Well Steve Wiebe has done it again, he has regained the high score record for Classic arcade game Donkey Kong. He recently topped Billy Mitchell’s score with a score of his own approved by Twin Galaxies. Wiebe’s score was 1,064,500 which topped Mitchell’s score of 1,062.800. Ever since the release of King of Kong, the battle for the title has been just as feverish. The title has gone back and forth, and not to long again it was snatched by a wildcard in Hank Chien, with a score of 1,061,700. …

There is something to be said about the marriage of Pinball and Science-fiction, they just go together oh so well. Being an avid pinball lover, and lover of science-fiction, its quite fun to play a cool science-fiction pinball machine. The people over at Popular Mechanics made a list of the Top 17 Science-Fiction-Themed Pinball Machines.  You may notice some popular games on the list and for the most part they are made by either Gottlieb Pinball, Williams Pinball, or Bally Pinball.  Its a pretty cool list with a bit of information …

Well whether you knew it or not, the most popular and most widely sold Pinball Machine of all time is ‘Addams Family’. This comes as no surprise to pinball enthusiasts, but it may surprise someone out there.  The pinball machine is based off the 1991 movie ‘Addams Family’, which led to the March of 1992 release of this machine.  It is produced by Bally Midway, and in total there were 20,270 units sold.
The pinball game itself features all kinds of cool things from the movie, such as real character voices …

Recently news broke about a rare Atari game selling for over 5k, actually $5,250 to be exact.  So what game made in the 80′s could be worth over 5k?  Well it was a game that was only sold in religious stores, and that game is called ‘The Music Machine’.
The Atari 2600 game was merely bought as a collectors item, and not so much for amazing gameplay.  This actual game was still sealed and packaged, which brought the value up, since it was basically brand new.  This is a really cool …

The class of 1981 was a very accomplished one, and the class reunion is good for all of us. That class of ’81 that we are talking about features some of the best arcade games of all time in ‘Galaga’ and ‘Ms Pac-Man’.