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Name That Arcade Game - Namco Edition (video)

Bill Loguidice presents a quick game of "Name That Arcade Game", featuring Namco's Japanese Dotgraph arcade toys. Listen to the toy play the sound sample, pause the video, then try to guess the game...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - November...

In the interest of sharing, I'd like to provide my current list of working emulator sites for various platforms. All of these enable gameplay directly within your browser, so there's no sticky business...

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Rhetoric/Composition/Play CFP Extended to June 1, 2010

My friend Matthew S.S. Johnson sent me a note to let us know that the deadline for Rhetoric/Composition/Play: How Electronic Games Mediate Composition Theory and Practice (and Vice Versa) has been...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - May 2010...

Tass Times in Tone Town (Activision, 1986; Apple IIGS): From Virtual Apple 2I'd like to provide the latest update to my list of working emulator sites for various platforms. All of these enable play...

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Thoughts on Game Length and Difficulty

I was browsing Rampant Games today and came across a great editorial called Games – Too Big, Too Hard?, which was itself a response to an article by John Davison of Gamepro. The idea is that while...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - July 2010...

Alcazar - The Forgotten Fortress (Activision, 1985; ColecoVision) via Retro UprisingI'd like to provide the latest update to my list of working emulator sites for various platforms. All of these enable...

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Time-Lapse Video of Game Making (Metagun)

I just saw this amazing video on Kotaku called "Making Metagun." It shows you exactly what went into making an entire game from scratch. Here's a link to the finished game, which is playable in a...

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Armchair Arcade Games

Please enjoy these free games, courtesy of team members at Armchair Arcade, as well as Neave Games:Match 3 InvadersMatch 3 Invaders is a hybrid of two classic genres: the shoot'em up (Space Invaders)...

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Games are back at Armchair Arcade!

Back by popular demand here at Armchair Arcade, we have Neave Frogger, Neave Asteroids, Neave Pacman, and Neave Tetris N-Blox for play directly in your Web browser! Just click on Games on the left-hand...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - January...

I'd like to provide the latest update to my list of working emulator/simulator sites for various videogame and computer platforms. All of these enable play directly within your browser, so there's no...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - December...

Dungeons & Dragons: Order of the Griffon for the NEC TurboGrafx-16 (via Retro Uprising)I'd like to provide the latest update to my list of working emulator and simulator sites for various platforms...

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Announcing Thrust Lifter: A New Game by Matt Barton

Just in time for Christmas!Armchair Arcade is proud to present a spanking new game from Matt Barton: Thrust Lifter!Download Thrust_Lifter.zipThrust LifterSpace. For most people, it's just an abstract...

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Mark plays... Gyruss on Atari 8-bit with other console footage (HD)

In this video I am trying to play Gyruss on the Atari 8-bit home computer range (800XL/130XE) and I talk a bit about the game, life, the universe and everything on the side. It is a very fun game and...

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Mark plays... Zaxxon (Arcade)

A link to a great comparison video by http://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHistorySourcehttp://youtu.be/a9FDaHxVrCEZaxxon, I believe this is one of the first isometric arcade games out there. It was...

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Mark plays... Krakout (C64)

The nice Arkanoid/Breakout clone on the C64 called Krakout. Great gameplay, great music. Mind you on the C64 and TV screen the gameplay is really fluid my grabby thingie really mocks up the smoothness...

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The Top Free Browser-based Videogame and Computer Emulator Sites - December...

Batman (Amstrad)Welcome to the December 2012 update to my list of working emulator and simulator sites for various platforms and games. All of these enable play directly within your browser, so there's...

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Mark Plays... Nanotek Warrior (PSOne)

A cool little 3rd person perspective Tube shooter developed by Tetragon and published by Virgin in 1996-1997 on the original Playstation. The only platform it came out on.read more

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Mark Plays... Delver (PC)

Delver is an Indie game that was recommended to me by a friend and this is the first time I take a look at it. It is basically one of these old text based Rogue like games that has turned into a nice...

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Play Expo 2013 / Replay 2013 (Manchester UK)

Custardo aka Erwin, the wife (aka magically floating camera aka cameragirl) and myself went to Manchester (UK) for a couple of days to enjoy the Replay / Play Expo gaming event held at Event City near...

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Reviewing items from the red (fragile) parcel from The Retro Computer Shack

I got a nice bright red 'Fragile' in the mail. It contained some things I ordered and actually quite a few extra items. It was sent to me by Ian Priddey the owner of Retro Computer Shack, he...

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