A video game preservationist has showcased the lost and excruciatingly rare Castlevania: The Arcade game on their YouTube channel, detailing how to run the game on PC. YouTuber Video Game Esoterica has enlightened us on how we can get Konami‘s 2009 arcade cabinet game Castlevania: The Arcade running on yourRead More →
Ever fancied your own arcade machine PCB (printed circuit board)? Well, now might be your time, as Atari and Retro Arcade are issuing high-quality authentic replica PCBs for classic arcade machines. Black Widow, Gravitar, and Major Havoc are the games selected for this latest monetization of Atari’s extensive back catalogue.Read More →
The Worlds largest playable Donkey Kong arcade cabinet is currently under construction at the Strong National Museum of Play in New York. When finished, this giant Donkey Kong cabinet will be almost 20 feet tall and is a prominent feature in a 90,000-square-foot expansion dedicated to video game history. IfRead More →
Wired is currently running a fascinating chat with Tomohiro Nishikado on the creation of Space Invaders. It’s been 45 years since the game’s release, a time during which Nishikado has largely ignored his early influence on video games. Recently, however, this has changed. But what was in mind when workRead More →
New Wave™ are adding to their family of Replicade mini cabinets this great little Atari licensed machine. It looks, plays, and controls like Atari’s classic Missile Command Arcade Machine and all in perfect miniature at 1/16th the original size. The original was released by Atari in 1980, designed by theRead More →
Mortal Kombat II looks amazing even now, but it isn’t all about the fighting… The nature of video game backgrounds and staging, the use of colour or a flamboyant piece of parallax scrolling, these considerations were all over the minds of the pixel presentation brigades of back-then. I think aboutRead More →
Following a recent visit to my first retro arcade, I have been considering what I have experienced and, excitedly, what the retro game fan might be looking for from a modern arcade. Expect broad strokes ahead and misguided references to business intuition. In between those though, I do have aRead More →
Quite out of nowhere, on a recent visit to the very Victorian heart of the Midlands, one of my brothers and I ended up going to a retro arcade. My first time. His too. It was also a pub, but we have been acquainted with those before. In fact, prettyRead More →
Sometimes you can’t help but sit back and recline that a legacy is secure. The mark one VW Golf gti for instance, or the George Foreman grill. Some things just are, and always will be, and it is common knowledge. Or you think it is, but oftentimes, in our personalRead More →
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