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Golden Tee to be featured at all Chicago Rush home games

February 28, 2008, No Comments on Golden Tee to be featured at all Chicago Rush home games

Before I get started I should point out that this article discusses American-football and not soccer (or what is called football everywhere else 🙂 ). In particular it discusses Arena Football, which is a different league than the NFL known as the AFL. From what I know, Arena Football is all indoors and has »

What have we been playing…..and a new member

February 27, 2008, No Comments on What have we been playing…..and a new member

I’d like to use this post to welcome our latest member to the Arcade Heroes team. HeavyElectricity has been a regular poster on our forums, so I hope you’ll join me in giving him a warm welcome to the team. HeavyElectricity  – Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (DS) – Gridrunner++ (PC) Shaggy -Warlords (Arcade) »

Battle Lines – Arcade Street Fighter IV Rocks GDC!

February 26, 2008, 1 Comment on Battle Lines – Arcade Street Fighter IV Rocks GDC!

From Kevin Williams comes this look at trends in the game console industry and certain issues they are facing there and a resurgence in interest in arcades thanks to Street Fighter IV. It also discusses the issues that mainstream gaming media happen to have when it comes to covering amusement. Enjoy! Battle Lines – »

Location Review – Galaxy World, Sydney

February 23, 2008, 6 Comments on Location Review – Galaxy World, Sydney

(More picture after the break) The second arcade I visited whilst I was in Australia, which was called Galaxy World, had a great selection of games. The most exciting for me had to be Stern Pinball’s Wheel of Fortune. This was the first time I had seen the game, or played it for that »

A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today

February 23, 2008, 1 Comment on A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today

Ever since Atari released Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 console, arcade ports have been something of a standard in the console industry. It becomes something of a conundrum however as console releases have been a problem for arcades as developers have begun releasing some titles on consoles shortly after the arcade release killing »

GDC Gamespot Street Fighter IV Videos

February 22, 2008, No Comments on GDC Gamespot Street Fighter IV Videos

Just came across these videos on YouTube by Gamespot (something tells me they would like the fact they are on YouTube) Each one is a nice little run through of each character, thier moves and their specials. Hit the break to see more . Chun Li Ryu Dhalsim [Discuss on the Forum »

Dave and Busters looking to reduce debt and exploring a sale?

February 21, 2008, 2 Comments on Dave and Busters looking to reduce debt and exploring a sale?

Fox Business reports that the arcade restaurant chain Dave and Busters has retained Jefferies & Company to reduce it’s debt and explore a possible sale of the company. According to the CEO of the company Steve King “The decision to engage Jefferies & Company and reduce debt is a direct result of our continued »

Flynn’s Arcade as it is now

February 20, 2008, 2 Comments on Flynn’s Arcade as it is now

I love the movie Tron. Sure it’s far from a perfect film but it’s hard to resist the combination of video games and other computer stuff. In fact it’s Tron that has influenced me to open up my own arcade. If you have seen the film then it’s hard to forget Flynn’s arcade seen »

What have we been playing….

February 20, 2008, No Comments on What have we been playing….

A game I wish I was playing is Street Fighter 4, but hey I can’t have it all so I’m staying focused and working my way through my pile of shame. Shaggy on the other hand is definitely hooked on Earth Defence Force.  Shaggy -Earth Defense Force 2017 (Xbox 360 – almost have all the achievements) »

Missing in Action: Puzzle Games

February 14, 2008, 1 Comment on Missing in Action: Puzzle Games

Missing in Action is an editorial mini-series we are running discussing genres that have all but disappeared in today’s arcade releases, taking a backseat to light-gun shooters or racers. We do not think that the arcade industry benefits from the lack of variety on the scene and would love to see some new titles »

Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

February 8, 2008, 3 Comments on Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary

Cometh the Invader! The 30th Anniversary of ‘Space Invaders’ will play a major part in promoting the Taito empire over the coming months – the AOU show in Japan will be awash with celebrations. But before the corporate historians ‘whitewash’ the brand beyond recognition, The Stinger Report wanted to share the compiled time line »

Missing in Action: Space Games

February 6, 2008, 8 Comments on Missing in Action: Space Games

Over the next little while I am going to run a feature every now and then where I discuss genres which have been “lost” to arcades. Where these genres were once a proud part of an arcade line-up, they have all taken a back seat to the current primary genres of the arcade industry »