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Pinball at ATEI

February 9, 2008, No Comments on Pinball at ATEI

In our coverage of the arcade goodness at ATEI this year it’s easy to overlook the presence of pinball at the show as it has a fairly small footprint, but it was there nonetheless and fortunately Pinball News was there to take a look at the meager but great offerings. Stern was represented through »

More Atarigames.com updates

February 8, 2008, 3 Comments on More Atarigames.com updates

I know I just mentioned some updates to the Atarigames website not too long ago but it looks like just a few days later they posted some more stuff that to anyone that enjoys arcade history could be considered a gold mine of information. So that’s why I’m bringing it up again as some »

Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

February 8, 2008, 3 Comments on Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

Cometh the Invader! The 30th Anniversary of ‘Space Invaders’ will play a major part in promoting the Taito empire over the coming months – the AOU show in Japan will be awash with celebrations. But before the corporate historians ‘whitewash’ the brand beyond recognition, The Stinger Report wanted to share the compiled time line »

Missing in Action: Space Games

February 6, 2008, 15 Comments on Missing in Action: Space Games

Over the next little while I am going to run a feature every now and then where I discuss genres which have been “lost” to arcades. Where these genres were once a proud part of an arcade line-up, they have all taken a back seat to the current primary genres of the arcade industry »

No Country for Old Arcades – Keystone II

February 2, 2008, 1 Comment on No Country for Old Arcades – Keystone II

Jared Reas of Gametap continues his journey across the country to check out great arcades that most of us would otherwise never hear about. In his latest article he visits Keystone II, an invite-only arcade in San Jose, CA that sounds a lot like Fight Club in the way that it works. With many »

New from IT – Silver Strike Bowling 2009

February 1, 2008, 1 Comment on New from IT – Silver Strike Bowling 2009

Incredible Technologies has launched a new website for their latest title, Silver Strike 2009: Bowler’s Club.  Building upon the same formula that has made other Silver strike titles so popular, SSB09 adds some new tournament features that seek to attract even more players to the franchise. With the last SSB title IT ran several »

Konami ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 31, 2008, No Comments on Konami ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More photos after the break)  Last of the big names is Konami. I have to say thier stand was a bit on the sparse side. Guitar Freaks  & Drum Mania V4 where present and attracting a lot of attention from players. Wacky Races also made an appearance on the stand, although, as I have said »

Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

January 28, 2008, 1 Comment on Namco Brent ATEi 2008 Impressions

(More pictures after the break)Next up in the ATEi 2008 round up is the Namco Brent stand, and of course as all of you will know they had two sequels to two of the most popular games. Now don’t get me wrong but I was a little pissed off as there was only one »

Naomi Bios Emulated, Sega Arcade Games Coming To A PC Near You

January 25, 2008, 1 Comment on Naomi Bios Emulated, Sega Arcade Games Coming To A PC Near You

I’m not a massive emulator fan. Don’t get me wrong I think it’s great, I just can’t be bothered downloading these things and getting them working. I’m too busy writing for this site 🙂 However this may change my priorities! [Disclaimer – arcadeheroes.com does not endorse this kind of activity] [via Kotaku] An enterprising »

Konami ATEi 2008 Videos: Wacky Races, Guitar Freaks V4 & Drummania V4

January 23, 2008, No Comments on Konami ATEi 2008 Videos: Wacky Races, Guitar Freaks V4 & Drummania V4

[Have now added Guitar Freaks & Drummania V4 videos submitted by  You Tube user “bigaloo”] Guitar Freaks V4 Drummania V4 Wacky Races   Now this one confused me. The game is made by Gamewax and Banpresto (Banpresto is owned by Namco, well that’s what I thought ?). However Wacky Races was on the Konami stand »

Global VR's ATEi 2008 Videos: Blazing Angels, Nascar & Americas Army

January 23, 2008, No Comments on Global VR's ATEi 2008 Videos: Blazing Angels, Nascar & Americas Army

So after a hectic day at the ATEi yesterday I am now faced with the daunting task of sorting through 5gb worth of photos and videos. I decided the best thing to put up first would be the videos, because I figure that’s what all you guys want to see right? Once all the videos »

Mini Galaga Arcade Cabinet

January 20, 2008, No Comments on Mini Galaga Arcade Cabinet

1st we had the giant arcade cabinet, now we have the mini arcade cabinet. [via Arcade Lounge] There’s a constant flow of great machines to come out of the ArcadeControls forum. The majority of them following the discussed tried-and-tested styles for aesthetic and comfort reasons. Now and again something a little more interesting appears. This »