Monthly Archives: July 2010 »
Want to chat with pinball designers?
(Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip) If you have ever wanted to have a chat with some of the people involved in creating some legendary pinball games, then the website VPForums.org
Read More »Guest Post: A review of Planet Fun, Inngoldmels, UK by Kieran May
It’s been a while since we had an arcade location review, as well as a guest post but Arcade Heroes reader (and frequent tipster) Kieran May sent us his review of an FEC in
Read More »Ideas for TRON arcade games in modern times
I’ve not made it a secret that I am very excited for the upcoming Disney movie TRON Legacy. Even though the original was not a perfect film, it has always been a favorite of
Read More »An update to the Galloping Ghost Arcade, with an opening date and video
(Thanks to Shane Muir and Aaron Auzins for the info) A short time ago we revealed that a new arcade location was in the works in Brookfield, IL USA. You can read that initial
Read More »Sega's Giant Tetris gets a new, slightly-less-giant cabinet; HUMMER MDX released
One of the nicer game surprises in recent memory was Sega’s release of Giant Tetris(or Tetris Giant – it can go either way) – Tetris with huge joysticks and giant blocks. The game could
Read More »Flynn's Arcade Returning to Comic-Con next week
Last year the TRON Legacy viral marketing campaign started off with a bang as they recreated (to an extent) the arcade from the movie TRON, Flynn’s Arcade, at Comic-Con 2009. In addition to a
Read More »Sega opens a new arcade in Yoyogi, Japan
Newsfeed 865 via Sega has another arcade location they are adding to the roster, at least in Japan, with Sega Yoyogi (located in a district called, Yoyogi of course). There are 134 machines occupying
Read More »"The Arcade 80's Trunk" brings some class to your 60-in-1 PCB
Newsfeed 863 via Not content with running your 60-in-1 PCB in an old cabinet you picked up off of Craigslist? Then you can shell out the cash for one of these high-quality cabinets by
Read More »Yoshinori Ono reveals more details on upcoming arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV
Newsfeed 862 via An editor for the Japanese game magazine Famitsu sat down with the producer of Street Fighter IV and it’s Super update, Yoshinori Ono. Thanks to a translation of the article by
Read More »Coin-op amusement industry predicted to exceed earnings of $10.5 billion in the US by 2015; $1.6 billion in Germany
Newsfeed 861 via While obtaining earnings reports as well as earning expectations reports in the console and PC sides of the video game industry can be fairly easy, finding similar documents for coin-op amusement
Read More »EVO Championship Series 2010 ends today; Updated with pics
I have to apologize for forgetting about EVO – it’s only the world’s greatest tournament for fighting games out there – but better late than never so here we go. If you want to
Read More »Banpresto's Wacky Races reappears on location test in Japan
Chalk this up to the big surprise of the month (so far) but way back in 2007 a new kart-style racing game appeared on location test at the Trocadero in London called Wacky Races.
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