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GRID, Let's Go Island launching soon

August 11, 2010, 7 Comments on GRID, Let's Go Island launching soon

Sega Amusements UK has sent out invites to an upcoming product launch event and Kevin Williams shared with us what the invitation looks like.  6 new products are being launched there, including GRID which we first unveiled in June and Let’s Go Island which we have been hearing about throughout the year. I believe »

About Arcade Heroes

August 11, 2010, Comments Off on About Arcade Heroes

Social Media: Arcade Heroes Facebook / Arcade Heroes X / Arcade Heroes YouTube / Arcade Heroes Discord / Arcade Heroes Instagram Our main purpose: To report on news about the video arcade / pinball / out-of-home entertainment world. Our first goal is accurate reporting from first-hand sources, but we will occasionally include some opinion and observations »

2010 DDR US Championships going on now, finals in December

August 2, 2010, No Comments on 2010 DDR US Championships going on now, finals in December

Newsfeed 891 via Last year, Konami held tournaments across the US to find the best DDR player in the US. Those tournaments didn’t happen without some headaches but with those lessons learned, Konami is taking a crack at it again with the 2010 DDR Championships, which already began last month starting on the 15th. »

Namco unveils "Dead Heat" at the AAMA Distributor Gala

July 30, 2010, 2 Comments on Namco unveils "Dead Heat" at the AAMA Distributor Gala

Way back in March, we found out that Namco was testing a new racing game that was called Dead Heat Street Racing. I found out a little on the game at Amusement Expo but since then we have been waiting to actually see the game. Namco had the slightly renamed Dead Heat title at »

Screenshots for the new Darius and Pengo

July 30, 2010, 5 Comments on Screenshots for the new Darius and Pengo

Darius Burst Another Chronicle – sweet mother of awesome (click to enlarge, via Game Watch): Pengo. I thought this was going to be eight players on one cabinet but that doesn’t seem to be the case, at least for the moment. The location test connected four two player stations together.I know an 8-player cabinet »

Pengo returning to arcades, supports up to 8 players

July 30, 2010, 1 Comment on Pengo returning to arcades, supports up to 8 players

‘Tis the season of classic arcade remakes or sequels, or at least it seems that way. We have the excitement of a new four-player Pac-Man game, a new Darius and now we have another classic returning to arcades with Pengo. I never have played the arcade version of the original Pengo but I remember »

An update on Golden Tee Live 2011 and Incredible Technologies again named one of Chicago's best companies to work for

July 29, 2010, 2 Comments on An update on Golden Tee Live 2011 and Incredible Technologies again named one of Chicago's best companies to work for

We’ve got some Incredible Technologies news today and with that we’ll start off with the company winning an award. That award is from the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) who has named IT one of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. This is the third consecutive year the company has »

Taito bringing Darius back to arcades with Darius Burst Another Chronicle(Updated)

July 27, 2010, 7 Comments on Taito bringing Darius back to arcades with Darius Burst Another Chronicle(Updated)

Newsfeed 884 via It’s been a little over a week now since we learned that Taito had placed a new countdown webpage on the arcade side of their Japanese site, a countdown which at the time of this writing is set to expire in 2 days and 16 hours from now. But why wait »

Konami's "Love Plus Arcade" brings dating sims, creepiness to Japanese arcades

July 24, 2010, No Comments on Konami's "Love Plus Arcade" brings dating sims, creepiness to Japanese arcades

I have never seen a study been published on whether or not dating simulation video games actually improves ones behavior and/or chances with the opposite sex but either way such games have a following for some reason which eludes me. I find them to be on the creepy side, not like building your own »

Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars

July 20, 2010, No Comments on Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars

Namco America has announced a new software update for Tank! Tank! Tank!, and with it comes new content that gives players more to look for when they play the game. The update will give the game the software update which we first saw at Amusement Expo 2010. This includes the Bee-Bots(pictured above) and Octo-Giant »

Seen at Hollywood Bowl, UK – Beatbox Recording Studio

July 20, 2010, 3 Comments on Seen at Hollywood Bowl, UK – Beatbox Recording Studio

(Thanks to Kieran for the tip and photos) You might recall that back in 2009, Raw Thrills had been looking into releasing an American Idol game, where a person would record themselves singing, being put into a video and having that video sent via e-mail or burned to a DVD. That game was canceled »

Sega opens a new arcade in Yoyogi, Japan

July 12, 2010, 1 Comment on Sega opens a new arcade in Yoyogi, Japan

Newsfeed 865 via Sega has another arcade location they are adding to the roster, at least in Japan, with Sega Yoyogi (located in a district called, Yoyogi of course). There are 134 machines occupying 690 square meters of space, including their latest Ringedge titles such as Border Break and Prjoect DIVA Arcade. You’ll even »