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Funland arcade in Toronto, Ontario closing in a few days!
Here at Arcade Heroes we like to focus on the positive of the arcade scene but I feel this needs to be announced. Funland arcade in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) will be closing sometime next
Read More »A look at BlazBlue from AnimeExpo
One of our forum members, PhilVer 0 had the opportunity to go to AnimeExpo in LA last weekend and check out the location test of the new arcade fighter BlazBlue by Arc System Works.
Read More »More info on House of The Dead EX
As expected a little more information on Sega’s latest entry into the House of the Dead series is out although you’ll have to bear with me as we have to rely upon a very
Read More »Another look at arcades by Forbes, this time the Boardwalk
Forbes has another arcade-related article up again, this time discussing trends seen in Boardwalk arcades located in California, New Jersey and other places. They do write saying that you should get out and go
Read More »Retro Gamer #52 – King of Kong, Atari interviews and more
The new issue of UK publication Retro Gamer has hit newsagents, and it features a lot of interesting material for fans of classic arcade games. For fans of juicy gossip, the first port of
Read More »Marketing the arcade
One thing that some arcades seem to have trouble with is getting the word out about their business. This is something that any small business can have trouble with as it takes money to
Read More »Lord of Vermilion Release Ceremony at a Taito Game Station in Japan
We have known about Square Enix’s latest entry into the arcade market, The Lord of Vermilion for some time now and finally the game has been released in Japan. For those out of the
Read More »Blazblue mentioned in GameInformer; Primeval Hunt in Hardcore Gamer Magazine and Gamepro joins the fray
I have been critical of the lack of arcade coverage in GameInformer in the past so when they do give some coverage to arcades it’s only fair that I point that out as well.
Read More »GamesTM reviews Sega RaceTV
While we often express dismay at the state of arcade coverage in the mainstream gaming press, we’ll always encourage any examples of constructive reporting. UK multiformat magazine Games™ is one of the publications we’ve
Read More »Rambo unveiled at event in Japan
I had seen this a few days ago but had passed over it and even though we have the first footage of Rambo in action, it’s worth a mention anyways. At the official unveiling
Read More »New SFIV US site makes no mention of arcade version
The new official US website for Street Fighter IV is up with plenty of information about the but unfortunately as well as was slightly expected since it was not mentioned in the official press
Read More »Location Review: Bowlplex, Basingstoke
As you might imagine, Rambo wasn’t the only thing I played on my trip to Basingstoke’s Bowlplex last week. Having spent something like £20 on the return train ticket, there was no way I
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