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The Zone Dome As An Arcade Display
A short time ago, I mentioned an interesting new product by the name of Zone Dome in a weekend news collection post. I couldn’t find out if this was designed to also work in
Read More »Article: Looking At VR From A New Perspective
The video game world is teasing with VR once again but it is hardware that still has plenty of potential in the arcade/amusement space. A year ago this month saw the release of the
Read More »Videos From IAAPA 2013 + More Details on Congo Bongo
Generally speaking, the week after IAAPA is not one with a lot of news. A lot of people are traveling in the US for Thanksgiving and for a lot of companies in the business,
Read More »Alterface Launches Vanguard For The 5Di Gamebox
In 2011 we ran a brief story about a “5D” multi-player theater called Alterface. They create interactive motion theaters and “dark rides” (usually interactive indoor roller coasters or rides). To try and summarize what
Read More »Sega’s Wonderful Simulation Games Over The Years
On June 6th 1964, Sega began selling arcade games. They had been in business prior to that dealing with vending machines but they recognized the value of electromechanical amusements at the time. This path
Read More »Sega’s Orbi Unveiled as A Virtual Zoo Amusement Facility
For the past couple of years I’ve seen some issues made about a trademark requested by Sega by the name of Orbi. A very small minority of fans made some pretty broad assumptions based
Read More »Namco To Open 200 Amusement Centers For Teenage Girls (UPDATED )
Update: Yes this was an April Fools joke. I had wanted to do another one again but that didn’t come together but fortunately Namco decided to do one. There is a notion about arcades/amusement
Read More »Namco Opening New Theme Park In Tokyo This Summer; JAEPO Website Launch
Newsfeed 1280 via For our first Stinger newsfeed of the year, they pointed us to a story about the development of a new Namco Bandai indoor theme park that is set to open its
Read More »Past Glory: The Sega Super Circuit Amusement Setup
Taking a look back at one of Sega's interesting ideas from 1989, Sega Super Circuit
Read More »What is IAAPA?
Thanks to some great coverage Arcade Heroes has received this year, we have a lot of new readers here. If I haven’t welcomed you already, then I offer a welcome now. I hope you
Read More »A Look At the Past, Present And Future of VR
Newsfeed 1190 & 1191 via As a kid I remember hearing news that a new facility had opened its doors that was all about Virtual Reality. I can’t remember the name of the place
Read More »The Bionic Bopper Cars
Newsfeed 1135 via Here’s a type of amusement device we don’t see too often. In particular this device is called the Bionic Bopper Car. It takes the concept of rock’em sock’em robots and applies
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