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Rhythm Heaven Location Testing and Official Website
A short time ago some people got excited about Rhythm Heaven coming to the arcade. The game comes from a GameBoy Advance title of course. We received news that it is currently going through
Read More »Controversy over "The King of Kong"
A few days back I posted about a new documentary called the King of Kong that documented one man’s quest to conquer the world record for Donkey Kong but it also featured several other
Read More »Battle Fantasia Impressions from HDRL
Whoever it is that writes for the blog HDRL: Japanese Gaming for Gaijin has posted their impressions of the new Taito fighter known as Battle Fantasia. The RPG element to the game certainly sounds
Read More »Spotlight: Unique Arcade games made in Taiwan by IGS
IGS (International Games Systems) has been developing unique arcade video games since 1991 primarily for the Chinese game market which is understandably huge. They are in the news right now as they plan on
Read More »Let’s Go Jungle Complete walkthrough
Youtube user ArcanaKick has posted four videos on youtube that show off the entire game of Sega Let’s Go Jungle. Here they are together for your enjoyment but if you’re concerned for any spoilers
Read More »The Last Starfighter Arcade Final Version available (for PCs)
It’s no secret that Atari had planned on creating an arcade game based on the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter. They were the ones who created the graphics for the arcade game people gawked
Read More »Arcade Innovations
Kevin Williams has posted an interesting article over at SPoNG.com that discusses some of the innovations that the arcade industry brought to video games. From QWAKs! light-gun to Atari Footballs trackball, I, Robot’s 3D
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Game Review – Star Wars Arcade Trilogy by Sega
This week I thought I’d review one arcade game that I spent a lot of time on a few years back: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. Even today this game is still a lot of
Read More »Twin Galaxies Official Video Game and Pinball Book of World Records available
In case you are unfamiliar with Twin Galaxies, they happen to be the standard setters for record high scores when it comes to not only console games but primarily coin-op video games. As such
Read More »Churches with arcades, what will they think of next?
I’m all for there being more arcades out there so more people can experience how great of an experience it is, but I am at a loss as to how to go about this
Read More »11th Annual California Extreme Arcade and Pinball Game Show
There are plenty of announcements for arcade shows these days! Details for the the next California Extreme game show have been announced, including a date and details on games, prizes and special speakers. The
Read More »The King of Kong – A Fistful of Quarters
It’s stuff like this that defines why people love classic arcade games and what made them so timeless. There was a time where people didn’t play games due to the intricate storylines, but due
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