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40 Years Of Arcade Games – Part 1 (1972-1989)
Today is Atari’s 40th Anniversary which also marks a good time to look over 40 years of arcade games in general. What is your favorite arcade game and why? Here’s something that I find
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Eugene Jarvis Honored At Robotron 2084 Event At Star Worlds Arcade
(Thanks to Patrick O’Malley for the info) This past weekend the Star Worlds Arcade in DeKalb, IL held a special event to celebrate 30 years of Robotron 2084 (you might recall that a lot
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Atari Prototypes Over the Years Mega Post
One thing Atari became famous for over the years were its prototype games. As we celebrate 40 years of Atari this month, it is a fascinating avenue to go down. Many never made it
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Atari Trivia # 2 and the Ultimate Atari History Timeline
Continuing our 40 years of Atari celebration comes another interactive trivia quiz game and a detailed history of Atari that has been compiled by Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report over years of his
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Arcade Trivia Time #1
Being that it is a holiday in the US, I’m not expecting any news to come along but there is a new feature for the site which I figure now is a good time
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Weekend Open Thread: MrBiggs FEC Auction; Interview with 100Yen Director, Game Epilepsy + more
I’m not sure why, but lately it seems like I come across a bunch of news all at once. So here is a start to your weekend, arcade style. Mr Biggs FEC Closing Doors,
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Sonic Drive-In Hearts Sega’s Outrun
I heard about this but I don’t watch a lot of live TV so I had not seen it until today when I found it online. For any of our international readers, Sonic is
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Newsbits: Arcade from 1968; Rocky Mountain Expo; Star Castle on the Atari 2600; more Gundam Pilot videos; Retrocade Magazine
Earlier this week the news was quite slow but this latter half has improved a bit, where I have enough to do yet another multi-story post. First off is something I did see a
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A Look At the Past, Present And Future of VR
Newsfeed 1190 & 1191 via As a kid I remember hearing news that a new facility had opened its doors that was all about Virtual Reality. I can’t remember the name of the place
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Get Inside Dragon’s Lair
Every arcade game has a story behind its release or the effects of its release years down the road but for the most part, those stories have only been told in brief interviews or
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Museum of Soviet Arcade Games Gets a New Location
For the past few years, we’ve occasionally heard about some retro and basically unknown arcade games that were made in Russia during the waning years of the Soviet Union. Back during the Golden Age
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Two Books About Atari’s Arcade Days Coming In June
Ever since I was a kid, I have had a little infatuation for Atari, starting with the discovery of the Atari 2600 and later on their many other systems and arcade games. So if
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