Tag: ARCADE

Billy Mitchell, the coin-slot villain from 'The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,' has opened a 'KoK' themed arcade inside the Orlando International Airport. (Finally, there's something to do while waiting on a flight besides drinking at the Applebee's bar!) But, for all its appeal, the airport arcade doesn't even have a 'Donkey Kong' cabinet. Maybe that's because the bratty Mitchell was ...

Don't ask us why, but 20th Century Fox is reportedly planning to make a movie based on Atari's 'Missile Command.' Yes, that 'Missile Command.' The 1980s arcade game that doesn't any involve any characters, any plot, or anything else that makes good material for a movie. According to Variety, screenwriters Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama will be charged with the unenviable task of creating a ...

Unaware observers may expect a game with "significant saves," "skillful catches," "fadeaway passes," "failed traps," "flubbed shots" and "drains" to represent some thrilling new competition that combines various aspects of soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Those dramatic pieces of a recent play-by-play don't describe the craziest, most ridiculous sport since flickerball, though. This is ...

We've always wanted to try yanking a tablecloth off a table without destroying all of the fancy place settings. Leave it to our experimental friends from the east to tap into our strangest wants. According to Arcade Heroes, a new Japanese arcade game called 'The Tablecloth Hour' requires players to pull an actual piece of fabric, which yanks a virtual tablecloth from an onscreen table. ...

Just a few dozen miles north of the Switched headquarters, in Beacon, New York, lies the Retro Arcade Museum, a storefront on the corner of Main and Schenk Streets loaded with the sorts of vintage arcade goodies that would make even the most steel-willed nerd weep. But an archaic law, one that is more widespread than you might believe, has caused the life's work of Fred Bobrow to be shut down, at ...

Cooperstown, New York and Ottumwa, Iowa will soon share an unbreakable bond -- as cities that host a hall of fame. According to USA Today, the International Video Game Hall of Fame will induct its first class of 29 members this weekend. The honored include the classic arcade game 'Pac-Man,' 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the Xbox design team, video game record holders Billy Mitchell and Steve ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/07/07/nikes-world-cup-pinball-game-goes-digital-with-led-screen/'; Whenever we see a pinball machine in a bowling alley or movie theater lobby, we quickly drop in some quarters and play a round or two for nostalgia's sake. We say nostalgia, because, sadly, these classic machines aren't as prevalent as they once were. Nike, surprisingly enough, could give ...

For those who don't know, 'Asteroids' is one of the most frustrating classic arcade games out there. You pilot a tiny ship around a screen filled with giant rocks that want to destroy you. And every time you shoot one, all it does is break into several smaller rocks that also want to destroy you. But the challenges only start there. You also have to contend with flying saucers shooting lasers, ...

Builder extraordinaire Ben Heck, renowned in the tech world for his amazingly creative and unique contraptions, has just put the finishing touches on a new, hilariously awesome pinball machine. Heck devoted his custom-made gaming masterpiece to actor Bill Paxton, who starred in the sci-fi classic 'Aliens' (although he may be better remembered for his masterful role in 'Weird Science' under ...

When The Who's Pete Townshend wrote "Pinball Wizard," we bet he never imagined just how much influence technology would have on the classic game of flippers and steel balls. Tommy, the song's protagonist, sure could play a mean pinball, but he wouldn't stand a chance at the flippers if his opponent were wearing this brain-scanning device. According to io9, the device, which looks like a swim ...

Thanks in part to some popular reality-TV shows, the boutique cake business has really taken off in recent years. Growing up, we were lucky to get a birthday cake with a few plastic soldiers or athletes standing in the thick frosting. But these days, people build edible replicas of everything from Hogwarts Castle to an old-school NES console. So what would be the perfect confectionery ...

We are but one site, with a relatively small staff (albeit one of dedicated Web addicts), so every once in a while something slips past that makes us give ourselves a collective kick in the ass. 'Textminator' managed to avoid our radar when it was announced in August, but this arcade machine from LAI Games has piqued our interest enough to go back and cover it anyway. With proper, full-sized ...

In order to be a real dad, a man should be able to build something from scratch for his son. While most fathers build something lame and useless, like a wooden race car, Samuel Seide decided to make something his son would actually enjoy and use. With his miniature, made-from-scratch arcade machine, the boy is sure to be the envy of all the neighborhood kids. Judging by the video, Seide doesn't ...

Gamers, capable of epic button-mashing binges known to go on for hours, need that perfect place to park their butts. Ask any geek what the most important part of any good video game lair is, and they'll say it's the chair. A lounger needs to be stylish (so you can impress your friends who come over to play 'Halo 3'), and comfortable (so you're cheeks won't go numb during that last-minute drive on ...

Spock portrayer Zachary Quinto (the adorable reason that girls everywhere enjoyed the new 'Star Trek' movie) recently endeared himself even more to his geek fan base. Joystick in hand, Quinto has decided to support 'Save the Arcade,' a campaign promoted by Stride Gum to keep iconic gamespots across the country from having to shut their doors. Quinto appeared at the Video West Arcade in ...