Arcade Archive

  • Behold the arcade museum; a geekgasm waiting to happen

    Behold the arcade museum; a geekgasm waiting to happen

    In an office complex in Rochester NY, there is a storeroom that looks like any other, except for one minor difference. This storeroom (to some) should be considered a temple to the power of the gaming. This storeroom lives inside the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and contains over 20,000 different gaming [...]

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  • Classic arcade tribute sculpture

    Classic arcade tribute sculpture

    This rather nifty electronics sculpture was created by Artist Steve D’Angelo, as a homage to the classic arcade. This is what I think all synthesizers should look like. [Make: Online]

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  • Video: Metal Gear Solid Arcade 3D in action

    Video: Metal Gear Solid Arcade 3D in action

    We've covered Metal Gear Solid 3D (whose first playable version was announced by Konami last week) twice so far, and now it's time to look at the game in more detail. Konami is still in the middle of optimizing the gameplay (which is based on Metal Gear Online) and hasn't fixed a release date yet. In the video embedded below, you can see a model holding a gun in her hands and wearing the "VR" 3D goggles, the main selling point of the title. Your viewpoint in the game changes in line with the direction your head (in reality) is facing. There's an analog stick on the gun, which allows you to move in the game independent of where you look in reality, too.

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  • Metal Gear Arcade 3D: Konami announces first playable version

    Metal Gear Arcade 3D: Konami announces first playable version

    Konami's hit game series Metal Gear Solid is finally getting an arcade treatment: Aptly named "Metal Gear Solid Arcade 3D", the game was first shown during the E3 last year in the US. Konami has now announced [JP] it will bring the game cabinet to the AOU 2010 expo tomorrow in its full glory. And, for the first time, the title will be playable.

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