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Game Design Essentials: 20 Atari games
I’ve never held back on the fact that I’m an Atari fan at heart and I always have been – that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate games from other companies, I just happen
Read More »An in-progress arcade timeline
Well some days there is quite a bit of news and others there is nearly none. Today is one of the latter – it’s a slow news day. But that doesn’t stop us from
Read More »Full Details on Taito's re-branding strategy
A week or two ago Stinger reported that Taito was launching a new re-branding effort for their company, which included issuing new uniforms for their arcades in Japan, a celebration of Space Invaders’ 30th
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
Read More »Happy Belated Birthday Nolan Bushnell
I feel bad for missing this the other day but on February 5th the founder of our industry (practically the entire video game industry – yeah I know aobut Ralph Baer but Nolan is
Read More »More Atarigames.com updates
I know I just mentioned some updates to the Atarigames website not too long ago but it looks like just a few days later they posted some more stuff that to anyone that enjoys
Read More »Celebrating Space Invader's 30th anniversary
Cometh the Invader! The 30th Anniversary of ‘Space Invaders’ will play a major part in promoting the Taito empire over the coming months – the AOU show in Japan will be awash with celebrations.
Read More »Bowling Machine Restoration at the Krow's Nest
I have an update on the ball bowling machines at the Krow’s nest. They have just brought in another machine which brings them up to 6 large ball bowlers and one puck bowler for
Read More »How to discharge an arcade monitor (without killing yourself)
I’m not sure how many of you like to work on arcades but if you’re new to the hobby you may be wondering “How do I discharge a monitor? Can that kill you?” Well
Read More »Atarigames.com updated with some cool arcade prototype info
Atarigames.com is a website dedicated to nothing but Atari arcade games, from all phases of the coin-op division at Atari. The website has been updated and with some very cool information including pictures of
Read More »i-Mockery.com's 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets in Game History
I never personally cared much for top “Insert Your Desired Item Here” lists as you never can agree with them completely. This particular list has things I don’t agree with (Crystal Castles has such
Read More »The Max Experience
Here is another early motion simulator, the Max Experience. It was produced around 1984 or 1985 by a company called Amusement Technology (Amtech) out of Asbury Park, NJ. This strange device designed for both
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