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Amusement Expo 2011 – Videos

arcadehero March 2, 2011 4

As usual, I went to Amusement Expo 2011 with a camera and here are the results. I won’t claim to be a professional cameraman by any means but I hope you enjoy these anyways.

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Initial D6 Arcade Stage and Super Monkey Ball Ticket Blitz Promo trailers

Initial D6 Arcade Stage and Super Monkey Ball Ticket Blitz Promo trailers

arcadehero February 25, 2011 1

Sega has a new arcade racer coming out next on the 3rd but for some strange reason, they didn’t give the game any booth space at AOU2011. That game is Initial D Arcade Stage

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SSFIV Arcade Edition staying arcade exclusive?

SSFIV Arcade Edition staying arcade exclusive?

arcadehero February 24, 2011 5

Andriasang has an interesting bit of news today, concerning Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition – apparently Capcom has decided to keep the AE content and balancing in arcades and will not be bringing

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Winnitron 1000 Arcade cabinet coming to GDC’11

Winnitron 1000 Arcade cabinet coming to GDC’11

arcadehero February 23, 2011 4

Newsfeed 1010 via If you have an indie game you want to get out in public, then it can be a daunting task to be noticed as there are many games to choose from.

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Fighter news: Koihime Dream Arcade Edition & more Tekken Tag 2

Fighter news: Koihime Dream Arcade Edition & more Tekken Tag 2

arcadehero February 13, 2011 1

Newsfeeds 1,001 & 1,002 via Since we have some similar news to look at sent to us by The Stinger Report, I am going to combine a few of these items into one post.

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Billy Mitchell opens the King of Kong Arcade

Billy Mitchell opens the King of Kong Arcade

arcadehero February 10, 2011 47

The quest for the high score to the Donkey Kong arcade machine was made famous by the documentary, The King of Kong, A Fistful of Quarters. Thanks to that film, the rivalry between Billy

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EAG 2011 – Full report

EAG 2011 – Full report

HeavyElectricity January 26, 2011 6

The January trade show season is always exciting, isn’t it? New games, lots of people, general excitement. For a few days, a part of London is all about the amusement trade. This year, however,

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EAG 2011 video

HeavyElectricity January 25, 2011 7

HeavyElectricity went to EAG and brought back some video! It’s a little too late to write up my usual lengthy show report, so here’s the rather less usual highlight video to tide you over.

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Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Versus Kits coming soon

arcadehero January 25, 2011 6

Alternate Headline: Capcom finally comes to their senses. The biggest issue I have had with SFIV and SSFIV arcade editions has been Capcom’s way of handling the release. Instead of creating a couple of

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Edge Magazine Jan ’11: Coin-op feature

Edge Magazine Jan ’11: Coin-op feature

HeavyElectricity December 31, 2010 8

Those guys over at Edge are a funny lot. Every month, “coin-op” is printed on their front cover, and every month the actual level of coin-op coverage remains zero. This has not gone unnoticed,

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New trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2

HeavyElectricity December 24, 2010 1

Namco’s latest trailer for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 shows that a lot of progress has been made since we last saw the game, back in November. New backgrounds have replaced the featureless stages from

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Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post

arcadehero December 16, 2010 0

As I need to catch up a little on updating the website here(updates might still be a little spotty over the next few days), I am going to combine a couple of Stinger Report

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