News that members of gog.com who'd signed up with the site while it was still in beta are getting free copies of Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Everyone else gets 50% off.
From Vice: "Yesterday's organized walkout by Riot Games employees is an almost unheard-of labor action by games industry workers, but it's not without precedent. Developers have been dealing with unethical or irresponsible labor conditions for about as long as people have been making games—believe me, I know this firsthand both as a career developer and someone who served on the board of the IGDA—and many of the dynamics driving labor action at Riot have cropped up at other studios, at very different times in the history of this industry. In interviews for my book about the development of the brilliant 1999 PC tactical RPG Jagged Alliance 2, I learned about a similar labor action."
Undoubtedly, the universe of video games has advanced to unsuspected limits. The characters almost pierce the screen, the controls are more likely than ever and virtual reality is already beginning to invade us, but let’s be honest, who doesn’t miss the best arcade games from time to time?
The games of the 80s and 90s have left a deep mark in the lives of all those who have been able to enjoy them so much that it is almost impossible to choose between the best arcade games of all time. Its simplicity has been addictive for many and perhaps that is the key to its success, is not it?
Although you surely know perfectly well what we are talking about, did you know that “arcade” is, in its origin, the generic term used to refer to the arcade machines? Later it served to designate the genre of video games that we all know, those classics capable of returning great memories to our minds. There are sports, racing, simulation or wrestling, and all of them have managed to survive the passage of time.
In Technologizer we can read that the first coin-operated recreation machine was Computer Space. The company Nutting Associates launched it in 1971 and its creators, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, invested all the benefits in the launch of Atari. Yes, the same Atari that later gave life to games as well known as Asteroids or Pong.
Good to see Metal Slug on the list, surprised to see it so far up though. Recently saw a Top 50 Arcade games list that didn't include Metal Slug at all.
some honorable mentions should be virtua racing, after burner, defender, marvel vs capcom, tempest... they all have some influence on other games throughout history.
To be honest there are so many arcade classics and hidden gems. No matter how advanced gaming becomes the arcades of the 80s and 90s will always be the best. I still play them all now.
Besides SFII, Wrestle Fest was also the game I always play no matter how many times i've beaten the game with one credit.
Honorable Mentions:
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Tekken 3
Gauntlet
Power Stone
X-Men Arcade
Virtua Fighter 2
DDR Extreme
Capcom vs SNK
Look up any list of the greatest strategy games on PC and without a doubt, the name Jagged Alliance will show up somewhere.
