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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UK Conservatives Want to Help Struggling Arcades
Now I have to admit I don’t usually vote. Frown all you want but the way I look at it is; who ever is running the country it will be run badly. That’s my
Read More »The Matrix Arcade cabinet
I could swear that I posted this a few months back when I first saw it but to my surprise it looks like I forgot to do it. Fortunately an e-mail I received from
Read More »Anti-violent video game laws brewing in state legislatures – what effect on coin-op?
In the world of video games, we’ve always had to battle negative and usually erroneous opinions regarding our hobby, especially when it comes to violent video games. There was a time when arcades were
Read More »Missing in Action: Scrolling Fighters
Missing In Action is a column where we take a look at genres that have all but disappeared in the arcade industry as light-gun games, racers and dancers have primarily replaced other types of
Read More »Tank Adventure and Drum Party
Here are a couple of new games that I discovered via Highway Games, called Tank Adventure and Drum Party respectively. Both games are in development by Tecway Development which is based out of Taiwan.
Read More »Forbes – Arcade Games Make A Comeback
This was spotted by the guys over at Barcade. Forbes has recently posted an article about the popularity of people buying old school arcade cabinets for thier home. I’m sure you’ll all agree;
Read More »Initial D 4 coming to PS3
Now I can only hope this comes out, outside of Japan because I haven’t seen much of Stage 4 in arcades over here (other than Trocadero). I guess I could always import it seeings
Read More »Moms get into fight over arcade game at Chuck E. Cheese
See, there is still love out there for arcade games. In this case so much love that two mums duked it out because one of thier kids was hogging it and the others kid couldn’t
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