Location Test Mania: Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot (Capcom/Bandai Namco); Pop’n Music (Konami); Forklift Frenzy (Bay Tek)
While it’s been a slow news period for the summer, that doesn’t mean that nothing »
Sega Amusements & 501 Entertainment Bring Interactive Mini Golf To Market
A few years ago, Sega Amusements broadened their horizons into social entertainment by partnering with »
July Trade Shows: Bowl Expo & IAAPA Expo Asia 2025
With July fully underway, it’s time to take a look at a couple more trade »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
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A family in Rapid City, SD opens a NASCAR themed arcade
(Photo credit: Dick Kettlewell of the Rapid City Journal) I came across this new article today detailing the opening of a new arcade in Rapid City South Dakota USA that discusses a family switching
Read More »When your game addiction goes too far
I just caught this story of a single father in Hong Kong who was arrested for child abuse of his 7 year old daughter. How did he abuse his child? By leaving her alone
Read More »Spongebob Squarepants Pinball
It seems that since Ultrapin came around, pinball machines with digital displays is starting to gain a foothold in the industry. I don’t believe that they will ever take the place of a real
Read More »Samurai Spirits Teaser Site
Back in Octoboer we reported about another fighter in the ‘Samurai’ series of games fron SNK that was in testing – it looks like another test is coming up in Japan (or it might
Read More »CP Pinball – keeping pinball alive in St. Louis
While finding arcades in some areas might be difficult for some (depending on your location), try finding an arcade dedicated more to pinball than video games. Now that’s an arduous task. I know of
Read More »Before Rock Band there was DrumMania/Percussion Master
Rock Band is the latest music instrument playing game available for consoles right now and personally I have played it and enjoyed it as it is a great game. I received my latest copy
Read More »Arcade Heroes Battle of the Week: T-MEK vs. Tokyo Wars
Hello all and welcome to the Arcade Heroes Battle of the Week! This is a new idea I just had and I think it would be fun to pit two arcade games against each
Read More »Update on my arcade
It’s been a little while since I posted about my arcade progress. For those that aren’t aware, I am working on opening up my very own arcade place. It has been an arduous journey
Read More »Black Spiderman pinball machine released
Stern Pinball issued a press release yesterday stating that the Black Spiderman pinball machine (that we first reported about in October) is now available in limited quantities. When they say limited, they really mean
Read More »Pixel Party – Art for the game room or personal wear
I’m always interested in finding something to spruce up the game room or arcade. These pieces of art from Pixel Party at Etsy.com seem to do the job, especially if you hold any affection
Read More »What Have We Been Playing This Week……
Sara -Spectrobes (DS) -Puzzle Quest (DS) -Lifesigns (DS) Shaggy -Tetris (Arcade) -King of Fighters 98 (Arcade) -Adventure 2 (Atari 5200) -The Orange Box: Half-Life 2 (Xbox 360) -Asteroids & Deluxe (XBLA) Twisted Supreme -Call
Read More »DreamAuthentics Katana arcade cab
I admit that one not so nice thing about arcade collecting are the size of the cabs – sometimes they just take up so much space especially with some of the MAME cabs out
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