Search results for "tron" »

More info on the future of Super Street Fighter IV for arcades

October 22, 2009, 1 Comment on More info on the future of Super Street Fighter IV for arcades

Today Kotaku had a post regarding the possibility of the new Super Street Fighter IV getting an arcade release, stating how it would be easy to do so, if they really wanted to do it. Arcade industry consultant and AH contributor Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report enlightens us with some extra details on »

Skee-ball celebrating it's 100th anniversary at IAAPA this year

October 22, 2009, No Comments on Skee-ball celebrating it's 100th anniversary at IAAPA this year

When IAAPA rolls around next month there will be plenty to celebrate in the amusement industry but one thing that is already catching some attention is the 100th anniversary of skee-ball, which will be receiving special honors at the show. Skee-ball has been a stalwart in the out-of-home entertainment sector since it was invented »

Arcade Heroes Podcast #9

October 21, 2009, No Comments on Arcade Heroes Podcast #9

Kevin Williams joins me again as we discuss the newest releases that AH has covered in the past couple of weeks, including discussions on Sega Racing Classic, the new gesture-motion sensing games that are in the works, a little bit of pinball discussion and most of the time we focus on what was seen »

A few more details on BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

October 20, 2009, No Comments on A few more details on BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

The details continue to trickle out on the new BlazBlue update and there is one thing that is worth noting in this as we hear from AH contributor, Aaron Auzins: “Location testings in the Kansai and Kyushu regions of Japan: Osaka – Oct. 24-25 Fukuoka – Oct. 31-Nov. 1 This testing will mark the »

Arcade love at the VGXPO

October 16, 2009, 1 Comment on Arcade love at the VGXPO

AH contributor Aaron Auzins recently had the chance to attend the VGXPO in Philadelphia and here he discusses what kind of attention arcades got at the show. ——— “The previous weekend featured the annual Video Game eXPO (VGXPO) show in Philadelphia, marking the fifth straight year the consumer-based gaming culture show has been held. »

Konami releases GTI Club – Supermini Festa in Europe

October 7, 2009, 6 Comments on Konami releases GTI Club – Supermini Festa in Europe

Fans of Konami’s GTI Club can finally look forward to actually playing the game that was seen last January as Konami and Electrocoin demonstrated the final release version of the game, GTI Club – Supermini Festa at the FER Interazar exhibition in Madrid, Spain recently. As you can see above, the deluxe version varies »

Super Street Fighter IV *might* get an arcade release

October 3, 2009, 10 Comments on Super Street Fighter IV *might* get an arcade release

Oh boy, here we go. I for one will not be putting a lot of faith into Capcom for this until we see it. For more perspectives, AH contributors Kevin Williams and Aaron Auzins weigh in on the possibilities, after the jump »

Game releases for this week: Twisted, BBH: Open Season, GT2010 and in Japan, Tank! Tank! Tank! (updated)

October 3, 2009, No Comments on Game releases for this week: Twisted, BBH: Open Season, GT2010 and in Japan, Tank! Tank! Tank! (updated)

UPDATE: I forgot to add Golden Tee 2010 which was also released this week It’s been a little while since I did a “releases this week” post since news has been a little slow in that regard but this week there are a few titles that you can now start looking for in arcades, »

More details on Namco's new pirate-themed light-gun game "Dead Storm Pirates"

October 2, 2009, 11 Comments on More details on Namco's new pirate-themed light-gun game "Dead Storm Pirates"

UPDATE: Thanks to Aaron Auzins for the correct translation of the game’s name. I knew pirates was at the end of that but wasn’t sure about the rest so it’s good to have a name in English to call it now. A short time ago we found out that Namco has a new pirate-themed »

Arcade Heroes Podcast #8 – Discussion and new details on Dark Presence +more w/ Aaron Auzins

September 30, 2009, 8 Comments on Arcade Heroes Podcast #8 – Discussion and new details on Dark Presence +more w/ Aaron Auzins

Here is the next podcast and joining me this week was AH contributor Aaron Auzins. Aaron had the opportunity to visit a few arcade related sites in Chicago in August and in addition to visiting the Gameworks there and checking out several great games (including the new Sega Card Gen), he also had a »

Videos from JAMMA including Shining Force Cross,KOF Sky Stage, Giant Tetris, taito's table flipping game and more

September 26, 2009, 11 Comments on Videos from JAMMA including Shining Force Cross,KOF Sky Stage, Giant Tetris, taito's table flipping game and more

Who wants just still photos of an event when you can have videos? Sega’s Shining Force Cross. This is less like Gauntlet than I imagined it might be but it’s still cool. I really want a Gauntlet-like game for arcades again however. Sega’s Giant Tetris Taito’s Table pounding/flipping tantrum game also translated as “Ultra »

French player group working to build a classic game museum

September 22, 2009, 1 Comment on French player group working to build a classic game museum

With nostalgia for classic games stronger than ever, what better way to satisfy the need to play such games than with a museum built in their honor? In France, a group of gamers are working to do just that, as they go through the hoops to build a retro gaming museum in that country. »