IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 1: Raw Thrills; TouchMagix; Amusement Source; Wahlap; Alan-1; Night Heron
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Taiko No Tatsujin USA Version Release Details
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The Day Before The Storm – IAAPA 2024 Day 0
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Japan Amusement Expo 2024: The Full Recap
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IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews
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The Arcade Heroes Game of the Decade poll
As we are seeing a close to the decade, it’s only logical that we see what people think was the best game of the decade. I have compiled a list of games that are
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I have never really watched the Fox TV show “Bones” but here is one episode I would probably check out as naturally, it deals with arcades and the rivalries that can happen with them.
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We all know that Stern Pinball is the only manufacturer of new pinball games on the market but a question for everyone for sometime now is where is the company headed? To be honest,
Read More »An investor report from Sega Sammy
Whether you are an investor in companies like Sega or not, sometimes the reports they put together for said investors are interesting to look at anyways. In a report just release by Sega Sammy
Read More »The Arcade Heroes Pinball Game of the Year 2009 poll
In conjunction with our coin-op video arcade GOTY poll, we also like to see how people are feeling about pinball games. Obviously the number of games is far lower than the coin-op poll but
Read More »The Arcade Heroes "Arcade Game of the Year 2009" poll
It’s that wonderful time of year again where we see what you the readers consider to be the Arcade Game of the Year in 2009. We have had some excellent games come to arcades
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Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #10 – IAAPA!
I’m not sure whether to count this as an “official” podcast or not as it’s technically unfinished but it is what it is and it’s the first time Kevin Williams and I had a
Read More »Konami release Mocap Sports in Japan
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tip) Konami’s return to the Mocap arena is finally here, with the release of Mocap Sports in Japan. We’ve discussed this particular game a number of times already
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As a fan of classic arcade gaming one of those ideas from “back-in-the-day” that I like is the cocktail cabinet. While the idea has not been completely lose for arcades in modern times (as
Read More »STRIDE begins Save The Arcades 2
STRIDE gum is at it again and their Save The Arcades campaign has just entered it’s second phase. This time they are giving players out there a chance to nominate the arcade of their
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Last time I heard anything about Ridge Racer, people were still poking fun at that Sony exec for saying “Ridddggee Raaacccuuurrr” at Sony’s e3 press conference a few years back. I wasn’t terribly interested
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