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Puck Man PCB (Namco)

The Arcade Blogger about 1 month ago

44 years ago (22 May 1980 to be precise), the first Puck Man machine was placed in an arcade in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, starting a worldwide global videogaming phenomenon. Today, Namco’s Pac-Man remains one of the most recognisable video gam …
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43 Years On, And Epoch's Cassette Vision Is Finally Playable Via Emulation

Time Extension about 3 months ago

1981 console once had 70% of the Japanese market.Back in 1981, Epoch released the Cassette Vision console in Japan. It would go on to sell an impressive 400,000 units, securing around 70% of the market and making it the most successful product of its kind …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 11 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 11 (November). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, November 18th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. R …
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Help & Support • Newbie needs help with creating a Magic Desk cartridge

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Hi!I am new here, and I have very limited coding skills and I am not a very science/maths oriented person in general.That being said, I recently bought a C64 and found a guy who can make a Magic Desk cartridge for me, if I send him the prg files to includ …
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Team-17 Co-Founder To Open New Arcade In The UK

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Incoming!Martyn Brown, the co-founder of Team17, is planning to open a brand new arcade in the UK, as recently announced in a Facebook post.The arcade will be situated in the West Yorkshire town of Horbury in Wakefield, and will apparently include classic …

FS: Taito F3 Cartridge PCBs for Puzzle Bobble 2, 2X, 3, and 4

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

I had plans to make a setup for these, but changed my mind and already let the motherboard go. PB2 is the Asia board and the others are all Japan boards. Prices include US shipping: $80 each for Puzzle Bobble 2 or 2X $100 each for Puzzle Bobble 3 or 4 P …
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Discovering R.B.I. Baseball on NES

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I regularly come up with stuff here I say I’ll come back to and look at it more detail sometime later, and do you know what? Sooner or later I generally do! Either a man of my word or it just saves me thinking what’s next, take your pick! Let me give …

FS/FT: Atari 2600 through Virtual Boy

Digital Press about 8 months ago

- Don't hesitate to ask if you want pictures or more details of anything. - All prices are negotiable, and I'm happy to do trade/cash combos. - Want list provided upon request. Atari 2600: Keyboard Controllers, pair (boxed) $15 Alpha Beam with Ernie (ma …
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New Releases • New Release - C64 Big Game Pack Stinger +2DG / The Last Ninja Remix +8DI / Dig Dug … by NightFallCrew

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

https://www.nightfallcrew.... ... g-revival/Some new games or tools (Cracked / Trained or Unrealeased) for Commodore 64 have been released from your favorites groups.Titles:Retroscape64 Preview +1DStinger +2DG *Hokuto Force*Labyrinth 3D Preview …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 09 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …

Asteroids 19v2000 deflection board burned

Museum of the Game about 9 months ago

I picked up a Galaxian ans a Asteroids yesterday. The guy said he had them for over 20 years. I know to check thing before I turn them on. I pulled the deflection board first. Someone replaced the resistor with what I am not sure. Looks like it almost s …
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Games Competitions • Games Competition 2023 - Round 08 - Cast Your Votes!!!

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

This vote is for the game we will play in Round 08 (June). The voting starts now and ends 23:59 GMT Saturday, August 12th Vote for 5 games. Votes with less than 5 games will not be counted. Votes with a game on the list below will not be counted. Remembe …

MBMAME- Galaxian Hardware - Wriggly Beasties (War of the Bugs Boot)

Museum of the Game about 10 months ago

Per @Jamesv833 looks like a bootleg of war of the bugs. Playing on galaxian hardware. Tried it with galaxian adapter and Pac-Man adapter but can only get it to move left and right so I’m not sure if that’s a limitation of hardware or romset. Pulled …
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Galaxian500 – An Arcade conversion by JOTD and team for the Commodore Amiga gets another beta!

Old School Gamer Magazine about 10 months ago

As we said before… Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of. Well here’s another Galaxian story for those of you that …
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Galaxian is being developed for the Commodore Amiga as a great conversion by JOTD

Old School Gamer Magazine about 11 months ago

Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of with special effects and bonus power ups added. Well this time we are going back to the o …
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Namco's Influential Arcade Racer Pole Position Comes To Nintendo Switch & PS4 Next Month

Time Extension about 11 months ago

Coming July 6th!Hamster Corp has announced that Namco's influential arcade racer Pole Position will be heading to the Nintendo Switch & PS4 on July 6th as part of Arcade Archives (thanks Gosokkyu!).Originally released in arcades in 1982, Pole Position …
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Amiga Game Selector v2.1 is here!!

Retro32 about 11 months ago

For all those A500 mini owners out there, we can confirm that Amiga Game Selector v2.1 has been released! Created by the legend himself, Paul Vince – AGS is a dedicated Workbench environment that supports the A500 mini, Raspberry Pi and WinUAE. This …

Galaxian PCB working

Museum of the Game about 11 months ago

$150 shipped. Tested working with JAMMA adapter …

Amiga gets two new unofficial Arcade ports: Tapper and Galaxian

RAM OK ROM OK about 12 months ago

The Amiga has been blessed with some top quality arcade ports in recent months (as an example, take a look at Xevious), and now we've got a few more with the classic shooter, Galaxian and bartender simulator, Tapper. Galaxian 500​Like Xevious, Galax …

Galaxian500 – This Arcade conversion by JOTD and team for the Commodore Amiga looks super cool!

Old School Gamer Magazine about 12 months ago

Quick Boxart by Mrv2k It was only just the other day that we announced that JOTD was working on an Arcade to Commodore Amiga conversion of the classic game of ‘Galaxian’; a game that was regarded as an Arcade hit from all the way back to 1979- …

Galaxian is being developed for the Commodore Amiga as a great conversion by JOTD

Indie Retro News about 1 year ago

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Arcade Raid! Huge Arkansas Barn Find

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

After something of a drought of Arcade Raid reports in recent months, I have another great classic arcade cabinet stash find to share on the blog this week. Maybe we’re on a roll! Check out last weeks’ arcade raid tale here if you missed it. …

Radar Rat Race!

Plus/4 World about 1 year ago

In our "games that could have been but weren't" pseudo-series (yes, think about Squirm 16 and Galaxian Plus4...) we continue to present you classic, old-school games that could have been released on our system, but for some reason they weren't.Today's rele …
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EAG Trade Show: January 2023

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

I thought I’d share a few pictures this week of a recent visit I made to an amusement trade show here in the UK. EAG (Entertainment, Attractions & Gaming International Expo) has been around for a few years now, since 2009 in fact, and is the …
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The Arcade Raid That Wasn’t

The Arcade Blogger about 1 year ago

Been a while since I wrote about an arcade raid here on the blog. For the uninitiated, an “Arcade Raid” usually involves the discovery and subsequent removal of classic arcade cabinets. A typical raid will occur in an old warehouse, barn or st …