EVO Japan 2026 Day 3: Other EVO Arcade Happenings
EVO Japan 2026 is now completely over and done with, and as is tradition by »
EVO Japan 2026 Day 2: More Arcade Fighting Games From exA-Arcadia
The second day of EVO Japan 2026 has now long concluded, so it is time »
EVO Japan 2026 Day 1: exA-Arcadia Unveils New Arcade Fighting Games
May is here and so is EVO Japan 2026, which means that we have some »
April Trade Shows: GTI Southeast Asia (Malaysia); ARE (UK); TAGE Expo (Taiwan)
In the recent past, April hasn’t always been home to many (if any) amusement trade »
SNK Announces The King Of Fighters ’98 Is Returning To Arcades Via exA-Arcadia
SNK has been busy as of late, announcing a new Metal Slug and the AES+ »
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Flynn’s Arcade as it is now
I love the movie Tron. Sure it’s far from a perfect film but it’s hard to resist the combination of video games and other computer stuff. In fact it’s Tron that has influenced me
Read More »What have we been playing….
A game I wish I was playing is Street Fighter 4, but hey I can’t have it all so I’m staying focused and working my way through my pile of shame. Shaggy on the other
Read More »Arcade Extinction Vs Revolution
(I tried to put a picture up but WordPress is having issues yet again and it’s not working) Here is an interesting contrast we find about the arcade scene in it’s current state from
Read More »Poll: Which new arcade Fighter are you most excited for?
I’ve mentioned before that 2008 would shape up to be an interesting year for arcades and so far it certain has become such. With recent game news coming out of AOU we see a
Read More »Shrek Pinball Prototype
[Via BMI Gaming] Thanks to an update to one arcade distributor’s website, we finally have an idea of what the very limited Shrek Pinball game will look like. This picture is just a prototype
Read More »AOU 2008 ends on a high note and AOU Booth Babes
(Image via Famitsu) AOU 2008 is over now and one thing is certain – there is still plenty of interest in arcades despite the presence of the Nintendo Wii in people’s homes. The lines
Read More »Site News – Temporary Email Change
Have been having some problems with our Google mail account so have reverted back to our Hotmail account for the mean time. So any news, tips or stories please send them to arcadeheroes@hotmail.co.uk. Or
Read More »The Luna City Tour & Interview
A few weeks ago we picked up on a story on Kotaku aboutLuna City, Peter Hirschberg’s private 80’s arcade wonderland. Well now up on You Tube is a interview with the owner himself. Best
Read More »Location Review – Kingpin Bowling Lounge, Sydney
Some of you may remember that I was over in Sydney for Christmas and I mentioned that I visited a few arcades whilst I was out there. Well here is the first of two long
Read More »Pac-Man Coasters
So I have been away for a few days, and have just about caught up with everything that has been going on at the AOU (thanks Shaggy). Pretty cool stuff, I’m still mega excited
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