Bristol is already a hotbed of retro arcade action, but this year a new establishment has joined the ranks. Playback Arcade, in Bristol’s The Galleries shopping mall, offers single units, JAMMA multi-game cabinets, consoles, pinball machines, and even board games. Offering NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Master System, Mega Drive,Read More →
If you ask people want kind of games they enjoy with your mates, they will almost certainly respond with games like Mario Party, WarioWare series, etc. This is understandable since they are very popular party games. But to those who say “Bishi Bashi,” you might get a few head scratches,Read More →
is Streets of Rage 2 the antidote to happy weekend cycling? We hope so! Many are the activities between couples and many can be laced with consequences. A gentle afternoon bike ride between lovers along some fenland, for instance. Nothing can go wrong, the sun is ablaze and the moodRead More →
Certain brands, a precious few, hold great significance and such is the power of their indulgence in our hearts we know the breadth of their canon by a name. AM 2 would count for me, as would all of those numeral arcade departments from SEGA. Treasure would be another one.Read More →
Super Chase: Criminal Termination is one of the four games of the Chase H.Q. series. Developed and released by Taito in 1992, it is the 3rd game of the series. While the gameplay is the same in which you have to chase the criminals before they escape, it has differentiatedRead More →
To the developers of the famous arcade emulator MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator): Thank you. Honestly, I have so many things to say, about how your hard work developing this amazing arcade emulator has single-handedly saved and preserved the arcade history, and more besides. Ever since I started playing theRead More →
You just can’t keep DOOM down. It will, it seems, port to almost anything. The latest platform? A Sega Naomi arcade machine. So, DOOM is alongside some great games. Having said that, if I’d walked into an arcade 20-odd years ago and stumbled across a DOOM cabinet, you’d have hadRead More →
Recent checks show that this partnership has ended, along with Plex Arcade. Original article follows. Media streaming service Plex has launched a new retro game streaming platform, Plex Arcade. Featuring classic Atari titles and streaming games from your own media server to any compatible device, Plex Arcade extends Plex’s alreadyRead More →
The freeware cross-platform Vivaldi browser has launched an arcade-style runner game, Vivaldia, as part of Vivaldi 3.4. Built into the browser itself, the game is “set in a world where humans and technology collide, the hero of the game, Vivaldia, fights to overcome evil and claim her city back.” ARead More →
Sneaking out from Chinese manufacturer LaoZhang, the GKDmini is a portrait handheld released as a follow up to 2019’s a GKD 350h. A pocket device that has a specification to run SNES, PS1 and arcade titles, the GKDmini is currently demonstrated as a 3D printed unit, illustrated in comparison with itsRead More →
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