Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite
When I started selling arcade machines back in 2011, I would often get requests for »
Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games
Previously on Arcade Heroes, we mentioned the arrival of a new company to the industry »
New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements
In our industry, arcade games don’t always get a shot at being sold for much »
exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More
Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming »
Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More
Welcome back to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes covering bite-sized pieces of »
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Video Review: House of the Dead 4 by Sega
It’s been a little while but I found the time to do another game review, this time for Sega’s House of the Dead 4. I have been having a number of problems with the
Read More »Boy gets hand caught inside coin door outlet, almost loses hand
In the time that I have worked in an arcade (not just my own but also another local arcade I managed a couple of years back) I have seen a few injuries where people
Read More »Some Tekken 6 talk
There’s been a lot of talk about fighters lately and as it turns out – here’s some more. Namco Japan sat down and talked about the arcade and console versions of Tekken 6 with
Read More »Redemption Education
Ever thought that playing redemption games could teach you anything? No? Me neither. But below is an interesting piece on how a parent has actually noticed the way there kids play redemption games, and
Read More »Big Buck Hunter World Championship Saturday
Tomorrow a big arcade competition is going down, this time it’s the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship. We’ve mentioned this one previously when they held qualifying events and it would sure be fun
Read More »Kawasaki Warehouse – Location Report, Japan
Wow, I have just got back from Japan and made a fabulous discovery whilst I was there: Kawasaki Warehouse This incredible arcade has been built from the ground up to look like a disused,
Read More »Poll time!
I was pleasantly surprised to find that WordPress (the wonderful people that host this site) have now added a poll option, so let’s waste no time in taking advantage of it. I might make
Read More »ATEI 2009 registration is now live
Keeping the exhibition vibe going here’s a reminder for you, if you have not already received one. Registration is now live for ATEI 2009. So don’t delay. The 65th edition of ATEI is testament
Read More »Positive reports from Preview 2009
Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all political (although I did watch a very interesting Panorama about the economical meltdown last night), but it’s good to see that even with all the shit
Read More »Don't expect Tekken 6 BR in the US (officially)
This is a quick one: a few of you have asked in e-mails or in our comments section about the fate of Namco’s latest update to Tekken 6, Bloodline Rebellion in the US. I
Read More »GlobalVR unveils Sky Bandits
Way back in March we talked about a press release from a company called Signature Devices where they stated that they had completed work on a “new turret-based, first person shooter arcade action game”
Read More »Webzine looking for dating advice from…Big Buck Hunter Fans!
While most of the time we deal with ‘serious’ news, occasionally we come across something I’d classify as being more light-hearted such as with this call for dating advice from Big Buck Hunter fans.
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