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Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet Sells For a Mere $20,000

Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet Sells For a Mere $20,000

arcadehero December 11, 2012 2

The Fix-It Felix Jr. Cabinet that was on eBay sold and for a lot more than many including ourselves expected.

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IAAPA 2012 Videos Part #1

IAAPA 2012 Videos Part #1

arcadehero November 16, 2012 0

UPDATE: Part 2 of the videos can be seen here. Pictures are nice and all but we know that everyone wants videos. I apologize in advance for the videos as they have no commentary

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GlobalVR’s The Swarm in Pics and Video

GlobalVR’s The Swarm in Pics and Video

arcadehero November 1, 2012 0

We first heard about a new fixed light-gun game by GlobalVR called The Swarm back in August but since then we haven’t heard much about it, much less seen it in action. Until now

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First Look: Namco’s Dark Escape 4D US Version

First Look: Namco’s Dark Escape 4D US Version

arcadehero August 7, 2012 4

Recently Namco Japan launched a new light-gun game to the arcade market called Dark Escape 3D. It’s somewhat similar in style to Deadstorm Pirates, but with a horror theme and heartbeat sensors built into

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Golden Tee 2013 Launching In September

Golden Tee 2013 Launching In September

arcadehero August 3, 2012 1

I’m sure the following news will be absolutely shocking but there is a new version of Golden Tee on it’s way, slated for a September release (You can pick your jaw up off the

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Round-up from California Extreme 2012

Round-up from California Extreme 2012

arcadehero July 31, 2012 1

This past weekend, fans of arcade gaming wanted to find themselves in Santa Clara, CA for the annual California Extreme show. For those of us who couldn’t make it, here are some highlights to

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Difficult or A Cheat? Thoughts on Arcade Game Difficulty

Difficult or A Cheat? Thoughts on Arcade Game Difficulty

arcadehero July 26, 2012 7

A recent article from a mainstream gaming site claims that arcade games were cheating players out. Here's why that's naive and absurd

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First Trailer for Namco’s Dark Escape 3D

First Trailer for Namco’s Dark Escape 3D

arcadehero July 18, 2012 4

Namco has released a trailer showcasing their newest co-op light-gun game, and a return to horror gaming, Dark Escape 3D. Click to see it along with more details!

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Japanese Launches For Sega’s Maimai, Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos & Namco’s Dark Escape 3D

Japanese Launches For Sega’s Maimai, Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos & Namco’s Dark Escape 3D

arcadehero July 11, 2012 6

Starting today there are some products that being launched in Japan that should interest those of us outside of Japan as there is a good possibility on at least two of them officially showing

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Ye Olde Coin-Op Games

Ye Olde Coin-Op Games

arcadehero September 17, 2011 5

(Thanks for the tip Imran!) While our primary obsession here has to do with either coin-op video games or pinball, there was a time before the video age where you still could get coin-op

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First trailer for Golden Tee LIVE 2012 UPDATED

arcadehero July 21, 2011 1

While it lacks a country singing band as a part of the promotion (so far, click here to see what that was about) anticipation for the World’s Favorite Golf Game is already beginning to

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Arcade Games I Want To Play Some Day (On Real Hardware)

arcadehero April 16, 2011 13

Well there’s been a drought of arcade news lately and because of that, I’ve been thinking of something else to write about in the meantime. So today I’ve decided to write a little bit

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