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Never Released Arcade Games Are Coming to the Nintendo Switch

Posted By: Leo Holmanon: June 15, 2018In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd News, Nintendo, Retro Games, SwitchTags: arcade, Nintendo1 Comment

Nintendo’s E3 presentation showcased a lot of big name games for it’s flagship system. Some people might be more excited for the announcement that closed out the offerings they had for the public to see, some old school arcade games that haven’t seen a public release in decades. Nintendo has opened it’s platform to the […] Read more

Billy Mitchell Stripped of World Record High Scores

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: April 16, 2018In: Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Retro Games, Trailers/VideosTags: arcade, billy mitchellNo Comments

In the 2007 movie The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, arcade gamer Billy Mitchell portrayed the antagonist to hero Steve Wiebe, who continually pursued Mitchell’s high score in Donkey Kong. In real life, Mitchell became the first person to reach stage 22, which is impossible to complete. He has since broken a million […] Read more

Back to the Old School: Retro Gamers Gear Up for ReplayFX in Pittsburgh

Posted By: Jeremy Harrison: June 07, 2017In: Conventions, Exclusives, Features, GameCons, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Retro GamesTags: arcade, RetroGaming1 Comment

Bings, zings, blips, whizzes, and beautiful 8-bit music! Sure, you can download the latest mobile version of a video game classic and get some of the timeless sights and sounds right on your phone, but there’s nothing quite like playing old-school arcade machines. They were big, noisy, and ate quarters. Back in the day, they […] Read more

Speedrun Fast: Dig Dug

Posted By: Matt Eschbachon: April 01, 2017In: eSports, Features, Gaming, Nerd News, Retro Games, Speedrun, Trailers/VideosTags: arcade, retroNo Comments

Originally released by Namco for the arcade, Dig Dug featured a little guy with an unusual weapon – a rope dart that inflated enemies until they burst. Players dug up, down, left and right in each screen, hunting down and killing the enemies before they escaped. A sequel was released in 1995, and up updated version […] Read more

Armada “High Score Contest” Launches

Posted By: David Pietrangeloon: April 12, 2016In: Books, Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd News, PC, Special EventsTags: arcade, RetroGamingNo Comments

Geek and author Ernest Cline is celebrating the paperback release of Armada in one of the most unique and fantastically nerdy ways. He has helped create an in-browser game based on the 2015 novel called Phaeton and is encouraging fans and players to post their high scores online. There are tons of great browser games […] Read more

Pokken Tournament Coming to North America

Posted By: Jordan Baranowskion: July 24, 2015In: Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd NewsTags: arcade, daveandbusters, PokemonNo Comments

Originally scheduled to be released only in Japan, the highly anticipated Pokemon-based fighting game, Pokken Tournament, may have found a home on US shores as well. Kevin Bachus, the Senior Vice President of Entertainment and Game Strategy for Dave and Buster’s, told Reddit during an AMA that Dave and Buster’s would be testing Pokken Tournament. He stated: “Yes. We will […] Read more

1UP Box “Arcade” Unboxing & Review – June 2015

Posted By: Jeremy Harrison: July 02, 2015In: Exclusives, Features, Nerd Gear, NerdCulture, Trailers/VideosTags: 1UP Box, arcade, Reviews, UnboxingNo Comments

We received another amazing box from 1UP BOX for June 2015 and we loved what came inside. How they are different at 1Up Box is that it’s a great alternative to some of the more expensive subscription boxes out there plus it contains everything a nerd or geek wants! You can find The Nerd Stash’s […] Read more

The Final Boss in Tekken 7 has been Revealed

Posted By: Thomas Manningon: May 29, 2015In: E32015, Events, Gaming, Nerd NewsTags: arcade, EVO2015, Fighting, gaming, tekkenNo Comments

What’s worse than a woman with a pet tiger? A woman with a pet tiger who also happens to be the wife of Heihachi Mishima and has devil powers like her son Kazuya. Kazumi Mishima has been announced as the next character in the 7th installment of the hit (no pun intended) franchise. She will also […] Read more

Kalimba Xbox One Review

Posted By: Thomas Manningon: April 20, 2015In: Exclusives, Features, Game Reviews, Gaming, Nerd News, New Releases, Reviews, Xbox OneTags: arcade, Indie, multiplayer, pressplay, XboxOneNo Comments

When I started up Kalimba on my Xbox One dashboard the last thing I expected was to be greeted by a digital teddy bear, one who spoke of himself in the third person, broke the third dimensional barrier by referencing the game, the controller, and achievements, and having a not-so-teddy attitude. But this humor and […] Read more

#IDARB Review (Xbox One)

Posted By: Billy Whitehouseon: March 16, 2015In: Game Reviews, Gaming, Nerd News, Reviews, Xbox OneTags: #IDARB, arcade, gaming, humor, multiplayer, other ocean, red box, twitter, xbox, Xbox OneNo Comments

NBA Jam, Pong, Duck Hunt, Asteroids, Smash Brothers, music-making software, pop culture non-sequiturs, and recipes for dip. #IDARB is all of these things. According to their website, #IDARB (I Drew a Red Box) is “a chaotic 8-player eSport jumping jetpack future arena ball game that is as inspired by Bomberman and Smash Bros. as it […] Read more