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Defend Earth Arcade Shooter Project

Defend Earth Arcade Shooter Project

Shaggy December 21, 2007 1

Here is a video of some college students that made their own arcade game! Everything was built from scratch including the game circuit (so no PC hardware) – almost like it was an arcade

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Spain's Pac-Man Christmas tree

Spain's Pac-Man Christmas tree

Shaggy December 7, 2007 1

This is probably the best Christmas tree ever – a Pac-Man Christmas tree in Madrid Spain and on top of it all, this tree is animated (although it’s not fully animated to the point

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Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap

Shaggy November 4, 2007 0

It seems that Gizmodo is really picking up on a lot of arcade-related stuff these days. Which is fine with us, the more attention brought to arcades, the better. The latest thing I have

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80's Arcade game comeback

80's Arcade game comeback

Shaggy November 3, 2007 1

OK, so this is about a year old but I just found out about it and it’s a good look at classic arcade games and the surge in retro gaming popularity (which continues to

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Pac Gentleman impresses with arcade action from the 1880's

Pac Gentleman impresses with arcade action from the 1880's

Shaggy November 2, 2007 1

  OK so it really isn’t from the 1880’s but this sculpted piece of art by an artist known as Doktor A makes one wonder if this is what arcade games would have been like

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Another arcade acquisition – Tetris

Another arcade acquisition – Tetris

Shaggy September 9, 2007 0

Hot on the heels of the Warlords cocktail I ended up buying a Tetris cabinet today (Saturday on my time) for only $100. I was at work when someone who knows about my interest

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Pics from this years California Extreme event!

Pics from this years California Extreme event!

Shaggy August 17, 2007 0

(Photos Courtesy of Ataricade (www.ataricade.com)) The California Extreme(CAX) event has come and gone but with it are a ton of pics! Here we are reposting many pictures taken by user Ataricade (who runs an

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Vector games on a giant projector screen at Siggraph

Vector games on a giant projector screen at Siggraph

Shaggy August 3, 2007 0

  [Via Gamasutra] [Picture Credit: Rosemarie Fiore] The SIGGRAPH technology conference will feature something interesting for classic arcade vector fans – they will feature a “vector graphics laser projection system” to allow for the

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ArcadeShop.com to sell "Donkey Kong 2: Jumpman Returns" on Aug. 20th

ArcadeShop.com to sell "Donkey Kong 2: Jumpman Returns" on Aug. 20th

Shaggy July 31, 2007 0

  ArcadeShop.com unveiled that they will be selling a hack of Donkey Kong called Donkey Kong 2: Jumpman Returns starting on August 20th. The hack has been in the works for the past two

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Arcades at the latest Classic Gaming Expo 2007

Arcades at the latest Classic Gaming Expo 2007

Shaggy July 30, 2007 3

(Photo Credit: Cyro of CyberRoach) The latest Classic Gaming Expo has come and gone and with it collections of pictures from some of the attendees of the event. While the focal point of CGE

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High score save kits for your older games

High score save kits for your older games

Shaggy July 7, 2007 0

Have an old but good classic arcade cabinet lying around that you wish would save your high score on but can’t as the original hardware didn’t support such a feature? I’ve heard about these

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Dragon's Lair coming to HD-DVD on August 15th

Dragon's Lair coming to HD-DVD on August 15th

Shaggy July 2, 2007 0

The beloved classic Dragon’s Lair is sure making the rounds these days. Earlier this year it came to Blu-Ray and last week it was announced that it will be coming to the Nintendo DS.

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