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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Bid on this custom Street Fighter IV arcade cab for charity
You may well be able to get Street Fighter 4 for consoles now, but as we all know here at Arcade Heroesthere is nothing better than the real arcade experience. Well here’s your chance
Read More »Sega USA releases Clay Challenge and Bass Fishing Challenge kits
click on the image to enlarge Sega Amusements USA has updated their website with information on two new arcade releases for the US, Clay Challenge (which we revealed in our AMOA 2008 coverage) and
Read More »And the kid stuck in a crane machine today comes from…
While we don’t see these stories of toddlers getting stuck in toy crane machines terribly often, they do seem to show up with some moderate frequency and today the story comes to us from
Read More »Razing Storm gets a few more details with a press release
Namco’s latest light-gun shooter will soon land in arcades (release is listed for March 2009) and in advance of that, Namco America has issued a press release on the game. There isn’t a lot
Read More »Virtual On heading for XBLA
If Sega’s Border Break news has wet the appetite for some mech action, then your in for another treat as Sega are bringing the classic mech game; Virtual On to Xbox Live Arcade. Not any
Read More »Pics of "24" pinball now online
[Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip] Stern’s latest pinball game, “24” is soon going to hit the streets and with it, Pinball News has got their hands on a prototype of the game
Read More »Arcade games owned by Michael Jackson going up on the auction block
[Thanks to Phil on the forums for the tip] I’m a few days late on this but it’s still newsworthy. Michael Jackson will be auctioning off his rather impressive collection of arcade games on
Read More »Arcade game plots in reverse
On the increasingly popular site Twitter (I did set up an account once but I haven’t really bothered to use it), some people are having a little game of writing about movie plots if
Read More »Some proof that plenty of people still love arcades in Japan
Sorry about the lack of updates for the past few days, everyone is busy and there has been little internet time as of late. You might recall that over the past year or so,
Read More »Listen to sounds from an arcade circa 1982-1988
If you grew up playing games at arcades in the 1980’s then this is bound to bring back some nostaligic memories for you. My earliest arcade memory was from about 1987 or ’88 but
Read More »More people opting to play "arcade-style" games?
While the article we’re linking to on this one doesn’t really have much to do with real coin-op arcades – it treats them as though they don’t exist anymore while it discusses a new
Read More »AOU 2009 Video goodness
The proverbial floodgates have opened on videos taken at AOU2009 and here is a collection of some of the video titles. We won’t know for a little while if any of these games will
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