Arcade Games

Galloping Ghost Arcade – The Massive Retro Gaming Wonderland Near Chicago Just 15 miles outside Chicago in Brookfield, Illinois sits the largest classic arcade in the United States – the sprawling paradise known as Galloping Ghost. As a life-long arcade enthusiast, I recently made a pilgrimage to this retro gaming …

The Overhyped Debacle: Dissecting “Rise of the Robots” In the annals of video game history, few titles have managed to garner as much pre-release hype and post-release disappointment as “Rise of the Robots.” This was a game that promised the moon but delivered a handful of space dust. Let’s dive …

To clarify the situation regarding Billy Mitchell’s high scores in classic arcade games, it’s important to stress that Twin Galaxies, the organization known for tracking and verifying video game high scores and world records, has not reinstated Billy Mitchell’s previously removed high scores as current legitimate records. The controversy surrounding …

If you are anything like me you grew up in the Arcades. It may be hard to believe for the younger generation but yes, arcades were popular at one point in time. It was not uncommon for me and my friends to drop $10.00 or more of our allowance each …

This could be the ope source home video gamea console we have been looking for since iNDREAMA. Anyone remember that? It’s been less than a week since the OUYA open-source video game console first debuted on Kickstarter, and the project is already closing in on the $5,000,000 mark. And yes, …

Not really much to say, just watch it. Wow it brings back a lot of good memories. Created by Rocky of youtube.

In the spirit of procrastination I decided to post about a mini arcade I found.  I’m not sure if this is old news, but it’s interesting.  This guy built mini arcades using a turbo grafx 16 and a sega genesis.  He used these mini ps1 portable screens, a retro arcade …

It’s oldschool! It’s back in 3d form! Withall these advancements in 3d games we always come back to good ‘ol 2d (and by 2d I mean on a 2d plane) game play. It’s  interesting to see the new innovations that developers bring to 2d games, platform games, and fighting games. …

This fan-made remake of Nintendo’s classic Donkey Kong  rules with updated graphics and a pretty sweet soundtrack. Created by Mick Farrow, there is an awesome Donkey Kong remake. Head on over to the site and grab it before Nintendo decides to take it down.

There are quite a few games out there that were awesome growing up that you have not played in years I am sure. There are thousands of classics, and many have slipped your mind. Here are some titles that you have forgot about. 5. Kid Icarus for the NES. (Nintendo …

Remember all of that classic goodness you shared with the Ninja Turtles and the SNES? Well it is being torn out of the closet and remastered for the Xbox Live Arcade. That is right! A little leaked online footage shows that Konami can not sit on an official announcement much …