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IAAPA 2010: Betson/Raw Thrills booth

November 19, 2010, 4 Comments on IAAPA 2010: Betson/Raw Thrills booth

Continuing with the IAAPA gravy train here, we have the Betson booth, which featured products from Raw Thrills, Play Mechanix, Konami and Chicago Gaming. Here are some of the new games they had on-hand: Big Buck World – Prior to this show, the only event where this had been seen was the Big Buck »

Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson IAAPA line-up announced with Big Buck World, new Frogger

Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson IAAPA line-up announced with Big Buck World, new Frogger

November 12, 2010, No Comments on Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson IAAPA line-up announced with Big Buck World, new Frogger

The Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson group has unveiled their line-up of games for IAAPA and for anyone planning on heading to the show, you’ll have plenty to check out. While most of the games on that list have been talked about here at Arcade Heroes, one title is certainly a surprise and that would be »

Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

October 30, 2010, 1 Comment on Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Thanks to for the information While we tend not to get into ticket redemption titles here on Arcade Heroes, the surge in video redemption games over the past couple of years has blurred the line enough for us to make an exception on these particular games. On occasion we see one with enough content »

Panda Panda and Black Sea: Strikes Back by Xinyu Games

Panda Panda and Black Sea: Strikes Back by Xinyu Games

October 12, 2010, 7 Comments on Panda Panda and Black Sea: Strikes Back by Xinyu Games

Lately it seems that when arcade news in the Japan/US/Europe part of the market slows to crawl, then we can take a look at what’s going on in China and something new is being done. Sometimes it’s not exciting when we see a straight clone or bootleg but when something a different/original comes along »

Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

October 1, 2010, 5 Comments on Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

If anyone was thinking that the arena for arcade racers was going to be cooling off anytime soon then they will need to think again as Raw Thrills has surprised us with a follow-up to their hugely successful Fast And Furious racing series. Entitled Fast & Furious: Super Cars (notice how they kept the »

Report: Namco/Brent open day 2010

Report: Namco/Brent open day 2010

September 24, 2010, 3 Comments on Report: Namco/Brent open day 2010

Tuesday was quite a busy day, to say the least. While I knew that I’d be visiting Sega for a product launch, I was unaware that Namco was also running an open day. Many thanks are due to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report for informing me of the event, and ensuring that this »

A look at the Sega and Namco/Brent Openday Events by The Stinger Report

A look at the Sega and Namco/Brent Openday Events by The Stinger Report

September 23, 2010, 3 Comments on A look at the Sega and Namco/Brent Openday Events by The Stinger Report

Newsfeed 928+929 via Yesterday, AH writer HeavyElectricity published the first part of his report on the Sega Amusements 2010 Product launch, where you can get a great preview at what Sega and Namco is bringing to market at the end of this year.  As it turns out, Namco/Brent Sales decided to hold a product »

Belrare’s Pop Moto brings motorcycle racing to the Chinese market

August 30, 2010, No Comments on Belrare’s Pop Moto brings motorcycle racing to the Chinese market

Newsfeed 914 via While we have mentioned Belrare’s Pop Moto/Dogfight Moto before, we haven’t really seen the game in great detail. It’s trying to make it’s mark into the growing arcade motorcycle racing market, where games like Harley Davidson, Nirin, Speed Rider 2 and Super Bikes 2 are also looking to grab some attention, »

Terminator Salvation 32" cabinet

August 11, 2010, 4 Comments on Terminator Salvation 32" cabinet

It’s been a few weeks since we first heard about the new Terminator Salvation arcade cabinet that has a smaller 32″ screen and mounted guns but except for a quick look on the AAMA Gala video, we didn’t have a really good look at the cabinet until today. Beston has issued a press release »

Racer by Sputnic

August 6, 2010, No Comments on Racer by Sputnic

Now here is a novel mixed reality idea for the arcade racing genre. Simply called Racer, a team called Sputnic has developed a game where a player sits down in an arcade racing cabinet, which then serves as a controller for an RC car that is setup on a cardboard race track. A camera »

Ideas for TRON arcade games in modern times

July 15, 2010, 2 Comments on Ideas for TRON arcade games in modern times

I’ve not made it a secret that I am very excited for the upcoming Disney movie TRON Legacy. Even though the original was not a perfect film, it has always been a favorite of mine and it implanted in my head the idea of being an arcade operator one day. Back when the original »

Pics from the show floor of DEAL 2010

May 14, 2010, 7 Comments on Pics from the show floor of DEAL 2010

Newsfeed 802 via While most of the attention towards expos has been going towards GTI lately, there was another expo that took place recently in Dubai that involved amusement products and that was the Dubai Entertainment Amusement & Leisure show or DEAL 2010 for short. Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report had the opportunity »