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Big Buck Hunter Media Event

Shaggy April 30, 2008 2

[Via The Stinger Report and Betson] About a week and a half ago, Betson held a media event in New York City they called the “New York Media Night” where they showcased the new

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Dig Dug: The Untold Story by the Duo Group

Shaggy April 26, 2008 0

I saw this linked on the KLOV forums and had to share it. It’s a couple of months old but if you haven’t seen it, it’s rather funny. There is some violence in it

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The Asteroids Lamp

Shaggy April 26, 2008 2

Even though Atari never created many memorable characters they created plenty of icons and symbols that people easily recognize. One of those would be the rocks from Asteroids, which have been brought to the

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Noise levels studied at arcades in Maine

Shaggy April 26, 2008 0

Some grad students at the University of Maine have conducted an informal survey of noise levels in four arcades in the vicinity of the university and have come to the conclusion that arcade noise

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Article: Arcade Perfect

Shaggy April 26, 2008 0

One thing that we have been preaching about for a long time is how arcades can and need to progress beyond the typical fare of racers, light-gun games, dancing titles, etc. That is a

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Missing in Action – Adventure/RPGs

Missing in Action – Adventure/RPGs

Shaggy April 25, 2008 4

Missing In Action is an editorial series that looks at different genres of games that have been a part of the arcade scene in the past but in recent times have fallen by the wayside

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Seen on eBay – Star Trek Arcade's Bridge Chair

Shaggy April 25, 2008 0

A long time ago on Arcade Heroes we had weekly updates on interesting arcade-related stuff on eBay but we obviously haven’t been keeping up on that very well. But I just had to mention

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Video location review – The Hollywood Connection, West Valley City, UT

Shaggy April 24, 2008 0

So I finally got tired of my crappy DXG digital camera and decided to shell out a little bit of business cash for an HD camcorder. It’s working great so far and is much

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Priest in Italy holds mass @ an arcade

Shaggy April 23, 2008 1

About a year ago, we reported on a new “MegaChurch” opening up in the US that hoped to attract younger kids to the pews by combining church with video games, including some arcades and

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Details on Big Buck Hunter Pro Online

Shaggy April 22, 2008 0

Raw Thrills’ and Play Mechanix have been working on the latest version of Big Buck Hunter Pro for sometime now and with the game finally hitting the streets one may wonder how the online

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Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan

HeavyElectricity April 20, 2008 11

I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the

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Rochester Game Room Show Coverage

SaraAB87 April 19, 2008 0

I am sorry I am a little late with the coverage but here’s some videos from last week’s Rochester Game Room Show: Overview Part 1 Overview Part 2 Some of the parts that were

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