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UNIS Announces Drummer Kids For Arcades; Pirates Hook Sells 2000+ Units

UNIS Announces Drummer Kids For Arcades; Pirates Hook Sells 2000+ Units

arcadehero October 2, 2014 2

We don’t often see video arcade games with a focus towards kids, although they do come along every now and then. Universal Space has announced that they are bringing an IGS arcade game to

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The New Arcade & Pinball Games As Seen At EAS2014

The New Arcade & Pinball Games As Seen At EAS2014

arcadehero September 25, 2014 4

Among the trade shows that take place around the world, there is an IAAPA run event called EAS, which stands for the Euro Attractions Show. This year’s EAS started a couple of days ago

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Coming Summer 2015: Baller Beats Exergame Arcade

Coming Summer 2015: Baller Beats Exergame Arcade

arcadehero September 12, 2014 3

We aren’t always accustomed to hearing about new arcade projects well in advance but it happens every now and then. Exergames also don’t pop-up all of the time either and when they do it

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Remembering Sega’s NAOMI-Based Arcade Hardware

Remembering Sega’s NAOMI-Based Arcade Hardware

arcadehero September 9, 2014 6

Today there is a lot of remembrance for Sega’s last home game console, the Dreamcast. I’m not here to get into why that effort failed but rather to remember something that came from all of Sega’s

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Labor Day Weekend News – Pinball, Big Buck HD, Sonic Rise Of The Hedgehog, NTG #14

Labor Day Weekend News – Pinball, Big Buck HD, Sonic Rise Of The Hedgehog, NTG #14

arcadehero August 30, 2014 4

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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Newsbytes: ImmersiON-VRelia, GameOn Berlin, Pinball & NTG #13

Newsbytes: ImmersiON-VRelia, GameOn Berlin, Pinball & NTG #13

arcadehero August 16, 2014 5

Happy weekend everyone, here is some news for you to use: ImmersiON VRelia Since Oculus Rift came onto the scene and re-ignited interest in Virtual Reality, we have seen demos and heard talk of

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GlobalVR’s Dedicated Cabinet For Redline Rampage

GlobalVR’s Dedicated Cabinet For Redline Rampage

arcadehero August 14, 2014 2

Earlier this year, manufacturer GlobalVR launched their newest arcade game by the name of Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers although they only released it as an upgrade kit for a variety of existing driver cabinets

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New Arcade Venue: Retrocade in Seaside Heights, NJ + Arcade Brewery Connects With Logan Arcade

New Arcade Venue: Retrocade in Seaside Heights, NJ + Arcade Brewery Connects With Logan Arcade

arcadehero August 12, 2014 0

Right before posting today I got a phone call from a reporter at ABC News who was doing a story about “the decline of the arcade over the past 10 years”. I don’t know

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Newsbits: AAMA Gala News, Jersey Jack Pinball Open House, NTG #12

Newsbits: AAMA Gala News, Jersey Jack Pinball Open House, NTG #12

arcadehero August 9, 2014 2

Ready for your weekend arcade newsbits? Here’s a rundown of some stories too short or lacking in enough substantial info to run a full post on. First off, I don’t believe I shared this

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UNIS Unveils Armed Resistance & Bio Outbreak For Arcades

UNIS Unveils Armed Resistance & Bio Outbreak For Arcades

arcadehero July 24, 2014 1

Sorry about the hiccups on the site today, I am still working on it trying to figure out what is wrong. It isn’t a plug-in gone haywire and not a server issue apparently so

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Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; R-Kaid Unit

Newsbytes: Ubisoft & Alterface Team Up For Rabbids Invasion; R-Kaid Unit

arcadehero July 12, 2014 3

Another weekend, another weekend post. I have a couple of things in the works coming soon – first that video I promised a month ago will be posted this next week. I was trying

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A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

A New Electromechanical Arcade Game Twist On Tug-O-War: Divorce

arcadehero July 10, 2014 1

It is somewhat rare to see a story about a new Electro-Mechanical (EM) arcade machine since those were long ago replaced by video arcade games but much like pinball, I think that the right

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