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Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective

Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective

arcadehero March 11, 2014 4

The video game world is teasing with VR once again but it is hardware that still has plenty of potential in the arcade/amusement space. A year ago this month saw the release of the

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Liberty Games Develops Tech To Enable Bitcoin-Payment For Arcades

Liberty Games Develops Tech To Enable Bitcoin-Payment For Arcades

arcadehero January 31, 2014 3

Depending upon which circles in the coin-op industry you find yourself in, there has been a discussion in recent years over that term, coin-op and whether it should still apply thanks to digital payments

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The Top Ten Stories At Arcade Heroes 2013

The Top Ten Stories At Arcade Heroes 2013

arcadehero December 28, 2013 1

When an adult I think we always feel like time just flies by although for me, this year has at times felt like that while at others felt like it drug on. Either way

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IAAPA 2013 Mega Post #2 – Drivers, Shooters, Exergames, Rhythm, Pinball + More

IAAPA 2013 Mega Post #2 – Drivers, Shooters, Exergames, Rhythm, Pinball + More

arcadehero November 21, 2013 4

It’s a busy, busy week for the arcade sector. With many new releases coming out at IAAPA 2013, it gives us plenty to mull over for a little while; operators have a lot to

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The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games

The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games

arcadehero June 28, 2013 13

I hope that everyone is having a happy summer if you are in the Northern hemisphere and if in the Southern, an acceptable Winter. Arcade news has been relatively slow for the past little

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Dave & Busters Launches A Search For “The Next Big Game”

Dave & Busters Launches A Search For “The Next Big Game”

arcadehero June 25, 2013 13

What will the next game changing sort of game be? No one really knows that exact answer although someone out there may be formulating a plan on that right now. If so, the restaurant/arcade

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Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)

Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)

arcadehero May 27, 2013 6

UPDATE: Part 2 can be found here. It’s been a long while since we did an arcade prototype overview in regards to a single company and with news all but dried up this weekend

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The VRCade Concept Looking To Fulfill the VR Promise

The VRCade Concept Looking To Fulfill the VR Promise

arcadehero May 9, 2013 4

(Thanks to Adam Coate for the tip) Apologies for the earlier post being taken down on another subject, it was requested of us after the story ran. Anyways back in the world of upcoming

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News For Monday: Rock N Roll VertiGo Release, Arcade Fighter GIFs, Fast DDR Player + More

News For Monday: Rock N Roll VertiGo Release, Arcade Fighter GIFs, Fast DDR Player + More

arcadehero May 6, 2013 6

Good beginning of the week everyone. I have several news items that have accumulated in my inbox here that I meant to tackle over the weekend but I ended up getting sidetracked by being

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Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

Newsblender : A Danish Arcade Up For An Award; INJUSTICE Arcade cabinet; Interview with Roger Hector of Atari/Sente

arcadehero April 23, 2013 3

Time for another blending of news items together into one post. It does a body good, every once in a while at least. About a year and a half ago an arcade opened up

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Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

Heighway Pinball’s Full Throttle Pinball Prototype At German Pinball Open

arcadehero April 22, 2013 0

Newsfeed 1313, link sent via News from the pinball sector continues to heat up and today we have more information on a new upstart based in the UK that is bringing a non-licensed table

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Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC

Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC

arcadehero April 4, 2013 4

(Image via g4tv.com) The Game Developers Conference is a great place for “postmortems”, or where a developer looks back at the development process for a title that they worked on. Insight is given as

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