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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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King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

King of Kong Saga continues with Steve Wiebe regaining the top score DK crown

arcadehero September 20, 2010 2

If you still haven’t seen the documentary “The King of Kong” then you might not get why this story sprawls across the internet every now and then. Barring a recap of that film, let’s

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Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 925 & 926 via Recently we had a little bit of discussion about Capcom’s attitude towards the arcade market – fans have been disappointed by the lack of an arcade version of games

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Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 927 via The Tokyo Game Show may not be the first event one thinks of when it comes to arcade announcements but there has been plenty of arcade attention at the show, including

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Namco’s Maximum Heat on location test

arcadehero September 18, 2010 6

While Namco America prepares to release their newest racer, Dead Heat to the North American market, a variation on that same game is now testing in Japan. We first heard about Maximim Heat last

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 announced, coming Summer 2011

arcadehero September 18, 2010 3

Newsfeed 927 via With the move just about complete (please let me know what you think of the Theme – the one we had been using doesn’t seem to be available so I’m changing

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