Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More
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Bandai Namco Reveals Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition
For several years now, one of the most heavily-rumored arcade games out there has been »
Sega’s Maimai DX Is Headed To Amusement Expo 2025
Thanks to everyone who sent this in! It’s now February, which means that we’re a »
Location Watch Japan Special: A Look At Aeon Mall Arcades (Molly Fantasy, Feedy Diner & Arcade)
Welcome to a different kind of Location Watch from what Arcade Heroes has done previously! »
Bandai Namco To Test New Arcade Music Game “Penda Beats” In Japan
A few weeks ago, mention was made in a Newsbytes of a mysterious new Bandai »
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Altar of the Unnamed Casting Call
Back in January we reported that a filmmaker was working on a movie about a teenager obsessed with playing video games and that they would be filming at the awesome Funspot Family Entertainment Center
Read More »Full Details on Taito's re-branding strategy
A week or two ago Stinger reported that Taito was launching a new re-branding effort for their company, which included issuing new uniforms for their arcades in Japan, a celebration of Space Invaders’ 30th
Read More »Silver Strike Bowling 2009 release and some big prize giveaways.
In a press release sent out today by Incredible Technologies, they have some big prizes that they have given away in conjunction with their SSB Sweepstakes that is always running along with SSB 2007.
Read More »Location review – Sunrise Fun Center in Sacramento, CA
Here’s another picture review of a small arcade in California thanks to our friend Dan on the KLOV Forums. This is of the Sunrise Fun Center in Sacramento, California, USA, a small amusement park
Read More »Sega RaceTV mini-site opens
While rumour suggests that Sega RaceTV isn’t exactly revving the engines of arcade gamers, Sega Amusements Europe has recently launched a mini-site for the game, as is customary for big new releases from the
Read More »The Star Wars Arcade Simulator
When it comes to space combat games, few series have received as much arcade attention as Star Wars. The format for the space combat seen in the movies just translates so well into the
Read More »Sega's RaceTV – your opinions
Rumor has it that Sega’s newest racer is not doing to well in arcades. We already have reported that it is expected that the game will receive an update sometime within the next few
Read More »Rumour: Initial D for DS?
According to various sites we could be seeing a DS version of Initial D coming our way. Judging by these screen shots, presuming they are genuine, it doesn’t look bad for a DS game, and imagine
Read More »PressStartComic: FunSpot 2007 Tournament Video Tour
Better late the never right? PressStartComic just put up thier “lost” video tour of the FunSpot 2007 Tournament. They write…. Here’s the “Lost” video from our trip of the 9th Annual FunSpot Classic Arcade and
Read More »9 Home Gaming Setups Better Than Yours
Now, I admit not all of these are completely arcade related, but these gaming rooms have to be seen to be believed. Personally the ones that look like luxury cinemas don’t do it for
Read More »Last week on Arcade Heroes
So we had the usual kind of news this week; haunted arcade cabinets, Mexican wrestlers and a new pinball table from Stern. But most importantly we had some great news that Shaggy’s arcade is
Read More »MechWarrior 4 arcade in action
I remember playing the first Mechwarrior on PC – it was a game that was ahead of it’s time with excellent 3D graphics (as always, for the time), a detailed storyline and overall a
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