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More Sega news: in-depth look at Club Sega; new Shining Force Cross version; more Let's Go Island

More Sega news: in-depth look at Club Sega; new Shining Force Cross version; more Let's Go Island

Shaggy March 4, 2010 0

Via As a sort of follow-up to the news from Sega about their line-up at the Amusement Expo next week, we have several pieces of news about the company that we’ll just going to

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GlobalVR teams up with Sprint to offer custom NASCAR arcades for NASCAR events

GlobalVR teams up with Sprint to offer custom NASCAR arcades for NASCAR events

Shaggy March 3, 2010 0

Via When I first played GlobalVR’s NASCAR a few years ago, I figured that it would only be a matter of time before the cabinets would somehow find their way into NASCAR venues and

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Sega announces Amusement Expo line-up: Let's Go Island cabinet, new Hummer and Rambo cabinets

Sega announces Amusement Expo line-up: Let's Go Island cabinet, new Hummer and Rambo cabinets

Shaggy March 3, 2010 0

As we soon approach the Amusement Expo next week in Vegas, we are starting to hear about the games we will be seeing there and today Sega unveiled the games that they will feature

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Kevin Williams visits the Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx arcade art gallery

Kevin Williams visits the Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx arcade art gallery

Shaggy March 2, 2010 3

We recently reported about a new art gallery that opened up in London that used arcade machines as part of the art and now Kevin Williams, editor of The Stinger Report has checkedit out

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Report from Street Fighter IV tournament @ Arcade UFO

Report from Street Fighter IV tournament @ Arcade UFO

HeavyElectricity February 27, 2010 2

At Arcade Heroes, we often say that there’s nothing like standing with another player and competing side by side, and arcade gaming is still the best way to do this. Technology has brought us

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Ground Kontrol announces the 2nd annual Pinbrawl Tournament

Ground Kontrol announces the 2nd annual Pinbrawl Tournament

Shaggy February 27, 2010 0

Last year an arcade in Portland known as Ground Kontrol hosted a large pinball tournament called Pinbrawl and by all accounts, it was a big success. So with one successful tournament of this caliber

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Titan 4 Games licenses Silhouette for their first gesture-based coin-op game

Titan 4 Games licenses Silhouette for their first gesture-based coin-op game

Shaggy February 27, 2010 1

Via Remember Titan 4 Games? If not, I don’t blame you – we first reported that they were working on gesture-based (think Project Natal) coin-op games last October but since then we have heard

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SNK Opens a virtual NEOGEO museum

SNK Opens a virtual NEOGEO museum

Shaggy February 27, 2010 0

Via If you were ever curious as to how the NeoGeo MVS ans AES hardware came to be and what impact they had on the video game industry, then SNK Playmore has a new

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Viral marketing for TRON Legacy continues to give some love to arcades

Viral marketing for TRON Legacy continues to give some love to arcades

Shaggy February 26, 2010 3

I’ve always been a big fan of Tron so when it comes to developments of what is going on with the new TRON Legacy movie that comes out in December, I’m intently keeping tabs

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Pac-Man returns to arcades with Pac-Man Battle Royale at Amusement Expo 2010

Pac-Man returns to arcades with Pac-Man Battle Royale at Amusement Expo 2010

Shaggy February 25, 2010 12

Ever since Namco first announced Pac-Man CE for Xbox Live Arcade, I thought that the game in particular would be a perfect fit in arcades, which I have mentioned before in posts and to

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SNK Playmore announces King of Fighters XIII along with a preview event date

SNK Playmore announces King of Fighters XIII along with a preview event date

Shaggy February 25, 2010 0

The King of Fighters series is something that you expect to see a new version of in arcades about every year or so, like Golden Tee. It may not be the most popular fighter

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Dead Storm Pirates gets a trailer

Dead Storm Pirates gets a trailer

Shaggy February 24, 2010 3

When it came to games at IAAPA, Dead Storm Pirates is one of those games I probably should have spent a little more time playing. Even though the game was essentially a beta it

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