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PGM2 hardware gets some attention starting in December

arcadehero November 11, 2010 9

Back in early 2008, Taiwan-based IGS released a new hardware platform called the PGM2. It was a JAMMA machine with excellent 2D capabilities, 4-player support and it accepted cartridges. They released one game with

Konami testing Space Agent in Japan, a new shooter that uses Augmented Reality

Shaggy August 20, 2010 0

The Am-Net Blog has pictures of the marketing materials for a new Konami light-gun game testing in Japan called Space Agent. The only info we have about it comes from the posted media, which

Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich

Shaggy April 27, 2010 9

Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming. When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating

Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season

Shaggy September 17, 2009 1

While a vast majority of news about new arcade titles has been coming out of Japan lately, AMOA is almost here and that means some game news from outside Japan for a change. This

My interview with Steve Ranck of Specular Interactive on H2Overdrive and more

Shaggy June 4, 2009 3

A few months back Arcade Heroes was privileged to reveal H2Overdrive to the world and now I have done an interview with the man whose company is behind the game’s development, Steve Ranck of

New Cyberdiver website also reveals new Taito arcade hardware

Shaggy May 24, 2009 0

Taito has updated the website for their upcoming FPS arcade game Cyber Diver and along with a few more details on the game itself they also mention some new hardware that the game will

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 7

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been

Indie arcade game Get Outta My Face at SXSW

Shaggy March 21, 2009 1

We reported about the new indie arcade game Get Outta My Face making an appearance at the tech show known as SXSW in Texas a couple of weeks ago and now we have some

Sega reveals specs on its new arcade hardware, RingEdge and RingWide

Shaggy February 20, 2009 52

(image via AM-Net) The hardware which caused some to erroneously think that Sega was jumping back into the console business has been revealed and we now see that there are actually two configurations, thus

Storm-G, Sega’s latest amusement attraction game ride

Shaggy February 17, 2009 2

If there is one thing Sega loves, it’s making arcade titles that are also amusement rides in and of themselves. They are continuing this trend with their latest offering called Storm-G, a bobsledding game

Students in India start-up new company to make arcade titles

Shaggy February 16, 2009 0

When it comes to places where arcades are bucking the downturn trend, India is one place that is making waves on that map, as we have previously reported. And perhaps thanks to that, arcade

Sega prepping new arcade hardware?

Shaggy February 5, 2009 5

It certainly looks that way. The guys at Siliconera caught a set of patent trademarks for something called “Ringedge” and “Ringwide”, which are both listed as having something to so with arcade game boards.