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Fleet Commander gives multiple touchscreens a purpose

arcadehero July 19, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1080 via The potential of multi-touch display technology is still in the early stages for out-of-home amusement and we certainly won’t see it tapped out anytime soon. One great example is Fleet Commander

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Namco testing out a new version of Pac-Man Battle Royale

Namco testing out a new version of Pac-Man Battle Royale

arcadehero July 18, 2011 5

Everyone’s favorite round yellow character made his return to arcades earlier this year with Pac-Man Battle Royale and while the game has been finding a home in many venues across the US and around

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Konami now testing Sound Voltex Booth in Japan

Konami now testing Sound Voltex Booth in Japan

arcadehero July 16, 2011 3

If it gets translated into English then it will probably be called Sound Vortex, but for now Voltex seems to be the chosen title. Konami has been on a roll testing out new music

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Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

Namco’s Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in December to Japan

arcadehero July 11, 2011 14

Newsfeed 1075 via UPDATE: For the latest on the international reach on this game, check out our post here. The next installment of Namco’s hardcore driving series, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune has a release

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TRON Legacy Pinball Review

TRON Legacy Pinball Review

arcadehero July 7, 2011 2

I am a TRON fan. Discs of Tron was the first arcade game I have memory of, I watched the original movie more times than I can count over the years, played through Tron

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Wizard of Oz Pinball Playfield

Wizard of Oz Pinball Playfield

arcadehero July 6, 2011 2

A short time ago, Jersey Jack Pinball sent out drawings of both halves to their upcoming Wizard of Oz playfield design, but not together. I didn’t find the time to put them together but

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Sega News: Bowlplex signs deal with Sega AM Europe; Operation Ghost seen

Sega News: Bowlplex signs deal with Sega AM Europe; Operation Ghost seen

arcadehero July 5, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1071 via  Two bits of Sega goodness for you today. Let’s start with one of their upcoming games which if you live outside of Japan, there is a very good chance you’ll come

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More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

arcadehero June 30, 2011 2

Konami has given out some new details on the next arcade installment of the Dance Dance Revolution series and right off the bat one of the obvious changes is the full name of the

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Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

arcadehero June 24, 2011 6

  Newsfeed 1060 via In Japan, Sega has been holding a “private” show today and we have a small idea of what is coming out of there but it isn’t much to go over

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

arcadehero June 21, 2011 2

What do you do with a popular game? You “sequelize” it of course. It’s no different for video games than books or movies since people enjoy the original so much. Yesterday we saw that

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More details on Wizard of Oz Pinball

More details on Wizard of Oz Pinball

arcadehero June 20, 2011 1

The time is fast approaching that Stern Pinball will have a serious competitor to deal with and enticing details on the first game by Jersey Jack Pinball continue to trickle out showing just how

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TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer

arcadehero June 16, 2011 2

One of the most popular news items we’ve had on the site recently would have to be Stern Pinball’s TRON Legacy Pinball. The TRON franchise has an interwoven relationship with arcades but since Discs

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