Category: Arcade Games

Great arcade cab or Greatest arcade cab ? ( Comments)
Just when it looked like the Ultracade scandal might turn us all off commercially available multi game cabinets, along comes AllStarArcade with an invention that restores not just my faith in Arcade cabinet manufacturers but humanity itself.
August 19, 2009 at 12:15:52

Art of the Arcade site explores the design wizardry of a bygone era ( Comments)
After several months of posting retro game related bits and bytes over at the Retro Gaming Roundup official forums, the site's founderSo Cal Mike asked me if I'd like to start posting to the RGR blog. I'm going to start off my blogging stint here with a l
August 17, 2009 at 4:37:14

The Arcade is Back ! ( Comments)
Ah, how I wish this were true. I know, I know arcades are still around here and there. We have Dave & Busters, Chuck E. Cheese and a slew of smaller arcades in shopping centers and strip malls.
July 15, 2009 at 1:59:38

Classic Arcade Game of the Week (7/6/09) - Aliens Vs. Predator ( Comments)
This week's classic is none other than Capcom's "Alien Vs. Predator," the 1994 coin-op that represented a pinnacle in the two-dimensional fighting game genre.
July 8, 2009 at 8:08:46

Classic Arcade Game of the Week (6/29/09) - Double Dragon ( Comments)
It's hard to fathom now, but there was a time when the "beat-em-up" gaming genre simply did not exist. Players didn't do much more than blasting aliens in epic space shooters, or running and gunning in one-man-army games. In 1987, the gaming world was li
June 29, 2009 at 5:38:32

Classic Arcade Game of the Week (6/24/09) - BurgerTime ( Comments)
Starting this week, I'm kicking off a column devoted to the classic arcade games of yesteryear. I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in the 80s, when arcades were extremely popular and where there was always something new to discover with each suc
June 24, 2009 at 7:22:13

Home Versions That Outlived Their Arcade Originals ( Comments)
Something struck me as funny as I walked past the storefront of a local Electronics Boutique. You see, I happened to notice that Nintendo has begun an all-out marketing blitz for "Punch-Out!!" for the Wii.
May 18, 2009 at 7:44:40