‘Stranger Things’ Brings Back 80s Arcade Games
Oct04

‘Stranger Things’ Brings Back 80s Arcade Games

80s fans now have even more to thank Stranger Things for. The show has now teamed up with mobile gaming to bring an 80s-styled arcade game. It’s going to look a lot like your favorite arcade games from the decade. ‘Stranger Things’ Brings Back 80s Arcade Games “Stranger Things: The Game is a new mobile adventure for iOS and Android that combines retro stylings with characters, settings and stories from the...

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How much does it cost to buy Pac-Man?
Jun07

How much does it cost to buy Pac-Man?

Even here in 2016, there’s no shortage of ways to get your Pac-Man fix. The first two pages retrieved by entering Pac-Man in Google are Google’s Pac-Man “doodle” from May 21, 2010, which you can play right on the search page, and a link to Free Pac-Man, which is a site offering many free variations of Pac-Man (and not a page looking to free an imprisoned Pac-Man). But what if playing Pac-Man on your laptop—or your smart phone or your...

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‘Growing Up In Arcades’ — Flickr Account Dedicated To 80s Teens And Vintage Games
Mar23

‘Growing Up In Arcades’ — Flickr Account Dedicated To 80s Teens And Vintage Games

If I had to guess the amount of time, and number of quarters, I spent in arcades as a kid both numbers would be roughly the same. That number is A MILLION. For about ten years there wasn’t a business in the world without a video game in it — restaurants, shoe stores, movie theaters, barber shops — and where there were video games there were teens killing time, blowing allowances and burning through cigarettes...

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Q*bert Fever!
Jul20

Q*bert Fever!

When I was younger there were a few choice video games that I was drawn to when I hit the movie theatre, pizza parlor or especially, the arcade. Sure I loved Donkey Kong, Asteroids and what seemed to be every girl’s game of choice – Centipede. But there was another little character just as important in my life as everyone’s favorite, the star of the show, Pac Man. He was little, orange and had a little weird snout. He was an excellent...

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Coleco Mini-Arcade Tabletop Games
Sep26

Coleco Mini-Arcade Tabletop Games

By Thomas Zizzo Birthday parties as a kid usually meant a day at the arcade. I can remember not being able to sleep the night before a friend’s party; the anticipation was too much. The old Atari 2600, sorry to say, just wasn’t the same as that dark, black-lit room, buzzing with lights and beeps and the bright marquees of our favorite video games. Unless you were as cool as Ricky Schroder (I’ve been dying to make a Silver Spoons...

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