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EAG 2016 Photo Round-Up – New Arcade Games
One of the first big stories that Arcade Heroes had ran shortly after the site had launched was about a big trade show that takes place in London every January. At the time it was known as ATEI; these days it is called EAG. Thanks to some of our great readers out there, here »
New Arcades: Moonwalker; Cobra Arcade Bar; The Quarter Barrel; Shelter Arcade Bar; Sunshine Pinball; Super Bario
I can’t recall a post quite like this that covers this many new arcade locations in one shot. From new ‘pure’ arcades to bar/arcades to those looking to open, it has everything except for a new FEC. Thanks to Michael Louie for the links on all of these excepting the Super Bario – we’ve got »
New For Videmption: Timberman Arcade by Magic Play
In case you hadn’t noticed, the trend that is ‘so hot right now’ in the arcade market are videmption games and on top of that, porting mobile games to the arcade for a larger screen experience. We’ve discussed several this year alone – Ghostbusters, Galaga Assault, Sonic Dash Extreme, Angry Birds Arcade, Crossy Road »
Konami’s Disney Tsum Tsum Gets a US Location Test as Tsum Tsum Arcade At Round1USA Puente Hills
Back in February during the JAEPO Expo in Tokyo, Konami had unveiled a unique videmption (or interactive vending) game, originally called Disney ZamZam, which was changed to Disney Tsum Tsum. I mentioned it briefly (scroll down most of the page to find it) but hadn’t really discussed it otherwise as it was figured that being »
Testing At Dave & Busters: Tekken 7; DDR 2015; Pokken Tournament & More
Just a quick post here to re-emphasize something that has been mentioned on the site but it could have been overlooked having come around on the weekend. The information that Kevin Bachuss of Dave & Busters provided through the Reddit AMA over the past four days has been very interesting and in several cases »
As you Contemplate The Rampage Movie, Here Is A Weird Pac-Man Dance Video
When I heard about the Rampage movie today (starring Dwanye Johnson, AKA The Rock), I wasn’t sure if that warranted a post but then Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report sent me this link where Bandai Namco Entertainment did to promote the IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo that took place last week. Apart from the »
Newsbytes: Yoshimitsu; GTI Asia Taipei 2015; Wahlap; NTG#43
Good weekend everyone and to the mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow. My mom is not a gamer by any means but she put up with my little obsession, among other things that moms put up with from their kids 😉 BTW – A new Arcade Heroes Podcast is on the horizon later »
Time Crisis 5 To Debut At EAG2015
I have never been to any of the trade shows in London but always in January there is an event or two that focuses on arcades and related amusements. It was through coverage on that back in 2007 that I first had discovered this blog actually, since everyone on the AH staff was located »
Alien Pinball Announced + Checking Out The The Autumn Coin-Op Show (UK)
‘Tis the season of tradeshows, as new product aims to grab the attention of operators. I was sent a few pictures of “The Autumn Coin-Op Show”, attended by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report & the DNA Association. Here’s a quick look at what was on hand: With recent pinball expos, announcements have been »
The Search For Bouncer Arcade
One thing that pops-up with arcade gaming are cases of prototypes that never “see the light of day” on the wide market. This has happened various times over the years, even in recent times with games like Robo Restle, Block People, or K.O. Drive. Often these show up on some location tests and maybe »
Tekken 7 Begins Location Testing in Japan
Not surprising news on this one since in Japan, companies will regularly use location tests as a way to both market and publicly test their arcade games out. For those that want to get their hands on Tekken 7, they jsut have to show up at one of the facilities that happen to be »
The New Arcade & Pinball Games As Seen At EAS2014
Among the trade shows that take place around the world, there is an IAAPA run event called EAS, which stands for the Euro Attractions Show. This year’s EAS started a couple of days ago in Amsterdam and it wraps up today. It is a runner-up to the larger IAAPA event that happens in Orlando »
