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9 12, 2021

Why we romanticise “just buy a game and play”: it’s a matter of preservation

By |2021-12-10T10:05:46+00:00December 9th, 2021|Retro Consoles|Comments Off on Why we romanticise “just buy a game and play”: it’s a matter of preservation

There’s been some discussion on the reasons why we might romanticise retro games, game preservation and particularly the idea of “just buy a game and play” recently. Specifically, it was prompted by this tweet from Matt Gardner, editor of GameTripper and games writer at Forbes: Anyone else getting bored of every version of this argument? [...]

1 12, 2020

Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

By |2020-12-01T00:02:00+00:00December 1st, 2020|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

Meant to launch this past Spring, the documentary by Joshua Tsui about the glory days of Midway and their arcade developments (mainly during the 1990s) is now seeing a limited release through “Alamo On-Demand & Virtual Theaters.“ I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, but I’m certainly very interested in it. It interviews [...]

14 04, 2019

Newsbytes: Round1USA News; Willy Wonka Rules; Game History; Virtuix VR Success & More

By |2019-04-14T13:38:30+01:00April 14th, 2019|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Newsbytes: Round1USA News; Willy Wonka Rules; Game History; Virtuix VR Success & More

Welcome to another Spring edition of Newsbytes. I’m your host, Arcadehero, and let’s take a quick look at some newsworthy arcade items to get you through the weekend. It’s good news all around, so let’s get to it: Midwest Gaming Classic Drawing the Crowds I’ve been hearing and seeing quite a lot of stuff about [...]

27 10, 2018

Newsbytes: Big Buck 2018 World Championships; Pump It Up 20th; Rhythm Game News & More

By |2018-10-28T09:10:36+00:00October 27th, 2018|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Newsbytes: Big Buck 2018 World Championships; Pump It Up 20th; Rhythm Game News & More

Hello fellow Heroes, I hope that you’ve had a great week. Today’s Newsbytes is heavy on the videos, so if those are your thing, you should enjoy this post. Before we get to that, I just wanted to do some quick shameless self-promotion Some of you had asked if I would be getting a print [...]

15 06, 2018

Taito Celebrates 40 Years Of Invader Blasting With Space Invaders Gigamax

By |2018-06-16T12:16:54+01:00June 15th, 2018|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Taito Celebrates 40 Years Of Invader Blasting With Space Invaders Gigamax

Forty years ago, Taito released a game that not only turned the arcade business on its head, it would mark a cultural turning point for entertainment in general – Space Invaders. Many consider this to be the official beginning of the ‘Golden Age’ of video games but whether or not you agree with that, one [...]

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