Arcade Archives

The best part of these things is the packaging, they make them look like the original game boxes/arcade cabinets It almost feels like a crime to open the things And that is still the case with their new Aliens Xenomorph Arcade figure. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1[...]

This past weekend I got to spend time in Chicago for C2E2, but Chicago has a deeper meaning to me. If you've been following my posts, then you'll know

If you're American, or are just aware of pop culture, you've heard of Family Guy. The Seth McFarlane show hit airwaves in 1999, and is currently one of

Everyone seems to love HBO's Game of Thrones, based on the books by George R.R. Martin. So Stern decided to cash in on this popularity and released their

I've played this game at a number of arcades, and while I do enjoy it, it's not one I would put in my personal collection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHssBrMuW-EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: It's Bigger On The Inside: Dr Who Pinball (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHssBrMuW-E) idw   [...]

Arcades at one point were an American past time For a while they went out of style, being replaced with things like Dave and Busters and other all ages gambling places But now there's been a renaissance going on where people (usually 30 something year olds) are opening up arcades, be they mixed with a[...]

Comics and pinball have been in bed with each other since the 70's. The original Superman, Hulk and Spider-Man machines prove that. So it's no surprise

I love Slap Shot! It's a gritty film that shows in a comical sense what it was like in the minor leagues during the '60s and '70s of hockey, and it

For a time in the 1980's Stern also produced arcade machines such as Berzerk and Frenzy. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Unfortunately, during the video game crash of 1983, Stern was hit hard[...]

  It's safe to say I'm not the biggest fan of The Walking Dead. I read the first graphic novel and I've seen a handful of episodes, but it never

His first seven products were common arcade games, but out of those seven two were pinball machines Flat-Top and Laura weren't anything exciting In fact Williams took pre-existing machines, redid the cab art, and changed the playfield ever so slightly With Laura there were no flippers The game had 12 bumpers and a kick out[...]

To be honest with everyone, I wasn't aware there was a Judge Dredd pinball. I enjoy the comic, and I loved the Karl Urban movie. So it would only make

Lady Robin Hood is a beautiful example of an early modern pinball machine. While this machine is a game of skill due to the three sets of flippers, there

This weekend Chicago Gaming will be unveiling the brand new remake of the pinball classic Attack From Mars at the Texas Pinball Festival in Frisco, TX.

TRON was the first modern machine we ever had in my house. I've been lucky enough to play a number of variations of the game, and I honestly think this is

But alas, when I went to hit 'start' on the game – it wasn't working. That's the problem with a lot of routed machines (machines which spent some part of their life going from arcade to arcade, which especially for mechanical games like pinball, will tend to cause any manner of problems or premature aging)[...]

Aerosmith are a classic rock band that almost everyone with a pulse has heard about, so it only makes sense that Stern would release a machine based off

Does anyone remember the 1994 movie The Shadow based on the 1930's pulp character? The movie was terrible even though Alec Baldwin was playing the titular

Some awesome news from Capcom today as the company will be releasing some of their classic arcade titles for iOS and Android devices this year No official street date was given, only saying that they would be released in "the next few months." But the four titles being released look promising, especially for old-school NES[...]

Full Throttle is one of the most impressive and ahead of its time machines I've ever seen. Released in 2015 from Heighway Pinball, which is a relatively

Pinball and rock go together like Jack and Coke. We can trace the correlation back to the greaser days of America, when pinball was as underground as rock

Pin-Bot is a hell of a machine. I've played it several times over the years and I still suck at it. Williams released Pin-Bot in 1986, showcasing some

Cars and pinball are as American as Coca-Cola and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Sorry, I'm sleep deprived and can't think of anything more American. In 2014 Stern

I love AC/DC. As a child my dad would play their music in our house exceptionally loud. This may be why my dad can't hear me when I'm talking to him, or

Baffle Ball also diverts from previous arcade games by being small enough to sit on top of tables and not legs, which almost every single pinball machine today has. By the early 1930's, Gottlieb, Bally and 100+ other companies were putting out machines That number reduced greatly as the second World War was drawing near But[...]

Look at the adorable arcade cabinet style packaging! That makes picking these up worth it alone. Today is London Toy Fair, and continuing their exhaustive reveals, Retro Gaming Mystery Minis are coming to stores this spring/summer Look at the adorable arcade cabinet style packaging! That makes picking these up worth it alone. Today is London[...]

The popular zombie franchise is instead reanimating a classic model: the arcade shooter In the style of classic on-rails shooters like the Time Crisis series, The Walking Dead game will use a crossbow styled light gun and comes in a gorgeous environmental cabinet that should make the experience of endlessly slaughtering zombies pretty damn immersive[...]

Flying through iconic Star Wars scenes with that screen must be pretty cool. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Rws3rOF-4#t=117[/youtube] That other cool thing here is to see such fare being made about a new arcade cabinet The is certainly meant for the Japanese market, but I wouldn't be upset if this turned up somewhere in the UK[...]