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Location Watch August 2025: New Arcade Game Rooms Open Up Around The World
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Bandai Namco Updates: Pac-Man Baller Jr; One Piece Dawn Strike; GoldStorm Pirates
As many of you will know, the folks over at Bandai Namco have got numerous »
MonkeySplash Studios’ Chef it Up Returns With Updates, UK Appearance
Some time ago, we caught wind of a unique new arcade cookery game by the »
UNIS Updates: Godzilla Kaiju Drop; Picture Book Land; Top Speed Legend
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Pat Laffaye smashes the "Costanza Score" on Frogger
We have spoken of the Costanza Score before – the mythical score on the arcade game Frogger that was shown in an episode of the comedy TV show Seinfield back in the 90’s. When
Read More »The Stinger Report's gaze into the crystal ball for 2010 (updated)
As 2010 in finally upon us, it’s a good time to take a look further into trends we can expect to see throughout the rest of the year. Thanks to Kevin Williams of The
Read More »NYC eases up on arcades (a little)
One major hurdle for people looking to get into the arcade business are the local laws which often restrict the use of coin-operated video games in certain venues. Because of that, it is always
Read More »And the winners are…
While it is not quite 2010 yet where I am right at the moment, for the website the timer has passed onto the new year and so our Game of the Year/Decade polls are
Read More »Big Buck Hunter pinball revealed
We heard about Big Buck Hunter Pro coming to pinball ages ago (in fact that is something we discussed on the most recent podcast) and finally we have a look at the game, via
Read More »Play Belgium now open, offers an interactive look at the history of video games
There have been a couple of instances in the past where we have covered touring museums which cover the history of video games and the latest exhibition that I am aware of is Play
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09
It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult
Read More »Looking for some arcades to buy in the San Fransisco area? Check out the TILT
So it’s not really news that a TILT location has their games on sale – every time I have visited a TILT location, they always have something on sale. But things are slow enough
Read More »H2Overdrive Motion version now testing at a Gameworks in Illinois
(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s
Read More »An arcade themed after the backstreets of China
Like arcade cabinets themselves, sometimes the arcades where you play the games can be a work of art too. Take this Japanese arcade in Kawasaki which features eight stories of arcade goodness for those
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