Category:  Lost Arcade Corner

By John Mahoney, March 16, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

Taking a trip back to the early 90”s will reveal that in the world of console gaming, platformers were king. The era was dominated Sega and Nintendo. There was Mario. There was Sonic. Then there was everyone else. Everyone wanted… Read More »

By James Schroeder, March 9, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

It’s a tale as old as [word removed so Disney doesn't sue]. A giant kremling pirate steals a tie-wearing-gorilla’s banana horde out of the cave beneath his tree house. Okay so maybe it’s not that old, but Donkey Kong Country… Read More »

By James Schroeder, March 2, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

>>What is a Hidden Gamer? > The Hidden Gamer is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No Hidden Gamer… Read More »

By John Mahoney, February 29, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

  When the TurboGrafx-16 was released during the holiday season of 1989, it featured solid launch titles, with one particular gem originally titled Gunhed, which would be localized in North America as Blazing Lazers. Not only would the game be… Read More »

By James Schroeder, February 8, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

Now we’ve all seen these classics: Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Pac-Man. I would even go so far as to say that these are games that redefined their eras. But as we come into this new ever expanding world… Read More »

By James Schroeder, February 8, 2012 0 Lost Arcade Corner

In Days of Old, we dropped much of our allowances into machines that flashed some lights at us and allowed us to escape reality for just a little while. In modern days, we have machines that fit into our hands… Read More »