Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label
Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order
While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t »
Pinball Brothers Bring PREDATOR Out Of The Jungle
Since it was first teased by the failed outfit Skit-B Pinball back in 2012, plenty »
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More details on Metal Gear Arcade (w/screens)
I guess arcades can get some love at E3, at least where Konami is concerned. Since Hideo Kojima made the announcement during Konami’s E3 presser and already there is a lot of information on
Read More »First image of Metal Gear Solid Arcade
After the news broke in April that there maybe a Metal Gear Solid coming to arcades, we have been waiting eagerly for the next bit of news. Next up, for us to drawl over, is
Read More »Discuss: Augmented Reality in Arcades
As a follow up to some discussion from a previous post about motion controlling in video games and how that might affect arcade gaming, let me throw something else out there to consider for
Read More »Ed Logg recounts how Asteroids was made
A lot of classic games made their mark on our culture back in the 80’s but of those, Asteroids is certainly one of the top contenders for it’s reach and influence in gaming. I
Read More »Fans cheer on Steve Wiebe for his latest DK high score attempt at E3
If you have seen the documentary “King of Kong” which portrays the ever lasting battle for getting the high score on a classic arcade title like Donkey Kong, then you know of the rivalry
Read More »Discuss: What effect/influence could Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's new motion controller have on arcades? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Sony has also announced another motion control scheme for the PS3 today, which combines a camera with handheld controllers, which brings the motion craze to all three consoles. So I could probably change
Read More »Followups – Some H2Overdrive news and media coverage on the Funspot tourney
A couple of brief updates on a couple of stories that we have covered in the past little while. First off, that Funspot World Championship event that I mentioned a few days ago has
Read More »Capcom and Bandai Namco collborating on a Mario Party redemption game
When economic circumstances around the world become tough, one thing you can generally expect to see are more companies partnering up for different efforts, combining their capital to make things go by a little
Read More »Speed Driver 2 lands in the UK
It seems like London is a getting a lot of arcade love recently with different companies testing out games there. The latest game to show up is IGS’s Speed Driver 2, a 3D racing
Read More »Article: A Brief History of Video Game Accessibility in the 1970’s
[Thanks to Barrie at OneSwitchGaming for the tip] When it comes down to what sets arcade games apart from video games in other areas of the spectrum, the controls certainly stand out as a
Read More »These models of classic Sega arcade games are awesome
Brought to you by: A long time ago we posted about some nifty paper arcade models that anyone could print up and make their own little mock cabinets with. It was a cool idea
Read More »Beatmania 17 Sirius to begin testing in Japan tomorrow
[thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip] Bemani fans have a lot to be happy about these days, with DDRX right around the corner and the news that Konami will being testing the 17th
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