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Mainstream game rag talks about SFIV, ignores arcade version on purpose

Shaggy January 8, 2008 0

Thanks to The Stinger Report we learn that a certain magazine called Edge is running a feature on the new Street Fighter IV, even gracing the cover with either Ken and Ryu. There’s only

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Konami's ATEI 2008 line-up

Shaggy January 5, 2008 0

Konami has issued a press release regarding it’s presence at ATEI this year and while the line-up isn’t large in terms of how many games they will be showing off, they are still aiming

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Sega prepping for a huge presence at ATEI

Shaggy January 3, 2008 2

ATEI is fast approaching and with we’re beginning to see announcements of what to expect at the show. If Sega’s press release is any indication, this show is going to be huge and fortunately

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10,000 Stackers sold and rising

Shaggy January 3, 2008 0

(Press release via CoinOPToday.com) LAI Games, creators of Redemption and other skill-based coin-op titles has announced that they have manufactured their 10,000th Stacker Instant Redemption game. Instant redemption refers to a redemption title that

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Specular Interactive Update

Shaggy January 3, 2008 0

I decided to check up on Specular Interactive (who had signed a deal with Raw Thrills for the development of some new arcade titles) and they had an interesting update today. We still have

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Andamiro's Pump It Up NX2 released

Shaggy January 1, 2008 2

Well 2008 is here and what better way to start it than with a new game announcement. It looks like this was actually announced about a week ago but I only found out about

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Happy New Year Everyone

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

As this will probably be the last post here at Arcade Heroes for 2007, now is a good time to wish all of you a Happy New Year. 2007 was pretty good, it certainly

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King of Kong DVD pre-order available

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

I caught that Amazon has now listed a pre-order for the King of Kong Documentary DVD. For those that don’t know, The King of Kong documented some arcade players in their quest for the

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Arcade Heroes Battle of the Week (12/31-1/6): Fast and Furious Drift VS NASCAR

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

Last week’s Battle: DDR Vs Pump It Up! – DDR won by 1 vote (with 5 votes cast total). This week I figured let’s see how you feel about some newer titles. Racers and

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Industry Vet Jim Wallin passes away

Shaggy December 31, 2007 0

[Via CoinOPToday.com] This is some sad news coming from GlobalVR today that one of their employees, Jim Wallin has passed away. He was a true industry vet, beginning his work in the arcade business

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Street Fighter 4 gameplay video

Shaggy December 29, 2007 0

Via 1up, from the lucky guys who got to go and play the new SFIV. It’s good to see an arcde game getting such a high profile look at it but that’s probably because

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Alternate Flyer for Primeval Hunt

Shaggy December 28, 2007 0

Sega Amusements Europe’s media page appears to have been updated a few weeks ago but I guess I didn’t pay attention to the addition of Primeval Hunt on the list. I checked the brochure

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