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3 Newsfeeds For The Price Of 1: Sega launches ALL.NET+ Multi, Fantastic Arcade, Midway Classics
Sega launches a new download service in Japan which includes a new version of Pengo; an indie gaming event takes place in Austin, TX that has something to do with arcades and more classic
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40 Years of Arcade Games – Part 2(1990-2012)
So the 40 Years of Arcade Games post to celebrate Atari’s 40th anniversary had so much content on it that I had to split it up to keep the post from crashing. See Part
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40 Years Of Arcade Games – Part 1 (1972-1989)
Today is Atari’s 40th Anniversary which also marks a good time to look over 40 years of arcade games in general. What is your favorite arcade game and why? Here’s something that I find
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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!
(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these
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Exclusive: The last coin-op project at Midway Chicago, RIP SQUAD: Raids Against the Reich
Back in 2001, Midway made a decision to dump their long standing coin-op division in favor of focusing developments on console gaming. When that decision came down, there were still some arcade games floating
Read More »Smash TV to make a comeback – someday soon perhaps
There are many arcade games out there which have been ported to a console or two but not many games can claim to have been ported to at least 16 different platforms (if you
Read More »Arcade Heroes Week-in-review Podcast Episode 5
This week on our podcast, Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report joins me again as we discuss not just the news of the week but some other aspects of the arcade industry as well,
Read More »With Midway bankrupt, where will that leave their arcade stuff?
You have probably heard by now that Midway has gone bankrupt and they owe millions of dollars to different companies for various reasons. While Midway stopped making arcade games several years ago (and many
Read More »Midway opens an online arcade game site
When Midway left the arcade industry, it left a lot of people unhappy and in some cases devastated. They had bought up Atari Games not long before that and both companies had been powerhouses
Read More »Midway turns to Out-of-Home to secure line of credit
The National Amusement Inc., operation has replaced the previous Wells Fargo Foothill agreement, to secure credit facilities for the crippled Midway consumer game operation. The $97.4 million loss during 2007 the worse admittance of
Read More »Missing in Action: Space Games
Over the next little while I am going to run a feature every now and then where I discuss genres which have been “lost” to arcades. Where these genres were once a proud part
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"I Hunger!" – The Sinistar Cake
(Click on the image below to enlarge) We’ve seen all sorts of video gamed themed cakes out there, especially ones based on well-known mainstream characters like Pac-Man, Mario, Sonic, Master Chief and others but
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