What's a kid whose dad works at an automobile repair shop supposed to do while his dad fixes cars? Help pass the socket wrench? Nah. How about build an entire arcade out of cardboard? That's more like it!
This beautiful arcade cabinet by Pinel & Pinel looks like what an arcade cabinet would have looked like in the 60s if such things had existed at the time. I want one. Now.
In America, arcades are few and far between, and are too often tired scenes with stuck buttons. In Japan, however — and especially in Tokyo — the arcade still lives, with multi-story complexes packed wall-to-wall with all the latest gaming...
With emulation allowing us to play retro arcade games on both consoles and our computers, having stand-alone arcade cabinets doesn't make as much sense as it used to. But that doesn't mean I don't want one, especially one as sexy...
It's the '70s, and arcades are packed with bell-bottoms, shocks of fluffy hair and brightly colored game cabinets. There are pop references everywhere you look, games of adventure, games of skill, and the high score is king. Then the '80s...
Oh my. Somebody has gone and combined two of my favorite things in the world - video games and drinking beer - and created a masterpiece. The Arkeg is, yes, an arcade game with a keg built in. The setup...
We just showed you ThinkGeek's Pocket Retro Game Emulator, which was barely a week old. Today, the site is neck-deep in orders for the unit, and it's easy to understand why. ROM-enabled portables such as the PRGE are a siren...
It's hands-down the ugliest controller mod I've ever seen, and yet it's the most endearing. A fan of the Virtual-On arcade games recreated the series' unique method of control by extending the Xbox 360 controller's dual joystics with candy packaging....
In Japan, where the arcade is still alive and well, they still enjoy playing games in simulators. Crazy, futuristic bobsledding simulators — and don't knock it 'til you try it. From the looks of it, Storm-G, which has been out...