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Pac-Man 40th Anniversary items are coming. Just when you thought you had seen all the Pac-Man stuff, more is announced. Seriously, how many ways will gamers support a game like Pac-Man? Is there really that large a market for the yellow guy? We have surpassed Capcom and Nintendo re-releases with no improvements by this point. […]
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My Arcade Announces Commemorative Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Micro Player
May 23rd, 2020 
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Nuts & Bricks: Apple Arcade releases two brand new games
January 26th, 2021 Carl Williams Arcade is far from dead, and Apple knew it well when it launched its new subscription service in 2019. Since then, they have built an impressive catalog with more than 145 new and exclusive titles. A subscription costs less than 5 $ a month ($4.99 to be precise) to download and play ad-free games on […]
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Final Fight Punches into Arcades – December 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 19th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fight by Capcom changed the way brawlers were viewed in arcades. Sure, Double Dragon was an inspiration, but Capcom went above and beyond with their entry. Characters are bigger, the audio blasts into your ears, and the challenge level is set right. Funnily enough, this started life as a sequel to Street Fighter before […]
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Killer Instinct Combo Breaks Arcade Competition – October 28th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
October 28th, 2020 Carl Williams Killer Instinct is one of those rare times we can play three degrees of separation in gaming. Sure, it is not exactly true to that theory but we can link Nintendo and Microsoft rather easily. Developed by Rare for arcades, Killer Instinct set out to do fighting games differently. In 1994 Capcom was still riding […]
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X-Men Arcade Game Review
December 28th, 2018 Carl Williams Oh boy, the X-Men arcade game is a special one for me. I am a huge fan of brawling titles like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and many others. When Street Fighter II came out in the arcades, I was still pumping quarters into Final Fight and other scrolling fighters just enjoying my little […]
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Pac-Land Diverges Pac-Man Formula for Arcades – December 25th, 1984 – Today in Video Game History
December 24th, 2018 Carl Williams Let’s go back to a simpler time. The 1980’s. A time when the rumor mill was alive and well, the Internet was a science fiction trope, and arcades ruled. One title that ruled the arcades in the early 80’s was Pac-Man by Namco. By 1984 though, the yellow dot eater was running long in the […]
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My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part One: Snoopy and the Red Baron (1983, Aari 2600)
November 12th, 2017 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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The Arcade Game Designer Interviews #1: Douglas Bagnall
November 2nd, 2017 CPC4EVA Arcade Game Designer (or AGD), created by Jonathan Cauldwell, is a programming tool for coding games on 8-bit computers, specifically the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computers. It allows anyone with or without coding experience to learn how to code and create a game on these early 8-bit computing systems. I have been fortunate enough to […]
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Crime Fighters Arcade Review, Cheap Arcade Game You Cannot Stop Playing
October 24th, 2017 Carl Williams Konami used to make some great games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade and home versions other than the original NES game). Contra, Castlevania, Gradius, and X-Men (arcade) to name a few. One title that fans seem to have forgotten Konami released is a little arcade game called Crime Fighters. This brawler was available in two […]
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors: The Sequel Released by Fans, Brings 54 New Levels to Classic Adventure
September 4th, 2017 Carl Williams Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a classic arcade adventure that sadly never saw a true sequel. Fans have held this title close to their hearts for years, and for good reason. Campy horror tropes were paraded around in this game like it was a D-list horror film. If it ever appeared in a horror movie, […]
