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 »
On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label
Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order
While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t »
Pinball Brothers Bring PREDATOR Out Of The Jungle
Since it was first teased by the failed outfit Skit-B Pinball back in 2012, plenty »
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Wheel of Fortune Pinball by Stern
At AMOA 2007, Stern unveiled it’s next pinball table, Wheel of Fortune. WoF Pinball is looking to re-introduce certain aspects that haven’t been seen in pinball games for some time. The cabinet itself fits
Read More »Pinball Returns! – Hardcore Gamer Magazine Issue 28 out
It is always a privilege to write for a game magazine – especially where you have some leeway in what content you choose to cover. Not only can I do arcades, but pinball machines
Read More »Make a Joust Halloween costume
It’s October and that means at the end of the month, it’s Halloween. If you want something interesting this year, here is an ‘Illusion Ostrich’ costume that would only take a little extra work
Read More »Video – Arcade Warehouse raid, 2001
Now this is arcade heaven – video of a warehouse ‘raid’ in March 2001 by JWC, SteveW and Exidy (screen names of course – I used to correspond with JWC back in 2001 or
Read More »The Act has been cancelled
This is a depressing bit of news. A while back AH poster Metafox revealed an incredible new game that was headed to arcades known as The Act which took the original promises of an
Read More »Segaworld Videos
Received a DVD today with a promo video and an independent video of the corporate hospitality available at the late Segaworld Trocadero, from our contact at Sega Amusements Europe, Justin Burke. These video are absolutely golden. It scares
Read More »Retro Games @ Nottingham Festival
After Edinburgh, Nottingham is fast becoming a cultural contender for the arts, with so many festivals running back to back and attracting worldwide attention. International and UK premieres from the world’s top dance troupes
Read More »Spiderman Challenge
Still waiting to play this latest Stern table, hopefully Preview? [via Barcade] Stern Pinball is hosting the 2007 IFPA-AMOA Pinball Championship at the AMOA International Expo Show in Las Vegas. The Championship will
Read More »The Stinger Report – Record Number of Incidents in Amusements in August
[Via The Stinger Report] This last August was the worst month in history for the international amusement sector, not in terms of sales, but in injuries and deaths as is reported in the lastest
Read More »Now that's cool – the Transparent pinball machine
[Via Gizmodo] I’ve seen a transparent Ms. Pac-Man cabinet before but even that pales in comparison when you imagine how much work it would take to make a transparent pinball machine. Based on the
Read More »Play Mechanix hiring
Have you ever wanted to work for a game company that creates arcade titles? Well now might be your chance as Play Mechanix (Big Buck Hunter, Aliens: Extermination) is looking for a game programmer.
Read More »The Last Starfighter on HD-DVD = old arcade goodness in high-def
OK so it’s not really the purpose of this blog to write about movies, but I have to comment on what I got in the mail yesterday. Last week Universal released The Last Starfighter
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