Arcade

Published: March 25, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

The history of the beat ’em up runs almost as long as the medium of video games has been around, […]

Published: September 26, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike is considered by many to be the absolute pinnacle of the Street Fighter series, and […]

Published: June 30, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

It’s hard to beat 2004 when looking back at banner years in gaming history. With the PlayStation 2 at the […]

Published: June 15, 2024 by Ryan Bridges | Leave a Comment

Dark Arms: Beast Busters is an action RPG released for the handheld console, Neo-Geo Pocket Color. The game made its original […]

Published: June 12, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Arriving in its native Japan as the first 5th-generation console on November 22, 1994 (a full month ahead of the […]

Published: May 12, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Arcade classic XX Mission is a noteworthy Shmup from developer UPL. Originally released in arcades in 1987, the title is […]

Published: May 4, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Shoot ’em up games, STGs, or Shmups; whatever players happen to call them, the fact remains that the shoot ’em […]

Updated: May 4, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

In terms of both its hardware and its software, few game companies are as integral to the evolution of video […]

Published: April 30, 2024 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Long before Sega would enter the home console market and make a massive splash in the West with the Sega […]

Published: April 22, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

18 years ago, one of the most prolific multinational video game publishers opened its doors after the 2005 merger of […]

Published: April 15, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

Racing games tend to get a bad rap from gamers. Many players consider the genre boring or childish and they […]

Published: April 12, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

Sports games have been important to the gaming industry since its inception. The first video game hit was Pong back […]

Published: March 5, 2024 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Galaga ’88 is a continuation of Namco’s arcade shooter series, which started with Galaxian in 1979. It further evolved into […]

Published: February 28, 2024 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Rampage is a classic arcade game released in 1986 by Bally Midway. It invites players to play as gigantic monsters […]

Published: February 27, 2024 by Damon Day | Leave a Comment

Devastors Summary Sometimes you just gotta go in, guns blazing. Devastators is a retro 1989 video game, sort of behind-the-back, top-down shooter where […]

Published: February 23, 2024 by Damon Day | Leave a Comment

After Burner Summary After Burner is a rail arcade shooter first released in 1987. Developed and published by Sega for the Arcade, […]

Published: February 23, 2024 by Amber Frost | Leave a Comment

Hang-On is a 1985 arcade racing game developed and published by Sega. Originally, Hang-On was created as a coin-operated arcade […]

Published: February 20, 2024 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Gauntlet II is an arcade game that was released into the gaming world in 1986. The game is developed by […]

Published: February 15, 2024 by Daniel Morris | Leave a Comment

Arch Rivals is a 1989 basketball game developed and published by Midway for arcades. In the years following, developers Rare […]

Published: February 14, 2024 by Ryan Bridges | Leave a Comment

Chelnov, also known as Atomic Runner Chelnov, is a Japanese shoot-’em-up arcade game from 1988. The game was developed and […]

Published: February 13, 2024 by Damon Day | Leave a Comment

Big Event Golf Summary It’s a hole-in-one! Big Event Golf is an old golf arcade game first released back in 1986. Developed by […]

Published: February 12, 2024 by Jazz Stewart | Leave a Comment

Pac-Mania is a game that was developed and released by Namco in 1987. The title was originally released for arcades […]

Published: February 10, 2024 by Matti Robinson | Leave a Comment

Alien Crush reimagines the classic pinball gameplay with a twist. The game, released in 1988, has a science fiction theme […]

Published: February 10, 2024 by Daniel Morris | Leave a Comment

Konami ’88 (known as ’88 Games in North America) is a 1988 sports game developed and published by Konami, released […]