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Namco launched the iconic Tekken in 1994 and changed the way 3D arcade fighting games were played.
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Tekken One Two Punches Arcade Competition – December 11th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 10th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Arcade, News 
Tags: 1 on 1, fighting, namco, playstation, Seiichi Ishii, tekken, virtua fighter 
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Three Cases in How Good Games Age Poorly
October 4th, 2015 Adam Nelon The concept of age comes up an awful lot when it comes to media. When people comment on the idea of age, they usually mean how well that piece of media holds up when one revisits it, or how meaningful it is in a modern perspective. While for most other forms of media, it’s a […]
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Posted in News Tags: Adam Nelon, Age, castlevania, Editoral, final fantasy VII, tekken No Comments »
Aliens, Buxom Women, Fisticuffs, Round One with Criticom on Playstation: Today in History- November 29th, 1996
November 29th, 2014 Michael Crisman Today in retro gaming, we acknowledge the release of Kronos Digital’s not-so-gripping fighting game of not-so-epic proportions with an ad more exciting than the game it advertises. How does this sort of thing keep happening?
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: 3d, aliens, criticom, fighting, kronos digital, playstation, ps1, psone, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogaming, sony, tekken, vic tokai, video game, videogame No Comments »
Namco Triumphs Valiantly Over Sega Dreamcast Launch Competition with Soul Calibur- Today in History- September 9th, 1999
September 8th, 2014 Carl Williams When the original Soul Edge (arcade)/Soul Blade (PSOne) game hit it was so unique and different over the competition. Here was this 3D one on one fighting game with phenomenal graphics and characters fighting with weapons. The announcer was equipped with more than a couple of words in his vocabulary also. Now, take all of […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Sega Tags: 1999, 3d, arcade, carl williams, dreamcast, fighting, launch title, namco, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega, September 9th, Soul Calibur, System 22, Taki, tekken, Voldo 1 Comment »
Bandit Gaming: Tekken 3 on Sega Genesis
July 31st, 2014 Carl Williams Tekken is one of those games that helped push more Playstation sales during the 32-Bit wars than any other game during that time. Sony’s first console was home to three Tekken games and fans ate each of them up as fast as they were released. Now, imagine how Namco’s flagship fighting game would look on […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 16-bit, 32-Bit, bandit gaming, carl williams, fighting game, genesis, Heihachi Mishima, Jun Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan, Marshall Law, namco, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, playstation, port, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega, street fighter, tekken, Tekken 3, triverse, Yoshimitsu 3 Comments »
