Konami »

Dinosaurs At The Arcade!

Dinosaurs At The Arcade!

arcadehero November 28, 2014 11

Among the trends one might get into as a child, there are many to choose from.  One that pops up every now and then in the greater culture are dinosaurs. The ancient beasts have

Read More »
New Trailer For Konami’s Silent Scope Bone Eater

New Trailer For Konami’s Silent Scope Bone Eater

arcadehero July 22, 2014 3

Back on Christmas Eve 2013, news came along that Konami was testing out a new arcade sniper game in Japan they were calling GUNDOG. It didn’t take long for this to become known as

Read More »
America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D8; Name That Game #10

America’s Most Haunted Pinball; Initial D8; Name That Game #10

arcadehero July 19, 2014 5

Well this week has been a slow one for news, I’ve been busy otherwise. One thing I took care of this week was checking out a spot at the Salt Lake Comic Con. Myself

Read More »
Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test

Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test

arcadehero June 28, 2014 5

It’s hard to believe we are pretty much at July already. Speaking of the date, yesterday was Atari’s anniversary which I think we could consider National Video Arcade Day. So Happy Belated Video Arcade

Read More »
World Cup 2014: Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years

World Cup 2014: Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years

arcadehero June 11, 2014 2

Back in 2002, I was in Brazil when the World Cup was taking place. The Winter Olympics had already happened back home but being in Brazil, I barely heard that event being mentioned. For

Read More »
Barcade Opening in Manhattan NYC On June 3rd

Barcade Opening in Manhattan NYC On June 3rd

arcadehero June 2, 2014 0

I recall that when I was first researching data on my business plan, that I contacted a LAN center in NYC and they freaked out when I mentioned the term arcade. That was because

Read More »
News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’

News For Allied Tank Attack; Monster Eye; Shining BLADE ARCUS & Reflec Beat Groovin’

arcadehero April 25, 2014 4

This has been a slow month for arcade news, which is somewhat expected after several different trade shows threw their appropriate celebrations. But things are picking up today so here’s hoping that keeps up.

Read More »
Videos: New Trailers For Silent Scope Bone Eater and Hobbit Pinball; Man Discovers New Arcade Games

Videos: New Trailers For Silent Scope Bone Eater and Hobbit Pinball; Man Discovers New Arcade Games

arcadehero April 2, 2014 0

Here are some videos to fill up the arcade news for the day. These are not the Amusement Expo videos, I still have a few more of those to finish up.  I also have

Read More »
JAEPO 2014 Day 2: Now with more videos!

JAEPO 2014 Day 2: Now with more videos!

arcadehero February 15, 2014 10

I would have got to this earlier but its been one of those days at the arcade where everything starts to break down. Hurray. JAEPO 2014 was only held for two days this year

Read More »
JAEPO 2014 Day 1: New Games For Japan

JAEPO 2014 Day 1: New Games For Japan

arcadehero February 14, 2014 5

JAEPO 2014 is here and with various Japanese arcade news sites on deck, we have a glimpse at the latest ideas to hit the market there. If you missed it, you can check out

Read More »
JAEPO 2014 Preview: What To Expect From Namco, Sega, Konami, and Taito

JAEPO 2014 Preview: What To Expect From Namco, Sega, Konami, and Taito

arcadehero February 13, 2014 2

UPDATE: First images up from the show can be seen here. The Japan Amusement Expo 2014 (JAEPO 2014)will be getting underway tomorrow and with that, new arcade games to talk about. Unlike most Western trade

Read More »
Random News: 3D Printer Hacked For 1 Player Air Hockey & Gundog Turns Into Silent Scope: Bone Eater

Random News: 3D Printer Hacked For 1 Player Air Hockey & Gundog Turns Into Silent Scope: Bone Eater

arcadehero February 11, 2014 0

Two items that are pretty much unrelated here. First, the robot air hockey. Long ago when Arcade Heroes was still new, I posted about a robot system that allowed for some single player air

Read More »