#romstar

[aaronkraten]

Arkanoid - taito - 1986

[arcadebroke]

[obscurevideogames]

Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise (Romstar - Game Boy - 1990)

[vgprintads]

'Kageki'

[ARC] [USA] [MAGAZINE] [1988]

"This two-player interactive boxing game is similar to Data East's Ring King with larger characters and new moves. However, it is different enough to stand very well on it's own. This was one of the better kits at [Reno's ACME Show]." ~Canadian Coin Box Magazine, April 1988

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Source: Play Meter Magazine, April-May 1988 (Vol. 14, #04) || Gaming Alexandria; Dustin Hubbard (via the Internet Archive)

[frogshunnedshadows]

Retro Arcade Afternoon Write-Up Part II

Electro-mechanical Boogaloo!

The madness continues!

They had a Root Beer Tapper, which I tried and did not get very far with. And right next to it:

720, a skateboarding video game by Atari. Odd play controls on that, and a weird cabinet, but I like the fake cassette tape in the fake boom box. Nice touch & nice art. I see what you did there, Atari.

Then there was this guy, Circus Charlie. This had the vibe of a fake 80's arcade game for children that you'd make up for a movie. Cute marquee art, though.

And they had an Arkanoid! CRT was not in great shape. It is a slow game, but I do like it. Nice sounds & music. This one was on an awkward and slow level (28?).

Elton John's Capt. Fantastic pinball machine by Bally. Possibly the most self-referential pinball machine ever made. It's pin-ception.

Couple more electro-mechanical pinballs: Surf Champ and Paul Bunyan. Pretty old, and sadly, not working at this time.

But Road Race was working! The flipper action seemed a little weak, but I recall this having a particularly nice dinging bell / chime sound every time the score increased.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Centipede. Which I haven't touched in forever, but I got a decent score on! Made the high scores list! Which was exceedingly difficult to photograph!

Missile Command! A major historical, early and intriguing game that I don't think I'd played maybe more than a few seconds of before. Also seen in Terminator 2, I believe. Fitting. I did not get a decent sore on this. That is one super chonky trackball, too.

To be continued!

[illyanarasputinfan]

What was the first video game that you ever played?

It was Flashgal by Kyugo, released in arcades by Sega in Japan and Romstar in North America in November of 1985.

Japanese arcade advertisement for Flashgal (Sega)

Walkthrough by @ReplayBurners on YouTube

Flashgal by Rusty Shackles

[ourladyofomega]

[fitsofgloom]

Tame My Dragon