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Written By:  on November 7, 2009 One Comment
Grand Theft Auto vs Frogger

Here is another one that the classic arcade game loses miserably.  Its still enjoyable though, but at the same time kind of sad haha. I just want there to be a video where the classic game owns a newer one, even things up a little bit.   

GagFilms did another great job on this one [...]

Written By:  on September 19, 2009 64 Comments
‘Batman’ – pinball Data East 1991

Here is a very cool machine from 1991, of the first ‘Batman’ movie from 1989.  So this isn’t any kind of new Batman game, this is the original, and it’s as cool as they come.  This would be a nice piece for any uber ‘Batman’ fan.  

The game was made by DATA EAST and released [...]

Written By:  on September 14, 2009 54 Comments

What better way to represent then with classic video game shirts.  There are lots of really cool shirts in online auctions for cheap prices.  There is everything from ‘Atari’ to ‘Dragon’s Lair’ to ‘Burgertime’,  and all I can say is weeeeee. So check a few of them out below, or click on the Retro T-shirts [...]

Written By:  on September 8, 2009 19 Comments

Hey everybody, Save the Arcades!!!  Its a brutal truth that the Arcades as we know them are pretty much dying out, and they might soon be a thing of the past, unless we do something.  Stride Gum is making an effort to Save the Arcades by holding a contest which will donate $25,000 to an [...]

Written By:  on September 6, 2009 33 Comments

Here is something really cool for all you horror/Freddy Krueger lovers out there. Its the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ pinball machine made by Gottlieb. The machine released back in 1994 and there were only 2,800 of them produced. It such a cool machine that plays really well.

The playfield of the game incorporates [...]

Written By:  on September 5, 2009 2 Comments
Galaga world record is broken ‘down under’

An Australian man by the name of Phil Day has broken the world record for the 1981 arcade game ‘Galaga’. Day didn’t just beat the record he actually destroyed it with a score of 3.44 million, the old record was 2.7 million.

The record was set on the machine in the back room of his cottage, and [...]

Written By:  on September 4, 2009 46 Comments
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pinball

This amazing Star Trek machine was released in 1993 by Williams Pinball.  This is the third Star Trek machine to be released, and also recieved the highest rating of the three.

The machine itself features voices from the main character from the Next Generation show. It features 7 missions or episodes to play before the player [...]

Written By:  on September 1, 2009 35 Comments
Simpsons Pinball Machine

Being a big fan of the show I think this is one of the coolest machines, and its the Simpsons pinball machine, of course based off the hit TV show.  

The machine was released in 1990 by Data East Pinball. It features crazy and colorful artwork, and sounds from the show.  The playfield incorporates thing [...]

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