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Ed Logg recounts how Asteroids was made
A lot of classic games made their mark on our culture back in the 80’s but of those, Asteroids is certainly one of the top contenders for it’s reach and influence in gaming. I
Read More »Welcome to the wonderful world of arcade coin buckets
If you have worked at an arcade before or if you own a few cabinets then you have probably come across some interesting coin buckets before. Some are rather irritating as they can be
Read More »A tribute to vectors – Vectormania!
Ever since I discovered vector games I have been a bit of a vector-junkie. I have an Asteroids Deluxe and would love to own more vectors but it seems that I never have the
Read More »Steve Wiebe sets world record score for Donkey Kong Jr., eyes Donkey Kong next
Many people have seen the documentary “The King of Kong” which delves into the world of high-score record setting on classic arcade games and the center of that story revolves around Steve Wiebe. We
Read More »There's always a good reason to keep the classics around
Not many arcades have some of the good old classics on-site anymore but for those who do, there is one great advantage that comes out of it – those games easily attract older players
Read More »Review: Asteroids Deluxe by Atari
While we eagerly await our ATEI coverage to be posted (it should be up very soon so stay tuned) I figured it might be nice to get in a video review before hand. I’ve
Read More »Interview with Steve Wiebe & Walter Day about the classics
I still need to get the documentary, King of Kong. It’s the kind of film that demonstrates the rivalry that is such an integral part of arcade culture, or at least is most prominent
Read More »Dig Dug: The Untold Story by the Duo Group
I saw this linked on the KLOV forums and had to share it. It’s a couple of months old but if you haven’t seen it, it’s rather funny. There is some violence in it
Read More »A Spy Hunter Homecoming
For many of us that have played arcade games for years and years, there is probably a couple of machines that we created an attachment to as we would play them all the time.
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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