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Modern Fighting Game Collections – by Brian Lesyk

Most of us would generally agree that the 1990s represented the golden age of fighting games. The quality and quantity of fighting game titles that emerged during that decade was unprecedented, to say the very least. Of course, there were some notable duds, but in a...

Mario Comes to the Sega Master System

When the Nintendo Entertainment System arrived in North America in the early 80s, it brought a mascot that would become as closely tied to the company as any other. Mario started in the original Donkey Kong arcade game and slowly evolved into the lovable plumber we...

Mortal Kombat – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.

The road of Mortal Kombat, from arcade juggernaut to iconic home console title, is a long one. The brainchild of John Tobias and Ed Boon was developed before Capcom’s Street Fighter II hit the arcade scene, so Tobias and Boon were working with a tabula rasa. Although...
Fab At Forty: Pheenix

Fab At Forty: Pheenix

In the first of another regular series on Antstream Arcade, we take a peek back at a specific game from 1983, when gaming exploded in the UK. And what better place to start than an underrated gem from the computer that helped kickstart the gaming phenomenon, the...

This Day In Video Game History

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