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IAAPA 2010 – Namco booth

IAAPA 2010 – Namco booth

arcadehero November 19, 2010 6

Next up as a part of our IAAPA 2010 coverage is Namco. Like Amusement Expo, the company had a large booth where Pac-Man was a big star but they also had plenty of other

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Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

arcadehero November 6, 2010 3

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right

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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

arcadehero October 31, 2010 6

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these

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Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

arcadehero October 3, 2010 1

Newsfeed 938 via The annual  FER event in Spain may focus primarily on slot machines and other gambling devices but where many casinos have an arcade as a part of their facility, what better

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Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

Capcom’s outlook at the arcade market

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 925 & 926 via Recently we had a little bit of discussion about Capcom’s attitude towards the arcade market – fans have been disappointed by the lack of an arcade version of games

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Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

Seen at TGS 2010 – Astro Ranger

arcadehero September 19, 2010 2

Newsfeed 927 via The Tokyo Game Show may not be the first event one thinks of when it comes to arcade announcements but there has been plenty of arcade attention at the show, including

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Konami's new bemani game: Reflec Beat

Konami's new bemani game: Reflec Beat

Shaggy June 26, 2010 2

We first heard about Konami’s latest addition to their line-up of bemani games some time ago but despite a number of location tests in Japan, they did a pretty good job of preventing any

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Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters

Shaggy June 23, 2010 15

There is a new racing game set to enter the arcade market this year and this one is coming from Sega Amusements Europe and Codemasters.  It’s one console gamers may already be familiar with,

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Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade wins Stride's Save The Arcades 2 competition

Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade wins Stride's Save The Arcades 2 competition

Shaggy June 17, 2010 2

And by the final tally, it wasn’t even close, with Ground Kontrol pulling in 624,871,000 total points, which were donated to them by players via the Cowbots flash game. Arcade Infinity came in second

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Fliperama Brasil! (my look into a little part of the arcade scene in Brazil)

Fliperama Brasil! (my look into a little part of the arcade scene in Brazil)

Shaggy June 9, 2010 4

I was in Brazil recently and while there I didn’t waste the opportunity to check out some arcades while I was visiting. The best places to look are malls, although you might find some

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Getting a closer look at the somewhat new Crazy Climber

Getting a closer look at the somewhat new Crazy Climber

Shaggy April 13, 2010 0

If we hop on the way-back-machine and check out an post here on AH from May 2007 then you’ll find that a new Crazy Climber game had been announced for arcades in Japan. After

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Amusement Expo 2010: GlobalVR and Andamiro booths

Amusement Expo 2010: GlobalVR and Andamiro booths

Shaggy March 13, 2010 0

To save on space on the front page (slightly) here are videos for two different companies: GlobalVR and Andamiro. First off GlobalVR was showing off two new products, one of which we heard about

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