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Last week on Arcade Heroes
Another interesting week, last week. We got some good feedback on what you all thought of Sega’s RaceTV, we had news of a new Global VR game based on the 2006 console release; NFS Carbon, as well as a new mystery game coming from Signature Devices. Thanks to Shaggy for keeping the news flowing. Enjoyed my long Easter »
Konami's Jubeat could be a record breaker
Konami is really pushing forward in the coin-op game sector these days and if the trend continues they could upset Namco from the #2 spot. This will certainly be helped by the unique game Jubeat (pronounced “You-beat” BTW) which has just gone through initial testing in Japan. From that test, all indicators point to »
Reminder: ASI 2008 this week in Vegas
The UK had ATEI, Japan had AOU and now the US is going to have ASI. Known as the Amusement Showcase International, ASI is held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA and in addition to lectures for operators to help them improve their business, we’ll also get to see the latest arcade titles »
Missing In Action: Tanks, Planes, Mechs and more
Missing in Action is an editorial series that discusses the kinds of games that at one time were prevalent in arcades or the types of games that would make great arcade games but aren’t being made as the industry prefers light-gun, racing, standard fighting titles, etc. Previous articles have taken a look at Space »
A new arcade fighter – Dark Presence by Galloping Ghost Productions
It is rare to find someone willing to take the effort to produce their own arcade game. Most developers, indie or not prefer to bring their efforts to a platform like the PC or a console these days. So when I come across the rare instance of an indie arcade game development, I like »
Shaggy's Review: Blazing Angels by GlobalVR
I had the opportunity to play GlobalVR’s Blazing Angel’s arcade today so what better time to review than when the game is fresh in my mind? There are a few pictures in the review that I took with my camera phone so if you see a low quality shot, that’s where it came from. »
Income results on Japanese arcade games
One thing that operators always want to know about before buying a game is “Did it test well?”. Good testing generally (but not always) indicates how well a game will do elsewhere although publishers typically do not release the actual results of these tests – outside Japan. But in Japan such data is easily »
Big Buck Safari ready to go
(click to enlarge) Play Mechanix has updated their website with a cool picture that shows the production of their latest effort, Big Buck Safari. The team visited the production floor and snapped a picture – it’s quite an impressive thing to see all of those games in one place, ready to go out to »
2008 Texas Pinball festival
Do you live in Texas and love pinball? Then you’ll be happy to know that the 2008 Texas Pinball Festival is taking place this weekend on the 14th-16th in Grapevine, TX. Over 135 pins will be at the show, from new to vintage games all set to free play. On top of that they »
ASI 2008 promises prizes, events and new games
I am hoping to go to ASI 2008 in Las Vegas here in two weeks but it will depend on how much cash I can spare to go down there. Whether I make it or not it is not important although I would love to go and mingle with people in the industry, check »
Last week on Arcade Heroes
Last week we had mums fighting for thier kids to play arcade games, Japanese fighting to play SF4 (well the would fight if they weren’t so polite) and we had the Conservatives fighting for arcades. Hit the break to see all of last weeks stories. Moms get into fight over arcade game at Chuck E. Cheese »
Games we're glad to have missed: Tattoo Assassins
So it’s Saturday and naturally the arcade news spigot turns from “trickle” to “off” (or on occasion, “drip”) and it is fun to check out some of the strange things that have come along in arcades through the years. The game I am looking at right now is more than strange – other words »
