by Todd Friedman | May 30, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Events
With multiple Galaga records falling recently and many new players and competitions being introduced, there has also been a drive to something no one thought imaginable as recently as 3 years ago – 10,000,000 (that’s TEN MILLION) points on Tournament Settings. Armando...
by Jason Russell | May 18, 2020 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Home Consoles, Lists, Magazine, The Story Of...
Two Great Trends That Trend Great Together As the popularity of the versus fighting grew in the early to mid 90s, it didn’t take long for developers and publishers to see the appeal in coupling the genre with licensed properties to capitalize on two trends...
by Jason Russell | May 9, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles, Lists, Magazine
After Street Fighter II came Mortal Kombat. After Mortal Kombat came a tsunami. As the Street Fighter II phenomena grew in arcades and then again when ports of the popular games came to home consoles, nearly every company in the industry suddenly found themselves in a...
by Jason Russell | Apr 29, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine, The Story Of...
Capcom & SNK: Best Frienemies It is almost impossible to overstate Street Fighter II’s influence over the gaming world, arcades in particular, in the early 1990s. In just about every arcade the world over, gamers flocked around the cabinet – some to try...
by Jason Russell | Apr 19, 2020 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine, Opinions
Days of Future’s Past My nephew is 11 years old. He has just about every modern console known to man, a gaming PC, a powerhouse iPad and iPhone and the other day, in casual video gaming conversation, he happens to mention Street Fighter II. I paused...
