Welcome to the Video Game Capital of the World

by Walter Day | Jan 27, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

I started making plans to have the Scoreboard grow into  becoming the “crossroads” of gaming. It was perfectly  fine that the scoreboard had existed so far as a free  service to help all the arcades, but I thought of all the fun  we would all have if the players came...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – George Spanos

by Todd Friedman | Jan 17, 2021 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features George Spanos, who currently is displayed on card number 3333, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  George is one of the great arcade mechanics in the Chicagoland area. He has serviced machines at all the top arcade...

Music is the Weapon – How Aerosmith Rocked the Arcade

by Michael Thomasson | Jan 15, 2021 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Aerosmith’s signature video game almost didn’t include Aerosmith. In 1993, Midway Games was working on a new coin-op to be titled ‘Generation X’, and if one listens carefully to the opening sequence, Revolution X is referred to by its original title. However, that...

Coins Detected in Pocket – Recent World Records

by Old School Gamer | Jan 13, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

In 1999 and his 2005 Donkey Kong record score. In a video released by Guinness World Records, Editor-in Chief Craig Glenday stated, “reviewing both: existing evidence and newly sourced eyewitness testimony, plus some new expert gameplay analyses and hardware...

Coins Detected in Pocket – Robbie Lakeman vs. Donkey Kong

by Old School Gamer | Jan 11, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

THE GAME Like sand at the beach, an ARCADE has zero legitimacy without one, if not two, Donkey Kong cabinets. Nintendo’s 1981 explosive launch put them at the top of the North American ARCADE scene. Stubborn Gorilla versus fearless Jump Man… can this helpless damsel...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Vinny DelRusso

by Todd Friedman | Jan 10, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Vinny DelRusso who currently is displayed on card number 3531 from the Walter Day Superstars of 2021. Vinny is the founder of Video Game 911.  This company specializes in repairing gaming items ranging from consoles to arcade...