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Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

Arcade news you can abuse for the weekend

arcadehero July 2, 2011 5

If you’re in the US then you are possibly travelling somewhere, or hosting visitors for the 4th of July weekend. If not, it’s still a 4-day weekend which is always great to take advantage

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New arcade opens in San Mateo, CA – Gamecenter

New arcade opens in San Mateo, CA – Gamecenter

arcadehero July 1, 2011 1

(Thanks to Dave K. for the tip!) In May we reported about a new arcade location opening it’s door’s in San Fransisco, CA and now just a short distance away in San Mateo, CA

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More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

More details on Konami’s DDRX3, now DDRX3 Vs. 2nd Mix

arcadehero June 30, 2011 2

Konami has given out some new details on the next arcade installment of the Dance Dance Revolution series and right off the bat one of the obvious changes is the full name of the

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Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

Sega Japan holds its annual private arcade show

arcadehero June 24, 2011 6

  Newsfeed 1060 via In Japan, Sega has been holding a “private” show today and we have a small idea of what is coming out of there but it isn’t much to go over

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With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

With economies under stress, are consumers spending on entertainment?

arcadehero June 21, 2011 3

Newsfeed 1059 via It feels like forever now that economies around the world are in a state of recession/depression, with stagnant growth and worried consumers all around. It’s not the case in every country

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

arcadehero June 21, 2011 2

What do you do with a popular game? You “sequelize” it of course. It’s no different for video games than books or movies since people enjoy the original so much. Yesterday we saw that

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The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

The Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign

arcadehero June 17, 2011 3

I’m not really up to speed on advancements in light-switch technology but everything I’ve seen at the hardware store shows that it hasn’t really changed much since it hasn’t really needed to. That’s ok

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Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

Quirky cabs: SFIV 3D, Virtual Boy Arcade, King of Hunting

arcadehero June 14, 2011 0

Newsfeeds 1055-1057 via Here are a few strange cabinets where the chances of coming across them are pretty slim. First is a cabinet we’ve seen before from a trade show in China – the

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

Darius Burst Another Chronicle English Version First Look + More From Electrocoin UK Show

arcadehero June 10, 2011 6

Newsfeed 1052 via Some months ago we revealed that Taito’s 4-player arcade exclusive shmup Darius Burst Another Chronicle game would in fact be making it outside of Japan with a special English version of

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First screens of Golden Tee 2012

First screens of Golden Tee 2012

arcadehero June 9, 2011 0

Incredible Technologies is still some months away from launching the next installment of their ever-popular Golden Tee series and to get the marketing train started, IT has begun showing off some teaser screenshots from

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Pile ‘O Links: Arcade Dominator, Interactive Billboards & Babycastles

arcadehero June 7, 2011 3

I’ve had a few items of news I’ve been meaning to get to but didn’t find the time yesterday. So it’s another all-in-one post. I’ll start with the BabyCastles Arcade first. We’ve discussed what

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Editorial: Should Coin-Op Arcade Games be a part of E3?

arcadehero June 4, 2011 26

E3 (i.e. Electronic Entertainment Expo) is upon us once again this next week, where gamers, journalists, developers, publishers and their “booth babes” come together to show off the latest, greatest video games people will

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