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New Family Entertainment Center opening in Mebane, NC, Z-Bowl

Shaggy March 22, 2010 1

Via Here’s some more news of a new entertainment facility opening up out there, this time in the city of Mebane, NC (North Carolina) called Z-Bowl. While this one isn’t a traditional arcade like

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eBay oddity of the day: Sega Flash Beats

Shaggy March 21, 2010 9

Long, long ago when Arcade Heroes first started, Matt (the owner of the site) used to post regular updates about cool arcade related stuff he would find on eBay. I have been terrible in

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Reminders for releases this month: Terminator Salvation, Tank! Tank! Tank!, Pump It Up Pro 2 & Fiesta, Sega Racing Classic

Shaggy March 20, 2010 6

This post is just a reminder of some new games that have come to arcades this month which you can be on the look-out for. In case you need a little help in finding

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New arcade opening in Brookfield, IL this May: G3 Arcade

Shaggy March 18, 2010 13

When you see arcade game news out there on a site that allows comments, often I read about how people consider arcades being dead as they don’t know of any near them. Of course

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Want Super Street Fighter IV in arcades? Let Capcom know about it!

Shaggy March 18, 2010 8

This comes to us from an interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono by Shack News and brought to our attention by The Stinger Report. Street Fighter fans should find this interesting: “”

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Midwest Gaming Classic coming next week, with more arcade goodness and Bill Paxton Pinball!

Shaggy March 18, 2010 0

This is just a friendly reminder for many gamers out there that the Midwest Gaming Classic is upon us, with the show coming up on March 27th (a Saturday) and the 28th. As usual

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Rassen seeking to bring Vulcan-M and Shooting Star to the US UPDATE Vulcan now at Trocadero in London

Shaggy March 17, 2010 6

Of all the light-gun games we have discussed in recent times, perhaps one of the most surprising setups we have seen is the new content coming from Korean company Rassen as they seek to

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Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

Amusement Expo 2010 Wrap-up part 2 (this time in pictures!) UPDATED

Shaggy March 15, 2010 24

  Via We’ve provided a bit of video from Amusement Expo but there were a couple of things that I wasn’t able to grab with my camera but Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report

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Amusement Expo 2010 wrap-up (part 1)

Amusement Expo 2010 wrap-up (part 1)

Shaggy March 13, 2010 0

  Since this probably won’t be the very last post I make in regards to the Amusement Expo that happened this week (we’ve got a podcast coming next week which will talk about it

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Amusement Expo 2010: Namco booth wrap-up

Shaggy March 13, 2010 1

As I wasn’t able to finish uploading these video last night, I saved them for today along with this post. Namco had a strong presence at Amusement Expo and that was obviously dominated by

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Amusement Expo 2010: Friction Game Studios, Pipeline Games, Lights Out Boxing, & the ICE booth

Shaggy March 13, 2010 3

Also at the show for it’s first official showing was the indie developed arcade shooter, Friction. I actually played through the whole game and when I had left the show I still had the

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Amusement Expo 2010: Raw Thrills/Betson, TrioTech booth

Shaggy March 13, 2010 0

Here are several different booths for one post, hope you enjoy. First is the Raw Thrills’/Betson booth. Many were distracted at this booth not so much by the game but by the scantily clad

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