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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
Read More »Defend Earth Arcade Shooter Project
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
Read More »Spain's Pac-Man Christmas tree
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
Read More »Gamerator – custom cab with a beer tap
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
Read More »80's Arcade game comeback
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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