Arcade Machines for Bars

Customers do not solely base their bar preference upon customer service and the quality of your refreshments or meals, but the atmosphere of your establishment counts as well. There are many cases where bars get overlooked simply because their atmosphere … Continue reading →

Arcade Machines for Your Rec Room

Putting a game room or a rec room in the home can be a great way to bring together friends and family for a night of entertainment. But how do you find entertainment that suits the whole family? Create that … Continue reading →

Arcade Machines with a Woman’s Touch

While the arcade machine industry was largely dominated by men in its beginnings, one woman made history in 1980 by introducing Centipede arcade machines into the market.  Dona Bailey a former game programmer, and the only woman in Atari’s coin-op … Continue reading →

The Challenge of Arcade Machines

What seems to be missing in the video games of today is the challenge that arcade machines use to give us. Much like our movies, video games at times lose their focus by putting all their energy into graphics, sacrificing … Continue reading →

Pacman’s Golden Years

Unexpectedly, the Pacman arcade machine captivated audiences worldwide. Well, what was so special about Pacman? In fact it had many other competitors, but it separated itself from so many others using an extremely basic game objective. Listed below are factors … Continue reading →

Donkey Kong Games

Donkey Kong was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Continue reading →

The Original Tetris Video Game

In June 1984, Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris in his spare time while working for the Moscow Academy of Sciences. Born out of Pajitnov’s love of puzzles and gaming, Tetris revolutionized puzzle games with distinctive “falling” pieces that players could arrange in real time along the bottom of the rectangular playing field, or “matrix,” in order to clear lines. Continue reading →

Classic Pac Man Arcade Video Game

Pac man must attempt to collect all the Powerpills and then avoid the wraithlike touch of the Ghost for as long as possible. Continue reading →

History of Nintendo

In the early ’80s, when the home video game business was undergoing a spasmodic death, Nintendo pressed full speed ahead in developing its own system, based on two rather simple principles. First, the company flouted received wisdom and focused on software, rather than hardware. It shrewdly forseeing that exciting games would create demand for hardware, which in turn would create demand for more quality games. Second, Nintendo maintained tight control over the software, keeping the quality high and extracting royalties for every cartridge played on its platform. Continue reading →