Yes we are starting our 52 Weeks of Years very soon and we want you to be part of it. So what is 52 Weeks of Years? Starting from 1960 we will take a year each week and look at the fashion, the games, the popular culture, what was cool was was awesome during that particular ...
Category Archives: Arcade
Disneyland memories
Disneyland memories are a joy to remember. How things have changed since this 1950s footage. The Disneyland park is barely recognisable. Disneyland 1950s. it had Fantasyland and Skyway but many parts of the park have expanded considerably since this early footage. It was named Disneyland when it opened on July 18, 1955. While Walt Disney was watching kids ride a merry-go-round, he ...
Arcade in the 30s
B C D F G P S // // single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while Bumper and Contact take the game two steps into the future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling machines like Mystic Pen and An Answer from Beyond promise Depression-era patrons a rosier future, and pitch-and-bat baseball games like All-Star Baseball let li'l sluggers live out their big league dreams. ...
Arcade in the 40s
B D F G H M P R S // // The Voice-O-Graph lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record, Drive Mobile puts gamers behind the wheel, and Monkey Climb. well, it has climbing monkeys. Two popular sports get arcade makeovers in Basketball Champ and the puck-bowling pioneer Shuffle Alley, while pinball gets its first set of flippers in Humpty Dumpty. ...
Arcade in the 50s
B D F M P R S // // Photo booths become a national craze, letting best friends and puppy lovers take home a four-strip keepsake. Shuffle games move beyond bowling with Deluxe Shuffle Targette , Auto Test lets practicing drivers learn the rules of the road, and Two-Player Basketball puts a new one-on-one spin on the old Basketball Champ ...
Arcade in the 60s
B C D F G H M P Q R S // // The future can be yours, as long as Zoltan and Madame Morgana get their due. If action is more your style, Bazaar and Hayburners II give a few new reasons to play pinball. Little Pro and Mini Golf bring the links to the arcade, helicopter games test your piloting skills, while quiz games ...
Arcade in the 70s
A B C D F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W // // The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with Computer Space in 1971, but few really notice. Pong rights that wrong the following year, and a phenomenon is born. Games like Tank, Gun Fight, Breakout and Sea Wolf prove that video games are no flash in the pan, but Space Invaders ...
Arcade in the 90s
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T V W X // // The future arrives with a tiger uppercut to the jaw in Street Fighter II, and the era of the one-on-one fighter kicks in. Mortal Kombat amps up the gore to "Fatality" level, while Virtua Fighter and Tekken take the combatants into three dimensions. Virtua Racing and later games like Daytona USA bring new ...