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Arcade Tour: Clacton-on-Sea, UK (Summer 2012)

HeavyElectricity August 6, 2012 3

With a stack of £1 coins and a camera phone, HeavyElectricity seeks to document the arcade experience in Clacton

EAG 2012 video showcase

HeavyElectricity January 26, 2012 6

It’s that time of year again – EAG has been and gone, and this year’s show continued to build on the successes of the past two years. I will have the customary full report

EAG 2011 – Full report

HeavyElectricity January 26, 2011 6

The January trade show season is always exciting, isn’t it? New games, lots of people, general excitement. For a few days, a part of London is all about the amusement trade. This year, however,

EAG 2011 video

HeavyElectricity January 25, 2011 7

HeavyElectricity went to EAG and brought back some video! It’s a little too late to write up my usual lengthy show report, so here’s the rather less usual highlight video to tide you over.

Edge Magazine Jan ’11: Coin-op feature

HeavyElectricity December 31, 2010 8

Those guys over at Edge are a funny lot. Every month, “coin-op” is printed on their front cover, and every month the actual level of coin-op coverage remains zero. This has not gone unnoticed,

New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

HeavyElectricity December 24, 2010 1

Namco’s latest trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 shows that a lot of progress has been made since we last saw the game, back in November. New backgrounds have replaced the featureless stages from

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

HeavyElectricity November 5, 2010 4

Arcade Heroes is proud to bring you an exclusive behind the scenes report on the development of GRID! Please note that the video and many of the shots in this article are from the

Sega posts improved profit projections

HeavyElectricity October 1, 2010 0

Sega Sammy Holdings yesterday revised its half and full year financial forecasts, and the good news for the company is that it has increased its projected profits. The full year figure is projected to

Report: Namco/Brent open day 2010

HeavyElectricity September 24, 2010 3

Tuesday was quite a busy day, to say the least. While I knew that I’d be visiting Sega for a product launch, I was unaware that Namco was also running an open day. Many

Report: Sega Amusements Europe product launch 2010

HeavyElectricity September 22, 2010 5

There’s nothing quite like the promise of new arcade games to get you through an otherwise undesirable journey on the London Underground. Even though I’ve been on it fairly regularly as of late, I

Cabinet options: standard, deluxe, Lego (?!)

HeavyElectricity May 19, 2010 2

This is the kind of story I always love to see, as it shows the ingenuity of arcade fans. Lego enthusiast Ben Fleskes has done some pretty cool things in the past – a