In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams returns from the UK’s last major amusement event of the season – and reveals details on some new amusement pieces. The Autumn Coin-Op Show (ACOS) 2021, took place in central London. This is the second of the UK trade events, [...]
Classic arcade games can be great fun — but they’re also designed to be very challenging. After all, remember that the original purpose of these games was to keep people pumping quarters into them so the arcade owners could make a profit! When you play ports or emulation of classic arcade games today, it can [...]
Stern Pinball issued a press release to announce the availability of their Insider Connected kits today, marking the official launch of the system for arcades to grab. They had already launched the app so that users could create their account, but the only game out there that uses it at the moment is Godzilla. I’ll [...]
We’re not all grizzled retro gaming veterans — some of us are new to the hobby. So our regular Getting Into Retro Gaming guides are here to help you get up and running as soon as possible! If there’s any topic that you’d like to learn more about, be sure to let us know and [...]
The Autumn Coin-Op Show is the little sibling of the annual EAG International which is usually held each year in east London at the massive ExCel Exhibition Centre. This smaller Autumn show (also known as ACOS) has been hosted at various venues in the capital but, after skipping 2020 due to the pandemic, has arrived [...]
One thing we’ve lost somewhat over the procession of console generations we’ve lived through is a feeling of “uniqueness” for each platform, and Super Castlevania IV brings that very much into focus. Sure, Nintendo still does its own thing with the Switch and its games are immediately recognisable, but I’m talking more about a very [...]
We all love a list, so every Tuesday we’re posting one, on a variety of retro-themed topics! Feel free to share your own favourites down below — and let us know what other lists you’d like to see on future Tuesdays! What are the best horror game enemies? There’s certainly plenty to choose from — [...]
Prior to the release of Konami’s Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse was not a game I had any experience with whatsoever, aside from one critical aspect: its music. Specifically, back when the PS1 was current, I had an original copy of Symphony of the Night (which, believe me, I severely regret getting rid of now!) that came with [...]
50 years ago today, things would change forever in interactive entertainment – not just for the coin-op amusement industry, but for video games as a whole. While a day in September is for some reason marked as “National Video Game Day,” it really should be today – October 15th – that carries such a mantle. [...]
Splatterhouse is a classic 1988 horror game from Namco, and there are a variety of ways you can play it today — the most recent and readily accessible of which include the excellent Namco Museum on Switch, or the PC Engine Mini, if you were lucky enough to nab one. It’s also a very interesting game to look [...]