February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with »
LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now »
New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing »
Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized »
Gotta Catch ‘Em All? Stern Pinball Officially Unveils Pokémon
The internet went all ablaze last week when Stern Pinball finally teased that their next »
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 @ GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011
Starting tomorrow, Taiwan’s largest arcade show known as the GTI Asia Taipei Expo, gets its start and as always, we expect to see many pictures and perhaps a little bit of video of the
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First pics of GUN-LORD unveiled
After teasing a new sidescrolling 2D jump n’ shoot game a few months ago, the NG:DEV.TEAM has finally unveiled the first pictures from the alpha build of the NeoGeo version of their upcoming game
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New game history documentary – 8-Bit Generation: Playing the Revolution
Anytime the subject of video game history comes up, the influence of arcade gaming is unavoidable. A large number of innovations as well as innovators got their start in the coin-op world, which came
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Insert Coin(s) open and booming in Las Vegas
Newsfeed 1037 via This past February we ran a story about a new location in Las Vegas that would feature arcade gaming as a part of it’s entertainment options. That place was called Insert
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The London Dungeon adding Vengeance 5D to their attractions in May
Newsfeed 1036 via In the out-of-home entertainment world, many large locations such as FECs feature some sort of 3D/4D/5D attraction ride as a part of their entertainment offerings. Often these rides have employed the
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TRON Pinball machine + playfield
(Click on the image for a closer look) Here it is – the upcoming TRON Pinball machine by Stern. I’m a little surprised that we’re seeing it in it’s full glory this soon, as
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Your first look at Sega’s Operation GHOST, sequel to Ghost Squad
We weren’t exactly sure what kind of game Sega’s new Operation GHOST was going to be, based solely on the teaser site but with the first pictures of the beta game cabinet now out
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IGS teases Knights of Valour 3
Brand new 2D brawling/beat ’em up arcade games are a rarity in this day and age but they are not extinct. One company has been keeping the genre alive with an occasional release, and
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New site for finding arcades (and more): GamerSpots.com
I like to talk up the existence of websites dedicated to finding arcade locations, so I often point out two prominent sites for just that: Aurcade.com and ArcadeFly.com. Now we can add a third
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Hanging out at the arcade, 80’s style
(Pic by Conrado4; and Xybots is such an awesome game) I saw this on Kotaku this morning about a set of pictures on Flickr.com entitled “Growing Up In Arcades: 1979-1989“. I have a slightly
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