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Last Minute Retro Gaming Inspired Xmas Gifts

December 15, 2020 By ausretrogamer

Last week we published our Christmas Gift Guide, which we hope that it helped finding that special pressie for that special someone, including yourself.

Well, since then, we have found even more cool retro gaming inspired gifts that are currently on special (30% OFF!), which means it’s a win, win for everyone! So if you need some last minute gifts for your geeky friends or family (or for yourself), then check out these:

Micro Arcade games $17.49 (30% OFF)

Tiny Arcade games up to 30% OFF

Pac-Man Icon Lamp $13.99 (30% OFF)

TMNT Virtual Pinball $17.49 (30% OFF)

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, Atari, Christmas, Christmas 2020, Christmas retro gifts, Dig Dug, Galaga, Galaxian, geek gifts, Micro Arcade, Missile Command, Pac-Man, pinball, pong, Q Bert, QBert, Retro, retrogames, Space Invaders, tbt, throwback, Tiny Arcade, TMNT, TMNT Pinball, Xmas gifts

Your Top 10 Favourite Classic Video Games

September 9, 2020 By ausretrogamer

The folks at Replay Magazine have been quite busy of late conducting classic gaming surveys, like Your Top 4 Favourite Classic Video Game Characters of All-Time, and their latest one, Your Top 10 Favourite Classic Video Games.

We were quite surprised to see Ms. Pac-Man at number 1, but then again, it is the best arcade Pac-Man game, so it deserves to be on any favourite classic video games lists. Galaga (woohoo!) was up there in second spot and of course, Donkey Kong! Oh yeah, great to see our fave arcade game of all time, Double Dragon, make the list too. But what happened to Street Fighter II?

Your Top 10 Favourite Classic Video Games by Replay Magazine:

  1. Ms. Pac-Man
  2. Galaga
  3. Donkey Kong
  4. Pac-Man
  5. Asteroids
  6. Daytona USA
  7. Double Dragon
  8. Galaxian
  9. Mortal Kombat
  10. Mr DO!

image source: Click Americana

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 339966, Asteroids, Classic Arcade Gaming, Daytona USA, Dirk the Dragon Slayer, Donkey Kong, Double Dragon, Dragon's Lair, favourite classic video games of all time, Galaga, Galaxian, mario, Mortal Kombat, Mr. Do!, Ms Pac-Man, Namco, nintendo, Old School, Pac-Man, Puck Man, Replay Magazine, Retro Gamers, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, Sonic The Hedgehog, street fighter II, survey

Highest-Grossing Arcade Machines of All Time

June 15, 2018 By ausretrogamer

Let’s reflect and gloat for one second – it was great to be alive during the Golden Age of Arcade video games and experience arcade joints first-hand; from the clean franchised ones to the decrepit dark and scary independent ones – we loved them all.

Oh yeah, we loved the games too, from coin dropping in Galaga, Bomb Jack, Pac-Man, Tron, Double Dragon, DragonNinja to Sega’s beasts like Space Harrier, Super Hang-On, OutRun, After Burner and Thunder Blade – we spent up big and loved every single second of it.


The 1990s started with us hammering coins into Atari’s Pit-Fighter, Capcom’s Final Fight and Street Fighter II. However, it was Sega’s Daytona USA that emptied our piggy bank of coins – we just could not get enough of it.

source: The Arcade Flyer Archive

Looking at the top 10 highest grossing arcade games (below), we can tell you that we played them all during their heyday and understand why the dot munching Pac-Man is perched right up top – the game was a breath of fresh air (for its time), as it wasn’t a derivative of the then plethora of space shoot’em ups. Pac-Man was truly a revolutionary title which had universal appeal, both male and female gamers loved chasing Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde.

source: A-1 Arcade Gaming

So what of Atari’s Pong then? Well, the 1972 game did very well for Atari, they sold somewhere between 8,500 to 19,000 units (1972 to 1973) grossing them around $11Million US dollars – not bad for 1973!

The revenues generated were quite staggering, reaffirming the Golden Age of Arcade video games period as the most prosperous of them all, with Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam flying the flag for the 1990s.

Source: Wikipedia, USGamer and Goliath

Filed Under: History, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: !Arcade!, arcade games, Arcade Machines, Asteroids, Atari, best selling arcade games, biggest selling arcade machines, Capcom, Defender, Donkey Kong, Galaxian, Highest Grossing Arcade Machines, highest-grossing arcade games, History, Midway, Midway Games, Mortal Kombat, most popular arcade machines, Ms Pac-Man, Namco, NBA Jam, nintendo, Out Run, OutRun, Pac-Man, popular arcade games, retrogaming, Robotron, sega, Space Invaders, street fighter II, Taito, what are the best selling arcade games, Williams, WMS

Ah the 1980s, We Miss You So Much!

March 27, 2018 By ausretrogamer

Gotta share this video that was posted by video game history guy, John Anderson. Using John’s words, this is, “A 1981 TV news report by WMAQ-TV in Chicago about the makers of Defender (Williams Electronics) and inside the Midway factory assembling Pac-Man arcade cabinets (350 a day!)”.

Ah the 80s, we definitely miss you so much!

A 1981 TV news report about the makers of Defender (Williams Electronics) and inside the Midway factory assembling Pac-Man arcade cabinets (350 a day!) from WMAQ-TV in Chicago. Via: The Museum of Classic Chicago Television. pic.twitter.com/x3fayTqlJw

— John Andersen (@JohnAndersen21) December 18, 2017

source: John Anderson via Twitter

 

Filed Under: History, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 1980s, 80s, 80s arcade, Arcade, Arcade Machines, Chicago, Classic Games, Defender, Galaga, Galaxian, Namco, Old School, Pac-Man, Retro Gamers, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, shmups, Taito, Video Games, vintage games, Williams Electronics

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