Get Ready for the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show
It looks like we have a few arcade and pinball fans here so I wanted to let you know that on June 3rd – 5th the local pinball and arcade collectors are putting on the Northwest Pinball and Gameroom...
View ArticleEarly Atari Arcade Design Concepts
I was looking through a website I usually visit for their repository of arcade manuals and I came across a collection of Industrial Design artwork from Atari that someone had acquired. Being a fan of...
View ArticleHubot was the Robot Buddy I Wish I Had
I run into this guy last year when I payed a visit to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View California. He was on exhibit with other robots but Hubot was the one that stuck out to me. He was …...
View ArticleThe Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show
If you happen to be in the Seattle Washington area between June 8th and the 10th a group of arcade and pinball collectors will be putting on a show that is open to the public. We should have over 300 …...
View ArticleMidway’s Blue Shark
I’m going to write a few blurbs for the arcade games I’m bring to a show this year, just a little background information that I plan to attach to each game. I figure that since I’m writing these anyway...
View ArticleSea Wolf by Midway
Sea Wolf is one of my favorite games and the first arcade I remember playing. It was released by Midway in 1976 and was based on two earlier Electro-Mechanical games called Sea Devil and Sea Raiders. I...
View ArticleSuper Bug by Kee Games
Super Bug came out in 1977 and was released by Kee Games. The way Kee Games came into being is an interesting story but would take too much time to cover in this article. If you’d like to learn more …...
View ArticleRip Off by Cinematronics
Rip Off was released in 1980 by Cinematronics. Cinematronics is probably not the most well-known game producing company but they did have a few hits. The most popular probably being Dragons Lair or...
View ArticleAtari’s Pin Pong
This week I’d like to introduce you to Pin Pong by Atari. It came out in 1974 and is the oldest game I own. Just so you know I debated on whether to include the flyer on this one because … Continue...
View ArticleWarlords by Atari
Right now I have my games prepped and packed in the garage awaiting pickup for the show this weekend so I thought I write this article on a game that’s staying home this time. I played the home version...
View ArticleJet Fighter by Atari
The NW Pinball and Arcade Show went really well this year I still haven’t heard anything official but it appeared even busier than last year. I also got to meet mwentworth there. Unfortunately we...
View ArticleAtari Helps You See the Music
Instead of an arcade game I decided to highlight the Atari Video Music which came out in 1976. Here’s what Atari had to say about their new product “The Video Music adds a whole new dimension to the...
View ArticleThe Stanford Theater
The thread “Retro Movie You Would Like to See in the Theaters” over in the forums got me thinking about a theater that I loved to visit while I was living in Redwood City, CA. That theater was the...
View ArticleAtari’s Red Baron
There are a few arcade cabinets that the side art really stands out to me and I still remember them to this day. Space Invaders with its alien hurling down missiles and Fire Truck with its old time...
View ArticleSprint 2 By Kee Games
Sprint 2 was released by Atari’s subsidiary Kee Games in 1976 and is an early 1 or 2 player top-down racing game. Atari and Kee Games had both released racing games previously but this was their first...
View ArticleAtari Basketball by Atari
In May of 1979 Atari released Atari Basketball. There were four sport titles they released around that time: Atari Football, then Atari Basketball, followed by Atari Baseball and Atari Soccer. All of...
View ArticleSubs by Atari
I have another obscure Atari arcade game. This one is Atari Subs and was released in 1979. Subs was the first arcade game to use dual monitors and because of this dual screen configuration the cabinet...
View ArticleSmoking Monkeys, the Monkeys from the Wrong Side of the Tracks
You know I can’t remember where I first saw the smoking monkey but it was probably one of my parent’s friends that had it. I do remember being amazed watching this monkey puffing away on his cigarette....
View ArticleThe 2013 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show
In just a few weeks, June 7th through the 8th, the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show will be going on in its new home at the Tacoma Convention Center in Washington State. Every year the local pinball...
View ArticleArmor Attack by Cinematronics
Armor Attack was released by Cinematronics in 1980. Cinematronics is not one of the most well-known arcade companies but they did make some great games in my opinion. I wrote about my favorite game Rip...
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