Radioactive Bumping – Reactor
This unusual arcade game came out in 1982 from Gottlieb who were one of the grand old pinball machine masters having made them since the 1930’s. In the early 80s, […]
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Time Traveling from the Past – Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp
Dragon’s Lair II came to the arcades in 1991, eight years after the first game. Don Bluth Studios, whose artists worked on the first game which came out in 1983, […]
More than a cartoon – Dragon’s Lair
The early 80s were something of a turning point for arcades with huge hits like Nintendo’s Donkey Kong and Taito’s Pac-Man drumming up quarters from everyone’s pockets. They were also a […]
Digital Beer Service – Tapper
With Budweiser’s decision to rename itself “America” in, well, America later this year as part of the run up to the presidential election in November, I thought it might be […]
Big hearted alien lurking in the jungle – Contra
———————————————————————————- ———————————————————————————- Contra’s amazing march to mythic status began in the arcades on February 20, 1987. But to many, it’s major popularity explosion occurred when it hopped over to the NES […]
Happy 35th Anniversary – Defender
There’s no definite date on Defender’s release this month 35 years ago, but whatever it may be, it’s a good time to look back on a bit of this […]
It came from Japan – Game Tengoku
Jaleco’s arcade history might not be as well known as its reputation on consoles like the NES where it introduced the famous Bases Loaded series. But they were prolific developers with […]
Shoot ’em ups from the arcade’s past – 1942
One of Capcom’s big hits during the 80s was a vertically scrolling shooter called 1942 set in the Pacific Theater of WW2 starting from Midway and ending in Tokyo. In […]
Sorcerors from the Neo Geo’s past – Magician Lord
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 […]
Arcade beat ’em ups from the past – D. D. Crew
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 […]
