If there’s one thing that broke through the stagnant clutch of fighting games and 3D racing games in late Nineties arcades, it was the music game revolution – and Konami was the company at the forefront of that boom. At first all we heard in the West was scattered tales of salarymen dancing on machines in […]
Alien Front Online

Let’s face it, the fast-paced world of first-person shooters just isn’t for everyone. Quite aside from those like myself who suffer motion sickness, there are people out there who find the whole experience overwhelming and don’t have the reactions for it all. That’s where a game like Alien Front Online comes in really handy. It’s […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 35: Arcade Favourites

Anyone that grew up in the 80’s & 90’s no doubt spent many hours and countless coins in the numerous arcade games be it in funfairs, chip shops, or arcades themselves.
SAGE 2016 Update: One Week Out

We are now one week away from SAGE 2016. At this point in time, the staff is currently twisting knobs, duct taping holes, and looking at the site and going “that should probably hold.” While we continue to get things assembled and in line for SAGE’s comeback, there’s a number of things we’d like to […]
Sonic 25th Anniversary Art Book Announced

Cook & Becker are working together with SEGA on an official Sonic art and design book. The book will cover the entire history of the blue hedgehog, and includes never-before-published artwork. So it’s not just stuff that you can already find on our wiki. Besides that, the book includes new interviews with Yuji Naka, Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, […]