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"Altar of the Unnamed" feature film to include Funspot Arcade
The Funspot Arcade in New Hampshire has made quite a name for itself – it’s the place to go for several arcade events and is even attracting some filmmakers to the business, such as
Read More »i-Mockery.com's 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets in Game History
I never personally cared much for top “Insert Your Desired Item Here” lists as you never can agree with them completely. This particular list has things I don’t agree with (Crystal Castles has such
Read More »The Max Experience
Here is another early motion simulator, the Max Experience. It was produced around 1984 or 1985 by a company called Amusement Technology (Amtech) out of Asbury Park, NJ. This strange device designed for both
Read More »New Street Fighter 4 Character Revealed – Crimson Viper
From Famitsu magazine and scanned on NeoGAF, here is the first new character from Street Fighter 4. I have to say I agree with Kotaku when they say that this new character looks very SNK. What
Read More »Some Delightful Arcade Trash Talking
So I’m back from my month long holiday and what better way to get back in to the swing of things than this hilarious, and be warned, foul mouthed video of some arcade trash talking!
Read More »The Hot Seat Arcade system of the 1980s
Here is another obscure simulator to ponder. The Hot Seat was a motion based simulator produced in the mid 1980’s. This simulator did not come with any dedicated game, its intention was to be
Read More »Report on the Ball Bowlers at the Krow's Nest
Ok, I went back to the Krow’s nest to get some more pics of the bowling machines that I reported on previously. There are 5 Ball Bowlers and 1 Puck bowler. All of the
Read More »Andamiro's Pump It Up NX2 released
Well 2008 is here and what better way to start it than with a new game announcement. It looks like this was actually announced about a week ago but I only found out about
Read More »Happy New Year Everyone
As this will probably be the last post here at Arcade Heroes for 2007, now is a good time to wish all of you a Happy New Year. 2007 was pretty good, it certainly
Read More »Industry Vet Jim Wallin passes away
[Via CoinOPToday.com] This is some sad news coming from GlobalVR today that one of their employees, Jim Wallin has passed away. He was a true industry vet, beginning his work in the arcade business
Read More »The Krow's Nest Operating 6 Ball Bowling Machines
This is something I have been pondering for some time. There is a local arcade near me called the Krow’s nest, and they are operating 6 of the large, ball bowling machines. This arcade
Read More »Konami's Jubeat cabinet
Some images of the cabinet for Konami’s new bemani title Jubeat are out and it shows that the game is quite unique – in fact it uses a cube display but it is unclear
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