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A couple of new arcade openings, one in Glace Bay Canada, one in Steamboat Springs, CO
It is frustrating that when the announcement of an arcade business closing hits the internet, it’s fairly easy to find stories where people imply that it must mean utter doom for the rest of
Read More »DJ Max Technika now shipping in the US
One new addition to the realm of arcade manufacturers would be Pentavision and their first release to the US is here with DJ Max Technika. We had heard that it was supposed to come
Read More »My interview with Steve Ranck of Specular Interactive on H2Overdrive and more
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
Read More »Namco's Tank!Tank!Tank! looks like a blast (updated)
A short time ago Namco revealed a new tank combat game that they had developed for arcades called Tank! Tank! Tank! and now we have a look at how it plays. Unfortunately the video
Read More »Taito reveals Top Speed, racing game with internet play
Taito has revealed a new racing game for arcades and while that news may not cause many heads to turn, certain features that are found in this game may. Taito is claiming that this
Read More »More details on Metal Gear Arcade (w/screens)
I guess arcades can get some love at E3, at least where Konami is concerned. Since Hideo Kojima made the announcement during Konami’s E3 presser and already there is a lot of information on
Read More »First image of Metal Gear Solid Arcade
After the news broke in April that there maybe a Metal Gear Solid coming to arcades, we have been waiting eagerly for the next bit of news. Next up, for us to drawl over, is
Read More »Discuss: Augmented Reality in Arcades
As a follow up to some discussion from a previous post about motion controlling in video games and how that might affect arcade gaming, let me throw something else out there to consider for
Read More »Ed Logg recounts how Asteroids was made
A lot of classic games made their mark on our culture back in the 80’s but of those, Asteroids is certainly one of the top contenders for it’s reach and influence in gaming. I
Read More »Fans cheer on Steve Wiebe for his latest DK high score attempt at E3
If you have seen the documentary “King of Kong” which portrays the ever lasting battle for getting the high score on a classic arcade title like Donkey Kong, then you know of the rivalry
Read More »Discuss: What effect/influence could Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's new motion controller have on arcades? (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Sony has also announced another motion control scheme for the PS3 today, which combines a camera with handheld controllers, which brings the motion craze to all three consoles. So I could probably change
Read More »Followups – Some H2Overdrive news and media coverage on the Funspot tourney
A couple of brief updates on a couple of stories that we have covered in the past little while. First off, that Funspot World Championship event that I mentioned a few days ago has
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