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Atari's XE Game System is part of gaming's forgotten history

A lot of notable anniversaries in video game history will take place during the course of the year. Others may not be as notable, as we'll...
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Discussion Points: What is gaming's 'Greatest Generation'?

Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw coined the term "the Greatest Generation" in 1998 to describe what he felt was the most important...
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Centipede in the crosshairs of Donkey Kong champ Hank Chien

Hank Chien is no stranger to arcade classic headlines. He made international headlines in March 2010 when he took the Donkey Kong world record for...
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11 hardly-seen sequels to popular video games

Regardless of when one started playing video games or what types of games they prefer to play, there are some game titles that everyone knows. Pac...
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Site of Last Starfighter, birthplaces of Mario and Lode Runner added to registry

Three new additions have been made to the Registry of Historic Gaming Locations, a project aimed at preserving the stories of locations that have...
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Discussion Points: The new 100 point 'World Record' score

Those outside the walls of the typical competitive gaming communities may or may not know there are often high score controversies that don't...
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Portable arcade games: A look back at the Coleco Mini-Arcades

Long before the Nintendo 3DS and Sony PSVita were even thought possible and even before Nintendo made the GameBoy a household name a company named...
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Abobo's Big Adventure is the ultimate 8-bit tribute game

  • Abobo's Big Adventure
  • January 12, 2012
As much as some followers try to stick the "classic arcade" tag on me, I am every bit as much of a fan of the 8-bit console era of the...
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Brooklyn's Ben Falls fights to the finish in setting new Popeye arcade record

He scored all he could score and he can’t score no more! It was more than enough, however, for Brooklyn, NY arcade champ Ben Falls to set a...
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Your Facts Are In Another Castle: Miyamoto is not retiring, says Nintendo

It didn't take long for the name Shigeru Miyamoto to trend on Twitter late last night, following a report that claimed the legendary video game...
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