GamingLives takes a look at Midway Arcade Origins in the hope of discovering more than a few gems. We're still looking. Still hoping.
"One of the saddest things about modern gaming is the demise of coin-op arcades. Back in the day you could walk into an amusement arcade with a couple of quid and easily play ten or more games over an hour or so. Longer if you were expert enough to 1CC (one credit complete) any of them. Admittedly they were mostly populated by pre-chav, amateur smoker teens in Puffa jackets but it was worth running the gauntlet if the arcade in question had enough of your favourite games there."
From Xbox Wire: "The July Games with Gold lineup is here! On the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, explore a mysterious, strange world in Planet Alpha, and create your own levels and destroy everyone else’s in Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break. And for our classic lineup via Backward Compatibility, play as everyone’s favorite raunchy squirrel in Conker: Live & Reloaded, and relive the golden age of arcade gaming in Midway Arcade Origins."
Confession time... I never played the original Conker on N64 and I did not play the xbox remake. It wasnt until Rare Replay that i played a Conker game. I do enjoy the Midway arcade series though. And that Planet Alpha looks kind of intriguing.
That Rock of Ages is sad, though. But, yeah, the other stuff isn't necessarily bad, just somewhat niche in market reach potential.
GamesAsylum: "Amongst various timeless Zelda and Mario titles, incredibly obscure PlayStation 2 and GameCube releases and some soon to be classic Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games sits a few others on our bulging dusty shelves that we wouldn’t even dream of trading-in or putting on eBay.
As the name of this article has more than likely already given away, they’re retro collections. Regular readers will know that we’ve always had a soft spot for these, and so today we’re looking at eight of the best.
Inexpensive and often containing one or two games that would cost a small fortune if purchased for their original hardware, all of these offer decent value for money as well as serving as invaluable portals back to misspent youth"
Gi - The days of the arcade are long gone. There currently exists no way to relive the magic of the 1980s gaming experience without dealing with hordes of children at Chuck E. Cheese’s or braving the loud sounds and darkness of an increasingly popular barcade. With the rise of game consoles and existence of in-home motion gaming over the past few decades, arcades have been rendered useless. However, Warner Bros. Games takes the classic arcade cabinets of yesteryear and brings them to home consoles in Midway Arcade Origins.
