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Arcade Heroes Podcast Reboot Episode 2
Welcome to the second Arcade Heroes podcast, reboot edition! Just a note – Apologies for my microphone, I cleaned up the ‘popping’ as best I could afterwards but it is still there at some
Read More »Looking Back At Pac-Man As The Game Turns 35
Today marks the 35th anniversary of a legend in video gaming, particularly in arcades. That would be the arcade release of Namco’s Pac-Man to Japanese arcades. There is a big celebration going on at
Read More »Newsbytes: Magic Girl Pin; Tempest 2000; Chocovader; NTG#44
It’s been another slow news week and today’s bundle of news reflects that as I had to really scrub the internet just for small news items. In the mean time if you haven’t listened
Read More »The Arcade Heroes Podcast Returns
Long ago I would record podcasts to discuss some of the latest happenings in the arcade business. Soon after I started with the first episode, Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report and the DNA
Read More »Raw Thrills Starts An Offensive Against Arcade Pirates
Since the beginning of the video arcade industry, popular games and their creators have had to deal with the piracy dilemma. If a game sells well then someone will try and copy it exactly
Read More »Virtual Reality Entertainment Centers Looking To Be Setup Around The Globe Via The Void
[Thanks to the DNA Association for the tip] Lately I’ve had some lively debates with some random people on the internet over “the next big thing in gaming”, virtual reality. That is because I
Read More »Enjoy 30 Minutes of AOU/AM Show Footage from 1991 & ’92
These days we all expect to see footage of arcade games from trade shows or venues since cameras are found everywhere. But that wasn’t the case from the earlier days of arcade gaming when
Read More »Kung Fu Master 2 Arcade Prototype Discovered
I recently ran a poll asking which genres you would like to see return to the arcade. While it wasn’t voted on by thousands (or even hundreds) the #1 genre you the readers would
Read More »Missing In Action: Maze Games
This week has been super slow for arcade news so this has given me some time to work on an article I’ve had floating in the queue for a while now. A few years
Read More »Newsbytes: Star Wars; Arcade Vehicle Crash; Pinball; Missile Command; NTG #41B
Welcome to my last minute collection of arcade news for this weekend. Star Wars Battle Pod at the Star Wars Celebration – this week has been loaded with plenty of Star Wars news and
Read More »T.G.I. Friday’s In Niagara Falls, NY Adds An Arcade
As a part of the T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant in Niagara Falls, NY, a new arcade recently opened their doors that simply calls themselves – Arcade. One does not need to attend the restaurant to
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