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Slikstiks, illuminated joysticks
While browsing the internet I came across something that I forgot about from a few years ago – SlikStik Illuminated Joysticks. It looks like the company behind these mostly specializes in control panels for
Read More »Signature Devices Signs announces completion of new coin-op title, no details given
Well that was quick. On July 31st we ran a press release about a company called Signature Devices signing on with GlobalVR to produce a new arcade title. No details were given about the
Read More »Hellcade – A Collection of Horrid Arcade Conversions
One bad thing you occasionally run into in the world of arcade gaming are conversions – when someone takes one game cabinet and modifies it so it can play a different game. This usually
Read More »Another arcade acquisition – Tetris
Hot on the heels of the Warlords cocktail I ended up buying a Tetris cabinet today (Saturday on my time) for only $100. I was at work when someone who knows about my interest
Read More »My latest arcade purchase – Warlords Cocktail cabinet
Well I have just bought my first game using funds for my arcade and it’s not a new game, in fact it’s older than I am (by a year or so) – Warlords (Cocktail
Read More »Dale Earnhardt Jr. Pinball from Stern
[Via Coinoptoday.com] Stern’s latest pinball endeavor focuses on Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of the most popular Nascar drivers today. Designed by Pat Lawlor’s team, this pin will have a unique design where it
Read More »Gone Fishin' Impressions
I finally had a chance to try out the Gone Fishin’ game that I mentioned in one of my first posts on Arcade Heroes. It’s actually pretty fun although it certainly wouldn’t do that
Read More »Golden Tee LIVE 2008 update
In checking out the IT website and dropping by the new Golden Tee pages, I noticed that they have updated the site with more information and screens about the game. I also caught that
Read More »D1GP Website
[Via The Stinger Report] Stinger points out a website for the new Taito racer, D1GP. It’s all in Japanese but there are a couple of interesting things you can see. One this game uses
Read More »20 Difficult games by Gamasutra – a few arcades mentioned
[Via Joystiq] Arcade games are supposed to be hard. That is just something we all understand, accept and like as arcade gamers. They test your skills, endurance and will-power but hard games also don’t
Read More »Pac Man Carpet
[Via The Stinger Report] Here is something that would be great for a game room – carpet with a Pac Man maze design weaved into it. It seriously would be a good contender
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