Today’s video games boast near photo-realistic graphics, enveloping surround sound and the ability to play against anyone, anywhere in the world. So why do so many still prefer classics such as ...

Donkey Kong stands as a cornerstone of arcade history, marking the debut of Mario (originally known as Jumpman) and setting the stage for the platformer genre. This game is a must-play for its ...

Unlike most vintage console or computer games, arcade games can be both difficult to find and expensive to buy, so many arcade fans use emulators to create their own homebrewed arcade systems. The ...

I was thinking of having some retro fun with MAME on the weekend, but as soon as I see a list of some 3000 odd ROMs I suddenly forget every game I've ever played. And then I dribble. So I was ...

Vector based displays were used for arcade games in the ’70s and ’80s. A typical CRT uses raster graphics, which are displayed by deflecting a beam in a grid pattern onto a phosphor. A vector display ...

If you were a little too slow downloading the MAME Arcade Emulator, which made a very brief appearance in Apple’s iTunes App Store before being pulled by Apple, you ...