Nostalgia is a funny thing. That desire we all get to relive past memories can make you do things that in any other scenario would be out of the question. The effect seems even stronger when it comes ...

Earlier this month, the digital preservationists at The Dumping Union made an important announcement in the world of arcade game emulation. The collective had gotten its hands on a ROM image of Akka ...

Media streaming service Plex is moving beyond TV, movies, audio and photos. Starting today, you can play a bunch of Atari games through a Plex Arcade subscription. Plex has teamed up with Parsec to ...

The Simpsons Arcade Game rises from arcade graveyards and arrives on Xbox Live Arcade on February 3. Konami will release the 1991 game for PlayStation 3 a few days later on February 7. The news comes ...

Want to play your Mega Man 2 ROM on your new fourth-generation Apple TV? How about Super Mario Bros. 3? It’s a ton of fun to play classic console arcade games, especially if you have a few ROMs lying ...

Reliving the nostalgia of classic video games through emulation is a popular pastime, but navigating the legal landscape of video game ROMs can be complex. Here’s a guide on where to obtain legal ...

Chris Kirmse loves video arcade games. Love might be the wrong word. He's obsessed with them. He's been a part of the loosely organized Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) project since 1996. The ...

Even with the minor arcade resurgence going on these days, the prolonged decline of the American arcade means that there’s a whole generation of people who have had little opportunity to play any of ...

At the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Ed Fries has just finished an on-stage presentation with Atari veteran Ron Milner. The talk - sometimes technical, often playful - focused on Fries' effort to ...

From quarter-munching classics to genre-defining milestones, arcades shaped how people play and share games together. The ...