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Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry! – Part 2
Industry specialist Kevin Williams follows up on his look at the rise-and-fall of technology in the amusement scene, particularly in regards to optical storage mediums. It’s the 1990s and its time for…LaserDiscs…and CDs! KWP:
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Arcade Retrospective: The Tech That Nearly Killed the Arcade Industry!
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes, industry specialist Kevin Williams looks at the marking of the 40th anniversary of a technology that was then hailed as a ‘savior of coin-op’
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Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
Way back in 2013, I wrote up a couple of articles that detailed the history of unreleased arcade games that were in the works at one time by Midway. Similar posts had been created
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Back From The 80s – The Spectre Files: Deathstalker
About a year and a half ago, we ran news on an interesting and unique project that aimed to resurrect an unreleased title from the mid-1980s. Originally titled The Spectre Files, this was a
Read More »New Trailer Teases Horror and Adventure for Upcoming The Spectre Files Deathstalker Arcade
We recently mentioned the new arcade developments from Game Refuge and Galloping Ghost Productions, which were first shown publicly at the Midwest Gaming Classic 2016 event. Among the new titles is a project that
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Toss Out The Laserdisc Thanks To DEXTER
For a long time, arcade machines were a gateway to getting your hands on cutting edge/latest technology without having to drop thousands of dollars on the experience. That could be the display, the sound
Read More »The arcade presence at PAX East
Via When it comes to indie game development, one annual show certainly tops the rest in bringing the spotlight onto such games and that is the Penny Arcade Expo or PAX for short. The
Read More »Atari's Laserdisc Malibu Grand Prix
I stumbled across this on Digital Press and would love to know more about it. Below are links to test footage for Atari’s never-released laserdisc driving game, shown here in 3 parts. Filmed at Malibu Grand Prix in
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