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Old School Pinball And Arcade Opening In Grimes, IA On Jan. 17th

Old School Pinball And Arcade Opening In Grimes, IA On Jan. 17th

Shaggy January 9, 2015 4

We haven’t received many news items on new arcades opening in the state of Iowa, but if you live in or near the town of Grimes, then that is changing on January 17th thanks

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Arcade Games Turning 40, 30 & 20 Years Old In 2015

Arcade Games Turning 40, 30 & 20 Years Old In 2015

Shaggy January 6, 2015 4

With a new year having come upon us, it means it is time to look back at some games that are enjoying an anniversary in 2015. For the same thing we did last year,

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Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe

Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe

Shaggy December 26, 2014 0

(Thanks to Jon for the tip) This is a story we should have ran in October but I did not hear about it until now. Thus it can be filed under the “Better Late

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Go Play Opening Tomorrow in Belmar, NJ

Go Play Opening Tomorrow in Belmar, NJ

Shaggy December 22, 2014 0

We receive news of new arcades opening all year round although not too many seem to happen on the week of Christmas. Still, there are often “out-of-your-control” items that tend to happen – permits,

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Newsbag: T-Shirts; 8 Bit Barcade Opens; Big Bang Theory

Newsbag: T-Shirts; 8 Bit Barcade Opens; Big Bang Theory

Shaggy November 1, 2014 0

Well yesterday was quite busy – if you haven’t seen the news then just hit up the Arcade Heroes main page to see the latest about Sega, UNIS and Andamiro. First a little self-promotion

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Labor Day Weekend News – Pinball, Las Vegas Arcade, Big Buck HD, Sonic Rise Of The Hedgehog

Labor Day Weekend News – Pinball, Las Vegas Arcade, Big Buck HD, Sonic Rise Of The Hedgehog

Shaggy August 30, 2014 0

It’s Labor Day weekend in the USA and I don’t have a bunch of time to spend on this multi-news post so it will be “short.” For anyone taking the weekend off, have a

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16-Bit Bar+Arcade To Open This Weekend in Lakewood, OH

16-Bit Bar+Arcade To Open This Weekend in Lakewood, OH

Shaggy August 25, 2014 1

(Thanks to George for the tip) About a year ago we had news of a new bar+arcade venue opening their doors in Columbus, OH and today we have news about their expansion. The 16-Bit

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Buy An Old Building In Japan, Gain 2 Floors Of Arcade Games

Buy An Old Building In Japan, Gain 2 Floors Of Arcade Games

Shaggy July 1, 2014 2

Sometimes news has a weird way of getting to me – I checked the Arcade Otaku forums this afternoon and caught an interesting post from May 20th about an AO member whose girlfriend’s Grandma

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Arcade Quickie: A Projection Mapped Arcade Game Wedding Cake

Arcade Quickie: A Projection Mapped Arcade Game Wedding Cake

Shaggy May 31, 2014 0

I know that people sometimes go to extraordinary lengths and expenses for their wedding cake but here’s one way to do a multi-game cake that is even playable – projection map it! Most of these

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Games Update: Project Z and Left 4 Dead Collaboration; Rhythmvaders; WMMT4 US Test?

Games Update: Project Z and Left 4 Dead Collaboration; Rhythmvaders; WMMT4 US Test?

Shaggy April 30, 2014 5

Ok so there is a bit of news to get to this morning. First off, the teaser site for Taito’s upcoming arcade game Project Z (which we covered back in February) has been updated

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