SPACE INVADERS – by Eugenio Angueira

by Eugenio Angueira | Sep 27, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s

In 1978, Taito/Midway took the arcades by storm with their release of a game called Space Invaders. The game was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, who spent a year developing the game itself as well as the hardware necessary to make the game possible. His concept gave...

5 WAYS TO BRING FUN HOME – by Patrick Hickey Jr.

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 25, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Antstream

The arcade experience is something you have to have lived through to truly understand. The clinking of change in your pockets as you played your favorite machines, all eating quarters at a breakneck pace. The sweat drips down your forehead and the grease accumulates...

A Roundtable Discussion on the Mega Man Mania Project

by William Schwartz | Sep 23, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Interviews, The Story Of...

Mega Man is a famous name in the gaming world, but not so well-known are some of his earliest games. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge in 1991, or Rockman World, simply refurbished content from Mega Man 1 and 2. The next three Rockman World games did the same with...

Stern Pinball announces Pop-Up Arcade for Riot Fest in Chicago this weekend

by William Schwartz | Sep 20, 2024 | 2020s, Pinball, Stern

  In a recent announcement, Stern Pinball confirmed that they’ll be coming back to Riot Fest this year at Douglass Park in Chicago. The full title of the event is Stern Pinball Pop-up Arcade at Riot Fest 2024. The free pinball machines will be available...

Super Charge Bros Achieves Goal on Kickstarter in Less Than 24 Hours

by Old School Gamer | Sep 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Dallas, TX –September 6, 2024– Independent publisher The Retro Room Games has announced that the Kickstarter campaign for Super Charge Bros went live and has reached its goal in less than 24 hours. The accomplishment of this goal will help the team in the production...

STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – SEPTEMBER 2024

by Stern PInball | Sep 6, 2024 | 2020s, Pinball, Stern

The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball. Without further ado my fellow pinheads: The Uncanny X-Men: [embedded content] Don’t be in “Danger” of missing out. A very limited number of The...