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Newsbytes: Sega Theme Park News; Photobooth Nabs Thief; Ballspark; NTG#74

February 13, 2016, 4 Comments on Newsbytes: Sega Theme Park News; Photobooth Nabs Thief; Ballspark; NTG#74

This Valentine’s Day weekend post is approved for 1-2 players: Sega Looks To Expand on Their Theme Park Business – (Thanks to Stingray Travel for the tip) – News has come along that Sega is very interested in expand the theme park portion of their company. It’s too early for details at this point other than »

New Releases: The Hobbit Pinball; Galaga Assault

New Releases: The Hobbit Pinball; Galaga Assault

February 12, 2016, 1 Comment on New Releases: The Hobbit Pinball; Galaga Assault

February generally isn’t a time where a lot of  new releases take place in our business but that doesn’t keep them from ever happening. New Games For The Modern Arcade Market The Hobbit Pinball – If there was an exact announcement about this game shipping out I missed it but from a number of »

Newsbytes: Silverball City, 1996, Space Invaders Skill Slots, NTG#73

Newsbytes: Silverball City, 1996, Space Invaders Skill Slots, NTG#73

February 6, 2016, 5 Comments on Newsbytes: Silverball City, 1996, Space Invaders Skill Slots, NTG#73

Happy weekend arcaders! News has begun to pile up finally so perhaps we are out of the doldrums of Winter…in that regard. Let’s get to it: Silverball City Coming To Johnson City, TN In April – Here is an upcoming new arcade alert – if you are in or near the area of Johnson City, »

Bandai Namco Building A New Star Wars Battle Pod Location Directory

Bandai Namco Building A New Star Wars Battle Pod Location Directory

February 2, 2016, 7 Comments on Bandai Namco Building A New Star Wars Battle Pod Location Directory

Today Bandai Namco Amusements sent out the following e-mail, looking for information on where to find Star Wars Battle Pod arcade games out ‘in the wild’: To owners of: Star Wars: Battle Pod and Star Wars: Battle Pod Flat Screen Edition  With the record shattering success of the new film, Bandai Namco Amusement America »

JAEPO 2016: Capcom Keeps Attack On Titan Arcade and Cytus Omega Alive

JAEPO 2016: Capcom Keeps Attack On Titan Arcade and Cytus Omega Alive

January 29, 2016, 2 Comments on JAEPO 2016: Capcom Keeps Attack On Titan Arcade and Cytus Omega Alive

The next big trade show that is on the arcade calender is JAEPO 2016. This is the major trade show for the arcade/amusement industry in Japan every year, so expect to hear a number of interesting announcements in the coming weeks. Capcom’s Current JAEPO Line-Up Among the first of those have come from Capcom. »

New Arcade Watch: National Video Game Museum (Frisco, TX); Press Start (Rapid City, SD)

New Arcade Watch: National Video Game Museum (Frisco, TX); Press Start (Rapid City, SD)

January 21, 2016, No Comments on New Arcade Watch: National Video Game Museum (Frisco, TX); Press Start (Rapid City, SD)

Thanks to Michael Louie for the great tips on new locations opening their doors out there, we have two locations to highlight today. National Video Game Museum – Frisco, TX: Below is a news report from Fox4News in Texas, showcasing the National Video Game Museum finding a permanent home in the city of Frisco. »

Eleetus Announces Availability of Project CARS For Their ‘Motorsport’ Motion Platform

Eleetus Announces Availability of Project CARS For Their ‘Motorsport’ Motion Platform

January 15, 2016, No Comments on Eleetus Announces Availability of Project CARS For Their ‘Motorsport’ Motion Platform

We have covered motion simulator companies before, generally due to their presence at tradeshows like IAAPA. At previous IAAPA events, one US-based company by the name of Eleetus has shown off their equipment for commercial buyers to grab and they are in the news with some new software for their hardware platform. That hardware »

The Unreleased Arcade Concepts Of Amazement Machines

The Unreleased Arcade Concepts Of Amazement Machines

January 9, 2016, 2 Comments on The Unreleased Arcade Concepts Of Amazement Machines

Prototype and unreleased concepts have always been fascinating to me, particular in the video game arena. There are a plethora of reasons as to why a product might not ever make it out of the door. For all of the work that go into these games, it is a real shame if we never heard »

New Arcades: Moonwalker; Cobra Arcade Bar; The Quarter Barrel; Shelter Arcade Bar; Sunshine Pinball; Super Bario

New Arcades: Moonwalker; Cobra Arcade Bar; The Quarter Barrel; Shelter Arcade Bar; Sunshine Pinball; Super Bario

January 6, 2016, 4 Comments on New Arcades: Moonwalker; Cobra Arcade Bar; The Quarter Barrel; Shelter Arcade Bar; Sunshine Pinball; Super Bario

I can’t recall a post quite like this that covers this many new arcade locations in one shot. From new ‘pure’ arcades to bar/arcades to those looking to open, it has everything except for a new FEC. Thanks to Michael Louie for the links on all of these excepting the Super Bario – we’ve got »

Stern Pinball Announces Spider-Man Vault Edition

Stern Pinball Announces Spider-Man Vault Edition

January 4, 2016, No Comments on Stern Pinball Announces Spider-Man Vault Edition

Sometimes there is a new game announcement this early in the year and today happens to give us one from the pinball side of things – Spider-man Vault Edition. The news was broken via IGN.com, which has additional images and the statements from Stern about this release. If you are asking what a ‘Vault »

Newsbytes: 2015 Review; Games Turning 40; Brad Fuller Passing; NTG#70

January 2, 2016, 3 Comments on Newsbytes: 2015 Review; Games Turning 40; Brad Fuller Passing; NTG#70

It’s 2016 and I hope that everyone had a great week with the turn of the year. 2015 was really good for my own arcade business and I have heard reports from a few others that they also were seeing strong earnings. Granted I do know there were a few locations that unfortunately closed last year »

The Top 10 Posts On ArcadeHeroes.com For 2015

The Top 10 Posts On ArcadeHeroes.com For 2015

December 28, 2015, No Comments on The Top 10 Posts On ArcadeHeroes.com For 2015

It’s the end of the year so once again it is time to look back over the past twelve months to see what news was big on everyone’s minds. And since it is possible to look up the exact statistics of how many views each post received over the year, we can make a »