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Retronauts Talk Street Fighter
I am a massive videogame podcast listener and one of my favourites is 1UP’s Retronauts. This week I was pleasantly surprised that thier latest episode was all about the Street Fighter series which I highly recommend. Everything is talked about, from the fantastic Alpha series and the upcoming SF4 to the not so fantastic Street Fighter »
Stern Still Going Strong
The New York Times published a story that profiled small, entrepreneurial companies that are/have made changes to adapt to changing times and markets. One of these companies was the one and only Stern Pinball, read on….. Take Gary Stern, a second-generation pinball entrepreneur. In the early 1990s, about five companies in the United »
Tron and Battlezone CG cabinets by Peter Hirschberg
This has been fairly slow week without a lot of news to post about but don’t worry, we’re still here. I’ll put this post into a ‘time waster’ category but a cool time waster nonetheless (for you classic gamers anyways). Very nice 3D animation of the BattleZone and Tron arcade cabinets by Peter Hirschberg. »
Tron and Prince of Persia Coming to XBLA
Two new entries appeared on the ESRB’s updated list today, which sound like additional Xbox Live Arcade titles. Prince of Persia has been rumored to come to the Xbox 360 sometime and somewhat confirming this rumor is a listing for Prince of Persia Classic with Ubisoft as the publisher. Probably more left wing »
Retronauts talk Arcade
One of my favourite podcasts, Retronauts, based thier latest discussion (1/2/07) on the American arcade, past and present. It makes for an interesting listen, although I do think that they were a bit negative on today’s modern arcade »
Gotta Catch ‘Em All? Stern Pinball Officially Unveils Pokémon
The internet went all ablaze last week when Stern Pinball finally teased that their next major release would be the long rumored Pokémon, based upon the ultra-famous franchise of the same name. This did confuse a lot of fans who know nothing about pinball, which I sort of addressed here, but today, the company »
Wahlap Scores Top Honors While Launching Storm Racer 2 Worldwide
Today we have a sponsored post & press release from Wahlap, a continued advertiser here on the site. With Storm Racer 2 now shipping worldwide (with two sources having imported the game here in North America, Betson and Amusement Source International), and some industry awards they’ve collected, they are looking to build on that »
Location Watch January 2026: New Arcades Opening Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that shares new arcades which have opened their doors all around the world. January is usually a pretty quiet month for new openings in most parts of the world, but we have found numerous places that have started trading in the first »
Newsbytes: Atari Relief Pitcher Prototype; New Owners For American Pinball; Ski Hero & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2026. This is a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. The year has started off with quite a bit of news, which is hopefully a good sign for how the rest of »
Angry Birds Boom! 2026 Update Is Now Live
Before the IAAPA show last year, it was mentioned that Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix’s Angry Birds Boom videmption game would be getting a content update. This did appear at the expo, but it wasn’t 100% complete yet. Now, the update is live, so let’s take a quick look at what it’s all about. »
