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Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

arcadehero October 3, 2010 1

Newsfeed 938 via The annual  FER event in Spain may focus primarily on slot machines and other gambling devices but where many casinos have an arcade as a part of their facility, what better

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Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

arcadehero October 1, 2010 5

If anyone was thinking that the arena for arcade racers was going to be cooling off anytime soon then they will need to think again as Raw Thrills has surprised us with a follow-up

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A politician who likes video games, including arcades

A politician who likes video games, including arcades

arcadehero October 1, 2010 0

We don’t dive into politics very often – only when necessary with stories that are generally on the negative side as some city/state/country goes off on a crusade to ban coin-op games for some

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Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

arcadehero September 30, 2010 5

Newsfeed 938 via When Taito demonstrated a new four-player light-gun shooter title at AOU this past February called Gaia Attack 4, there was no indication that it would get an international release, although we

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More indie games being promoted with arcade cabinets

More indie games being promoted with arcade cabinets

arcadehero September 27, 2010 5

It seems that the idea of promoting your indie-produced game title (which is generally intended for a PC/XBLA/PSN/WiiWare release) inside of an arcade cabinet is starting to catch steam up to the point of

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Golden Tee Live 2011 now available

Golden Tee Live 2011 now available

arcadehero September 27, 2010 0

It’s the end of September and that means that Incredible Technologies’ Golden Tee LIVE 2011 beings shipping today. The latest installment adds five new courses onto the many already included from previous GT games,

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Pac-Man, Milk and You

Pac-Man, Milk and You

arcadehero September 24, 2010 0

Newsfeed 931 via  While Namco has been going all out in promoting Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary, most notably with the two arcade titles Pac-Man Battle Royale and Pac-Man’s Arcade Party, it looks like the merchandising

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A coffee table for pinball fans

A coffee table for pinball fans

arcadehero September 24, 2010 1

Newsfeed 930 via If you have a non-working pinball playfield laying around there are a couple of things you could do with it – salvage it for parts on another pin, sell it to

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Arcade Legends 3 coming in October

Arcade Legends 3 coming in October

arcadehero September 24, 2010 3

As interest in classic gaming continues to go on strong, that means that there will be a place for multi-game cabinets using licensed software. In the recent past that void has been filled mostly

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More footage from the 48th JAMMA Expo

arcadehero September 22, 2010 0

While we eagerly await news from the Sega Private Show to come about, including more information on GRID and Let’s Go Island, let’s take another look at the recent JAMMA show that took place

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Teaser site for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Teaser site for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

arcadehero September 21, 2010 2

Namco Bandai has launched a teaser site for their upcoming arcade title, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. There isn’t anything substantial there at the moment except for a link to the teaser trailer that spread

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Namco throws a party for Pac-Man Battle Royale

Namco throws a party for Pac-Man Battle Royale

arcadehero September 20, 2010 1

The latest iteration of Pac-Man is soon about to land in arcades and Namco jumped on the opportunity to celebrate it with a Pac-Man Battle Royale party at a bar in Wisconsin this past

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