Pac-Man wasn’t just another arcade game — it became one of the most important video games in history. From dominating arcades in the 1980s to becoming a global pop culture icon, this is the story of ...

The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF), nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the history of video games, has officially launched the VGHF Digital Library. The ...

The original Pac-Man was a blockbuster at the time and even stands as the highest-grossing arcade game ever made, but its sequel Ms. Pac-Man blows it out of the water in every way. Released just one ...

While arcade games used to be industry powerhouses in the '70s and '80s, their dominance decisively broke during the '90s. The proliferation of comparably powerful home gaming platforms and more ...

We talk to Satoshi Hamada about arcade gaming culture, the challenges of recreating old classics, and his personal list of the 800 games he simply must re-release.

Arcade games arrived at a time when it wasn’t clear if they would be huge money makers, but they quickly proved quite capable. As a result, there are tons of games that were developed to eat a ton of ...

A new museum in Queensbury, New York, aims to draw pinball wizards and machine tinkerers alike. The echoes of arcade game history fill the otherwise quiet Aviation Mall – they’re coming from Arcade ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

One of the biggest video game genres in arcades in the 1990s was racing, and there were tons of them. You would often walk into an arcade and see multiple identical cabinets lined up and connected, ...

Maddie is a Contributor at DualShockers covering JRPGs, survival horror, arcade games, retro gaming, shooters, and features. She has been writing about games professionally since 2011, with more than ...