Arcade All-Stars: Pole Position
by “Prepare to Qualify…” Atari had experimented with head-on racing games back in 1976’s Night Driver, but it took a licensed game from Namco (designers of Pac-Man and Dig Dug, …
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Arcade All-Stars: Asteroids
In the years after Star Wars, anything involving outer space, zippy interstellar craft, and dangerous battles was golden. Into this arena of sci-fi fantasy came Atari’s Asteroids, …
Arcade All-Stars: X-Men Arcade Game
Backed by a techno theme song, Marvel Comics’ band of misunderstood mutant superheroes stormed into arcades in 1992. Konami had built a mini-franchise using licensed …
Arcade All-Stars: Joust
You have to wonder whether the programmers at Williams Electronics didn’t have a bit of a sadistic streak in them. It’s one thing to pit …
Arcade All-Stars: Moon Patrol
It wasn’t easy patrolling the rocky terrain of Moon Patrol, but if it was any consolation, they gave you a really cool car. The purple, six-wheeled, …
Arcade All-Stars: Lethal Enforcers
The streets were filled with thugs, dealers, armed robbers, and other scum (even ninjas), and only two hard-nosed lawmen had the guts and the skills …
