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There's always a good reason to keep the classics around

Shaggy March 28, 2009 0

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

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Review: Asteroids Deluxe by Atari

Shaggy January 30, 2009 3

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

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Interview with Steve Wiebe & Walter Day about the classics

Shaggy July 23, 2008 0

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

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Dig Dug: The Untold Story by the Duo Group

Shaggy April 26, 2008 0

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

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A Spy Hunter Homecoming

Shaggy April 8, 2008 0

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.

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A look at arcade ports on retro consoles today

Shaggy February 23, 2008 1

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

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Arcade Exhibit to run in Arizona later this year

Shaggy February 14, 2008 0

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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