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The Bionic Bopper Cars

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Newsfeed 1135 via Here’s a type of amusement device we don’t see too often. In particular this device is called the Bionic Bopper Car. It takes the concept of rock’em sock’em robots and applies

Konami launches an arcade community site, e-Amusement Gate

arcadehero November 11, 2011 4

Newsfeed 1134 via As an effort to provide Japanese gamers with a portal for everything revolving around their arcade games, Konami has launched a new site that focuses on bringing game information, player rankings,

The wizardry of AndyGeezerServices

arcadehero November 11, 2011 6

I want to share a website and service with you today that I’ve known about for some time. One important side of what we face as arcade operators is keeping the games maintained and

DNA Conference slated for US Debut April 26th 2012

arcadehero November 10, 2011 0

Earlier this year in London, a single day conference was held that was all about the digital out-of-home entertainment sector, hosted by site partner Kevin Williams of KWP Limited. Topics were covered that apply

EyeAsteroids by Tobii offers eye tracking controls

arcadehero November 9, 2011 4

Newsfeed 1133 via The arcade has been home to the initial appearance of many new interface technologies in the past and once again a new game is about to add to that line-up. A

ReRave Arcade Cabinet as seen on the flyer

arcadehero November 7, 2011 4

Next week is IAAPA 2011. It’s the worlds largest trade show and exhibition for the amusement industry, where hundreds of companies come to show off the latest wares for entertainment businesses to pick up

The least joyful amusement park in the world

arcadehero November 5, 2011 0

There are great theme parks as well as some bad ones – then there is the Mangyongdae FunFair. The difference between this and an abandoned theme park is that this place occasionally serves a

Full Wizard of Oz cabinet revealed

arcadehero November 4, 2011 1

We’ve seen plenty of bits and pieces, along with some video of the whitewood but now we have a full rendering of the upcoming Wizard of Oz pinball game by Jersey Jack Pinball. Hopefully

New arcade puzzle game Magical Beat being tested in Japan

arcadehero November 4, 2011 0

(Image via AM-Net Blog) Arcade puzzle games don’t come around too often these days although over the past year or so they seem to be popping up with a little more frequency with the

Arcade Hunters stake out the Disney Boardwalk Hotel Arcades

arcadehero November 3, 2011 2

Newsfeed 1132 via It’s been a long time since I visited Disneyland and I’ve never had the chance to visit any other Disney theme park but I’ve often heard that Disney’s arcade facilities spoken

Following up on LEPOS Arcade

arcadehero November 3, 2011 0

A little while back we covered a project that is “documenting the crossover of street art to video games”. In particular they are using arcades as a canvas on the video game side, which

New trailer for Sega’s Virtua Tennis 4 Arcade

arcadehero November 1, 2011 2

Sega has been busy for the past few weeks with their new Youtube channel for Sega Amusements. Yesterday in particular they uploaded quite a few new trailers including a new trailer for one game