We all love a list, so every Tuesday we’re posting one, on a variety of retro-themed topics! Feel free to share your own favourites down below — and let us know what other lists you’d like to see on future Tuesdays! Arcade game preservation is, as we’ve previously discussed, super important. And one of the [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts that curates some quick news from around the world of arcades & pinball. We’re a bit heavier on the pinball this week, which is no problem at all. Let’s get to it: Stern Pinball To Launch Insider Connected This Fall I hate to say this, but pinball is [...]
As you can tell, arcade news has continued to be slow for September, which is pretty normal. As school starts up, there are many projects in the works that will be headed to IAAPA, but it usually isn’t until October or November that we really hear about them. In the meantime, here are a few [...]
Debuting all the way back in 1981, Konami’s Frogger is an arcade classic that everyone with an video game street cred to their name knows. A classic of the golden age of arcade games and distributed by future console titan Sega, Frogger has sold 20 million copies worldwide since its launch and continues to be [...]
The Atari 2600, known as the Atari Video Computer System before 1982, is perhaps one of the most well-known and successful home consoles of all time, largely kicking off the era of video game consoles as we know it now. No console more clearly illustrates Atari’s immense influence and their precipitous fall. Released in September [...]