As the 1980s progressed, arcade games steadily grew more sophisticated, and these five from 1987 were way ahead of their time ...

Firebeast (prototype) (ATARI, 1983). An unreleased prototype game with a very interesting typeface — just one of many featured in Arcade Game Typography (2019, Thams & Hudson) by Toshi Omagari (all ...

Philip Tibitoski (left, at Emporium) and Ben Perez (right, at Logan Arcade) give a lean to a Twilight Zone pinball machine. Pretty eerie, right? Credit: John Sturdy Once the refuge of the nerd, the ...

The Mastrettas always knew they were going to make a racing video game. Take a glance at their family photos, and it’s easy to see why. There’s their granddad, beaming alongside the “Faccia Feroce,” a ...

No long tutorials, no distractions, no unnecessary fluff, arcade shooters are all about pure gameplay. From simple alien ...

The next generation of Sega's arcade board produced some spectacular games.