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Midway’s Unreleased Arcade Prototypes of the Past (Part 1)
UPDATE: Part 2 can be found here. It’s been a long while since we did an arcade prototype overview in regards to a single company and with news all but dried up this weekend due to the first major traveling holiday in the US this year, I figure why not take a look at »
Weekend Reads: Pokemon Game, Music video, Light-Gun Game Ban, DNA Seminar
UPDATE: Rebuttal piece to The Boston Globe on the violent arcade games issue added below It’s been a really slow news week but overall its seemed slow in other areas too, at my own arcade its a far cry from where it was just a month ago. That is normal as the post-Christmas doldrums »
What is IAAPA?
Thanks to some great coverage Arcade Heroes has received this year, we have a lot of new readers here. If I haven’t welcomed you already, then I offer a welcome now. I hope you have enjoyed our coverage of the arcade industry seeing how sparse it can be out there. From now until November »
40 Years of Arcade Games – Part 2(1990-2012)
So the 40 Years of Arcade Games post to celebrate Atari’s 40th anniversary had so much content on it that I had to split it up to keep the post from crashing. See Part 1 here if you haven’t already! The content is split up between tabs. Click on the tab you want and »
Firefly: The Arcade Game Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Short-Lived TV Show UPDATE
We have unveiled many firsts on brand-new games coming to the arcade industry – H2Overdrive, Justice League: Heroes United, Sega Rally 3, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade, Terminator Salvation, and many others. So I’m glad to once again present to you the next cool game you will be able to enjoy later this »
What’s coming to AOU2012 (Part 1)
Newsfeed 1162 & 1163 via If you didn’t get a fill from the EAG show last week then never fear, another arcade trade show is just around the corner, this time in Japan. The Amusement Operators Union or AOU, takes place every February and often has some surprises in store for some of the »
Newsbag: DNA Conference Moves Date; Darius Burst goes to iOS, Sound Voltex Booth release
I know posting has been inconsistent lately and I end up doing these variety posts but that will change shortly as I have completed moving my own arcade and I should be opening my doors this morning. I will have to do a post about the experience which has eaten up my time over »
Catching up on the news: David Foley Plea Deal, AC/DC Pinball release, VF5 tournament
I apologize about the lack of stories lately – it’s partly my fault as I have been busy moving my arcade location (which still isn’t complete yet but we are closed at the old location, need to resolve a few things with the new one) and that has taken up all of my time. »
ReRave Goes International
I have been sitting on two press releases for upcoming rhythm arcade title, ReRave by Step Evolution and Coast-To-Coast Entertainment. Not because I wanted to but it’s been crunch time for me at the arcade and today in fact we are closed and will be moving machines. That’s another story but I’ve been so »
Sega testing sequel to Card Gen; Wangan 4 out in Japan today
More arcade news from Japan today, first from Sega. This is an unusual case – originally back in 2009 Sega first debuted a new concept called Sega Card Gen MLB 2010 at a US trade show known as AMOA 2009. It was a baseball game that combined a touchscreen with specially designed baseball cards »
Konami launches an arcade community site, e-Amusement Gate
Newsfeed 1134 via As an effort to provide Japanese gamers with a portal for everything revolving around their arcade games, Konami has launched a new site that focuses on bringing game information, player rankings, discussion with mobile device support together to support the players. It’s only for Japan (which isn’t much of a surprise »
DNA Conference slated for US Debut April 26th 2012
Earlier this year in London, a single day conference was held that was all about the digital out-of-home entertainment sector, hosted by site partner Kevin Williams of KWP Limited. Topics were covered that apply to the arcade industry as well as any others that provide some sort of entertainment not intended for the home. »
