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Donkey Kong Spooky Remix | October Halloween Themed DK

It’s October, and that means time to start ramping up for Halloween! What better way than to have some fun with a scary twist on a GenX arcade favorite, with the Donkey Kong Spooky Remix from the fine folks over at the Donkey Kong Forum? They’re even holding a tournament and providing the ROM for […]

Jon

October 6, 2018

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Video Game Rental Store Memories, with Emceemur & 13 Top YouTubers!

One of our good YouTube friends, Emceemur, assembled this cool collaboration of fellow creators in our network, and conceived by The Ice Pirate. This is a great look back at the impression video game rentals had on our lives. You might also enjoy our Backtrack podcast episode looking back and movie rental stores (including video […]

Jon

October 1, 2018

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Starcade, the Arcade Game Show | Brought to You By Generation X

There are a lot of awesome things that came out of Generation X! First up for Jon is a radical show called Starcade. The series originally aired on TBS from 1982 to 1983, followed by a run in syndication for the following season. Featuring everything we loved as kids including video games like Donkey Kong […]

Jon

September 29, 2018

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How to Find the Zork-Style Easter Egg Hidden in Google

“You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.” That famous line Zork from Infocom captured our imaginations as young GenX gamers and now Google has rewarded us with an all new Zork-style text adventure game. The best part is it’s totally free. All you need is […]

Jon

September 22, 2018

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Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp Retro Arcade Play

Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp is a little-known and somewhat puzzling classic arcade game, and one that we don’t remember playing in the arcades at all. Releasing in 1983 shortly after the Saturday morning cartoon, it introduces Pac-Man’s dog, Chomp Chomp, as an assistant running around the puzzle helping (or not helping) Pac-Man deal with the […]

Jon

September 9, 2018

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Galaga Arcade Classic RePlay

In 1981 Namco and Midway released Galaga! A sequel to 1979’s Galaxian, Galaga puts the player in control of a spacecraft shooting at enemy aliens arriving in formation who try to destroy, collide with, or capture the spaceship. Released on multiple platforms including Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and many more as well as modern versions […]

Jon

August 25, 2018

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