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The original Star Wars arcade machine given to us by Atari in the early 80’s is no doubt one of the all time arcade classics, as well as being a great collectors item.
Well one game that trumps it in the collectors market is Empire Strikes Back.
The Empire Strikes Back, while it is the second Star Wars movie, for whatever reason...
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Star Wars arcade by Atari is an all time arcade classic. But you certainly cannot fit one in the palm of your hand.
Or can you?
Check out the new Star Wars Mini cabinet. This is simply...
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When it comes to movies there are some that really were just designed to be turned into a video game.
Disney’s 1982 sci-fi classic Tron is certainly one of those movies, and today we are going to look at the second arcade game based on this movie Discs of Tron made by Midway. Specifically we will be looking at the environmental...
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Apr 10, 12
Posted in News
You may remember that the The GameRoom Blog talked with Sean Newton last year about his excellent book Bits, Sticks, and Buttons.
Well Sean has a new book coming out soon and wanted to give us the exclusive scoop on it. So here goes…
Sean thanks for talking with me today. I take it the new book is related to arcade games...
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This is Pac-Man like you have never seen him before and ready for your nearest Imax screen.
For more information about this film visit Project Yellow Sphere.
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An Interview with Brad Crawford about his film 100 Yen: Japanese Arcade Experience
Where did the idea of making a movie about Japanese arcades come from?
Well, I moved to Japan, more specifically, Osaka in 2005.
I lived and worked in Japan for 3 years. Coming from a relatively small city in Canada one of the most amazing things...
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In our latest installment of Rare Game Room Gems, we look at the Atari classic I, Robot.
When you think of I, Robot, I would take a guess that what probably pops into your mind are images of the Will Smith movie from 2004, or perhaps the series of novels that the movie was loosely based on. However the purpose of this article is to...
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Mar 06, 12
Posted in Stuff
Some of you may just have an Xbox hooked to a big TV in your game room. But for those of us who like to fill our gamerooms with old coin-op equipment — we cannot just logon to Amazon to get our latest fix.
We have to be on the prowl and compete against other bloodthirsty collectors. It can be a tough business.
But once in a...
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It is fair to say that the 1980′s were the golden age of arcade games. Sure from a technical stand point a kid looking back nowadays will be mind blown at just how simple some of these gems look.
But the games from this era just oozed personality, many games requiring the gamer to use their imagination to bring the pixels on...
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Sit-down arcade driving games deliver one of the classic arcade experiences.
There is something about sitting down, with that subwoofer firing off in your rear, having force feedback on a real steering wheel, a real gas pedal and the entire works.
Sure there are great racing games on the Xbox 360, PS3, and even the Wii — but...
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