” I will consider this along those lines, even though

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Interview: Patrick Michael From Sega Amusements Talks Dream Raiders

Interview: Patrick Michael From Sega Amusements Talks Dream Raiders

arcadehero October 27, 2012 0

Not long ago Sega unveiled the latest arcade title in their line-up called Dream Raiders. We will be getting some hands-on time with the game in about a month when it makes an appearance

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Light Trikes Brings TRON and Exer-gaming into one

Light Trikes Brings TRON and Exer-gaming into one

arcadehero May 24, 2012 1

When TRON Legacy came out back at the end of 2010, a lot of us were excited about it along with some of the arcade stuff being pushed as a part of the marketing

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The Adaptation of the Modern Arcade

The Adaptation of the Modern Arcade

arcadehero May 10, 2012 15

There is a subject we kick around here on Arcade Heroes every once and a while and that is what is it that modern arcades are aiming to do that is unique in the

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Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

Alterface’s 5Di Gamebox Attraction

arcadehero June 18, 2011 2

Anyone who has been to the IAAPA Expo every November knows that there are an awful lot of products to see and there’s no way to experience them all. This past November I recall

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Location Review : Phoenix Arcade @ The Summit

Location Review : Phoenix Arcade @ The Summit

SaraAB87 May 27, 2008 3

Here in Niagara Falls, NY there is a mall called The Summit and in addition to the Krow’s Nest with the bowling machines there is another arcade called Phoenix arcade. They have 2 storefronts

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Go Go Golf from Sega – junk the Wiimote, play with a real club!

Go Go Golf from Sega – junk the Wiimote, play with a real club!

Shaggy April 9, 2008 1

I remember not too long ago when Bill Gates was asked about the motion-sensing controls of the Wii he mentioned that he saw the day when you could do something like pick up a

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