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IAAPA Pics Round 2

IAAPA Pics Round 2

Shaggy November 16, 2010 2

If you have been following my Twitter feed today then you have probably seen a number of grainy photos from the IAAPA show floor (or Round 1)- I didn’t have time to post everything

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DJ Max Technika 2 kits to be released Friday

DJ Max Technika 2 kits to be released Friday

Shaggy November 14, 2010 0

A short time ago we found out that Pentavision Global would be bringing the new DJ Max Technika 2 to IAAPA this week but it wasn’t clear on when it would see a US

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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in 2011 + Dragon Ball Heroes video

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 coming in 2011 + Dragon Ball Heroes video

Shaggy November 13, 2010 9

Newsfeed 955 via What you see above is the official logo for the next installment of Namco’s technical arcade racing title, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4. Unfortunately, the logo and a release date of

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New Pump It Up TX cabinet debuting at IAAPA

New Pump It Up TX cabinet debuting at IAAPA

Shaggy November 12, 2010 2

The pre-IAAPA news keeps on rolling, now with news from Andamiro regarding their popular Pump It Up game series. The company has announced that they will be showcasing a new cabinet design at the

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Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson IAAPA line-up announced with Big Buck World, new Frogger

Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson IAAPA line-up announced with Big Buck World, new Frogger

Shaggy November 12, 2010 0

The Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix/Betson group has unveiled their line-up of games for IAAPA and for anyone planning on heading to the show, you’ll have plenty to check out. While most of the games on

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PGM2 hardware gets some attention starting in December

PGM2 hardware gets some attention starting in December

Shaggy November 11, 2010 8

Back in early 2008, Taiwan-based IGS released a new hardware platform called the PGM2. It was a JAMMA machine with excellent 2D capabilities, 4-player support and it accepted cartridges. They released one game with

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Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Shaggy November 9, 2010 6

We have been following the development of the independently made arcade title Friction for a couple of years now and I’m happy to pass along the latest information about the game, coming to us

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Some Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in action

Shaggy November 8, 2010 3

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is still months away from an arcade release but while you wait it can’t hurt to see the game in action as it was shown this past weekend at a

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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

HeavyElectricity November 5, 2010 4

Arcade Heroes is proud to bring you an exclusive behind the scenes report on the development of GRID! Please note that the video and many of the shots in this article are from the

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How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

Shaggy November 4, 2010 2

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a

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Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Shaggy November 1, 2010 1

Sega Amusements hasn’t kept Let’s Go Island as a big secret lately although  they have kept one of the cabinet designs under wraps until now. We knew that they had at least two versions

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Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Shaggy October 30, 2010 1

Thanks to for the information While we tend not to get into ticket redemption titles here on Arcade Heroes, the surge in video redemption games over the past couple of years has blurred the

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