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Midway opens an online arcade game site

Shaggy July 12, 2008 1

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

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Midway turns to Out-of-Home to secure line of credit

Shaggy March 7, 2008 0

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

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Missing in Action: Space Games

Shaggy February 6, 2008 15

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

"I Hunger!" – The Sinistar Cake

Shaggy January 22, 2008 3

(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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