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Pac-Man is ready to eat your hot plates
It’s that time of year when Target blows a few months getting all artsy and fartsy with back-to-college dorm room decor. Which means you can find some fairly unexpected items… like, say, a Pac-Man pot …
Weekend AeroProTip: Dragon’s Lair
GAME> Dragon’s Lair (1983)
SYSTEM> Arcade
SOURCE> Dragon’s Lair sticker trading cards, 1984
OK, hands in the air. How many of you thought this game looked completely awesome until you played it and died instantly?
Weekend AeroProTip: Joust
GAME> Joust (1988)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> The Game Counsellor’s Answerbook for Nintendo Game Players, 1991
Man, what a sad look at Joust on NES! First, the manual is reported to be screwed up, suggesting the game has Smart …
Weekend AeroProTip: Berzerk
GAME> Berzerk (1980)
SYSTEM> Arcade
SOURCE> Video Games Winner’s Guide, 1982
This is from one of those tiny books that they sell over the conveyor belt at the grocery store. It is where I learned not to ever …
Q-Bert, in fondant
This home must be packed with some seriously hungry and arty gamers. To celebrate her house turning 100 years old in 2010, Robin Dahlberg created one hundred gaming-related cupcakes for her New Year’s Party. While …
Pac-Man upgrades diet for digital age; now eats flatscreens
I have it on good authority that this TV was about to run the old 1980s Pac-Man animated series. Not any more.
Source: sheCHIVE
Collector’s Clips: Ms Pac-Man/Galaga Class of ’81
In 2000, Namco released a special arcade cabinet that combined Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga into a special “Class of 1981″ machine. From what I can tell, they prepared three different versions: a coin-op upright, a …
Velvet Assassin Goes Gold
Southpeak Interactive announced that the Replay Studios designed Velvet Assassin went gold today and is all ready for release on April 30th. Velvet Assassin has you playing as Violette Summer who assists British intellegence with assassinations …
Jarts is back! (sorta)
Remember this classic game? No? Not from the 70′s, huh? Well I do, and I’m not from the 70′s. I know you’ve heard all the stories about people being killed by the javelins. Well worry …
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