Included tags: Coin-op ×
Excluded tags: None
Image

How Google's Rampant Sunnyvale Expansion Is Erasing Atari's History

Time Extension about 13 days ago

Sunnyvale developments have swallowed up Atari's former home.When you're talking about buildings of historic importance, Atari's original Sunnyvale HQ at 1265 Borregas Avenue has to rank right up there.This is where, between 1976 and 1984, Nolan Bushnell's …
Image

Atari Partner Gives Closer Look At New Asteroids Recharged Cabinet

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Alan-1 is collaborating with Atari on a new series of cabinets.Earlier this month, we shared the news that after 25 years away Atari was returning to the arcades with a bunch of new cabinets based off of its Atari Recharged series of games. Well, now we've …
Image

How Namco Tried To Stave Off Coin-Op's "Impending Doom"

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Namco's arcade business took a turn for the worse in the late '90s.During the PlayStation One era, Namco established itself as one of the most successful video game publishers in the world, releasing a string of fantastic conversions based on its arcade ma …
Image

You Won't Believe How Little Ocean Paid For RoboCop's Global Video Game Rights

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Game would sell over 1 million on home computers alone.We imagine there are many people who, over the years, have pondered why the name 'Ocean Software' appears on so many RoboCop video games.Arguably the most famous adaption of the classic 1987 movie is D …
Image

After 25 Years Away, Atari Is Returning To Arcades With Its "Recharged" Series

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Partnering with manufacturer Alan-1.Video game veteran Atari is partnering with video game studio and coin-op manufacturer Alan-1, Inc. (yes, that's a reference to Tron, you nerd) to bring its "Recharged" series to arcades, bringing the company back into t …
Image

Sega's Turbo OutRun Has Been Brilliantly Remastered By Fans

Time Extension about 2 months ago

And you can play it in your web browser now.Sega's iconic arcade racer Turbo OutRun has been updated by fans, and you can play it in your browser right now.Turbo Outrun Reimagined has been developed by Sk1ds and features four playable cars and five differe …
Image

Anniversary: Nintendo's Punch-Out!! Is 40 Years Old

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Punch drunk.Nintendo's coin-op boxing title Punch-Out!! is now 40 years old – it was released in arcades on February 17th, 1984.One of the last arcade titles to be released by the company before it focused its energy on home consoles, the game made quite …
Image

Insane Bundle Includes 70 Capcom Classics Worth $200 For Just 20 Bucks

Time Extension about 3 months ago

To celebrate the Capcom Cup X.Capcom has teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer over 70 classic titles for $20.The Fighters & Arcade Classics bundle features the likes of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Ul …
Image

Atari’s Mike Jang

The Arcade Blogger about 3 months ago

Some sad news to report on the blog this week. I got word that long-time Industrial Designer at Atari coin-operated division, Mike Jang, has passed away. I’ve known Mike since 2016, and whilst we never met, he was always on the other end of an em …

COIN-OP CENTIPEDE! Demonstrating Atari's in-house development tools!

VCFed about 3 months ago

In this #retrocomputing #archaeology series video, we show how the tools at #ATARI coin-op worked, in-context. We modify Centipede, assemble, link, and create new EPROMs with our changes. #retrogaming #gamedev …
Image

Review: Techn?s Arcade 1 - Double Dragon 2 (Almost) Worth The Price Of Admission

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Eight arcade games from Techn?s Japan.Most famous for its Double Dragon series, Techn?s Japan is sadly no longer with us – but its property is owned by Arc System Works and continues to live on via a range of remakes and updates. Another way to celebrate …
Image

We Never Got A Good Altered Beast 2, So A Fan Is Making One

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Wise from your gwave!It's amazing to consider that Altered Beast has never had a good sequel. It was one of Sega's biggest coin-op titles of the late '80s, boasting huge sprites and iconic sampled speech, and it would later help the company to launch its 1 …
Image

UK Newspaper The Guardian Ranks 'Daytona USA' As Sega's Greatest Arcade Game

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Let's go away.Sega's reputation in the world of arcade machines is almost unrivalled; while many of its competitors have fallen by the wayside over the years, the company continues to produce coin-op machines even in 2024 and has decades of glorious histor …
Image

Did You Know That Konami's Simpsons Coin-Op References A Scrapped 'Rabbit Ears' Plotline?

Time Extension about 4 months ago

What's Marge hiding in her hair?Back when Konami created its Simpsons arcade machine in 1991, Matt Groening's gleefully dysfunctional cartoon family was only just getting started when it came to global superstardom.While The Simpsons was arguably a cultura …
Image

Konami's X-Men Coin-Op Has Been Ported To Sega Saturn

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Demo available now.While many gamers will have fond memories of Capcom's X-Men: Children of the Atom and X-Men Vs Street Fighter arcade titles, Konami's 1992 coin-op has plenty of fans.A side-scrolling brawler released at a point when Konami's Teenage Muta …
Image

Arcade Games Are Coming To Polymega

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Via the "Polymega Game Shop".The latest Polymega system update has revealed that arcade games are coming to the modular console via its digital game store, known as the Polymega Game Shop.A digital offering of some form has been on the cards since before t …
Image

Review: Irem Arcade 1 - Come For R-Type, Stay For Genuine Coin-Op History

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Six of the best from Irem.Irem is best known today for its genre-defining R-Type series, and this collection for the Evercade includes the game that kicked off that famous lineage. R-Type is comfortably the biggest reason to invest in this pack, but it's j …
Image

Footage Of Marvel Super Heroes Running On Sega Genesis Raises Eyebrows

Time Extension about 6 months ago

"Doing incredible Mega Drive things".Seasoned homebrew developer @GabrielPyron has caused quite a stir by showing off footage of Capcom's Marvel Super Heroes running on stock Sega Genesis / Mega Drive hardware.The video, which can be seen below, shows the …
Image

Quarter Arcades Adds 'The Real Ghostbusters' To Its Range

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Coming as part of the 2024/2025 schedule.Quarter Arcades will be adding Data East's 1987 arcade title The Real Ghostbusters to its range of 1/4-scale coin-op cabinets, it has been revealed (thanks, Ghostbusters News).Darren Brown, product manager at Numsku …
Image

New Book Investigates The Tabletop Electronic Classics That Got An Entire Generation Gaming

Time Extension about 7 months ago

'From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops' is on Kickstarter now.A new book which looks into the history of tabletop electronic video games is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter.From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops shines a light on a very unique (and perhaps unrepeatab …
Image

Atari Is Reissuing Outlaw For Its Legendary 2600 Console

Time Extension about 8 months ago

Just in time for the Atari 2600+.Atari is reissuing the 1978 port of its arcade game Outlaw on the 2600, complete with brand-new cover artwork by Brazilian pop culture artist and graphic designer Butcher Billy.The VCS / 2600 port was handled by the legenda …

Lost in the Arcade: Irem Games

Sega-16 about 9 months ago

Like many coin-op publishers, Irem never brought a sizeable number of its games to home consoles. Shooters, fighters, and hack-'n-slashers rank among the releases that never left arcades. Join us as we take a look at some of the Irem games that we never go …
Image

Konami's 'Missing In Action' Comes To Analogue Pocket And MiSTer

Time Extension about 9 months ago

AKA: Green Beret / Rush'n Attack 2.FPGA developer Jotego has just released his Patreon update for this week, and it includes a revised core for Analogue Pocket and MiSTer which grants access to Konami's Missing in Action coin-op.Also known as Green Beret 2 …
Image

Guide: Best Atari 2600 And 7800 Games Of All Time

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Games to play on your Atari 2600+.Originally released as the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), the Atari 2600 was arguably the world's first truly mass-market video game console.With over 30 million units sold, it became the number one gaming system in No …
Image

Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coin-Op Comes To Analogue Pocket And MiSTer

Time Extension about 9 months ago

Let's kick shell!Following hot on the heels of The Simpsons arcade machine – which was added to Jotego's Patreon-only beta program last week – Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coin-op is also now playable on the Analogue Pocket and MiSTer."As you …