The run-and-gun genre rose to dominance in the 1980s and 1990s, largely due to the success of Contra. Originally an arcade game, Contra made a significant impact in America following its port to ...

Another standalone arcade game from November 1980, Battlezone is arguably the first ever first-person shooter, coming a full 12 years before Wolfenstein 3D, the game traditionally awarded that ...

With Path of Fury Leonard is drawing on Chinese kung fu movies from the 80s, modern martial arts movies like The Raid, ...

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax gets a sneak preview of Continues Arcade and experiences some intense nostalgia with favorite video games ...

These were just some of the Sega Taiken ‘body sensation’ arcade games people went loopy for when they launched in the 1980s, six of which are now being celebrated in a new book titled SEGA Arcade: Pop ...

There are certain video games that don't need to be remade, regardless of their popularity and influence. Although Frogger ...

Retro Arcade Racing Synthalgia is an arcade racing game set in the summers of the 1980’s. Drive dangerously, drive fast, earn credits, buy and upgrade cars all while jamming out to 80’s ...

you’ll notice that ‘Wavey the Rocket’ takes its inspiration from the side-scrolling arcade games of the ‘80s and ‘90s. The controls are challenging and tricky to master. That’s because ...