Arcade - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:41:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 The 2020 World Video Game Hall of Fame Winners https://thewebgangsta.com/2020/06/the-2020-world-video-game-hall-of-fame-winners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-2020-world-video-game-hall-of-fame-winners Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:03:00 +0000 https://thewebgangsta.com/?p=8395 Earlier this month, the WORLD VIDEO GAME HALL OF FAME announced its winning candidates for their 2020 induction ceremony. They are: The game that is recognized as starting the “Match Three” gaming aesthetic that Candy Crush was able to “be inspired by” to make a ton of money: BEJEWELED 1981’s CENTIPEDE, from Atari. Sierra On-Line’s […]

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]]> Now you can play practically any classic video game ever made, all in your browser https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/11/now-you-can-play-practically-any-classic-home-video-game-ever-made-all-in-your-browser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=now-you-can-play-practically-any-classic-home-video-game-ever-made-all-in-your-browser Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:13 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=8144 Remember how excited you were a couple of years ago when Web Watch told you about the ATARI ARCADE website, where you could play any number of classic Atari games online? How would you like something a little better?  It’s not quite Minecraft, but its pretty darn close. Atari 2600 Look, we all know that home […]

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]]> Rent your own arcade machine https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/07/rent-your-own-arcade-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rent-your-own-arcade-machine Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:00:43 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6546 Have you ever wanted to own your own arcade machine in your basement?  (Notice how we refuse to use the term MAN CAVE here? How many hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in quarters have you thrown into one of these electronic marvels, only to end up dying on the final level because some idiot jostled […]

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]]> Dragon’s Lair chosen the most overrated video game of all time https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/12/dragons-lair-chosen-the-most-overrated-video-game-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dragons-lair-chosen-the-most-overrated-video-game-of-all-time Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:53 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5680 If you’re like Web Watch, you’ve likely spent hundreds – if not thousands – of quarters at the local mall arcade playing Pac-Man, Defender, Smash TV, Zaxxon, Spy Hunter, any number of pinball games like the Addams Family machine, iRobot, and many others. And while you may have your own personal favorite to play because […]

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]]> Whatcha doing on October 6th? Why not take the Caine’s Arcade “Cardboard Challenge”? https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/09/whatcha-doing-on-october-6th-why-not-take-the-caines-arcade-cardboard-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whatcha-doing-on-october-6th-why-not-take-the-caines-arcade-cardboard-challenge Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:00:45 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5396 Hopefully by now, you’ve heard the story about Caine Monroy and the arcade he made in his dad’s shop, where all the games were made entirely out of cardboard. No?  It’s a phenomenal story.  Here – watch this, then continue… //www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U Cardboard Good stuff, right? Well, let’s continue with the story. Here’s PART 2 of the […]

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]]> How Many Classic Arcade Games Can You Name? (It’s the arcade version of Where’s Waldo?) https://thewebgangsta.com/2010/03/how-many-classic-arcade-games-can-you-name-its-the-arcade-version-of-wheres-waldo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-classic-arcade-games-can-you-name-its-the-arcade-version-of-wheres-waldo Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:00:33 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=2173 Web Watch is a big fan of the classic video games that populated arcades back in the 80’s and early 90’s. Not like today’s gaming arenas, filled with craptastic ticket-dispensing machines that teach kids different variations of gambling in order to “earn” enough tickets to buy a lousy stuffed animal that would have cost half […]

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