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Today is Tetris' 25th anniversary, but let's not forget D-Day
I noticed that Google today is paying homage to the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest video games of all time – Tetris. Tetris of course has graced the arcades several times and it’s influence on puzzle gaming reaches heights that are hard to trace. I too tip my hat to the game »
My interview with Steve Ranck of Specular Interactive on H2Overdrive and more
A few months back Arcade Heroes was privileged to reveal H2Overdrive to the world and now I have done an interview with the man whose company is behind the game’s development, Steve Ranck of Specular Interactive. We go into more, never-before-revealed details on Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive upcoming boat racer and a few other arcade »
Taito reveals Top Speed, racing game with internet play
Taito has revealed a new racing game for arcades and while that news may not cause many heads to turn, certain features that are found in this game may. Taito is claiming that this is the first “real-time network multiplayer [coin-op] racing game” which means that you can race against other players online. Not »
Speed Driver 2 lands in the UK
It seems like London is a getting a lot of arcade love recently with different companies testing out games there. The latest game to show up is IGS’s Speed Driver 2, a 3D racing game that reminds me of Sega’s Initial D. I do like the cabinet design as it’s sleek and flashy – »
Robots conquer crane machines thanks to Robo Catcher
In Japan it seems that the crane machine is both an art and a science and it never ceases to amaze me as to what companies cook up for cranes there. I am a big fan of integrating robotics into the arcade scene and this latest “crane” machine does just that. Called Robo Catcher, »
Funspot announces the 11th annual Classic Video game tournament
We all know that Funspot is one of the coolest arcades on the planet and for the 11th time they are going to hold their big Classic Video Game Tournament. The tourney begins on May 28th and goes until the 31st. Admission is $30 which includes 175 game tokens and access to what is »
The 1st Sydney Pinball Festival
Despite the fact that there is only one pinball manufacturer around these days, interest in pinball itself doesn’t seem to be waning, if the number of pinball expos popping up around the world is any indication. The most recent festival that celebrates the game took place in Sydney Austrailia and Just One More Game »
New arcade releases this week: Nirin and Dance Dance Revolution X
My local distributor tells me that two new games are now shipping out to various distributors and thus will be showing up at different locations around the country within the next few weeks. First off, Nirin by Namco. I got a chance to play this at ASI and it was cool – the graphics »
King of Fighters 2002 gets it's own "UM" upgrade
Back in 2007, SNK announced that they would be updating the ever popular King of Fighters ’98 using more modern technology and they released the game in ’08 with the name King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match. Now SNK has decided to do the same thing for KOF2002, giving it an “Unlimted Match” upgrade »
Upcoming equipment spotlight shows by Betson
Betson Enterprises has sent us a couple of press releases detailing a couple of upcoming spotlight events for operators, the first two events will take place back-to-back in Oklahoma on May 12th and the 13th and then next month on June 3rd, they will hold another spotlight show in New Jersey. The shows will »
Move over Wii Sports – here comes Mocap Sports
While it might seem that Konami is a little late to the motion controller party, you also might recall that Konami pioneered the motion controller prior to the release of the Nintendo Wii (which has since taken credit for pioneering motion sensing in the minds of many people, which of course is false anyways in »
Terminator Salvation pinball to compliment TS Arcade?
In the very latest Stinger Report e-newsletter (which came to my e-mail after I had finished posting yesterday), we have word that Stern will create a pinball based upon Terminator Salvation later this year. As you might recall, we have reported on a rumor that an arcade company is working on a light-gun title »
