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The Act: an Interactive Movie on Location Test

April 30, 2007, 3 Comments on The Act: an Interactive Movie on Location Test

The Act is an attempt at revitalizing the “interactive movie” arcade game made popular by games like Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace in the 1980s. The Act attempts to do this by fixing the one problem that these games always had: direct control. Instead of using a joystick and buttons to tell the character »

World's Greatest Pinball Player '06

April 7, 2007, No Comments on World's Greatest Pinball Player '06

The IFPA have crowned Keith Elwin as World’s Greatest Pinball Player for 2006, the first ever recipient of the ” World’s Greatest Pinball Player” accolade following the formation of the IFPA’s rankings in April last year. The award is given to the player with the most WPPR points at the end of the calendar »

Silent Hill – The Arcade Game – Japan Location Test

April 2, 2007, No Comments on Silent Hill – The Arcade Game – Japan Location Test

Please bare in mind than this is translated from Japanese to English through Babelfish, so excuse the inaccurancing in the wording etc. – ‘ The silent hill arcade ‘ it went to the location test In it is the location test which “AM サントロペ Ikebukuro” starts from yesterday, but it tried going right away. »

Pro Evo Arcade Location Tests

March 5, 2007, No Comments on Pro Evo Arcade Location Tests

  Konami is currently trialling an arcade cabinet in the UK based on the hit Pro Evolution Soccer franchise. The two-player Pro Evolution Soccer Arcade Championship is being tested in two locations in London, with the intention of launching more coin-op units later this year. The cabinet uses e-Amusement cards, which allow players to »

Sega Quiz game on test.

December 18, 2006, 1 Comment on Sega Quiz game on test.

Everyones seems to be getting in on the whole quiz / brain training craze at the moment. Sega have just recently put on test a quiz game called “Answer x Answer” in an Akihabara  arcade. Hit the link for a roughly translated description of this new arcade quiz game. Location Test Japan »

Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

October 16, 2025, No Comments on Blue Motion Games Launches 2-Player Versions Of Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam

Last year about this time, we unveiled that a new company by the name of Blue Motion Games would make their debut to the industry at IAAPA 2024. A few months after that, they arrived at Amusement Expo 2025 with two premiere titles: Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam. Both were large 4-player games intended »

exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

October 15, 2025, No Comments on exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades

While exA-Arcadia usually waits for trade shows and video game-related events to announce brand new games, that isn’t always the case. Today, the company has revealed a major anime license is coming to arcades, so let’s take a look at what they are doing with Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact. Before we get »

Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo

Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo

October 11, 2025, No Comments on Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo

Though arcade news has been on the slower side out West as things still gear up for IAAPA next month, over in Asia there was recently a major gaming event that had some arcade representation. For those unfamiliar with it, the Asia Game Festival is held as part of the CICF Expo, and is »

New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

October 10, 2025, No Comments on New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

It has been a slow start to October, but as the month moves on, we will start getting more IAAPA news. We’ll break some of the first of that fast with several new arcade games out of Alan-1, UNIS and Ace Amusement/Amusement Source International (ASI). Stay tuned to the site as we have even »

Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

October 4, 2025, No Comments on Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent pieces of news from around the arcade and pinball worlds into one digestible article. It’s been a little while since the last of these, so there is a fair share of content and stories that has built up since »