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By Retro Refurbs|2019-07-11T03:20:04+01:00July 10th, 2019|Arcade Game News|Comments Off

Life is lived in color, but our technology wasn’t always able to capture that reality. Thanks to modern tech however, colorizing photos that were originally taken in black & white is easier than ever, although it’s still not always perfect. At least in my case, where I will not make any claims about being a [...]

Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

By Retro Refurbs|2019-02-06T01:54:27+00:00February 5th, 2019|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Playing A “Long Lost” Laserdisc Prototype: The Spectre Files: Deathstalker

Way back in 2013, I wrote up a couple of articles that detailed the history of unreleased arcade games that were in the works at one time by Midway. Similar posts had been created for Atari and Taito, so Midway was just as deserving of that attention. In researching the 2nd unreleased prototypes post, I [...]