I love creative toppers from 80s and 90s. This one from Strange Science (Bally, 1986) was one of the most memorable ones from a darkly lit arcade of a local amusement park.
"Computer Space holds a special place in video game history. It was the first arcade video game ever released, launching in 1971. It was also the first commercially available video game of all time and is responsible for starting Nolan Bushnell on the path to Atari, one of the most influential companies in the history of the...
The sit down version of Spy Hunter was particularly cool, not least because of the speakers blasting the theme from Peter Gunn right by your head, but the upright cabinet was far more common. I spent a lot of time playing this game very, very badly.
...techniques of the eight main characters from the original game were further balanced for competitive play. 🥇
The Mega Drive/Genesis release has a size of 24 Megabit and includes an additional game mode based on Hyper Fighting with a turbo mode. 🥊
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
I'm still working on some updates for it, and as such it's still isn't perfect. But if you are interested in a simple Newtonian arcade space shooter, my game Flank Speed is available on Steam. Kind of a modern take on the classic game "Space War". With multiplayer in the works.
Apollo 13 has a lot going on. One feature the players rarely get to see is the magnetic moon that captures balls. A lot of owners, yours truly included, have noticed no matter how special balls you use in the game, you'll end up with 13 fridge magnets very soon if the moon is in use. Here you can see it temporarily activated for cleaning. It has no major effect for gameplay, the balls just get returned to inlane instead of plungerlane. #pinball#apollo13#arcade
Continuing to play Ketsui on PS4 and loving every minute of it.
I'm confident that I'll be able to platinum it as well, which is the last thing I was expecting to say about a Cave game. 😂
I decided to go back to the PS3 version to unlock some trophies there as well as I mainly played on 360 back then. My 360 games are in storage right now though.
I forgot how much fun the X Mode was in this release.
Again, highly recommend both versions.
UK Museum Builds 3D-Printed Replica Of Computer Space, The First Ever Arcade Machine -- Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
"Computer Space holds a special place in video game history. It was the first arcade video game ever released, launching in 1971. It was also the first commercially available video game of all time and is responsible for starting Nolan Bushnell on the path to Atari, one of the most influential companies in the history of the...
heXon 20240522 (2024-05-22) (luckeyproductions.itch.io)
heXon now uses tone mapping to make things easier to see. The intensity of this post-processing effect changes when bloom is toggled.