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IAAPA Live Webcast link

IAAPA Live Webcast link

arcadehero November 17, 2010 1

We’re ready to go here at IAAPA 2010 with a live webcast. Here’s the link if you want to join us now (3PM EST) http://vokle.com/events/5748-arcade-heroes-tv UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday, we

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Video from the R3Play Expo

Video from the R3Play Expo

arcadehero November 13, 2010 1

Newsfeed 956 via Earlier this month, gamers in Blackpool, UK held a big event at the Norbreck Castle Hotel where for a couple of days attendees could enjoy gaming in all of it’s various

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Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

arcadehero November 4, 2010 1

When you run an arcade, sometimes it helps to hold events to help bring new customers in or some old customers back and Ground Kontrol in Oregon, USA is doing something along those lines

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Arcade Aid updated, plus new arcade art exhibit in NYC

Arcade Aid updated, plus new arcade art exhibit in NYC

arcadehero October 24, 2010 1

We’ve got two separate stories to start the week off with here first being a follow-up to part of the TRON Legacy viral marketing campaign. Remember Arcade Aid? It has been greatly updated to

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New releases: Super Bikes 2, Dead Heat, Terminator Salvation standard

New releases: Super Bikes 2, Dead Heat, Terminator Salvation standard

arcadehero October 18, 2010 2

You’ve read about these games on Arcade Heroes and now you may soon find a chance to play them at a location near you. BMI Gaming shows that the three games listed in the

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Konami thinking of a Dance Masters Arcade machine

Konami thinking of a Dance Masters Arcade machine

arcadehero October 17, 2010 3

From the rumor mill, via BemaniStyle.com comes word that the mind behind Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution series, Naoki Maeda, is considering taking Dance Masters for the Xbox 360 Kinect and giving it the arcade

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Pac-Man Halloween Lawn Decorations

Pac-Man Halloween Lawn Decorations

arcadehero October 15, 2010 8

(Thanks to reader Brian for the tip!) I was browsing a local store a couple of weeks ago and I came across something in the Halloween decorations area that immediately caught my attention –

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Panda Panda and Black Sea: Strikes Back by Xinyu Games

Panda Panda and Black Sea: Strikes Back by Xinyu Games

arcadehero October 12, 2010 7

Lately it seems that when arcade news in the Japan/US/Europe part of the market slows to crawl, then we can take a look at what’s going on in China and something new is being

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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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A politician who likes video games, including arcades

A politician who likes video games, including arcades

arcadehero October 1, 2010 0

We don’t dive into politics very often – only when necessary with stories that are generally on the negative side as some city/state/country goes off on a crusade to ban coin-op games for some

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Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

Taito’s Gaia Attack 4 testing in the UK

arcadehero September 30, 2010 5

Newsfeed 938 via When Taito demonstrated a new four-player light-gun shooter title at AOU this past February called Gaia Attack 4, there was no indication that it would get an international release, although we

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More indie games being promoted with arcade cabinets

More indie games being promoted with arcade cabinets

arcadehero September 27, 2010 5

It seems that the idea of promoting your indie-produced game title (which is generally intended for a PC/XBLA/PSN/WiiWare release) inside of an arcade cabinet is starting to catch steam up to the point of

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