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Checking out a warehouse with games tomorrow
Tomorrow I have a golden opportunity to go and check out a warehouse with some games. The person with the games was going to throw the games out but fortunately my distributor was on
Read More »Reproducing arcade artwork
One of the coolest aspects of arcade games is the artwork that companies commissioned to be made to decorate each cabinet. The better the artwork was, the more attractive the cabinet became. This was
Read More »Dig Dug: The Untold Story by the Duo Group
I saw this linked on the KLOV forums and had to share it. It’s a couple of months old but if you haven’t seen it, it’s rather funny. There is some violence in it
Read More »Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements
I am going to try and review all the games I had a chance to play at ASI over the next few weeks – just as long as I can find the time to
Read More »Midwest Gaming Classic 2008 – Arcades & Pins video
Here is a video of a walk through the pinball and arcade area of the Midwest Gaming Classic. The pins definently outnumber the arcades from the looks of it but either way I’m certain
Read More »A Spy Hunter Homecoming
For many of us that have played arcade games for years and years, there is probably a couple of machines that we created an attachment to as we would play them all the time.
Read More »Missing In Action: Tanks, Planes, Mechs and more
Missing in Action is an editorial series that discusses the kinds of games that at one time were prevalent in arcades or the types of games that would make great arcade games but aren’t
Read More »New arcade open – Retro's Classic Arcade
I always enjoy news of new arcades showing up on the scene, even though I won’t be able to visit most of them. This one is called Retro’s Classic Arcade, located in Clarksville Tennessee,
Read More »A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today
Ever since Atari released Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 console, arcade ports have been something of a standard in the console industry. It becomes something of a conundrum however as console releases have
Read More »Arcade Exhibit to run in Arizona later this year
If you live in Arizona (particularly in a city called Chandler) and spent some time playing classic arcade and home console games of the 70’s and 80’s, then a historian Jean Reynolds is looking
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"I Hunger!" – The Sinistar Cake
(Click on the image below to enlarge) We’ve seen all sorts of video gamed themed cakes out there, especially ones based on well-known mainstream characters like Pac-Man, Mario, Sonic, Master Chief and others but
Read More »New arcade opened in Maryland
UPDATE: Seems that this placed closed not long after this article was published. You can search for a local arcade by starting here at the master location list over at Aurcade.com. Game Time, a
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