Something that sometimes comes up in the discussion surrounding game prices is how preferable things are now compared to the age of arcades. Certainly, you’re probably getting more hours of entertainment per dollar than you would have playing quarter-guzzling arcade machines, and games have advanced massively since those days by just about every metric. Even…
Tag: arcade
Where Have All The Arcade Sports Games Gone?
A couple of months ago I repurchased a GameCube, a console that I previously had access to as a child/young teen and loved playing. Strangely even though I hadn’t touched the system for over 10 years, my mum had still stored away some of my old GameCube games (mum you are a legend!). Although most of…
Xbox One Arcade: Max: The Curse Of Brotherhood
I’m a very fickle gamer, what i mean by that is that i very rarely stick to one game at a time, and as much as it shames me to say it, i don’t complete most games, and after playing the same few titles since the Xbox launch last week i found myself in a…
Today in Gaming History: 11/10/13
November 10, 1981: Twin Galaxies opens Thirty-two years ago today one of the nation’s most recognized arcades opened in Ottumwa, Iowa. The Twin Galaxies arcade was the brainchild of Iowa oil industry employee Walter Day. His love of video games began with Space Invaders and took off from there. While in between jobs, he decided…
Today in Gaming History: 10/11/2013
2003: Data East bids farewell BurgerTime, RoboCop, Karate Champ…these are just a few of the incredibly popular arcade games that were created by Data East, a Japanese electronics company founded by Tetsuo Fukuda in 1976. (Fukuda would go on to help create titles in the Metal Max series, as well as a few Guilty Gear…
Today in Gaming History: 10/9/2013
October 1981: Tempest released Few games bring to mind the true setting of the old-school arcade like Tempest. This well-known, vector graphics shooter was brought to the market 32 years ago this month, and it’s still cited as a very influential game. Tempest was the first game with difficulty selections (novice to expert), the first…
Today in Gaming History: 10/5/2013
October 1978: Namco’s Gee Bee released Today we celebrate the 35th anniversary of Namco’s very first game, Gee Bee! Never heard of it? Well, you’re probably not alone, unless you’re a diehard arcade fan. Part Pong, part, Breakout, and part pinball, this coin-operated arcade game first saw the light of day in Japan in October…
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