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Robotron:2084 Getting An Official Update In 2015 – The “Tie-Die” ROMSet
It is common knowledge that the software versions in every single arcade release are not always equal – while games were in production, problems would be discovered and reported so developers would offer patches/code updates to fix those issues. Often particular code versions will become revered by players of a certain game (especially with »
The TRON Joystick Shifter
Normally when you think of TRON and vehicles, motorcycles come to mind first but here is a new product that shows both a TRON and arcade element for your car – the TRON Arcade joystick shifter by if Industries. Also Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report sent this in, a Lego Arcade mini-cabinet, via »
Strong Museum Of Play Receives Huge Atari Donation; Nolan Bushnell On Potential Future Of Out-Of-Home Gaming; Sega’s Tom Keil Passes Away
A couple of semi-related stories here. First is a link shared by The Stinger Report, where Polygon.com has an article on a new Atari-centric acquisition by the Strong Museum of Play. The cache of papers and items such as floppy disks were donated by well-known collector Scott Evans, who was fortunate to be in »
Weekend Newsbag: Japanese Tournaments; Ultra SSFIV; TRON Legacy Bike Game; Video Game History
Happy weekend everyone! It’s felt like a really long week on my end. If you haven’t already please check out the videos from Amusement Expo 2014, there are plenty of new games to take a look at, many of which we have discussed on the blog already but a few interesting things we haven’t »
Arcade Love To Continue At Disney with TRON 3 and Wreck-It Ralph 2?
Perhaps it’s a little early to discuss the level of coverage arcades might get out of movies that won’t be hitting the silver screen for a few more years yet but there are two movies of recent discussion that have give arcades a bit of attention, not just in their respective films but also »
Weekend News: Future of Arcades, Sega History Kickstarter; Konami Gitadora; Mortal Kombat Love; Tron 30th
Some various links to some arcade-related content to start off the last weekend you'll enjoy in October. »
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 of big names are turning 30 this year) and the highlight of the event was the man who designed the »
Light Trikes Brings TRON and Exer-gaming into one
When TRON Legacy came out back at the end of 2010, a lot of us were excited about it along with some of the arcade stuff being pushed as a part of the marketing for the movie. I did my own “what if” post about potential TL arcade game ideas. I actually found out »
Arcade Related: Brain Battle by Ars Electronica; Pinball Arcade by Farsight Studios
Way back in 1983, Atari promised to revolutionize game controls with a device they called the Atari Mindlink. Prototypes were built and tested, running on modified versions of Pong and Breakout, but ultimately it was canned when Atari changed ownership. A similar idea has been brought back to life with Ars Electronica’s research project »
