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Left 4 Dead Characters & Better Cabinet Shot
Normally I wouldn’t spend a lot of post space on games that seem to be pretty much locked into the Japanese market but it’s a rather slow news week so here you go. Although who knows, I imagine there is a chance that a location like Round 1 USA might get their hands on »
What Was The Name Of That One Game? + Arcade Dominator Returns
Happy Saturday everyone. Nothing as far as “news” to speak about so I’ll just go with some fun items. Also if anyone cares, I’ve started a little blog on the side to talk about other stuff that doesn’t belong on Arcade Heroes that I’m calling Gaming Arcryphon. First, I’ll share three images from some »
Taito Unveils Left 4 Dead Survivors Arcade In Japan
I’ve been keeping an eye on this since Taito initially teased “Project Z” back in February and yesterday in Japan they began a press blitz to promote the upcoming game, giving us a first look at the cabinet. But first, a new video from Taito that they are using for that promotional effort: From »
California Venues: Ultimate Gaming Center Open; Powersurge Closes
Thanks to Edward Castillo for the tip, here is a little news regarding locations in California to discuss. First let’s talk about the closure. About 4 years ago I had a post here on AH about a venue that opened up in LA which attempted to do the arcade concept but without the coin-op »
Arcade Pics/Video From The 2014 GTI Taipei Trade Show
(Thanks to Rico Shen of Music Fantasia for the pics) It’s the time of year for GTI Taipei, which is a trade show for manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan to strut their latest arcade games and related-products. Unfortunately the name is shared with some car models, which makes finding media for the event a »
GlobalVR Announces Redline Rampage Gas Guzzlers Kit Release
It has been mentioned on the site here before so this is something that was expected to be showing up soon and today GlobalVR confirmed that their latest game is available now in kit form. Called Redline Rampage, it is a combat driving game based upon a European-created game called Gas Guzzlers. Where it »
News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’
This has been a slow month for arcade news, which is somewhat expected after several different trade shows threw their appropriate celebrations. But things are picking up today so here’s hoping that keeps up. Here is a little bit of news from Taiwan and a little bit from Japan. First off I just wanted »
Taito Promotes Rhythmvaders – Groove Coaster Arcade International Release?
For the past while, Taito’s main focus has been on NESiCAxLIVE content or promoting a rhythm game they’ve had out in Japan for some months now called Groove Coaster Arcade. That was based upon an iPad game which Taito arcadified with a huge screen and some unique controls. Taito has posted this video below »
Strong Museum Of Play Receives Huge Atari Donation; Nolan Bushnell On Potential Future Of Out-Of-Home Gaming; Sega’s Tom Keil Passes Away
A couple of semi-related stories here. UPDATE: I had this in a draft but for some reason my browser ate it and posted an earlier draft. Sorry about that. Tom Keil who worked for various companies in the arcade industry including Atari Games and most recently Sega Amusements has passed away. Here is a »
What Are Your Favorite Arcade Game “Easter Eggs”
One of those elements of gaming that can be fun to get into at times are finding “Easter Eggs”. These are defined as intentionally hidden elements in a game that maybe were an inside joke, a message that isn’t supposed to show up in the course of the game (in text or an image »
Stern Unveils Final Mustang Pinball Limited Edition Model
We all know that the latest game to come out of the Stern Pinball factory is Mustang Pinball and with this round of marketing for the game they showed off elements of the Pro and Premium models while keeping the more collector-centric Limited Edition model under wraps with “Top Secret” artwork. Here is that »
Start the Week With A Double World Record, Super Arcade Kickstarter, Alternative Controllers & More
Good morning everybody and here’s to a good week for you all around. Here are a few stories from the weekend to discuss so let’s get to it! The first two stories were sent in by The Stinger Report, which covers Stinger newsfeeds 1356-58 I saw mentions of this on Twitter when it started »
