Each year marks some kind of anniversary, although we tend to only pay attention to those ending in a 0 or a 5. This year saw Atari celebrating 50 years, and where I got the Atari 50th Anniversary Collection for Christmas yesterday, I do have to say that it’s very much worth it (I may [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news from around the arcade & pinball world. Stay tuned next week for Amusement Expo 2022 – while I don’t expect a deluge of new-new games appearing there, it’s still a tradeshow and should have some fun things to see. I’ll be posting a preview post and video of [...]
It’s a new year, and with arcade news being a tiny bit slow, I figured it would be a good time to bring an old article series back – looking at arcade anniversaries. This time I’m going to cover major games that are turning 25 (1997), 40 (1982) and 50 (1972), since we can now [...]
Ahh, Pooyan. I game I remember playing quite a bit on my Atari 8-bit thanks to DataSoft’s excellent port — and a game I always felt a bit funny about playing because it had the word “poo” in the title for what, at the time, I felt was no apparent reason. Supposedly the game’s unusual [...]
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 [...]
In his occasional feature for Arcade Heroes, Immersive Amusement and Attraction Entertainment specialist Kevin Williams (KWP) looks at major issues impacting the international amusement sector. In this latest coverage, he looks at the state of the current Japanese Amusement scene, showing us where it may be headed. The “traditional” view of the arcade biz in [...]
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! Previous 10 of the Best Tuesdays have been quite specific in their focus — [...]
One thing we’ve lost somewhat over the procession of console generations we’ve lived through is a feeling of “uniqueness” for each platform, and Super Castlevania IV brings that very much into focus. Sure, Nintendo still does its own thing with the Switch and its games are immediately recognisable, but I’m talking more about a very [...]
Prior to the release of Konami’s Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse was not a game I had any experience with whatsoever, aside from one critical aspect: its music. Specifically, back when the PS1 was current, I had an original copy of Symphony of the Night (which, believe me, I severely regret getting rid of now!) that came with [...]
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is a remarkable game in a lot of ways. While it has plenty of detractors — some of whose complaints are justified to a certain degree — it’s also an absolutely fascinating game to contemplate when you consider the direction that the series went in its later years. As previously noted, [...]