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Pinball segment on Good Morning America
As we reported last month, pinball had a brief moment in the spotlight last Friday on the US national news program Good Morning America. Here is that segment – the quality isn’t perfect but
Read More »New arcade opened in Maryland
UPDATE: Seems that this placed closed not long after this article was published. You can search for a local arcade by starting here at the master location list over at Aurcade.com. Game Time, a
Read More »Sega Opening a ton of Amusement Parks in the Middle East
Via GamesIndustryBiz Sega will be opening amusement parks and arcades similar to Joypolis in Japan in the Middle East. The first location set to open will be in the Dubai Mall in Downtown Burj,
Read More »Big Buck Hunter Pro Contest "Beat The Pro"
Raw Thrills, Play Mechanix and Betson have teamed up to host “Beat The Pro”, a Big Buck Hunter Pro tournament that is travelling across the US, drumming up interest in not only BBHP but
Read More »Wacky Races to be at ATEI
While we weren’t sure about it at first, The Stinger Report confirms that Wacky Races will be at ATEI this year at booths U2240 and U2110. And also thanks to TSR we have the
Read More »The Max Experience
Here is another early motion simulator, the Max Experience. It was produced around 1984 or 1985 by a company called Amusement Technology (Amtech) out of Asbury Park, NJ. This strange device designed for both
Read More »Report on the Ball Bowlers at the Krow's Nest
Ok, I went back to the Krow’s nest to get some more pics of the bowling machines that I reported on previously. There are 5 Ball Bowlers and 1 Puck bowler. All of the
Read More »Playfield for Jubeat
(Click to enlarge) A couple of days ago we posted about a new Konami bemani title called Jubeat but we didn’t have information to go on about it. Thanks to The Stinger Report, here
Read More »Last Stinger Report of 2007 – Good marketing tactics
The last Stinger Report for 2007 arrived in my e-mail today and I have to really give props to The Stinger Report for their hard work and excellent writing all year round and I
Read More »AOU 2008 info site – Street Fighter 4 for arcades on the list
AM Net has posted their AOU 2008 site and with it some interesting information. Probably one of the big ones: Street Fighter 4 is expected to be exhibited at the show. AFAIK, Capcom has
Read More »Update on my arcade
It’s been a little while since I posted about my arcade progress. For those that aren’t aware, I am working on opening up my very own arcade place. It has been an arduous journey
Read More »Coin-op coverage coming to Good Morning America thanks to AAMA
[Via CoinOPToday.com] At Arcade Heroes we are always happy to report any efforts that the coin-op industry makes to promote itself to the public – it’s something we strive to do every day but
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