IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 1: Raw Thrills; TouchMagix; Amusement Source; Wahlap; Alan-1; Night Heron
Things have been quiet on the site, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been »
Taiko No Tatsujin USA Version Release Details
Day 1 of the IAAPA 2024 trade show is in the bag, and one game »
The Day Before The Storm – IAAPA 2024 Day 0
The educational day of IAAPA 2024 has come and gone, which means that tomorrow the »
Japan Amusement Expo 2024: The Full Recap
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IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews
IAAPA is here again, which means it is high time to see the new arcade »
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Play Belgium now open, offers an interactive look at the history of video games
There have been a couple of instances in the past where we have covered touring museums which cover the history of video games and the latest exhibition that I am aware of is Play
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09
It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult
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So it’s not really news that a TILT location has their games on sale – every time I have visited a TILT location, they always have something on sale. But things are slow enough
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(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s
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Like arcade cabinets themselves, sometimes the arcades where you play the games can be a work of art too. Take this Japanese arcade in Kawasaki which features eight stories of arcade goodness for those
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One of those things that I hate to admit is that I have never had the pleasure of playing the original Atari Star Wars on the original hardware. Only once did I ever come
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While homebrew video games are a dime a dozen these days, homebrew pinball machines are quite rare as there are more people out there willing to make their own video game than their own
Read More »Remember the polls! 1 week left to vote!
This is just a friendly reminder to vote in our Game of the Year and Decade polls for your pick of the arcade titles that left the best impression upon you. The polls this
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Arcana Heart fans can rejoice as today Examu released the latest version of AH to arcades in Japan, Arcana Heart 3. The game features new characters, new arcana (elemental alignments that determine special moves
Read More »ASCAP looking for licensing fees from an arcade operator for Guitar Hero Arcade
Here’s a little bit of a strange news story – nine months after Raw Thrills’/Activision/Konami released Guitar Hero Arcade, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (or ASCAP for short – good thing
Read More »Namco's Dead Storm Pirates now testing in Illinois
(Thanks to Sam for the tip!) If you didn’t have the chance to make it to IAAPA to check out games like Namco’s Dead Storm Pirates and you live anywhere near Addison, IL then
Read More »An Arcade Heroes Persona for Firefox
If you’re a Firefox user, this might be of interest to you, otherwise, nothing to see here! I have designed a simple “Persona” for Arcade Heroes that can be used in Firefox browsers. You
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