Links:
The Best Arcade and Pinball Sites on the Web
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Arcade Archive:
The largest storage archive of arcade related audio,
documents, FAQs, fonts, images, video and more. Regular updates and a large
volume of content keep this site at the top of every arcade and pinball
collector's list!
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Arcade Art Library:
Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images,
many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent
updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
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Arcade
Ambiance
Project:
The arcade ambience
project is an attempt to simulate the audio ambience of a crowded arcade
room during the golden age of arcades in the 1980s. This is a sound that
has been lost over the years and does not exist in today's pitiful arcades.
Check out this great project and the latest news for it here.
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Arcade Art Library:
Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images,
many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent
updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
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Arcade Collecting:
Excellent reference site which includes hacks for Bagman,
Discs of Tron, Make Trax, Strike Force and Tron. Also has art, PCB pictures,
and games for sale.
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Arcade Fever:
Great site which features a frequently
updated news blog, arcade sounds and animations, a cabinet museum, games for
sale, a photo album, arcade wiring and more. Check out the "25 Years in a
Box" article!
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Arcade Flyer Archive, The:
Source for classic arcade video game
promotional flyers. These video game flyers offer a unique view of classic
video game history. Check back often as they are always updating the arcade
flyer archive with new flyers and improved scans of existing arcade flyers.
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Arcade Art Library:
Nearly 1,000 high quality arcade and pinball related images,
many of which could be printed at professional grade quality. Frequent
updated and high quality content make this site a must see!
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Ataricade:
This site is dedicated to Atari coin-op video games
and arcade game-related news, articles and information. Ataricade is also
home to the Quantum Registry. This site has a great vector graphics look and
lots of great information.
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Azalea Sertoma:
A women's volunteer club in Summerville, SC
dedicated to SERvice TO MAnkind. They raise money
for charities and help organize local sports events.
My wife is the site author and I have a hand in this
site as well.
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Barrette Baron:
Home of Arcade Pewter Designs by Darryl Pike. Darryl's
pewter arcade figures include Q8Bert, Galaga, Sinistar, Pac-Man, Inky,
Tempest and more. Darryl is a long-time supporter of the High Scores Arcade
and I am a customer of his as well. His work is first rate and I highly
recommend his work. Oh yeah, Darryl is a first rate Blaster player as well!
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Charleston Gamerooms:
Charleston Gamerooms is your home gameroom
headquarters for classic arcade games and pinball machines! Stop by
their 3,000 square foot showroom at 1704 Old Towne Road in the
Northbridge Shopping Center next to T-Bonz and Manny's or call them at
843.573.9898. They offer fast shipping to anywhere in the continental
US and also have a 30 day "bumper-to-bumper" warranty on all of their
games.
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Classic Arcade Gaming Dot Com:
At CAGDC (that's Classic Arcade Gaming (dot com)), you can expect
regular updates, new features, interesting articles, and the latest
news, including new world record (wr) scores, plus, tips and write-ups
from world-class gamers, and (if that wasn't already enough), literally
reams of unique and rare documents, videos, magazine and newspaper
article reprints, and more. Check out Mark Alpiger's great site!
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Cosmic Pinball:
Located in the northern Philadelphia, PA suburbs, Matt Berger's site
showcases his collection. Please Email Matt if you have something to
trade or sell, and please visit the photo gallery, which is comprised of
games he has or has had. If you want a picture of your game posted there
for others to see - please send it to him and he will post it with your
name.
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Jamma+:
Run by collectors of arcade
machines who have a passion for the games of yesteryear like Space
Invaders, Pac-Man and Defender. Games from the 70's and 80's but
nowadays also games from the 90's. Features UK high scores, forums,
online games, photo galleries and more.
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Marco Specialties: A great
supplier of pinball parts and machines in South Carolina. First
class staff and great service as well.
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Mechatron:
A Robotron Remake:
Mechatron 2154 is
an ultra-faithful rendition of the definitive arcade shooter
that many of us cut our hardcore gaming teeth on: Robotron 2084,
by Williams Electronics. There are literally dozens of Robotron
clones on the internet, but on this one you will find:
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Original ROM level
data
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Local or World
Highscores
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Progressive AI
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Enhanced Sound
Effects from the original game
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Enhanced character
sprites, animated and rendered in 3D
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Individual Custom
Player Controls
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Build Your Own
Levels
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Much, Much More!
This game is a free
download, and doesn't require installation - it will run directly
from its unzipped folder. Give it a try!
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Peter Hirschberg's Luna City Arcade:
Peter has one of the finest arcades in the collector world, and is
the pioneer of Retro Arcade Radio, a classic arcade radio station.
He has also recreated some great imagery for the Time Out Tunnel
arcades from the 1980s. There's some amazing content here, so check
it out! Don't forget to check out his critically acclaimed CGI work
for the movie Chasing Ghosts.Peter Hirschberg's Luna City Arcade:
Peter has one of the finest arcades in the collector world, and is
the pioneer of Retro Arcade Radio, a classic arcade radio station.
He has also recreated some great imagery for the Time Out Tunnel
arcades from the 1980s. There's some amazing content here, so check
it out! Don't forget to check out his critically acclaimed CGI work
for the movie Chasing Ghosts.
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PinGeek:
Site that features 18 pinball related DVDs for sale. Also has
Pinball on TV and Pinball in the Movies sections as well as a photo
tour of the Pinball Hall of Fame.
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P3 Tournament: Pennsylvania Pinball Players
Tournament, held annually, features some of the best players
in the world. Their scores for the 2006 competition are
available here for browsing as well.
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SteveChannel:
This site contains many items that personally appeal to
Steve and will reveal his many interests, his
background, and photos of people, places, and things.
Steve is a pinball fan and he has good information about
the pinball hobby.
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Twin Galaxies: Twin Galaxies is the world authority
on player rankings, gaming statistics and championship
tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the
1930s and video game statistics from the early 1970s.
As the electronic gaming industry's premiere
statistician, Twin Galaxies preserves the history of
gaming in a historical database, which documents
the historical milestones of the electronic gaming hobby
as it evolves into a professional sport.
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Two Bits:
exact replacement parts for Pac-man, Ms.Pac-man, and
Galaga. Also has monitors, crane kits, and pinball
repair service.
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