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Stupid Fun -- A Tribute to Williams' "Hit the Ice"

The NHL playoffs keep rolling along and, woe is me, the Montreal Canadiens have been eliminated. Yeah, it's a heartbreak to see 'em go. They were supposed to be the team to beat this year, railroading over any and all op…
RETRO-REVISITED: Kombat is Kool, Dudes!

Originally posted on July 2nd, 2006Although admittedly tame by today's standards, Midway's Mortal Kombat singlehandedly created a frenzy in the video game world back in the early '90s -- and, thanks to the miracle of inq…
The Arcade of Your Dreams

A visit to the local bowling alley a short while ago left my friend and I depressed in a profound way. We've all seen ourselves in dingy, run-down arcades, right? You know the kind -- where half the machines don't work a…
"It's Street Fighter meets Mortal Kombat! It'll blow them kids' minds!"

That's right, it's the game even Capcom won't acknowledge existed: Street Fighter: The Movie, err, the game, featuring a bastardized gameplay engine, Genesis-level sound design and grainy digitized graphics from the 1995…
The Definitive Half-Dozen

The Nintendo Entertainment System was host to a vast array of software, both good and bad, and for damn near a decade, it was the gaming machine no one could afford to be without. And whether they were ports of popular a…
RETRO-REVISITED: Data East's "Fighter's History"

Originally posted on July 10th, 2005Gather 'round, kids. Lemme tell you about a time long since past, a time when games were games and special parlors called "arcades" were still all the rage. During this glorious period…
Introducing...Super Battletoads!

Most people remember the Battletoads for their starring roles in a pair of classic side-scrolling beat-'em-ups for the NES, and little else. Granted, 1991's Battletoads and the equally well-received Battletoads & Dou…
Arcade hockey action circa 1995! Yeah!

A while ago I said the history of arcade hockey games could be summed up in three monumental increments: Hit the Ice for the Super NES, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey for the N64, and NHL Hitz 20-03 for the PlayStation 2. Wel…
Kombat is Kool, Dudes.

Although admittedly tame by today's standards, Midway's Mortal Kombat single-handedly created a frenzy in the video game world back in the early 90s -- and thanks to the miracle of inquisitive retrospect, it's pretty eas…
I wonder where he buys his hair-gel?

Looking a bit more angular than usual and sporting one heck of a mean scowl, Guile bio from the Street Fighter II arcade flyer accurately describes the flat-topped brawler as a serious powerhouse ?a reputation that ha…