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Another 10th anniversary to remember – the NAOMI

September 10, 2009, 4 Comments on Another 10th anniversary to remember – the NAOMI

While I missed yesterday’s celebrations around the net for the 10th anniversary of Sega’s Dreamcast console, Kevin Williams sends us a reminder of another 10th Sega-related and Dreamcast-related anniversary – the Sega NAOMI. I personally haven’t had the chance to own a NAOMI machine for myself (yet) but it’s impact on the arcade industry »

GT 2010 world premiere happening next Thursday in Ohio

September 5, 2009, No Comments on GT 2010 world premiere happening next Thursday in Ohio

Anyone who is anticipating the upcoming (Oct. 1st) release of Golden Tee 2010 will get a chance to see the game early as Incredible Technologies will host the GT2010 world premiere event at Boomer’s Grill in Mansfield, OH. According to the info IT sent out, “the Ohio media is coming out en masse to »

Big Buck Safari passes 5000 units sold

September 2, 2009, 2 Comments on Big Buck Safari passes 5000 units sold

I have mentioned before that we don’t often get sales numbers for arcade titles but Raw Thrills has had a few hits over the past year or so that they reveal such information on and this time we have word on Big Buck Safari. According to the press release they have now sold 5000 »

IT unveils more details on Golden Tee 2010

August 28, 2009, 1 Comment on IT unveils more details on Golden Tee 2010

We mentioned not too long ago that Incredible Technologies would be ramping up to deliver their most recent Golden Tee creation to the public and with that date fast approaching, they have begun to unload the details on what will make GT2010 different from past GT games. Skins makes a comeback, Jim Nantz and »

Popular Mechanics looks at the "11 things you didn't know about pinball history"

August 21, 2009, No Comments on Popular Mechanics looks at the "11 things you didn't know about pinball history"

How much do you know about pinball history? If you are a long-time pinball fan then you probably know a lot. Otherwise there are plenty of interesting and little-known facts about the game which I believe still should play an important role in arcades. Leave it to Popular Mechanics to look back at more »

A better look at the cabinets for Twisted

August 20, 2009, 4 Comments on A better look at the cabinets for Twisted

GlobalVR has sent us some shots for each cabinet design for their upcoming racer, Twisted. They have also sent along a small press release detailing the game although I don’t see anything new there at the moment (click on the post break for that). The standard cabinet (32″) uses the same cabinet as what »

Some shots from Super Battle Opera 09

August 20, 2009, No Comments on Some shots from Super Battle Opera 09

Super Battle Opera 09 has passed and with it come some pictures showing just how uninterested people can get in arcade gaming, like with these spectators. It stinks that if you lose, your expression of disappointment/failure gets recorded for the rest of eternity. Likewise if you win. Winners get set on fire! The only »

Taito shows off a new light-gun/music shooter, Music Gun Gun (updated)

August 20, 2009, No Comments on Taito shows off a new light-gun/music shooter, Music Gun Gun (updated)

Taito has another new light-gun shooter that they are showing off in Japan (the other being Elevator Action: Death Parade) and from this recent public demonstration of Music Gun Gun at one of Taito’s arcades in Japan, it looks like the game was interesting enough to grab some attention from the crowds passing by. »

This collection of arcade art is pretty groovy

August 20, 2009, 1 Comment on This collection of arcade art is pretty groovy

I always enjoy looking at the artwork that has been used on arcades over the decades and even though I’ve seen a lot of different art, there’s always something out there that you haven’t seen yet. The Stinger Report has pointed us to a site that has a small collection of arcade and other »

LAI Games' Textminator appears at the AAMA Gala

August 13, 2009, 1 Comment on LAI Games' Textminator appears at the AAMA Gala

It looks like there is a still a little bit of news to discuss about in regards to the AAMA Gala, with this recent press release that was sent out by LAI Games. You might recall that way back at IAAPA last year, LAI Games introduced a very interesting and unique coin-op title called »

New arcade in West Virginia – TJ's Arcade

August 10, 2009, No Comments on New arcade in West Virginia – TJ's Arcade

I’m finding it encouraging that we are seeing more news come around of new locations opening up in various places and the latest example of this opening trend is TJ’s Arcade in Mannington, West Virginia. Located on Main Street in that city, they opened on June 15th and have already stated that business is »

Arcade Heroes Podcast #6

August 3, 2009, No Comments on Arcade Heroes Podcast #6

It has been a few weeks since I last had the chance to create a podcast but last Wednesday, Kevin Williams and I were able to sit down and talk about what has been going on in the arcade world for the past couple of weeks. Some of the topics we cover: -Flynn’s Arcade »