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SPACE INVADERS – by Eugenio Angueira
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...
Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History: The Net Yaroze
Antstream officially launches on PlayStation 4 and 5 today. Happy Launch day. To celebrate this moment on Antstream Arcade, we look back at the Net Yaroze, Sony’s attempt to bring PlayStation console development to the world. While it revolutionised video gaming when...
Atari 50 – ‘The Wider World of Atari’ DLC
New York, NY (September 26, 2024) —Today, publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are thrilled to announce the launch of the first major DLC to the critically acclaimed Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Titled The Wider World of Atari, this DLC features 19...
New On Antstream This Week: Risky Woods ; Wonder Planet
An action platformer and a vertical shoot ‘em up join the Antstream library this week. A big welcome to retro gamers on PlayStation! There are two new titles for Antstream players to enjoy this week. Risky Woods (Mega Drive) and Wonder Planet (Arcade) will both be...
The Story Of Namco
As one of the cornerstones of arcade gaming, Namco has produced some of the most famous arcade video games of the last 50 years. Join Antstream Arcade as we celebrate the life of this legendary coin-op manufacturer. Formation The history of Namco stretches back to the...
5 WAYS TO BRING FUN HOME – by Patrick Hickey Jr.
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
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...
ROBOTIC REMEMBRANCE – by John Michonski
For kids today, singing animatronics are a staple of the horror video game genre, with Five Nights at Freddy’s raking in millions of dollars and launching a movie series. For the older crowd, however, they’re a nostalgic, yet sometimes off-putting memory of birthdays...
This Day In Video Game History
