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Eighth Annual H. Betti Industries Golf Outing Charity Event
Betson has announced the eighth annual H. Betti Industries Golf Outing, a charitable event whose proceeds typically go to the Tomorrow’s Children Fund but this year will be going to help out one of
Read More »The Asteroids Lamp
Even though Atari never created many memorable characters they created plenty of icons and symbols that people easily recognize. One of those would be the rocks from Asteroids, which have been brought to the
Read More »Noise levels studied at arcades in Maine
Some grad students at the University of Maine have conducted an informal survey of noise levels in four arcades in the vicinity of the university and have come to the conclusion that arcade noise
Read More »SingTel's Formula One Simulator
If you ever happen to drop by Singapore (or if you live there) and have a thing for F1 racing then F1 sponsor SingTel has unveiled the simulator game for you. The game will
Read More »Article: Arcade Perfect
One thing that we have been preaching about for a long time is how arcades can and need to progress beyond the typical fare of racers, light-gun games, dancing titles, etc. That is a
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Missing in Action – Adventure/RPGs
Missing In Action is an editorial series that looks at different genres of games that have been a part of the arcade scene in the past but in recent times have fallen by the wayside
Read More »Seen on eBay – Star Trek Arcade's Bridge Chair
A long time ago on Arcade Heroes we had weekly updates on interesting arcade-related stuff on eBay but we obviously haven’t been keeping up on that very well. But I just had to mention
Read More »Video location review – The Hollywood Connection, West Valley City, UT
So I finally got tired of my crappy DXG digital camera and decided to shell out a little bit of business cash for an HD camcorder. It’s working great so far and is much
Read More »Priest in Italy holds mass @ an arcade
About a year ago, we reported on a new “MegaChurch” opening up in the US that hoped to attract younger kids to the pews by combining church with video games, including some arcades and
Read More »Details on Big Buck Hunter Pro Online
Raw Thrills’ and Play Mechanix have been working on the latest version of Big Buck Hunter Pro for sometime now and with the game finally hitting the streets one may wonder how the online
Read More »Betson Open House proves successful in bringing attention to new games
[Via Betson Enterprises] US Distributor Betson recently held an open house at their headquarters in Carlstadt, NJ and from their press release, it looks like it was a success. I think it’s a good
Read More »Kid gets stuck inside a crane machine
I’ve seen pictures of this sort of thing happening before but this kid seems a little larger than others I’ve seen crawl into these things. Who knows, maybe the person recording the whole thing
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