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Written By:  on October 5, 2009 55 Comments
Revenge From Mars – pinball 2000

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 [...]

Written By:  on August 30, 2009 34 Comments
Playboy Pinball

Some of the most popular pinball machines ever have been the ‘Playboy’ machines.  There is a certain aura about a ‘Playboy’ machine that draws players in.  Hugh Hefner himself is a huge pinball fan and has always collected machines.  Over the years there have been 3 ‘Playboy’ machines made by Bally (1978), Data East (1989), [...]

Written By:  on August 18, 2009 One Comment
Top 5 reasons to own an Arcade Machine

5.  There are no more arcades……So make your own.

Its no surprise that the classic vintage arcades are pretty much extinct.  So what can someone do about it?  Well you can always go ahead and build your own.  Get a collection going with all your favorite titles that you used to play, and bring it to [...]

Written By:  on August 17, 2009 No Comment
History of the game: Q*bert

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 [...]

Written By:  on August 11, 2009 24 Comments
Bram Stokers Dracula pinball machine

Here is an amazing machine made by Williams back in 1993, based of the 1992 film ‘Bram Stokers Dracula’.  This machine innovated alot of really cool features that most pinball machines didn’t have.  It featured a blood red DMD display, while most machines had a orange one.  Also, there was a multi-multi-ball feature which allowed [...]

Written By:  on July 23, 2009 53 Comments
The History of Pac-Man

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 [...]

Written By:  on July 4, 2009 63 Comments
History of the Game: BurgerTime

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 [...]

Written By:  on June 28, 2009 41 Comments
History of the Game: Marble Madness

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 [...]

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