Arcade Game Archive

  • Big Fish Games Introduces Amazing Napoleon’s Great Escape from Tiny Places, a New Physics-Based Arcade Game for iPhone and iPad

    Big Fish Games Introduces Amazing Napoleon’s Great Escape from Tiny Places, a New Physics-Based Arcade Game for iPhone and iPad

    Posted on December 15, 2011 | No Comments
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  • It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    When Think Geek posted this image on April Fools Day, it was apparent that it wasn’t real. While a disappointment to some gamers, it also became an inspiration for one Hideyoshi Moriya. iCade lives!

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  • Streetfighter IV for iPhone: Capcom releases official trailer and screenshots

    Streetfighter IV for iPhone: Capcom releases official trailer and screenshots

    Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments
    As reported (and following Final Fantasy I and II, which are now available), the App Store will get another hit Japanese video game this month, Streetfighter IV. It will be the first mobile version of the Arcade game that so far was only ported to PS3, XBO360 and the PC. And today maker Capcom released the official trailer and a slew of new screenshots.

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  • PuppyArcade: A standalone, CD-based OS for playing old arcade game

    PuppyArcade: A standalone, CD-based OS for playing old arcade game

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    While I think the passion for building stand-up arcade games has waned recently, it’s nice to see that someone out there is still thinking of the children. PuppyArcade by Scott Jarvis is a CD-based arcade system that boots in any PC and allows you to access MAME ROMs on almost any disk. The game plays [...]

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  • Streetfighter IV on the iPhone gets video, price and release date

    Streetfighter IV on the iPhone gets video, price and release date

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    I myself am in the "This will never work"-camp, but Japanese video game giant Capcom is preparing a special version of their hit title "Streetfighter IV" for the iPhone/iPod touch. The announcement was made last week, making the iPhone version the first on a mobile device (the arcade game has been ported to the PS3 and XBox 360 only so far). And today, Gamepro was able to lay their hands on Streetfighter IV (see their video below), revealing the final version will feature a total of eight characters: Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, M. Bison and Abel (the console games have 17 playable characters).

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  • Video: Streetfighter IV on the iPhone gets price and release date

    Video: Streetfighter IV on the iPhone gets price and release date

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    I myself am in the "This will never work"-camp, but Japanese video game giant Capcom is preparing a special version of their hit title "Streetfighter IV" for the iPhone/iPod touch. The announcement was made last week, making the iPhone version the first on a mobile device (the arcade game has been ported to the PS3 and XBox 360 only so far). And today, Gamepro was able to lay their hands on Streetfighter IV (see their video below), revealing the final version will feature a total of eight characters: Ryu, Ken, Guile, Blanka, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, M. Bison and Abel (the console games have 17 playable characters).

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

    Metal Gear Arcade 3D: Konami announces first playable version

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    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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  • Video game inspired skateboard decks

    Video game inspired skateboard decks

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Artist Logan Zawacki (what a fun name!) put together some pretty impressive game-themed skateboard decks for the I’M BOARD skateboard art show held earlier this week in Florida. Zawacki created four decks in all, each with the following theme: Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 3, Street Fighter II, and TMNT: The Arcade Game. If you look [...]

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  • Relive the early days of gaming with this 1983 review of Frogger for Atari

    Relive the early days of gaming with this 1983 review of Frogger for Atari

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh how we love the Internet. This review of the now-classic Frogger was first published in issue number 24 of Compute! in 1983. It's a fantastic look back to the simple times when Atari ruled the gaming world.

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  • Video putt putt game is really expensive

    Video putt putt game is really expensive

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Putt putt fanatics, start saving up for your own in-home virtual miniature golf arcade game – at $6,900 plus $550 for shipping, you could probably build an actual course in your backyard for far cheaper.

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  • Layar Enhances Augmented Reality Browser Platform With 3D Capabilities

    Layar Enhances Augmented Reality Browser Platform With 3D Capabilities

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Layar, one of the first companies to start popularizing the concept of augmented reality browsing using modern day's mobile phone cameras, is today announcing the addition of 3D capabilities to its AR browser platform for Android and will be demoing the experience starting tomorrow at the Picnic Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. With 3D, third-party developers can now tag real-life objects with three-dimensional text, place 3D objects on top of real-world space and create multi-sensory experiences.

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  • Table-flipping simulator lets you practice throwing dinnertime tantrums

    Table-flipping simulator lets you practice throwing dinnertime tantrums

    Posted on September 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Finally! It’s about time someone developed an arcade game that closely simulates a heated discussion wherein you pound your fists on a table before finally flipping the entire thing over. Per Kotaku: “Japanese arcade game Cho Chabudai Gaeshi is a score attack game that lets players pound a soft table for combos and then upend it [...]

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  • Do a good deed, and get your vintage arcade game on at the same time

    Do a good deed, and get your vintage arcade game on at the same time

    Posted on August 4, 2009 | No Comments
    It would seem that the boys from Penny Arcade are in the process of moving their operation into a secret base, where they will continue to take over the world. As a result of that move, they are selling off their Neo-Geo machine to the highest bidder. And hey, the money goes to the Child's Play charity.

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  • Let’s sit down and play Metal Gear Arcade

    Let’s sit down and play Metal Gear Arcade

    Posted on June 11, 2009 | No Comments
    What to make of Metal Gear Arcade? Famitsu, that famous video game magazine in Japan, has some info on it this month; now we know a few things! It's an arcade game, right, and you have to sit down to play it. That won't play well in Kansas.

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