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Zap Arcade Opens in Jordan, MN

Arcadian July 16, 2012 0

Well I think we can safely say that the opening of vintage arcades is officially a trend now as when ti comes to the various location openings we are reporting on these days, this

The Making of Retro Arcade Cabinets

Arcadian May 30, 2012 0

Old footage of arcade machines is often an interesting subject, particularly when we have come across trade show footage of the past. Now how about some arcade factory footage from the 80s? That’s what

Sonic Drive-In Hearts Sega’s Outrun

Arcadian May 7, 2012 12

I heard about this but I don’t watch a lot of live TV so I had not seen it until today when I found it online. For any of our international readers, Sonic is

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games Gets a New Location

Arcadian March 23, 2012 0

For the past few years, we’ve occasionally heard about some retro and basically unknown arcade games that were made in Russia during the waning years of the Soviet Union. Back during the Golden Age

New arcade opens in Holladay, UT – Atomic Arcade

Arcadian March 1, 2012 3

Here’s a new location story from my neck of the woods – Holladay, UT which is essentially SLC. The new business is called Atomic Arcade and they are offering a great selection of classic

New Pinball Arcade Opens in Fort Collins, CO – Pinball Jones

Arcadian December 14, 2011 0

Opening classic arcades full of “Golden Age” arcade games has certainly been a thing for a while now but I’ve been noticing lately another trend – that of opening locations where the primary focus

The Video Fever circa 1982

Arcadian August 14, 2011 3

It’s not the first time we have discussed a report from 1982 that covers arcade games – it seems that ’82 was the time the media really started to notice the craze (right before

Classic Game Room tackles classic arcade games

Arcadian May 18, 2011 1

(Thanks to IGO for the tip) The Classic Game Room is a large series of video reviews found on Youtube where these guys review games for any game system they can get their hands-on.

Hanging out at the arcade, 80’s style

Arcadian April 28, 2011 0

(Pic by Conrado4; and Xybots is such an awesome game) I saw this on Kotaku this morning about a set of pictures on Flickr.com entitled “Growing Up In Arcades: 1979-1989“. I have a slightly

Arcade Games I Want To Play Some Day (On Real Hardware)

Arcadian April 16, 2011 13

Well there’s been a drought of arcade news lately and because of that, I’ve been thinking of something else to write about in the meantime. So today I’ve decided to write a little bit