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Past Glory: The Sega Super Circuit Amusement Setup

Past Glory: The Sega Super Circuit Amusement Setup

arcadehero November 29, 2012 6

Taking a look back at one of Sega's interesting ideas from 1989, Sega Super Circuit

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The Arcade Games of EAS 2012 in Berlin Germany

The Arcade Games of EAS 2012 in Berlin Germany

arcadehero October 11, 2012 9

This week has seen a exhibition for arcade games called EAS, which has been held in Berlin Germany. And we have the first look at some of the new games there, thanks to Kevin

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Finally, an FPS simulator

Finally, an FPS simulator

arcadehero October 23, 2011 0

Newsfeed 1129 via One might say that after watching that guy go to town on Ghost Squad in Thailand, that every light-gun shooter is an experience that rises to the class of simulator. To

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Race Simulator Center opening in Montreal Canada in November

Race Simulator Center opening in Montreal Canada in November

arcadehero September 17, 2011 1

One part of the arcade experience that we occasionally touch on is the area of simulators. Simulating something from real life as closely as possible is something that can often be done pretty well

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Gran Turismo 5: The Simulator

Gran Turismo 5: The Simulator

arcadehero December 18, 2010 4

Newsfeed 971 via Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report sent us along this photo of one of the new Gran Turismo 5 making it’s out-of-home debut as a simulator. Unfortunately we didn’t get information

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Stinger Web Seminar on Interactive Attractions

Stinger Web Seminar on Interactive Attractions

arcadehero October 20, 2010 0

Newsfeed 942 via If you have listened to the latest Arcade Heroes podcasts (which I need to start doing again) then you should already be familiar with Kevin Williams, director of KWP Limited whose

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The Apex Racing Simulator by SimCraft

The Apex Racing Simulator by SimCraft

Shaggy December 15, 2008 0

Arcades have always been great at presenting simulators to the public and when it comes to racing simulators, they really hit the spot. Even at IAAPA this year we saw several simulation style games

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Funland arcade in Toronto, Ontario closing in a few days!

Funland arcade in Toronto, Ontario closing in a few days!

SaraAB87 July 10, 2008 26

Here at Arcade Heroes we like to focus on the positive of the arcade scene but I feel this needs to be announced. Funland arcade in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) will be closing sometime next

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Visual Sports lays the smack down on Wii Sports

Visual Sports lays the smack down on Wii Sports

Shaggy July 3, 2008 1

I know a lot of people get the Nintendo Wii simply because of it’s pack-in game and maybe a few other titles. That can be good and bad for Nintendo as it gets the

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Father & daughter trapped inside a coin-op flight simulator for 20 min.

Father & daughter trapped inside a coin-op flight simulator for 20 min.

Shaggy May 28, 2008 6

The headline basically says it all – in Long Island New York at an FEC called Fun Zone Amusements(link to a video of the arcade on youtube) a father and daughter were trapped in

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SNES Super Mario Kart on the Force Dynamics 301

SNES Super Mario Kart on the Force Dynamics 301

Shaggy April 30, 2008 0

While Mario Kart GP marked the arrival of Nintendo’s popular franchise game to the arcade, I honestly have only seen a cabinet once – which was at ASI and it was a GP2 cab.

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SingTel's Formula One Simulator

SingTel's Formula One Simulator

Shaggy April 26, 2008 0

If you ever happen to drop by Singapore (or if you live there) and have a thing for F1 racing then F1 sponsor SingTel has unveiled the simulator game for you. The game will

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