Early home video games were limited in their faithfulness of arcade ports due to restrictive hardware capabilities. Some ports were able...

I am under a self-imposed moratorium regarding purchasing additional arcade games since we are planning to move late next Spring. The...

One trope surrounding the 1980’s is an idealized arcade setting. Films or movies set during this time period depict that every group of...

Arcade games are big, not just culturally speaking but as a physical object. As collectables, their sheer mass can make owning more than...

Let’s check out two little known games from a not so great year of arcade gaming. 1984 was a lousy year for the American videogame...

Introduction Once upon a time, there was an era filled with kids wearing plastic Swatch watches, breakdancing in the streets, and eating...

In 1976 Atari struck a deal with media powerhouse Warner Brothers in order to be able to financially support the release of what would...

So… When the Heck Did These Things Get So Expensive? If you, like me, spend a good amount of time on the various arcade game collecting...

It's been over a year since this I was reunited with this amazing sitdown version of Sega's fantasy shooting classic. Space Harrier was...

As much as I would like to believe in the illusion that I can fit an unlimited amount of huge wood boxes with electronics in my home (aka...

Attempting to write fully on the legacy of Atari’s Pong would be a hard-fought assignment for even the most knowledgeable classic arcade...

Contrary to what many in the video game fandom or public like to spout, Pong was not the first arcade video game. Technically that honor...

About two years ago when we still lived in Houston, we would drive up to the American Amusement Auctions coin-op events outside of Dallas...

A lot of great arcade games came from Japanese manufactures in the early 1980's. But not everything was on par quality wise with some of...

As the year starts to wrap up, my day to day schedule has unfortunately left little time for my hobby. Turns out going back to college in...

Mikie is an unusual game in several ways. First, it is brutally difficult thanks in part to clunky controls and a strange rule set....

Just when the workshop was looking fairly empty and manageable I go and snag this cool Battlezone cabaret, I just couldn't resist. A tiny...

Over the last 3 years my skill set and my desire to attempt more complex restoration processes has grown. I guess with any hobby you...

Before we start this blog post, and introduce the newest game to the collection let us talk about why you never throw anything away in...

For operators and owners of arcade machines, there is a risk with buying a new game for a location. Will the game make enough money to...