Revenge from Mars was supposed to be the savior of pinball and the future of pinball gaming.  It didn’t quite work out that way, but that doesn’t mean the Williams Pinball 2000 machines are not amazing games to play.

The ‘Revenge From Mars’ machine created by Bally Midway is such a great game, and a well [...]

Check out this really cool story by Popular Mechanics, about the 11 things you didn’t know about pinball. A lot of it is going to surprise you, especially all the crazy stuff about the time when it was illegal. Wait pinball was illegal? Yes it was, and believe it or not, [...]

Here is the history 1982 classic ‘Q*bert’, which was a smash hit across arcades in the 80’s. The game was developed by Gottlieb, and features two-dimensional graphics, with the single control being a joystick.  Two Gottlieb employees were responsible for the concept and design of the game, they were Warren Davis and Jeff Lee. The actual [...]

A three part video series of the entire history of the game Pac-Man.  Done by G4 as part of their Icon series, it follows the entire history of the game, from the life of the creator, to its huge success.  This is a very cool and interesting mini documentary, and if you have not seen [...]

Who doesn’t love this classic?  BurgerTime is a strategy game that was licensed in 1982 by Data East, and distributed by Midway.  Originally the game was titled Hamburger, but later changed to BugerTime before released in the US.  Both Data East and Midway versions made it to the arcades, and each company had different artwork [...]

Here is the full episode of G4’s Game Makers Arcade episode.  It takes you through the history of the Arcade game.  It is broken down into 3 parts, and here are all 3. Very cool if you have never seen this.  The sound is a little off.

visit G4’s game makers site here.

Marble Madness is a very cool game, and a very popular classic.  The game was published in 1984 by Atari games, and sold thousands of cabinets before it was later released for household consoles.  The game itself was developed by Mark Cerny, who took inspiration from mini golf and racing games.  You can see the [...]