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Big Buck Hunter Open Season pushes 3000 units in 90 days
If there was any question about how popular the Big Buck Hunter series continues to be, then look no further than the latest sales numbers released by Betson. They are reporting that the game
Read More »Co-op gaming in arcades, past and present
Our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report has penned an interesting article discussing as aspect of coin-op gaming that has had a strong history and is starting to resurge once again – co-op
Read More »Microsoft bringing virtual arcade game rooms to Xbox Live and Windows
By now you have probably heard of the news that Microsoft will be bringing virtual arcades to Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live. In these virtual game rooms players will be able to
Read More »Project DIVA Arcade cabinet revealed as the game goes on location test in Japan (updated)
Last October we found out that Sega Japan was planning on bringing a PSP music game known as Project DIVA over to arcades, and after a short time of hearing little about the game,
Read More »Pat Laffaye smashes the "Costanza Score" on Frogger
We have spoken of the Costanza Score before – the mythical score on the arcade game Frogger that was shown in an episode of the comedy TV show Seinfield back in the 90’s. When
Read More »NYC eases up on arcades (a little)
One major hurdle for people looking to get into the arcade business are the local laws which often restrict the use of coin-operated video games in certain venues. Because of that, it is always
Read More »And the winners are…
While it is not quite 2010 yet where I am right at the moment, for the website the timer has passed onto the new year and so our Game of the Year/Decade polls are
Read More »Play Belgium now open, offers an interactive look at the history of video games
There have been a couple of instances in the past where we have covered touring museums which cover the history of video games and the latest exhibition that I am aware of is Play
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #11 – Finishing up '09
It’s the last day of 2009 and with that, our last podcast of the year. Due to the slow down in news lately (and I have been rather busy) it was a little difficult
Read More »H2Overdrive Motion version now testing at a Gameworks in Illinois
(Thanks for the tip Sam!) Amongst the surprises at IAAPA this year was the revelation that Namco was teaming up with Tsunami and Universal Space to produce a motion based version of Specular Interactive’s
Read More »An arcade themed after the backstreets of China
Like arcade cabinets themselves, sometimes the arcades where you play the games can be a work of art too. Take this Japanese arcade in Kawasaki which features eight stories of arcade goodness for those
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