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Konami's Action Detective Heads to location test
[Via The Stinger Report] (Click on the image above to enlarge) Since I first heard about this a month or two ago I have been eager to find out more about Konami’s new 3D
Read More »SquareEnix heats up Japanese card game scene with The Lord of Vermillion
It looks like coin-operated trading card RPG titles are here to stay (at least in Japan – it still remains to be seen how well these games will catch on overseas although reports say
Read More »Derby Owners Club 2008 testing in Japan
The Derby Owner’s Club 2008 website has been updated to show that the game is currently testing in Japan at three different locations. While there is no information on an international release of this
Read More »Castle Golf Video Tour by PressStartComic
What’s better than reading a location review? Seeing a location review! Nick from PressStartComic takes us on a tour of Castle Golf Video on Long Island. They have a nice arcade setup there with
Read More »Virtua Fighter 5 Ver. D Details
[Via Arcade Renaissance] Sega has unveiled some details on the latest version of the VF5 arcade that is going to be coming out to challenge Tekken 6 in arcades. If you were hoping for
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review – Rockin' Bowl-a-Rama by Namco
I had a chance to play a bowling arcade game this past week and I figured it would be nice to check it out. Since bowling games have had a surge in popularity as
Read More »Fate: Unlimited Gods Website update
(Click to Enlarge) It certainly didn’t take long for the Fate: Unlimited Codes website to be updated(we reported about this new 3D fighter by Capcom a couple of days ago). Just the other day
Read More »Square Enix 1st-half Net Profit up 32% thanks to arcades
Software giant Square-Enix has announced that it’s net profit for April-September jumped up 32.5% and it’s not thanks so much to console games but arcade titles. As quoted by an article found on @
Read More »Article: "Evolving Arcade Culture"
[Via Argus Leader, Sioux Fall SD] Here is another news article that discusses the current state of arcades as well as the culture of arcades. While it misses the target on a few points(such
Read More »The Act Part 2 – Physical movement sequence
OK here is the next part of The Act that I promised to record for everyone, a part where you control the main character Edgar and his movement through the hospital hallways. It is
Read More »Arcade Heroes – 100,000 hits and rising
We’ve just hit a milestone and it’s all thanks to you, the readers of Arcade Heroes. While 100,000 hits may not be impressive for certain websites or blogs that get that number of people
Read More »Capcom strengthing focus on it's arcade locations – games next?
[Via NEXT Generation] A couple of large game companies own and operate their own arcades, in Japan and elsewhere. Some prime examples are Namco and Sega and while it has far fewer locations, even
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