Gangsters from the arcade’s past – Lead Angle
Also called Dead Angle and Gang Hunter in the West, Lead Angle is the follow-up to Seibu Kaihatsu’s Empire City: 1931 which hit Japanese arcades in 1986. The sequel, released […]
Also called Dead Angle and Gang Hunter in the West, Lead Angle is the follow-up to Seibu Kaihatsu’s Empire City: 1931 which hit Japanese arcades in 1986. The sequel, released […]
The Age of Prohibition (1920 – 1933) was a bold experiment in legally enforced temperance banning alcohol within the United States. One of the biggest criticisms of the law behind […]
Arcade titan Namco is no stranger to shmups having titles such as Xevious, Galaga, Bosconian, and many more on their incredibly long resume. Their games were arcade staples feeding itchy […]
One of the things that have always amazed me about shmups (shoot ’em ups) were the degrees of creativity certain design houses put into their particular games turning many into an […]
The first time I had seen Magician Lord was sometime during the early 90s in the arcade set up inside what looked like a generic, red cab, with a tiny […]
Updates have been slow for two main reasons — Bloodborne and Pillars of Eternity. I’ve been diving deeply into both in the past weeks and have been really enjoying my […]
Sega’s position as an arcade icon was firmly established by a series of memorable hits ranging from After Burner to Space Harrier — fast, exciting titles that promised to deliver as […]
In 1991, the Golden Age of Beat ’em Ups was in full swing as Capcom, Konami, and a handful of other developers unleashed a flood of curb stompers into the […]