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Arcade
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Going backwards buying physical vs. digital media + Switch 2 sells 10+ million units so far
Over the last year I've noticed a change in my buying habits when it comes to media. It started with my son buying Jaws (see: Our Son Bought a New In Box Jaws Stern Premium – The First 40 Days of Ownership – What’s the…
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Ms. Pac-Man meets the Pinhouse for Humpday Wednesday
Yes, there will be a Humpday Wednesday stream this morning (Seattle, WA USA time GMT-8) at the Pinhouse via Twitch ( https://www.twitch.tv/playgamesmoredotcom ), assuming I can hook up some kind of connection to our…
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4 Techniques to Score More at Robotron: 2084
We have score chased my favorite arcade game of all time Robotron: 2084 multiple ties. We've also spotlighted the game, see: Robotron: 2084 and Crazy Climber – Replay Game Spotlight (RGS #10) Twin Stick Arcade Glory .…
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Pinball all you can play vs. coin drop per game + VIP monthly subscriptions from Waterland Arcade
In this article let's look at several different ways you can pay to play pinball in 2025. The most common way to play is per game or $x for 3 games or 5 games, giving a small discount for purchasing more games at a…
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Asteroids: Recharged arcade plays as good as it looks
Some time ago we covered the Alan-1 Atari Asteroides Deluxe: Recharged game here: Atari Partners with Alan-1 to Release Coin-op Improved Versions of Atari Recharged Games This is a game I wish more operators would put…
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Arcade Archives shmup Nebulasray released for $14.99 instead of $7.99 like many other titles
There are a bunch of shmups out there and kudos to readers that recognize arcade game Nebulasray from 1994 as one of them. Bonus trivia points for the rare hardcore shmup player that can explain what makes this title…
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Search Google and Play Pac-Man in Browser
For many years now, Google has included built-in games to their search engine. Some are accessed by certain search terms, for example you can play a clone of the game Pac-Man in your browser by searching Google for…
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Ever Watched Starcade? The 80s Arcade Game Show
The 80s were cool in a number of ways, our game shows even had video games as contests like this one called Starcade "TV's first video arcade gameshow" broadcast 4/27/1985 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkmJv9H1BD4 )…
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Asteroids Deluxe - Replay Game Spotlight (RGS #11)
After playing and streaming yesterday on the (NO) Blue Monday Show well over 8 hours of Asteroids Deluxe gameplay, I was reminded just how much I like this game still today after some 44 years since it first appeared in…
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Robotron: 2084 and Crazy Climber - Replay Game Spotlight (RGS #10) Twin Stick Arcade Glory
On Tuesdays currently at PGM we're trying to look back at games, which could me to yesterday for more modern game(s) or way back to classic arcades. This week, we're focusing on a type of controls that are both…
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OPINION: Does Game Machine Size Matter? Yes, for a business, anyway
Please forgive the playful undertone of the title question, because of course size matters ... when it comes to pinball machines and arcades everything is just getting bigger and bigger. And look at the picture, which…
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Donkey Kong Arcade Kill Screen and the Jumpman Ladder Glitch
It's fascinating the level of commitment some folks continue to study, probe and try to improve upon the knowledge behind the level 22 kill screen of the arcade game Donkey Kong. It's been 44 years and we're still…
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Atari plans releasing toy "home arcade cabinets" from Basic Math in 2025, says Financial Report
If you aren't familiar with Basic Math ( https://www.basicfun.com/arcade-classics/ ), they make these tiny toy arcade cabs (pictured above) which are not really accurate scaled down or in looks to the real arcade cabs.…
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Replay Game Spotlight: Mortal Kombat (RGS #1)
This week we're score chasing the first two Mortal Kombat fighting games: Season 3 Week 17: Mortal Kombat + Mortal Kombat II – How to Join Us, Play, Beat Your Personal Best and what better way to kick off the "new"…
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With 270,000+ games, Gamers are hopelessly outnumbered + National Card Playing Day
Moby Games ( https://www.mobygames.com/ ) has been keeping track of games for quite some time now. They don't track every type of game -- like probably not all mobile, indie games and Steam games, mainly published…
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Bumblebear's Newest Arcade Game: ZOMBEEZ in Preorder for $5,995
If you haven't heard of Bumblebear ( https://shop.bumblebeargames.com/ ) or the name Killer Queen in the modern arcade gaming space, this article is for you. I've been seeing Killer Queen's 10 player games at Next Level…
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No UNICO Candy Cab for our Gameroom in 2024
File the picture above of the UNICO Nova Blast in the previously somewhat interested department. Did not preorder, don't have that kind of FOMO, but for some timed leaned toward buying the UNICO candy cab (see: UNICO is…
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OPINION: Home Gaming Space Doesn't Need More "Almost" Arcade Machines, Media1UP
I'm all for new gaming systems, new games, new stuff. I'm not so much for the same thing repackaged ad nauseum. Enter the home arcade space, which is littered with emulation. Some of that litter is appealing, but not…
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Goodbye to Zilog Z80, Pac-Man's Processor No Longer Being Manufactured
Everything good eventually ends, right? 48 years of manufacturing the Zilog Z80 has, in fact, come to an end. The Z80 has been used in many classic arcade and other gaming-related hardware. Can you say Colecovision?!…
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OPINION: Is the Megacade a Pirate's Haven, Retrogaming Mecca or ...?
For a couple years now, my son has been talking about buying a Megacade from Extreme Home Arcades: https://extremehomearcades.com/ You might have seen these arcade cabinet gaming beasts. These machines are mammoth in…
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Down The Flappy Bird Clone Games Hole
Some time ago, we covered a simple, but addictive game called POOSH XL, see: Cross-platform Score Chase Added to PGM: POOSH XL . We're still score chasing that and if you enjoy games with that sort of simple, but…
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Star Trek The Arcade Game + Roddenberry Story Idea Similar to Stephen King Novel
photo credit: Arcade-Museum A Sega game in 1982, vector-based was Star Trek. It was only in one arcade that I remember back in those days, but I did enjoy playing the game. These days finding a working arcade cabinet of…
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Next Level Pinball, Voted the Best Arcade In the World 3 Years in a Row, Expands with 7,000 Square Feet More Gaming
In the current business climate it's exciting to see businesses expanding, especially gaming-related ones. Here at PGM, we're fans of Next Level Pinball & Arcade (), and my family goes down there regularly. It's a 2.5…
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Launching April 23, 2024 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants - Steam Listing Live
Good news, TMNT fans! You might have heard this already and we were only waiting for confirmation of the Steam listing appearing -- now it's up, see below for link -- before publishing. Very excited about this one, as…
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Play the game Sega didn't really want you to play, Dottori-Kun
Let's talk good arcade game trivia. Getting around obscure Japanese regulations, and one of Sega's best selling games by accident, was created in the 1990s and is called Dottori-Kun. It is a tiny, budget PCB that was…
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Atari Partners with Alan-1 to Release Coin-op Improved Versions of Atari Recharged Games
Atari is in the news again, this time with another partnership that makes sense, but did not see coming: coin-op! Earlier this year, we covered the 10 Atari Recharged titles released and a new Atari press release…
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Mike Tyson Once Boxed Himself in Punch-Out, Tyson Fighting Jake Paul July 20, 2024, Netflix to Stream
Back in the 80s if you wanted to box in an arcade game, Nintendo had the best boxing in town with their wire mesh Super-Punch Out. Then when legendary puncher Mike Tyson got in their NES version, the videogame turned…
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Pac-Man Played on Largest Video Game Screen Ever + Man Arrested for Climbing 300 Foot Vegas Sphere
We pre-empt an engaging interview on the Apple Vision Pro scheduled for tomorrow morning with news in a couple odd places in Vegas. Some old, some cool, some dumb. Let's tackle the dumb first. Recently, we discussed a…
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Arcade1up created an Oreo-themed Pac-Man cab as contest prize
Wonder no more when the next Arcade1UP Pac-Man cabinet will be released, because it's a one-off prize in a cookie contest for Oreo. You can see what it looks like to the right and, yes, it looks more desirable than the…
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Scully joins cast of Tron: Ares + Will we get a good, new Tron game to play?
That's no misprint, Tron 3 AKA Tron: Ares , AKA on Insta's director's chair as Tr3n is set to film and planned for theatrical release in 2025. Gillian Anderson, that played Dana Scully on X-Files is joining the cast for…
