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Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Shaggy November 5, 2010 0

The biggest amusement show of the year, IAAPA, is less than two weeks away and in addition to our usual in-depth coverage of the show we are going to be webcasting live straight from

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How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

Shaggy November 4, 2010 2

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a

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Promo video released for Stern’s AVATAR pinball

Promo video released for Stern’s AVATAR pinball

Shaggy November 4, 2010 2

It’s not news that Stern’s AVATAR pinball machine is available to buy now but in case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s another video to enjoy, this time in promotional style with a narrator

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Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Shaggy 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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Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Shaggy November 1, 2010 1

Sega Amusements hasn’t kept Let’s Go Island as a big secret lately although  they have kept one of the cabinet designs under wraps until now. We knew that they had at least two versions

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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Shaggy October 31, 2010 3

(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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Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Shaggy October 30, 2010 1

Thanks to for the information While we tend not to get into ticket redemption titles here on Arcade Heroes, the surge in video redemption games over the past couple of years has blurred the

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DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

Shaggy October 29, 2010 5

We have known about the existence of Pentavision Global’s DJ Max Technika 2 game for some time now but it wasn’t 100% clear as to whether the game would be getting a US release

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Thoughts on TRON Night

Thoughts on TRON Night

Shaggy October 28, 2010 1

Tonight Disney held a special event for TRON Legacy, by giving audiences a 23 min. preview of the upcoming film for free in select IMAX 3D theaters. Being a big TRON geek, I made

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Andamiro’s Chaka Chaka Don Don

Andamiro’s Chaka Chaka Don Don

Shaggy October 28, 2010 1

Newsfeed 947 via Andamiro has a new game in the testing phase and it’s not a Pump It Up title. When you visit an Andamiro booth at any expo they generally have a virtual

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ArcadeDock turns a laptop into a mini-arcade cabinet

ArcadeDock turns a laptop into a mini-arcade cabinet

Shaggy October 28, 2010 1

Newsfeed 946 via News has been really slow lately and my best guess is that in part it’s the calm before the IAAPA storm. In the meantime, here’s an arcade-related mod project that turns

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Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Shaggy October 26, 2010 8

Betson Enterprises has just issued a press release and it holds good news for US DDR fans. Japanese players have been enjoying the latest iteration of DDR since July this year and come December,

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