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Arcade Review: Play Port in Erie, PA and what Arcades are doing for Halloween
I recently had a chance to visit Play Port in Erie, PA. For those not familiar with this arcade it runs on a pay per person model, and the cost is $10 at the door. Playtime is unlimited during the weekdays but on weekends is limited to 3 hours per person. Playtime includes all »
Sega Amusements Unveils Initial IAAPA 2015 Line-Up
With IAAPA 2015 approaching fast, companies are beginning to lift the veil on what it is that they are brining to the show. Sega Amusements usually like to keep a few things under wraps as “surprises” and this release as posted to their Facebook page mentions: “We’ll have 9 NEW games at IAAPA 2015, »
Newsbytes: China Expo; Arcade Music Vid; And More
Happy weekend everyone. Today’s newsbytes were cut into smaller portions with a bigger punch of vitamins for a healthier you! GTI Asia China Expo 2015 – In previous years we were sent a lot of pictures from a big amusement/arcade trade show in China called GTI Asia China but this year I have been »
Newsbytes: Round1USA In San Jose, CA; Various Pinball news items; Big Buck News
Insert something clever about the weekend here! For some news roundin’ up: Round1USA San Jose Grand Opening Sep. 4th. – It was supposed to have opened already but thanks to inspections and those sorts of things, the new Round1USA location at the Eastridge Mall in San Jose, CA has pushed their grand opening back »
Play Mechanix & ICE Team Up For Angry Birds Arcade – D&B Exclusive Through Labor Day
During the recent Reddit AMA with Dave & Busters Senior VP Kevin Bacchus, he mentioned a couple of times that they would have a new game on test “soon” that was also his current favorite, a spot ahead on his personal favorites scale of Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod. We now know what game »
Newsbytes: NEON FM Alternate; Konami Tests Museca; A Nickelcade Closing
Thanks to E3 this week, there was very little arcade news to discuss but I was able to scrape together the following to fill in the middle of your weekend. Also in the US – Happy Father’s Day to any Dads out there! NEON FM Asia – Unit-E Technologies showed off a new build »
The Grand Master 2015 Arcade Testing In The US June 13th-14th
(Thanks to Abe Navarro for the tip) About a month ago, news came along that a new entry into the famous Tetris: The Grand Master would be finding its way to the arcade scene but it would remove the Tetris license(not sure why that is, since the company produced 4 games with the license »
Newsbag: Videmption, Pinball, New Locations and More
In North America, our winter nightmare has come to a close with Spring finally here. For the arcade business, in my particular situation, that has seen the typical slowdown that occurs when people can go out and do activities they were not able to do for the past several months. For news, I suddenly »
Newsbag: Dave Corriveau Passing; Stinger Report; Amusement Expo
Well it is not every newsbag that it lands on a holiday. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Bonus: It is also the birthday of Ken Masters from Street Fighter II, who would be 50 years old today if he were real. 😛 With JAEPO soaking up most of the headlines, today’s newsbag is going to »
IAAPA 2014 Day 2: Star Wars Battle Pod, Showdown, Jurassic Park, Pump It Up PRIME 2015,Candy Crush Saga + More
UPDATE: Part 2 of Day 2 can be found here. / Check out Day 3 here! It’s been the subject of many posts here on Arcade Heroes and today the IAAPA 2014 trade officially kicked off with the tradeshow floor portion opening the doors for attendees to check out. I arrived later in the »
The Strange, The Unusual And The Surprising Arcade Cabinets of Huataibaishun Ltd.
(Sent in by Kevin Williams of ) The arcade market of China never ceases to amaze and today you will get a look at some arcade cabinets that should fulfill that amazing requirement – for good or for bad. The company in question this time is listed as “Guangzhou Huataibaishun Animation Technology Co., Ltd” but »
World Cup 2014: Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years
Back in 2002, I was in Brazil when the World Cup was taking place. The Winter Olympics had already happened back home but being in Brazil, I barely heard that event being mentioned. For World Cup 2002, it just so happened that the Brazilian team won the Cup for the fifth time and it »
