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Atlus’ Brief History In Arcades

Atlus’ Brief History In Arcades

arcadehero September 17, 2013 6

This evening (or morning, if you are in Japan), news broke out that Sega has purchased video game development company Atlus (well to be specific, the parent company that now goes by Index)  for

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First Pic of Raw Thrills’ BATMAN Arcade Cabinet

First Pic of Raw Thrills’ BATMAN Arcade Cabinet

arcadehero September 12, 2013 22

(Please note, a couple of updates have been added below) UPDATE (11/5/13): An interview with Steven Ranck of Specular Interactive about Batman is up now with many more details including new videos! Some weeks

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Star Trek Returns To Arcades With Stern’s Star Trek Pinball

Star Trek Returns To Arcades With Stern’s Star Trek Pinball

arcadehero September 10, 2013 1

UPDATE: More details + pictures released! The game is actually in production now. Two big announcements today for some major media franchises. First Duck Dynasty comes to the video arcade game market and now

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Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone To Feature New Sega Arcade Hardware “Nu”

Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone To Feature New Sega Arcade Hardware “Nu”

arcadehero September 2, 2013 11

I know for some Sega fans, hearing new hardware and Sega in a sentence may sound like link trolling.  We’re not here to bait with fantasies of a Dreamcast 2 but in the world

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Polygon Looks at Behemoth’s PAX Arcade Cabs and The indie Killer Queen Game

Polygon Looks at Behemoth’s PAX Arcade Cabs and The indie Killer Queen Game

arcadehero September 2, 2013 3

(Pictured: Castle Crashers Arcade cabinet from a previous PAX event) The game news site Polygon.com is giving some love to arcades, albeit with a focus on some “indie” developments that have been going on

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16-Bit Bar+Arcade Opens In Columbus, OH; Asheville Pinball Musuem in Asheville, NC

16-Bit Bar+Arcade Opens In Columbus, OH; Asheville Pinball Musuem in Asheville, NC

arcadehero August 31, 2013 1

Let’s keep the arcade location openings coming shall we? Once or twice a month is nice when that happens but with this post that will make three new locations opening their doors in August,

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Newsbag: Arcade Montage Videos, Winning Eleven 2014 loctest; Pixar Cars Arcade Release + More

Newsbag: Arcade Montage Videos, Winning Eleven 2014 loctest; Pixar Cars Arcade Release + More

arcadehero August 30, 2013 2

UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM – GUNSLINGER STRATOS 2 ANNOUNCED Hello all and welcome to another weekend! In the Northern hemisphere now is the time we start looking towards the end of the summer and

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Alterface Launches Vanguard For The 5Di Gamebox

Alterface Launches Vanguard For The 5Di Gamebox

arcadehero August 28, 2013 0

In 2011 we ran a brief story about a “5D” multi-player theater called Alterface. They create interactive motion theaters and “dark rides” (usually interactive indoor roller coasters or rides). To try and summarize what

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Namco Holds Business Meetings in Japan, Sonic Storm Renamed to Mach Storm

Namco Holds Business Meetings in Japan, Sonic Storm Renamed to Mach Storm

arcadehero August 28, 2013 5

The slow news period we’ve seen this summer may be starting to come to an end, at least where new game products are concerned. Japanese manufacturers are beginning to hold public “business meetings”, where

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The Veil Lifts a Little More on Jersey Jack’s The Hobbit Pinball UPDATE: FULL PLAYFIELD SHOWN

The Veil Lifts a Little More on Jersey Jack’s The Hobbit Pinball UPDATE: FULL PLAYFIELD SHOWN

arcadehero August 13, 2013 10

UPDATE: The full playfield was just unveiled. Since it’s so soon and this story from the other day is still in the top 5, I’m just going to bump this up. According to Joe

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Late Saturday News: Gamers Go Crazy for Guilty Gear Xrd in Japan; Galaxy Collision Air Hockey, Transformers at AAMA in US

Late Saturday News: Gamers Go Crazy for Guilty Gear Xrd in Japan; Galaxy Collision Air Hockey, Transformers at AAMA in US

arcadehero August 10, 2013 0

Happy Saturday everyone. Just a couple of news blurbs here to share as everyone experiences the weekend. Some big location test news out of Japan for the new Guilty Gear Xrd Sign by Arc

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Rerave Arcade “Unboxing”

Rerave Arcade “Unboxing”

arcadehero August 9, 2013 6

In lieu of my sort-of tradition in “unboxing” new/newer arcade games (Example 1; Example 2; Example 3) ,  a new arcade game has found its way to my arcade this past Wednesday and here’s

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