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The History Of Sonic The Hedgehog At The Arcade
It is June 23rd and that marks a milestone in video gaming as one of the most popular game mascots turns 25 years old. That would be Sega’s speedy blue fuzzball, Sonic The Hedgehog. To celebrate the anniversary, let’s take a look at the various appearances of the beloved character in the arcade space »
Arcade Releases for 2016
The world of coin-op arcade entertainment is alive and well with new video games, videmption games and pinball tables being released through the year. Here you can track what is slated to hit venues around the world through 2016. Different regions are separated into the tabs below with video redemption (“videmption”) titles in their own snug »
Newsbytes: Play Mechanix Turns 20; MaxiTune 5 In The US; REVO; NTG#64
Happy weekend everyone. Due to a press release, I’ve broken this post up between two tabs, otherwise the main post content is below »
Mario In Arcades Through The Years
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the popular Super Mario Bros. video game launching on Nintendo’s first home console in the US, the NES. Nintendo recently launched this page to celebrate 30 years of Super Mario but I noticed some glaring omissions – his stints in the arcade. Seeing how the character got »
Big Buck Game Wardens Now Out And About Promoting Big Buck HD
As you’ve seen, news has been pretty slow the past week but as we head into the last week of April, we finally have something. Arcade developer Play Mechanix has launched a new program to promote their popular Big Buck Hunter series with the Official Big Buck Game Wardens. Currently spanning various areas in »
Missing In Action: Maze Games
This week has been super slow for arcade news so this has given me some time to work on an article I’ve had floating in the queue for a while now. A few years ago I wrote some articles entitled “Missing In Action”, which focused on game genre that used to be popular in »
Countdown to IAAPA 2014: What To Expect
A week from today, the largest amusement related trade show in the world kicks off and with that, we will get some hands-on time with the latest and greatest developments to come to the out-of-home entertainment sector. On rare occasion something shown at a trade show will not be released but given the amount »
Storm Racer G and Storm Rider Now Shipping In Western Markets
At IAAPA 2013, Sega had a couple of games at their booth which were a surprise – two racing games that went by the names of Storm Racer G and Storm Rider. Developed by Chinese outfit Wahlap, Sega Amusements is taking charge of getting these games into distribution for the Western hemisphere and Europe. »
Megatouch Ceases Development/Production Operations
Here on Arcade Heroes we have rarely touched upon “bartop touchscreen games”. While they do fit into the out-of-home entertainment angle, they are an oddball, at least among other options that can go into a bar. That said, they have been a very popular oddball in the past but it seems that time is »
Review 2013: New Arcade Openings/Closures
This has been a slow month for news, although in part I’m sure there are items I have just overlooked as I’ve been busy handling many other things in life and business (and several snow storms). As we reach the end of 2013, here is a look back at some stories that involve the »
IAAPA 2013 Pre-Game Show
The time has arrived for the biggest arcade & amusement trade show of the year and as an advance of what you can be looking for in our coverage on AH over the next few days, here is the IAAPA 2013 preview. This is based on the best information we currently have, with some »
Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did not realize that until I saw a message on Facebook from Taito. Here is what they had to say: “It’s our birthday!! 60 years ago today, in 1953, TAITO (then the Taito Trading Company) »
