Last year I ran a little article about some major classics that were having an anniversary. 1983 was a tumultuous…
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Arcade Heroes
The Defenders Of Amusement – Arcade & Pinball News
Atlus’ Brief History In Arcades
This evening (or morning, if you are in Japan), news broke out that Sega has purchased video game development company…
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Looking At Taito’s History As They Turn 60
This past Friday (the 24th) was a date that was important to arcade and video game history but I did…
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The Brief Life of Arcade First Person Shooting Games
I hope that everyone is having a happy summer if you are in the Northern hemisphere and if in the…
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Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC
(Image via g4tv.com) The Game Developers Conference is a great place for “postmortems”, or where a developer looks back at…
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Book Review: Atari Inc. Business Is Fun
Well here is a rarity for us, a book review. It’s not that there aren’t any books about arcades out…
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Editorial: No Everyone Doesn’t Agree On The Death Of The Arcade
It’s been a while since we’ve seen an article that directly looks into what they call the “death” of arcades…
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Past Glory: The Sega Super Circuit Amusement Setup
Taking a look back at one of Sega's interesting ideas from 1989, Sega Super Circuit
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Stanford University’s Collection of 80s Arcade Photographs; New Arcade History Blog
(Thanks to Kevin Williams of for the tip on the pictures) It’s been a little while since we’ve come across…
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Chuck E. Cheeses Celebrates 35 Years With a New Direction, Mascot Design
A history of Chuck E. Cheese's, including a look at their future plans. Click for more details!
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