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If Danger Zone were made today
If we take a trip on the wayback machine to 1986, the industry crash has begun to pass and while it hurt arcades, companies were still churning out a lot of games and sometimes
Read More »New vid of Demon Bride and the Demon Bride Tour
The upcoming 2D fighter Demon Bride is starting to ramp up the hype machine in Japan, which will include a tour of the game around the country through various cities next month. With the
Read More »MoCap Sports makes another public appearance with more features
Konami’s return to the motion capture arena is back in Japanese arcades again, testing out the concept to see how players take to it in a post-Wii Sports world. Last time we saw Mocap
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-Review Podcast Ep. 2 – Terminator Salvation, console ports, new Sega hardware rumor, Robo-Basho loc test and more
Another week has passed and here is another podcast reviewing what went on throughout the week but discussing the topics in more detail where possible. On top of several topics which you have arleady
Read More »A challenge towards the George Castanza Frogger high score happening now
If you have ever watched the sitcom Seinfield, chances are good if you are an arcade fan that you have seen the episode where George Castanza comes across an old Frogger arcade machine at
Read More »Insert Coin Expo 2009 already shaping up to be a big hit in Europe
Another arcade show is fast approaching, this one is taking place next month on July 18th-19th in Northampton, UK. Already the event has sold over 7,000 tickets and will cater to every aspect of
Read More »Terminator: Salvation Arcade seen on location test
[Thanks to Malovane for sending us these shots] As arcade location tests are rarely announced in the US, at times savvy gamers who frequent game websites visit their local arcade and just so happen
Read More »Sega Japan to begin big push for card-based coin-op games
While I have never played a card-based coin-op game, I do find the idea fascinating as it capitalizes on something which continues to have a strong following among kids who enjoy both video games
Read More »Check out anti-cheating techniques for coin mechs
Back at the height of the “Golden Age of Gaming”, clever players found ways to cheat the arcade system – to the anger of arcade operators. Come to think of it, methods used could
Read More »One place arcades are also still popular: beach towns
I found an interesting little article today that we can add to the batch of evidence we like to point to that arcades are not dead and in many places they even thrive. One
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