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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

October 31, 2010, 6 Comments on Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these days, the fad of adding zombies to pretty much every game type imaginable. Some games are built specifically around zombies, »

DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

October 29, 2010, 7 Comments on DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

We have known about the existence of Pentavision Global’s DJ Max Technika 2 game for some time now but it wasn’t 100% clear as to whether the game would be getting a US release or not. The first DJ Max Technika didn’t garner huge sales in the US but it did see big player »

Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

October 26, 2010, 10 Comments on Dance Dance Revolution X2 coming to the US in December

Betson Enterprises has just issued a press release and it holds good news for US DDR fans. Japanese players have been enjoying the latest iteration of DDR since July this year and come December, it will be officially released in the US. The game has seen extensive and “very successful” testing at an FEC »

Arcade Aid updated, plus new arcade art exhibit in NYC

Arcade Aid updated, plus new arcade art exhibit in NYC

October 24, 2010, 1 Comment on Arcade Aid updated, plus new arcade art exhibit in NYC

We’ve got two separate stories to start the week off with here first being a follow-up to part of the TRON Legacy viral marketing campaign. Remember Arcade Aid? It has been greatly updated to V2 and it now includes up to 167 titles for you to try and figure out, up 110 from the »

The Golden Tee at the bottom of the world

The Golden Tee at the bottom of the world

October 22, 2010, 3 Comments on The Golden Tee at the bottom of the world

Here’s a palette cleanser to start the weekend of with – a story from Incredible Technologies about servicing a Golden Tee 2005 game found in one of the most unlikely of places for an arcade game –  Antarctica. Specifically, the game is found in the rec room of McMurdo Station, the largest scientific base »

Official release announcement for Namco’s Dead Heat

Official release announcement for Namco’s Dead Heat

October 20, 2010, 6 Comments on Official release announcement for Namco’s Dead Heat

While we talked about the release of Namco’s latest game, Dead Heat just a couple of posts ago, Namco America has an official announcement for the release that they would like to share. This includes details on game features, including the innovative “social networking” feature (which is not related to Facebook or Myspace). Dead »

Stinger Web Seminar on Interactive Attractions

October 20, 2010, No Comments on Stinger Web Seminar on Interactive Attractions

Newsfeed 942 via If you have listened to the latest Arcade Heroes podcasts (which I need to start doing again) then you should already be familiar with Kevin Williams, director of KWP Limited whose expertise, insight and knowledge of the industry is unparalleled.  Here is a new online seminar by Kevin on the FEC »

Teacher aiming to set DDR Endurance record for charity

Teacher aiming to set DDR Endurance record for charity

October 18, 2010, 2 Comments on Teacher aiming to set DDR Endurance record for charity

Konami Europe has sent along a press release detailing an upcoming attempt by a school teacher to set a Guiness Book of World record on a Dance Dance Revolution X2 machine on October 23rd. He plans on playing for 13 hours, with the difficultly increasing every five hours. Beyond looking to set a record, »

Trailer for Sega Card Gen MLB 2010

Trailer for Sega Card Gen MLB 2010

October 14, 2010, 3 Comments on Trailer for Sega Card Gen MLB 2010

There is one thing we have been waiting to see from Sega about their Sega Card Gen MLB game – a video of it in action. Had I made it to AMOA09 I could have captured some footage but I skipped that show in favor of IAAPA and Sega didn’t bring the game to »

Sega teases IAAPA line-up with several new games

Sega teases IAAPA line-up with several new games

October 9, 2010, 6 Comments on Sega teases IAAPA line-up with several new games

The next big show to feature new arcade products, IAAPA, is a little over a month away and as we get closer to the event, companies are beginning to tease the products that they will be bringing along to the show. Sega has sent out a press release teasing their line-up of games and »

2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results

2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results

October 6, 2010, 1 Comment on 2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results

This past weekend the Big Buck World Championships took place in Chicago and when the dust settled, players walked away with a total of $50,000 in prizes. Two of those players won $10,000 each, one for the Big Buck Hunter Pro Tournament and the other for the Big Buck Safari Tournament. Play Mechanix also »

The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms

The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms

October 5, 2010, 2 Comments on The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms

Newsfeed 940 via As video games have aged, the number of people who collect the old stuff has increased and we see more articles discussing the community behind the collecting. A strong collectors community exists behind pinball as well but they differ a little in helping drive new pinball sales on some level. Here »