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The 2009 Big Buck World Championships wrap-up (updated)

Shaggy October 29, 2009 0

I received a couple of e-mails recently asking about details on how the 2009 Big Buck World Championships went down a couple of weeks ago but I hadn’t heard anything about it until today.

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Namco releases new promo video for Tank!Tank!Tank!

Shaggy October 29, 2009 6

Namco has released a new video showcasing the different play modes for their latest coin-op title, Tank! Tank! Tank! The game is already available in Japan and it will be released in the US

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Big Buck Hunter Pro iPhone app (with an arcade finder) UPDATED

Shaggy October 27, 2009 6

While there have been many new games on the Apple iPhone which are conversions of an arcade game in some form or another, we have not seen many modern arcade ports to the platform.

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Updates from the world of Bemani-gaming

Shaggy October 27, 2009 0

Aaron Auzins has sent me a few links from Bemanistyle.com regarding some different developments in the coin-op bemani gaming sector and here is a rundown of all of them in one post – I

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A full look at the Sega Card Gen MLB location test in Japan

Shaggy October 24, 2009 3

Location tests rarely get a lot of attention in the US but in Japan  it’s usually a different story. While Sega’s newest coin-op title, Sega Card Gen has already tested at the Gameworks in

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More details unveiled on Namco's Dead Storm Pirates

Shaggy October 24, 2009 0

(Thanks to reader kieranmay for the tip) We have already mentioned Namco’s upcoming light-gun title known as Dead Storm Pirates a couple of times but up until now we really haven’t seen much other

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More info on the future of Super Street Fighter IV for arcades

Shaggy October 22, 2009 1

Today Kotaku had a post regarding the possibility of the new Super Street Fighter IV getting an arcade release, stating how it would be easy to do so, if they really wanted to do

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New arcade 'Power Play' opens in Bellevue, WA

Shaggy October 22, 2009 1

If you live in the Bellevue area you have a new arcade business to check out and it looks pretty nice from the pictures I have seen. Power Play is located at the Lincoln

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Arcade Heroes Podcast #9

Shaggy October 21, 2009 0

Kevin Williams joins me again as we discuss the newest releases that AH has covered in the past couple of weeks, including discussions on Sega Racing Classic, the new gesture-motion sensing games that are

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New arcade opening up in Ohio: Flashback Classic Coin Ops

Shaggy October 20, 2009 0

Arcade fans in Ohio, you have a new arcade place to look forward to checking out – if you can rent it out. Called Flashback Classic Coin Ops, the business is in the final

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A few more details on BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

Shaggy October 20, 2009 0

The details continue to trickle out on the new BlazBlue update and there is one thing that is worth noting in this as we hear from AH contributor, Aaron Auzins: “Location testings in the

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Arcade UFO wins Strides Save the Arcades 2008 competition

Shaggy October 19, 2009 1

Stride Gum’s Save the Arcades competition is now over and they have announced a winner. Where there were four arcades across the US to choose from, one walked away with the $25,000 prize and

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