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Game On 2.0 event in Tasmania gives love to arcades

Shaggy June 30, 2010 5

(Thanks to Gabe for the info) A “history of gaming” event is about to take place in Tasmania and it’s giving a proper spot to arcades. Called Game On 2.0, this is a follow-up

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Looking back at some great coin-op EM games

Shaggy September 4, 2009 0

Today has been slow for news, I have been looking around for something throughout most of the day and I just couldn’t find much to talk about. At the very least we have two

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Popular Mechanics looks at the "11 things you didn't know about pinball history"

Shaggy August 21, 2009 0

How much do you know about pinball history? If you are a long-time pinball fan then you probably know a lot. Otherwise there are plenty of interesting and little-known facts about the game which

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A History of Star Trek at the arcades

A History of Star Trek at the arcades

Shaggy April 2, 2009 7

With important dates, new movies and a TV show coming along based on Star Trek, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at the history of Trek in arcades. I’ve long been

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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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More Atarigames.com updates

Shaggy February 8, 2008 3

I know I just mentioned some updates to the Atarigames website not too long ago but it looks like just a few days later they posted some more stuff that to anyone that enjoys

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i-Mockery.com's 50 Greatest Arcade Cabinets in Game History

Shaggy January 11, 2008 0

I never personally cared much for top “Insert Your Desired Item Here” lists as you never can agree with them completely. This particular list has things I don’t agree with (Crystal Castles has such

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