LAI Games Releases Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars To All Arcades
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Location Watch July 2025: New Arcades Open For Business Across The World
Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes »
Earthion EXA LABEL Blasts Its Way Into Arcades
Yuzo Koshiro’s latest piece of gaming art is now available for players to enjoy, but »
New Arcade Releases From East To West – UNIS, Ace, Superwing & More
We’re a little ways past the Chinese amusement trade show AAA 2025, and the question »
Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar
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Another industry vet passes away – Steve Kaufman
This is the second death in the coin-op industry that I’m sad to report in the past couple of weeks. Steve Kaufman passed away last night after a two-year battle with cancer. He started
Read More »"Altar of the Unnamed" feature film to include Funspot Arcade
The Funspot Arcade in New Hampshire has made quite a name for itself – it’s the place to go for several arcade events and is even attracting some filmmakers to the business, such as
Read More »i-Mockery.com's 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets in Game History
I never personally cared much for top “Insert Your Desired Item Here” lists as you never can agree with them completely. This particular list has things I don’t agree with (Crystal Castles has such
Read More »Street Fighter IV confirmed for arcades (again)
Well we already reported this a little while ago through an entry on AM.Net but now the major news source IGN is finally confirming that Street Fighter IV will see an arcade release. No
Read More »The Max Experience
Here is another early motion simulator, the Max Experience. It was produced around 1984 or 1985 by a company called Amusement Technology (Amtech) out of Asbury Park, NJ. This strange device designed for both
Read More »Location Video – Time Out, Valley Fair Mall Utah, USA
I dropped by a local mall today and armed with my low quality digital camera made a brief recording of Time Out, a very small arcade at the Valley Fair Mall in West Valley
Read More »New Street Fighter 4 Character Revealed – Crimson Viper
From Famitsu magazine and scanned on NeoGAF, here is the first new character from Street Fighter 4. I have to say I agree with Kotaku when they say that this new character looks very SNK. What
Read More »Some Delightful Arcade Trash Talking
So I’m back from my month long holiday and what better way to get back in to the swing of things than this hilarious, and be warned, foul mouthed video of some arcade trash talking!
Read More »Namco also prepping for a big ATEI '08 – new Raw Thrills' title announced.
We’ve already heard from Sega and Konami so it was only a short time before Namco threw their hat into the ring of what to expect from them at ATEI. From the press release
Read More »ASI 08 to hold tournaments and be open to the public for 4 hours
At this years Amusement Showcase International 2008 event (March 27th-29th in Las Vegas, NV) they are going to attempt something that they never have done before – allowing the public to take a glimpse
Read More »One city mulls plugging plug on arcade permits due to bad wiring
Ever since arcades became a business that people could make a decent return on, cities and operators have been at odds many times and because of the negative perception some people hold against arcades,
Read More »The Hot Seat Arcade system of the 1980s
Here is another obscure simulator to ponder. The Hot Seat was a motion based simulator produced in the mid 1980’s. This simulator did not come with any dedicated game, its intention was to be
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