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If you were a gamer in the early 90’s that only played on computers, then you missed out on the best versions of Street Fighter II. Plain and simple. It is no secret that the computer ports of Capcom’s arcade 1 on 1 fighter were lackluster at best. Most were published by US Gold or […]
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Fan Porting Street Fighter II Champion Edition to Commodore 64
June 10th, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Arcade, Commodore 64, Comp, News 
Tags: arcade, bandit gaming, capcom, fighting, street fighter II 
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Billy Mitchell Releases Statement Concerning Cheating Allegations, Wiebe Responds
April 15th, 2018 Carl Williams Billy Mitchell has found himself in the news again. This time due to his being stripped of all high-scores in the Twin Galaxies database. Not just the scores for Donkey Kong, but also scores he set for other retro games such as Pac-Man.
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Posted in Arcade, News Tags: Billy Mitchell, donkey kong, King of Kong, Steve Wiebe, Twin Galaxies 2 Comments »
Portable Final Burn Alpha Brings Arcade Classics to Nintendo Switch
March 5th, 2018 Carl Williams Considering the Nintendo Switch has been opened up to the independent homebrew community, it is was just a matter of time before emulators started appearing. One of the early ones is PFBA (Portable Final Burn Alpha). What is unique about this one is just what it brings to the table for classic arcade fans that […]
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Arcade1Up Offering Fans Do-It-Yourself Option
February 15th, 2018 Carl Williams What is holding you back from owning your very own arcade machine? Time? Money? General ability to follow through on new ventures such building an arcade machine? Well, Tastemakers are going to change that for you later this year with their Arcade1Up Do-It-Yourself option for arcade machine lacking fans out there.
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Billy Mitchell, King of Kong Co-Star, May Have Mislead Donkey Kong Scores
February 2nd, 2018 Carl Williams It seems that Billy Mitchell is the pivot point for controversy of some kind within the gaming world. His chosen game is Donkey Kong of course, as detailed in the “King of Kong” movie where Mitchell’s scores went head to head with those of Steve Weibe (neither hold the number one spot any longer). Now […]
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Posted in Arcade, News Tags: arcade, Billy Mitchell, donkey kong, high score, King of Kong, MAME, Steve Weibe No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Eighth Day, Root Beer Tapper
December 19th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eight maids a-milking I am a big believer in the idea that happiness is created through experiences. I’ve heard that many good experiences can occur if you go out into nature but that requires skills like being coordinated and having good cardio which […]
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Posted in Arcade, Comp, Console, Reviews Tags: 12 days of christmas, colecovision, Root Beer Tapper, Tapper No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Sixth Day, Joust
December 17th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, six geese a laying. As inexplicable the bird theme is with this carol, the lyric “six geese a laying” could have been the inspiration for the game Joust. Albeit, during the better part of a drunken eggnog bender. Just think of it, a […]
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Posted in Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Console, Nintendo, Portables Tags: 12 days of christmas, atari, joust, Williams Arcade Classic No Comments »
The Top Retro Games that Bring People Together
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams Video games are a social experience. Either through playing with people or chatting to them about games, it’s a widespread hobby with thousands of different niches and nuances, including retro gaming! But some games still reign higher than others: a great example would be comparing Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, which has brought millions of players […]
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Posted in Android, Arcade, Console, iPhone, Macintosh, NEC, News, Nintendo, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Portables, PSOne, Sony, Super Nintendo, Windows, Xbox, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: arcade, fighting, pokemon, Pokemon Go, resident evil, street fighter II turbo No Comments »
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Second Day, TMNT: Mutant Melee
December 13th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtle doves. Ninja turtles and Christmas go together like peanut butter and jelly, Link and Zelda, and Trump and Twitter. I remember many a Christmas morning tearing into a festively wrapped ninja turtle action playset box and happily facing off against the […]
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Double Dragon Receives Fan Treatment on Commodore Amiga
November 12th, 2017 Carl Williams The original Double Dragon game on Commodore Amiga was, well I will say it, pretty much trash. It almost appears to be a i game, but it comes off as a poor port all around. Much like what fans do, someone is remaking it as close to the arcade original as they can. Does the […]
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Posted in Arcade, Commodore Amiga, Comp, News Tags: arcade, brawler, commodore amiga, double dragon, fighting, remake No Comments »
