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Arcade Releases for 2009
To help keep track of what is coming along to arcades in 2009, here is our release list for this year. If it has any imperfections in it, then just let us know in the comments section and we’ll get it taken care of. ASIA Already Released: Beatmania IDXX 17 Sirius by Konami Border »
BlazBlue now available for arcades in the US
While a certain company may feel that arcades are dead and so there is no use selling their fighter arcade title in the US, a different company known as Aksys has eschewed the logic of the aformentioned ‘certain company’ and released their fighter for arcades today known as BlazBlue. In case you are not familiar with it, »
A new original arcade title: Get Outta My Face!
While finding indie developers making arcade titles is a rare occurrence, I’m happy to see that the numbers are growing. We’ve covered Galloping Ghost Productions and their making of Dark Presence; there also was Galactic Front being worked on by a one man team. You can add another one man team to that list »
Fighter mania continues with BlazBlue
The notion that no one wants to play fighters in the arcade anymore is silly. Apparently Capcom and Namco thinks so when it comes to the US but I have noticed a very interesting trend in my two weeks of running the arcade – there are a lot of fighting fans out there who »
Namco's Tekken 6 Debaucle
There is no question that 2008 is the year of the fighter for arcades. Japan is seeing a large number of developers creating new fighters and other markets expect to see some of these titles, which includes Namco’s Tekken 6 and Capcom’s Street Fighter IV. Even in the US there is at least one »
The IAAPA 2022 Pre-Game Show
Welcome to the annual IAAPA preview, 2022 edition. Here, I will lay out everything I know about what will be at the IAAPA 2022 tradeshow that takes place from Nov. 14-18th in Orlando, FL. If you don’t know what that show is, think of it as the arcade & amusement industry’s e3. It’s much »
Mario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure
Source: NintendoMario’s Continuing Amusement Adventure In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, looks at the amazing influence that one of the world’s most recognizable video game characters has had, and continues to have, on the amusement and attraction scene. Being that it is March 10th (Mar10/Mario »
Location Watch: New Arcades in California, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Louisiana, Texas, Oregon & Ireland
It’s been a little while since we did a locations post, and I did a catch-up Newsbytes yesterday, so let’s get back on track by seeing who is new out there. Due to the time, this post is a little longer than usual, so I’m going to list them all out here at the »
New Arcades @ Amusement Expo 2019 – Centipede Chaos (ICE); ATV Slam (Sega); Nerf Arcade (Raw Thrills)
Pictured: The Pac-Man Statue that was seen at the Speedy’s One Stop Repair Booth Continuing with our coverage of the Amusement Expo International 2019 trade show that took place on the last week of March, I started it off with the growing presence of unique, retro-styled indie games that were at the show. Now, »
IAAPA 2018 Preview: Arcades
It’s that time of year again, not when we come together as families to give thanks and feast (that’s the week after), but to see what the latest, greatest and newest products that will grace the amusement business are. IAAPA is essentially the E3 of the amusement industry, but it has been around for »
Newsbytes: IAAPA 2017 “Pre-Game” Edition
It is the last Saturday before the IAAPA 2017 trade show, a huge event that takes place in Orlando, FL annually at this time of year. So for this week’s Newsbytes, we will focus on that. Also a Happy Veterans Day to those who have served in the military. I have several family members »
Amusement Expo 2016: The Wrap Up
Amusement Expo 2016 has come and gone and as we find with any trade show, we come away with some videos of new games. If you live in the Western USA and didn’t get a chance to visit IAAPA the previous November, then this is a good event to attend. If you went to »
