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Location Watch March 2026: The Latest Arcade Openings Across The World
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Amusement Expo 2026: The Full Rundown
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Otomedius launched in Japan
I almost missed this earlier today. Konami’s latest well-endowed anime girl shooter is now available in Japan, bringing with it side-scrolling shmup action – along with a touch screen. The chances of seeing
Read More »What Have We Been Playing This Week….
Shaggy -Warlords (Arcade) -Halo 3 (360) -Pac-Man CE (360) -Quake 1 (PC) -Jill of the Jungle (PC) and The Act soon! Twisted Supreme -Animal Crossing (DS) -Sonic Rush Adventure (DS) -Tetris (DS) -Super Tennis
Read More »LightSpace Features New Pricing, More Games
I can’t believe that I overlooked this as I have been quite interested in the idea of LightSpace in the arcade, I have even talked with the company about purchasing one. There is a
Read More »The Act Conversion Kit purchased!
Recently we mentioned that Cecropia, makers of the coin-op title called The Act had cancelled that game for the arcade market. I was pleased to find out however that a number of kits were
Read More »London Show Scoops Another Award
Big congratulations from Arcade Heroes to everyone involved in the exhibition, I have to agree that it’s a hell of an achievement to beat the likes of the BBC and Microsoft. [via Coin-Op News] Just months
Read More »London Preview Flashback – 2004
[Thanks to The Stinger Report and via Insert Credit] This articles makes for good reading, and as far as I’m concerned you can’t beat a look back in to the past, weather it be 4
Read More »Edge Arcade Article By The Stinger Report
Hit the thumbnails below to check out this great piece by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. Great to see some arcade coverage in a magazine that never has any, but advertises it on the front
Read More »Arcade Flyer Archives up for sale in 2008
Found something interesting while looking through one of my news site scanners – the curator of The Arcade Flyer Archive is going to be selling off a huge portion of his collection to continue
Read More »A look back at Preview '04
It is interesting to take a look back at earlier arcade events and see what has changed and what has stayed the same. Via Kevin Williams of the Stinger Report, he points out an
Read More »London Preview 2008 Picture Pack and RaceTV
By Youtube User SegaNaomi, some more pictures of what was seen at the ’08 preview. They aren’t as high quality as the ones we have below from The Stinger Report, but if you can’t
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