Arcade Heroes Shaggy, Author at Arcade Heroes

Sega Race TV already getting an update

Shaggy March 7, 2008 0

Rumor has it that Sega’s brand new racer, RaceTV has failed to impress operators in the way that Sega had hoped. And in an apparent confirmation of that rumor, Sega is preparing to roll

Sega not for sale

Shaggy March 6, 2008 0

Recently there has been a lot of talk regarding mergers and buy-outs between big game publishers in the gaming industry, such as with Activision and Vivendi or EA trying to buy-out T2. As such

An arcade by women for women

Shaggy March 6, 2008 1

Perhaps if the translation of the page made more sense I could make a more complete commentary on this but in Japan there is an arcade that is “made by women, for women”. This

The Matrix Arcade cabinet

Shaggy March 5, 2008 0

I could swear that I posted this a few months back when I first saw it but to my surprise it looks like I forgot to do it. Fortunately an e-mail I received from

The Eat Me LED pegboard design project

Shaggy March 5, 2008 2

I just found the type of sign I would like to get for my own arcade, this programmable LED pegboard that is basically an advanced Light Bright. While the individual LEDs aren’t programmable, just

Anti-violent video game laws brewing in state legislatures – what effect on coin-op?

Shaggy March 4, 2008 0

In the world of video games, we’ve always had to battle negative and usually erroneous opinions regarding our hobby, especially when it comes to violent video games. There was a time when arcades were

Missing in Action: Scrolling Fighters

Shaggy March 4, 2008 7

Missing In Action is a column where we take a look at genres that have all but disappeared in the arcade industry as light-gun games, racers and dancers have primarily replaced other types of

Tank Adventure and Drum Party

Shaggy March 4, 2008 1

Here are a couple of new games that I discovered via Highway Games, called Tank Adventure and Drum Party respectively. Both games are in development by Tecway Development which is based out of Taiwan.

SFIV video shows 2p cab, discusses US release

Shaggy March 1, 2008 1

There are plenty of videos out on the net about Street Fighter IV but I liked this one in particular – it’s the first time I’ve seen an SFIV cabinet that has controls for

LightSpace at IHRSA 2008

Shaggy March 1, 2008 0

LightSpace, the interactive floor LED coin-op game that we have mentioned a few times on this site is going to make an appearance as the IHRSA 2008 show that will take place on March

Play Value Redeems itself with new arcade video

Shaggy March 1, 2008 2

Way back in August of last year, ON Networks’ Play Value show ran a video discussing the “Death of the Arcade” and after misrepresenting the industry and putting forth some ridiculous “facts” (such as

Pricing for Blazing Angels and UFO Stomper

Shaggy February 29, 2008 1

We have more price ranges for two new arcade titles, GlobalVR’s Blazing Angels and Trio-Tech’s UFO Stomper. Keep in mind that these are prices according to one distributor and different distributors will carry these