Sega Amusements Reveals IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Lineup: Ubisoft All-Star VR, Apex Rebels Standard, More
September sees the start of the next big trade show season for the amusement industry, »
Location Watch August 2025: New Arcade Game Rooms Open Up Around The World
Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes »
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
As we continue to wait for updates on several other stories, UNIS has blessed us »
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Insert Coin Expo 2009 already shaping up to be a big hit in Europe
Another arcade show is fast approaching, this one is taking place next month on July 18th-19th in Northampton, UK. Already the event has sold over 7,000 tickets and will cater to every aspect of
Read More »Terminator: Salvation Arcade seen on location test
[Thanks to Malovane for sending us these shots] As arcade location tests are rarely announced in the US, at times savvy gamers who frequent game websites visit their local arcade and just so happen
Read More »Sega Japan to begin big push for card-based coin-op games
While I have never played a card-based coin-op game, I do find the idea fascinating as it capitalizes on something which continues to have a strong following among kids who enjoy both video games
Read More »Check out anti-cheating techniques for coin mechs
Back at the height of the “Golden Age of Gaming”, clever players found ways to cheat the arcade system – to the anger of arcade operators. Come to think of it, methods used could
Read More »One place arcades are also still popular: beach towns
I found an interesting little article today that we can add to the batch of evidence we like to point to that arcades are not dead and in many places they even thrive. One
Read More »Steve Ranck discusses more H2Overdrive and dispels console release rumors
Here’s a little bit more H2Overdrive info to whet your appetite, this is the last part of the interview series that Noe V. did with the Specular Interactive team and in this part he
Read More »Tank! Tank! Tank! on location test
Here is a quickie – Namco’s latest offering, Tank! Tank! Tank! is on location test in Japan at the moment and as proof, see the supplied picture above. According to the test report at
Read More »Explore the TOMB by 5W!TS in Boston
If you are in or near the Boston, MA area and you’re looking for something a little different when it comes to the out-of-home experience, then a company called 5W!TS is offering just that
Read More »New site to help you with repairs: Arcaderepairtips.com
When you own an arcade game, one of the things you will inevitably have to do it fix it. Sometimes games have minor problems that are quite easy to fix and sometimes they present
Read More »New experiment: The Arcade Heroes Week-in-Review 'podcast'
OK, so I have decided to try ‘podcasting’ – of course I don’t know if you can really consider this a podcast, it’s just an MP3 file to download here where you can listen
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