So Many Arcades, So Little Time

This blog has been relatively quite as of late, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been holding back on anything! Over the past month, we visited a trio of arcades, some better than others, and I’ve been playing plenty of new games, even some time with Far Cry 4 on the PS4! But this post is all about arcades! There were just too many awesome games and great artwork to pass up. I wanted to share with you some of the coolest shots, and some of my favorite arcade games!

And don’t forget, if you want more arcade action, be sure to follow my tumblr blog aworldofgames.tumblr.com to get even more arcade game, tokens, tickets, and information!

The “Game Room” Arcade at San Jose’s Fanime Con 2015

Dance Dance Revolution

Punch Mania This game was pretty awesome! Punch the moving targets as fast as you can!

ParaPara Paradise 2nd Mix

The House of the Dead 2 Cabinet

The House of the Dead 2 Marquee

The House of the Dead 2 Cabinet Art

Dave & Buster’s, Milpitas, CA

Star Wars Battle Pod Cabinet

Star Wars Battle Pod Gameplay – Inside view

Kung Fu Panda: Dojo Mojo Controller – Very similar to Punch Mania

Let’s Go Jungle Cabinet

Tank! Tank! Tank! Cabinet – A much better arcade game than Wii U game

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Arcades

Burger Time Cabinet Art

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows Over Mystara Characters

Jurassic Park Arcade Cabinet

Justice League Heroes United – A game I’ve never seen before! Too bad it was awful!

Lethal Enforcers II Cabinet Art

Marvel Super Heroes Controller Overlay Art

Off Road Cabinet Art

Panic Museum Marquee Art  –  With Stephen Colbert as a playable character?

Percussion Master Cabinet

Star Wars Arcade Cabinet Art

Star Wars Racer Arcade Cabinet

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Cabinet Art

Super Monkey Ball Ticket Blitz Cabinet

Terminator 2 Cabinet Art

The Simpsons Arcade Cabinet Art

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Arcade Cabinet

Virtua Fighter 2 Controller Overlay and Art

X-Men Arcade Cabinet Art

 

Top Ten E3 2015 Moments

All the excitement and buildup to the year’s biggest video game show has come and gone, and left in its wake are dozens of new game announcements, trailers, demos, and press conferences. On the whole I felt this year’s E3 dwells in comparisons to last years (which may stem from my Nintendo fandom), but nonetheless there were plenty of great experiences to take away from this years show. Even if Capcom didn’t announce Power Stone 3 yet.

 

Video Review: Sonic the Fighters

For as awful and button-mashy as Sonic the Fighters is, I still really want to see a fully fleshed out sequel!

Laters,
Jsick

 

Games I Have Somehow Never Played…

Well, this is embarrassing.

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has played video game for more than a few years that you just can’t play them all. No matter how hard you have tried, you can’t fit in each video game that releases in a year into your play rotation. Video games aren’t like movies: they can’t be seen and completed in a few short hours (at least most of them). They aren’t as easy to come by in some instances. And sometimes they simply don’t fit into your budget.

For this reason or that, we all have games that we’ve never gotten around to playing. Triple A games, too. The games that may have defined a generation. The games that people are still talking about to this day. The games that you kind of have to just shake your head at when others are discussing around you because you have no idea what is going on.

These are those games. Below you will find the shame of my gaming expertise. These are the games I’ve never played. At least as of yet.

 

Game Hunter’s Journal: Buying Game Lots

We’ve all been there: perusing the goods on sites like eBay or maybe even Craigslist and coming across someone selling a collection of games for a decent price. Sure, you probably don’t want all of the games there, but some of them are just too good to pass up! So what should you do? As a collector, video game lots can be a huge win or a very risky and sometimes poor jump to take. Here are some tips to keep in mind when thinking of purchasing video game lots.

 

Game Hunter 05: Collecting Dreamcast

Easily my favorite episode so far! Collecting for the Sega Dreamcast is just plain fun. There are so many unique finds for the system every game you get will be worth it. I highly recommend collecting for this fantastic console!

 

Review: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

It seems even Sonic the Hedgehog, the “fastest thing alive,” enjoys getting behind the wheel from time to time. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is Sonic and company’s second racing outing after 2010’s Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. The majority of the game is similar to the first: you can play as Sonic and many other familiar Sega faces as you race around tracks based on popular Sega franchises. In short it’s another case of “whatever Mario can do, Sonic can do better” from Sega. But Mario Kart this is not.