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Radioactive Bumping – Reactor

August 1, 2016by Reggie C. Leave a comment

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

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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, […]

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More than a cartoon – Dragon’s Lair

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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 […]

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Digital Beer Service – Tapper

May 18, 2016by Reggie C. 1 Comment

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 […]

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Big hearted alien lurking in the jungle – Contra

April 25, 2016by Reggie C. Leave a comment

———————————————————————————- ———————————————————————————- 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 […]

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Happy 35th Anniversary – Defender

February 19, 2016by Reggie C. Leave a comment

  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 […]

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It came from Japan – Game Tengoku

July 13, 2015by Reggie C. Leave a comment

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 […]

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