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Missing In Action: Run ‘N Gun Games
Given the recent slow news cycle, it’s given me some time to sit down and continue upon my editorial series I call “Missing In Action”. I take a look at a particular genre of
Read More »Al Alcorn talks Atari and Pong
Newsfeed 987 via Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Pong and how the video arcade industry got it’s start but it’s one thing to read about that story and it’s another to hear about
Read More »Blast from the past: When Arcades used to make more money than movies did
Remember the golden age of games when arcades alone used to make money hand over fist, making about three times more money in a year than movies did? Good times. Take a trip down
Read More »SNK Opens a virtual NEOGEO museum
Via If you were ever curious as to how the NeoGeo MVS ans AES hardware came to be and what impact they had on the video game industry, then SNK Playmore has a new
Read More »Missing in Action: On the defense (tower defense and otherwise)
It has been a while since I last wrote a “Missing In Action” article, where I cover a style of game that at one point in history was popular or common to find in
Read More »Panel discussion with ex-Atari alumni at California Extreme 09
One thing I don’t think that I will ever tire of is getting into the history of the game industry, particularly that involving the arcade side of things. On one side I think it’s
Read More »Looking back at General Computer Corp.
When you think of influential companies in the arcade industry from the 80’s, you might not have GCC come to mind right at first, unless you are a classic game buff. But whether you
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio as Nolan Bushnell in new movie called "Atari"
I have never really liked movies based upon video games – they always seem to miss the mark by a mile and end up disappointing. But it is not often that Hollywood decides to
Read More »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 »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
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