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ReRave Arcade Cabinet as seen on the flyer

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

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The least joyful amusement park in the world

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

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Full Wizard of Oz cabinet revealed

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

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New arcade puzzle game Magical Beat being tested in Japan

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

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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

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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

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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

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Some games to look out for this Halloween

Some games to look out for this Halloween

arcadehero October 31, 2011 1

I meant to publish this earlier today but I got sidetracked. Last year I did a post compiling the different arcade games to feature zombies prominently in the game somewhere. This year, I’m feeling

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DJ Max Technika 3 to be at IAAPA 2011

DJ Max Technika 3 to be at IAAPA 2011

arcadehero October 28, 2011 0

IAAPA is approaching fast and with that includes some game announcements. We already had heard about DJ Max Technika 3 being tested in South Korea and soon we’ll get a chance to get some

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Pinball Update: News on Wizard of Oz Pinball + The Lil JuJu Mobile Pinball Museum

Pinball Update: News on Wizard of Oz Pinball + The Lil JuJu Mobile Pinball Museum

arcadehero October 28, 2011 0

More pinball news to speak of today, first with the upcoming Wizard of Oz Pinball game by Jersey Jack Pinball. They’ve been busy fine-tuning the game for a release here soon, adding more features

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Stop! Rumor Time! Bejeweled making jump to arcades?

Stop! Rumor Time! Bejeweled making jump to arcades?

arcadehero October 26, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1130 via It’s been a while since we had a rumor to post about but with the huge industry trade show coming up in just a few weeks called IAAPA, now is certainly

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Ben Heck’s Zombieadventureland Pinball coming in 2012

Ben Heck’s Zombieadventureland Pinball coming in 2012

arcadehero October 26, 2011 9

It now appears that there will be two unique pinball games for you to get your hands on around the beginning of 2012 – Jersey Jack Pinball’s Wizard of Oz and now John Popadiuk’s

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