The Arcade Anniversaries of 2025
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EAG Expo 2025 Preview
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Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
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Tekken chief says unlockable characters are outdated
Some interesting news related to the Tekken franchise – the guy in charge of Tekken stated in a recent interview that “unlockables are outdated”, primarily due to the nature of online play. Unlockable content
Read More »Who wants a Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade for several thousand dollars?
When someone famous dies, you can expect to see sites like eBay flooded with memorabilia that carries the deceased person’s name/image/autograph etc. on it. And naturally, some people hope to milk their item for
Read More »Raw Thrills releases H2Overdrive to arcades
Hydro Thunder fans, the day you have been waiting for has finally arrived as Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive’s new take on Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive is arriving at distributors around the country and then they are
Read More »New trailer for Elevator Action Death Parade
Taito’s modern update to Elevator Action now has an official trailer and it looks pretty exciting. In our previous coverage of the game, we saw that it is not like the original game in
Read More »Time to cringe, Asteroids to be made into a feature film
When Hollywood studios set their sights on adapting a video game into a film, you sadly have to worry about how badly the game will be butchered on screen. Hollywood has a terrible track
Read More »The Game Carry model sort of becomes a reality with the Games2U vehicle
Remember the Game Carry? Apparently someone thought that this would be a good idea to try out in reality. They didn’t put any arcade games in it but by driving around with a van
Read More »Legos – the most common way to render retro games with stop animation
I have seen many stop animation videos over the years and most of them involve using Legos of some sort. Sometimes those videos involve video games, or in this case, classics that were all
Read More »Sega releases a smaller HUMMER (arcade version of course)
While the HUMMER brand doesn’t seem to have a lot of like in it yet (it was being sold to a Chinese company last I had heard), Sega is squeezing a little bit more
Read More »Looking to open up an amusement facility? This article is for you
In case you are one of the many individuals out there who are looking to open up your own arcade or other out-of-home entertainment facility, it is always helpful to read about the experiences
Read More »Namco introduces the "Namucoin" payment system in Japan
When it comes to experimenting with different ways of paying for your arcade game, Japan certainly leads the way when it comes to introducing new ways of doing so. The latest payment system called
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-review podcast #3 (w/ Kevin Williams)
In this weeks podcast, I was able to figure out how to get a guest recorded and with that I had Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report on the program. We discuss a variety
Read More »Parents file lawsuit over a Turret Tower at a Gameworks in Miami
If you have kids then one of those things you will worry about as a parent is them getting hurt. If you are a business owner and in particular an arcade operator, then you
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