Arcade Archives

For a while, we've really enjoyed seeing all the classic arcade cabinets that Arcade1Up was able to make from some major companies Recently the company was kind enough to send us one that harkened back to my pivotal gaming years when I was running around arcades We received their Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet for review[...]

Tomorrow is National Video Game Day, and to celebrate it, Arcade1Up will be giving away five arcade machines to one lucky person The company will be running a contest through their social media accounts for a chance to win five cabinets at once Those cabinets, as you can see below, are for Mortal Kombat, Centipede,[...]

In Ghost Spider Annual #1, in stores Wednesday from Marvel Comics by Vita Ayala and Pere Perez, Spider-Gwen goes up against Arcade Here's a preview. The recap page sets the stage for those who haven't followed Gwen through the latest relaunch, which brings her to the 616 for college (but more importantly, for exactly these kinds[...]

The release is geared towards North American crowds. Source: Zikoko.com Contra is a run-and-gun arcade game released by Konami in 1987, detailing the futuristic adventures of commandos Bill Rizer and Lance Bean Bomberman was released in 1983, with a North American release in 1987 for the NES The first game in the franchise revolves around the eponymous[...]

The folks at Arcade1Up have officially opened up pre-orders for their Star Wars home arcade cabinet which was revealed back at E3 2019 The cabinet will be sold exclusively through GameStop, and will feature all the original Star Wars arcade games from the '80s in the customized build with the special TIE-Fighter controller for $500[...]

While we were on the floor at E3 this year, we had to pay a visit to the Arcade1Up booth to see what their latest cabinets were coming out of the show There were a few new designs that we absolutely had to have in our home, starting with the four-player cabinet for Teenage Mutant[...]

Ars Technica is reporting that the long lost arcade game has been ported online as a ROM for anyone to emulate and play freely Why is that such a big deal? Of all the games in the Atari library, Akka Arrh is probably one of the few you've never even seen let alone heard of[...]

Have you ever wanted every arcade version of a Capcom game at your disposal complete with a fight stick? Now you have that option! Today the company unveiled the Capcom Home Arcade, a portable dual arcade stick with 20 pre-programmed games inside that is supposed to bring the ultimate Capcom experience to your home But[...]

The latest victim of Millennials' murderous generation is apparently elaborate superhero death traps, at least according to Arcade's assessment in this preview of next week's issue of Amazing Spider-Man. So sad Now, if only Millennials would get around to killing Marvel shipping fourteen Spider-Man comics in a single month, perhaps they could do some good for[...]

Someone making an arcade cabinet for the game Cuphead isn't anything new, but this one is mighty impressive and looks pretty professional There have been a couple home-build cabinets people have created over the past year or so for the game, but this one feels pretty exceptional above the others as the design and look of[...]

Do you and your friends think you're the best of the best who ever played Killer Queen in the arcade? Well, Red Bull is giving you a chance to prove it The company will be throwing a tournament for the game called Hive Hustle, their first taking place in Los Angeles on September 15th[...]

The one that has been catching everyone's eye as of late is the PixelQuest Arcade Kit, which is essentially a cardboard arcade cabinet for the Nintendo Switch, complete with special joystick attachments for the joy-cons. The kit will come with various additions and coloring options, as well as a way to charge the screen and the joy-cons[...]

Review: While Rampage has impressive moments, it gets pulled down to Earth by its inability to know what tone to strike and where to aim.

Recapturing the glory of early '80s arcades is the retro game industry's biggest goal Funstock Retro is trying to bring that experience to a TV near you with plug-and-play arcade sticks. The '80s were great for arcades for a few specific reasons: hard costs were down while processing power was up, which led to games that[...]

The crab balls were a welcomed surprise too; they were mostly crab meat with little filler! The real draw, however, is their arcade with over 95 different machines This includes a healthy collection of new and old pinball machines, and plenty of arcade cabinets to pick from They even have their own pinball league —[...]

A lot of younger gamers don't know that the classic boxing game started out as an arcade title for Nintendo It was a dual screen cabinet made in 1983 (first in Japan, then in the U.S in 1984) where you played a green wire-framed version of Mac against a lot of the characters you may be[...]

with events like Dreamhack and Evo set to be some of the biggest draws of the year, and with it comes the yearly fascination from average gamers for proper arcade sticks There will always be a bit of an old-school pull toward them for most gamers as they take us back to an era where[...]

As we close out President's Day, please enjoy this video from TGN where they use actual Overwatch assets to make the game look like an arcade fighter int he style of Street Fighter and Tekken.  Overwatch has been out for over a year and a half and people are still coming up with new ways[...]

While I tend to dabble more on the pinball side of things, I do genuinely love retro video games and arcade cabinets The packaging for this Funko Mystery Mini blind box is awesome — it looks like an old arcade cab, specifically Dig Dug from Namco. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img[...]

A Reddit user named Xiubeda has built a Cuphead arcade cabinet and it looks like a thing of beauty Considering the game's animation is on par with titles like Dragon's Lair and The Act, this is something that would be amazing to see in actual arcades Enjoy the video of him playing it below!  [...]

Remember the good ol' days of four-player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games? Of course, you do! Those old arcade cabinets are still kicking around to this very day, including the original 1989 cabinet with the weird looking version of April on the side There's one at a local arcade near me as I write[...]

Photo gallery from the White Rose Gameroom Show in York, PA.

Bleeding Cool's Lauren Sisselman is usually the Arcade Chaser around here, but Gavin Sheehan gave it a go at New York Comic Con 2017. In the middle of all the chaos that is NYCC, I decided to take a break and browsed the Syfy lounge just below the press area. Many of us got to hang out[...]

Skee-Ball has been an arcade staple for over 100 years, but even more fascinating is the muddled history behind the popular arcade game The game was invented by Joseph Fourestier Simpson, who filed the patent in 1907 and gained it in 1908 Skee-Ball was a hit, but something went wrong Some reports say he[...]

Jersey Jack's newest pinball machine and their first original one, Dialed In, combines smartphone technology with classic pinball appeal.

Bleeding Cool's Lauren Sisselman explores the Jersey Jack Pinball facility. The building itself is unassuming, but inside is a world of pure imagination.

Just a reminder: I love pinball. A lot. It's kind of a big part of my life. I've known about the Silverball Pinball Museum for years. I went for the first

Bleeding Cool's Jeremy Conrad and Lauren Sisselman have been beefing for months over who is the better pinball player — and they finally found out.

Rocket Wars was a game released by Rooftop Panda while we were away at E3, but the game was fun and deserves a proper review, so today we're playing catch

Steve Ritchie's Star Wars Pinball will be released later this year. It looks like there will be a Pro, a Premium, and an LE, focused on the first trilogy.