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More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

November 24, 2010, 1 Comment on More content announced for Taito’s NESICAxLIVE arcade; Haunted Museum 2 announced

Since Taito announced their new NESiCAxLIVE system for arcades, we’ve been eagerly waiting to see how it will work out. The release date for the system hasn’t arrived just yet (it’s only a few weeks away) but there are some new content announcements for the platform worth talking about. If these continue and the »

IAAPA 2010: Tecway/Belrare, Golden Dragon

IAAPA 2010: Tecway/Belrare, Golden Dragon

November 19, 2010, 2 Comments on IAAPA 2010: Tecway/Belrare, Golden Dragon

Well after spending most of my day uploading videos, the video part of our IAAPA 2010 coverage is coming to a close for now. But as I mentioned already we still have a few more things to go through as well as expected video from other sources to look forward to, perhaps grabbing a »

IAAPA 2010: Sega

IAAPA 2010: Sega

November 19, 2010, 2 Comments on IAAPA 2010: Sega

The first batch of IAAPA 2010 videos from one manufacturer that I have been able to upload are from the Sega booth, who had quite a substantial number of new games on hand to show off. Watch the videos below for the details; here is what we have footage of that you can look »

IAAPA 2010: Microsoft Kinect integrated into legal arcade cabinet by Quasimoto Interactive

IAAPA 2010: Microsoft Kinect integrated into legal arcade cabinet by Quasimoto Interactive

November 18, 2010, 5 Comments on IAAPA 2010: Microsoft Kinect integrated into legal arcade cabinet by Quasimoto Interactive

I have been able to upload my first video taken from IAAPA 2010 and the first thing I’ll share that was a big surprise at the show is Quasimoto Interactive’s Let’s Kinect coin-op cabinet. Quasimoto previously had the Game Gate VU, a coin-op cabinet that allows operators to install a modern game console on-site »

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in 2011 + Dragon Ball Heroes video

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in 2011 + Dragon Ball Heroes video

November 13, 2010, 9 Comments on Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in 2011 + Dragon Ball Heroes video

Newsfeed 955 via What you see above is the official logo for the next installment of Namco’s technical arcade racing title, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4. Unfortunately, the logo and a release date of sometime in 2011 is all we know about the game for the moment, but at least it is official. It »

New Pump It Up TX cabinet debuting at IAAPA

New Pump It Up TX cabinet debuting at IAAPA

November 12, 2010, 2 Comments on New Pump It Up TX cabinet debuting at IAAPA

The pre-IAAPA news keeps on rolling, now with news from Andamiro regarding their popular Pump It Up game series. The company has announced that they will be showcasing a new cabinet design at the expo, a configuration called “TX”. The TX model features a 50″ screen (it is not mentioned whether it’s plasma or »

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 »

Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

November 9, 2010, 6 Comments on Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

We have been following the development of the independently made arcade title Friction for a couple of years now and I’m happy to pass along the latest information about the game, coming to us from Coast To Coast Entertainment. Before I get to that press release, here are some links to our previous coverage »

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

November 6, 2010, 1 Comment on Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right now. First, make sure you read through our exclusive look at the behind-the-scenes work on Sega’s GRID Arcade. We rarely »

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

November 5, 2010, 4 Comments on EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

Arcade Heroes is proud to bring you an exclusive behind the scenes report on the development of GRID! Please note that the video and many of the shots in this article are from the game’s testing phase, and may contain differences from the final version. Many thanks to Patrick Michael, Peter Harrison, Martin Wood, »

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

November 4, 2010, 2 Comments on How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a coin-op arcade title called Reflec Beat. The latter is sticking to Japan/South Korea for the moment but who knows if »

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

October 31, 2010, 3 Comments on Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these days, the fad of adding zombies to pretty much every game type imaginable. Some games are built specifically around zombies, »