New Arcade Releases: Avian Knights (Alan-1); Sailor’s Quest 2 VR (UNIS); Super Drill (Ace)
It’s time to catch up on new arcade releases for North America, with three games »
EAG 2025 Recap – New Arcade Games In Europe
The earliest major amusement trade expo of the year, EAG 2025 (Entertainment Attractions & Gaming »
The Arcade Anniversaries of 2025
With a new year upon us, you are likely to come across an anniversary or »
EAG Expo 2025 Preview
The first major amusement-focused trade show of this year is now just around the corner, »
Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
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The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign
I’m not really up to speed on advancements in light-switch technology but everything I’ve seen at the hardware store shows that it hasn’t really changed much since it hasn’t really needed to. That’s ok
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TRON Pinball now out in the wild + flyer
One of the most popular news items we’ve had on the site recently would have to be Stern Pinball’s TRON Legacy Pinball. The TRON franchise has an interwoven relationship with arcades but since Discs
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The few arcade games of E3 2011
(Thanks to Igo for the tip!) While this isn’t exactly what I was talking about recently, E3 did have a small selection of some great classic arcade games to play, as shown by ClassicGameRoom.
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Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting
Newsfeeds 1055-1057 via Here are a few strange cabinets where the chances of coming across them are pretty slim. First is a cabinet we’ve seen before from a trade show in China – the
Read More »The Boy In The Claw Machine (Part XXIV)
Newsfeed 1054 via As a part of our infrequently running series, here is another video of a small agile child finding their way into the confines of a crane machine. You don’t have to
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Missing In Action: Run ‘N Gun Games
Given the recent slow news cycle, it’s given me some time to sit down and continue upon my editorial series I call “Missing In Action”. I take a look at a particular genre of
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Arcade coverage coming to EDGE Magazine + Arcade Heroes Facebook page
Newsfeed 1053 via We’ve got a couple of things to cover for this post. First, The Stinger Report passes along this great news for spreading arcade news: Breaking Stinger News – Just as we
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Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show
Newsfeed 1052 via Some months ago we revealed that Taito’s 4-player arcade exclusive shmup Darius Burst Another Chronicle game would in fact be making it outside of Japan with a special English version of
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First screens of Golden Tee 2012
Incredible Technologies is still some months away from launching the next installment of their ever-popular Golden Tee series and to get the marketing train started, IT has begun showing off some teaser screenshots from
Read More »Pile ‘O Links: Arcade Dominator, Interactive Billboards & Babycastles
I’ve had a few items of news I’ve been meaning to get to but didn’t find the time yesterday. So it’s another all-in-one post. I’ll start with the BabyCastles Arcade first. We’ve discussed what
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TRON Pinball and more from the NW Pinball & Gameroom Show
While I didn’t attend the NW Pinball and Gamerrom Show that we discussed the other day, plenty of people with cameras were so we can get a feel for what it was like. First
Read More »Editorial: Should Coin-Op Arcade Games be a part of E3?
E3 (i.e. Electronic Entertainment Expo) is upon us once again this next week, where gamers, journalists, developers, publishers and their “booth babes” come together to show off the latest, greatest video games people will
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