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Disney Quest Arcade closing in 2008
Many sources are reporting that Disney Quest will be closing in early 2008. If you have not heard of Disney Quest, it is a big arcade at Disney with lots of classics games and simulators. The
Read More »Coin-op coverage coming to Good Morning America thanks to AAMA
[Via CoinOPToday.com] At Arcade Heroes we are always happy to report any efforts that the coin-op industry makes to promote itself to the public – it’s something we strive to do every day but
Read More »Tiny Toons Arcade Segment
When I was a kid I watched a lot of Tiny Toons but I don’t remember seeing this. Then again, I don’t remember a lot of segments from that show since it’s been years
Read More »The Lord of Vermilion – new 'Squenix' arcade game creates lines in Japan
SquareEnixs’ new coin-op game The Lord of Vermilion began it’s testing phase in Japan today and as seen on Game Watch, it’s already a smashing success. A line of people eager to play the
Read More »The Exidy Vertigo Simulator
This post will be part of my efforts to inform the public about some vintage simulators that are relatively unknown. There is some debate over which motion simulator was actually the first one ever
Read More »Two More Street Fighter 4 Screens
[via Blogeek, via Arcade Renaissance] Looks like these two screens and the information that was released by Bloggeek have got them into some trouble as thier site has been shutdown. I’m presuming the screens
Read More »A couple of shots on Criminal Action/Action Detective
Coming across information on Konami’s new motion-controlled arcade title known as either “Action Detective” or “Criminal Action” has been a little difficult since we first heard about it a couple of months ago. Finally
Read More »More Street Fighter 4 News & Screenshot
1UP and magazine EGM have snagged some new details and the first screen shot of the next Street Fighter game. Click on the image to see the full high-res version of it. As for
Read More »Blazing Angels Arcade by Global VR
[Discuss on the Forum] (Click on the thumbnail below to enlarge) Afterburner Climax, meet your competition. Then again the games are probably quite different as far as gameplay since AfterBurner is on-rails and this
Read More »What Have We Been Playing This Week….
Now you may notice an extra name on the post this week and that is because we have added a new member to the team. Sara has been tipping us for a while on simulator related news. So I thought
Read More »Editorial: 1 step to improve your arcade – Fix the games!
Have you ever walked into an arcade, looking for your favorite game that you always play and once you find it plop in some quarters/tokens to find that one of the buttons don’t work?
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