Japan Arcade Updates: Resident Evil 2/Biohazard RE:2 Arcade; Cotton Rock With You; StarHorse Party
While we wait for Amusement Expo 2026 to get going in Las Vegas, there have »
February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with »
LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now »
New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing »
Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized »
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Sega Sammy Japan suffers loss in profit, arcade division included
It’s sad to say that all is not well in Sega land right now, with the company suffering a net loss of $505 million where last year they had been making a decent profit.
Read More »New Asian venue with focus on "Eatertainment"
It’s no secret that the idea of “Eatertainment” – a restaurant venue that also seeks to entertain it’s clientèle with aspects other than just food, which may include arcade games. – is a valid
Read More »Arcade update 5/11 (w/video)
Here’s another update of my progress on my arcade store that I am in the process of creating, The Game Grid Arcade in West Valley City, UT, at the Valley Fair Mall. We’ve been
Read More »Some prizes to expect for Silver Strike Bowling 2009
(Click on image to enlarge) We have mentioned Silver Strike Bowling 2009 a few times recently, as Incredible Technologies has been making a large effort to make the game attractive with the number of
Read More »Huge warehouse find
While I had the opportunity to visit a warehouse full of games a week or two ago, I certainly don’t have the cash to get everything there. They also didn’t have many classics sitting
Read More »Crane games and lobsters
When it comes to bizarre games, Japan never fails to impress and in fact I found out about this crazy crane game at WeirdAsianews.com. This certainly classifies as weird (I’m sure not many people
Read More »Short footage of Counter Strike Arcade
Before I get too far along, for those that were unaware of this, Count Strike was brought to arcades in Japan a few years ago by Namco and is called Counter Strike Neo (a
Read More »The Big Buck Bowl
As I mentioned in the last post, I went to my distributor today to talk about games and some options and one thing we talked about was Big Buck Hunter Online. I did have
Read More »Another look at ASI 2008
ASI 2008 may have come and gone back in March but it’s still great when someone else shares their photos and thoughts on the the event, as Chris has done on his blog. He
Read More »IGS revealing new games at GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2008, will being releasing games in Latin America
When I went to ASI I was hoping to see something new from American Alpha, the US distributor of the Taiwan-based company, IGS. IGS has a particular flare for releasing games with 2D graphics and
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