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Small Town Politics: Coin-op Arcade Wins Fight to Open
[via Game Politics] This is more like it, power to the arcades. Although I am slightly annoyed at the people protesting it’s opening, it’s not like they were trying to open up a 24 hour strip/night club now, is it? Clyde McClain of Crowley asked the council to grant him a permit to open »
New Features To The Site
I’ll keep this post short and sweet, but just thought I’d let you know of a couple of new features to the site. RSS Feed – (About time too) we can keep you up to date with the latest arcade news without you ever having to visit the site again! Location Reviews – Currently this includes »
Make A Preview Date – Big Response To Gaming Act!
Not long to go now until we get to see some of the industries latest offerings. [via Coin-Op News] Once again, there has been record-breaking pre-registration take-up from all over the world for this year’s London Preview show on 10/11 October. Italian visitors lead the board, closely followed by Germany, Ireland, Spain and »
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Pinball from Stern
[Via Coinoptoday.com] Stern’s latest pinball endeavor focuses on Dale Earnhardt Jr., one of the most popular Nascar drivers today. Designed by Pat Lawlor’s team, this pin will have a unique design where it features a racetrack on the pin table that by using magnets it will allow the pinball to race around the »
Sega News
This is officially the best day so far for the Arcade Heroes. Justin Burke, the Marketing and Promotions Manager for Sega Amusements Europe got in contact with me today to tell me about thier Distributors Day which they recently held and also to tell me of a few new Sega products to look out for »
20 Difficult games by Gamasutra – a few arcades mentioned
[Via Joystiq] Arcade games are supposed to be hard. That is just something we all understand, accept and like as arcade gamers. They test your skills, endurance and will-power but hard games also don’t bode too well with mainstream gamers, who either avoid hard games or buy strategy guides when they buy the game and »
BeatmaniaIIDX15 DJ Troopers Dated
The only time I ever see these machines are at shows, and even then I won’t dare play them because I end up looking completely useless next to the pro players that they always have on the Konami stands. Anyway, it’s good to hear there’s another Beatmania on the way, I can definately appreciate the joy of these »
New Taito Driver!
Stay tuned to Arcade Heroes for any more information we come across on Taito’s latest offering. Looks like this is the week of the street racer announcements. First Sega Race TV and now this, although judging by the title of the game “D1GP Total Drift Game Arcade” this could be more in the vain of ID4? As »
RaceTV by Sega
[Via The Stinger Report] A new arcade racing game by Sega, called “Race TV” has been sighted in a location test. It is expected that this is one of two big launches by Sega at JAMMA in September. It is safe to assume that this uses the Lindbergh hardware and personally I am wondering »
Now Hiring…
For any of you arcade heads out there that want to get into the industry, and live in the Glen Ellyn IL area, then why not head over to Play Mechanix and check out the jobs section. Play Mechanix is seeking to fill the following positions: Online Arcade Game System Manager Linux System Administrator »
The Stinger Report – Flat Screens
The Stinger Report takes time to look at new technology influencing the video amusement scene with the latest flat screen systems deployed in new, sleekly designed cabinets. From Konami’s initial 2001 design and from recent video pinball, to newly designed conventional cabinets that borrow their originality from the replacement of CRT displays. Among these »
Help Us, Help You..
As an independent, dedicated arcade blog with very few one contact within the industry [Thanks to The Stinger Report], it can be hard to come across good stories before some of the mainstream consumer gaming blogs do. What I’m suggesting is help us, help you. Any news, stories, events that you want to spread the »
