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Website news: Ownership change
Just a brief piece of news regarding the website here that involves some changes behind the scenes. The ownership of Arcade Heroes has now switched over to me (Shaggy) from the previous owner. I have been a writer for the blog since early 2007 and I plan to keep writing as long as I »
More details unveiled for the R3Play UK gaming expo
News via About a month ago, we discussed a new gaming event that will be coming to Blackpool, UK called R3play. The organization has unveiled further details as to what to expect at the event, which amounts to an overdose of gaming goodness. Do you like consoles? They are promising over 300 of them »
A rundown of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2010
After almost a week of waiting, we finally have a more in-depth look at what went on at the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2010 in Taiwan this past weekend. To show us what was there, Youtube user HawTian posted three videos but unfortunately they are nauseating slideshows that zip along with a picture a »
Space Paranoids now playable
The arcade game that never was really an arcade game is finally playable, as “Encom” releases Space Paranoids Online. If you are unfamiliar with Space Paranoids then there is another reason to pull out the 1982 cult classic TRON. If you are familiar with it, then it’s been a long time coming to this »
See pinball wizards prove their skills at the upcoming World Pinball Championship
Via The pinball festivals and competitions just keep on coming and this month it’s International Flipper Pinball Association’s turn to host a world-class tournament. They do so every year, with last year’s event taking place in London, UK and this year the championship is headed to Cokato, Minnesota USA. I’ll let some of the »
A few more games out of China (which may or may not be at GTI Expo 2010)
With the Game Time International 2010 event underway in Taiwan right now, we were hoping to have a better idea of what is at the show. But details are sketchy so I took some time to look around and I found a site which lists a bunch of games associated with the GTI Global »
Initial sales numbers for Terminator Salvation arcade
Guitar Hero Arcade sold 2000 units in 90 days. Big Buck Hunter Open Season sold 3000 units in 90 days. Silver Strike Live sold over 3000 before it was released due to pre-orders. (Before anyone accuses us of favoring one company over another in reporting numbers like this, we can only report what companies »
Warlords spiritually returns with FORCE
I am fortunate to own an Atari Warlords cocktail machine. It was long a “holy grail” of mine as I always enjoyed playing Warlords on the Atari 2600 as a kid and with the arcade version being superior, I really wanted to have one. It was the most expensive classic game I have ever »
Challenge Arcade announces "World Record Weekend II" competition this December
If you are a competitive arcade gamer then this announcement should give you plenty of time to prepare for a tournament coming up this December, called World Record Weekend II. The event will be held at the Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, PA, Dec. 3rd-5th. You might recall that Challenge Arcade was the first arcade »
DJ Max Technika 2 location tests in South Korea
Pentavision’s DJ Max Technika 2 was recently seen on a location test in South Korea and a couple of sites (Bemanistyle.com and Ruliweb.com) have the rundown on what the sequel will bring to the table this time around. As you might recall, the first DJ Max Technika was voted as the Game of the »
Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich
Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming. When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating around in the development cycle, which were subsequently canceled and were lost to the knowledge of the public. Fortunately, there »
Blast from the past: When Arcades used to make more money than movies did
Remember the golden age of games when arcades alone used to make money hand over fist, making about three times more money in a year than movies did? Good times. Take a trip down memory lane (or in my case, discovery lane as this was written before I was born) in this old newspaper »
