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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, 1 Comment 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. »

Newsbytes: Joysticks Arcade Bar; Groove Coaster USA; Pinball

Newsbytes: Joysticks Arcade Bar; Groove Coaster USA; Pinball

January 23, 2016, No Comments on Newsbytes: Joysticks Arcade Bar; Groove Coaster USA; Pinball

For North America, snow is mostly in the news. Enormous snowstorms in the Eastern US happen every once in a while but either way hopefully you are all staying safe out there. In the meantime, let’s get to some arcade news! Joysticks Arcade Bar – Not every new arcade location lands on our radar »

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. »

Newsbytes: Disney Quest; Indies including NEON FM, VEC9, Skycurser

Newsbytes: Disney Quest; Indies including NEON FM, VEC9, Skycurser

January 16, 2016, 5 Comments on Newsbytes: Disney Quest; Indies including NEON FM, VEC9, Skycurser

We’ve got a bit of arcade news, especially for indie arcade developments going into this weekend so buckle up and let’s get to it! Disney Quest Not Closing Rumor – (Thanks to Michael Louie for this link) This story is a couple of weeks old but we haven’t heard the rumors confirmed nor denied »

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, 3 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

January 2, 2016, 1 Comment on Newsbytes: 2015 Review; Games Turning 40; Brad Fuller Passing

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 »

Arcade Releases for 2016

December 26, 2015, Comments Off on Arcade Releases for 2016

The world of coin-op arcade entertainment is alive and well with new video games, videmption games and pinball tables being released through the year. Here you can track what is slated to hit venues around the world through 2016. Different regions are separated into the tabs below with video redemption (“videmption”) titles in their own snug »