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

September 30, 2009, 7 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, 10 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. »

Round-up from the JAMMA show (updated)

September 17, 2009, 3 Comments on Round-up from the JAMMA show (updated)

Since I don’t have the opportunity to visit the JAMMA show in Japan, we have to rely on what other sites are showing us in regards to what is going on over there. Thanks to several Japanese game websites, here is a run down of what has been going on at JAMMA. Sega launches »

Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season

September 17, 2009, 1 Comment on Raw Thrills'/Play Mechanix unveil Big Buck Hunter: Open Season

While a vast majority of news about new arcade titles has been coming out of Japan lately, AMOA is almost here and that means some game news from outside Japan for a change. This is regarding a software upgrade for one of the biggest arcade hits in recent memory, Big Buck Hunter that will »

Brent Sales bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! and PUTT: Championship Golf to Europe

September 15, 2009, 6 Comments on Brent Sales bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! and PUTT: Championship Golf to Europe

Good news for our European readers, in case you were wondering when Namco would be bringing Tank! Tank! Tank! to Europe. Brent Sales has sent out a press release stating that they will be showing the game off at the London Preview next month and will be distributing the game to certain countries on »

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 »