Arcade

A Review Of Big Buck Hunter Arcade For Some Reason

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The other day, popular Twitter and Bluesky account, Wario64, posted that Big Buck Hunter Arcade was being delisted from Steam on Tuesday and it was currently $10. With the exception of an old Windows Phone version, I have never played any of the home releases of the Big Buck Hunter series, mostly because I just don’t think the game would work without the actual arcade setup. That being said, I love the arcade game, so I decided to download Big Buck Hunter Arcade to my Steam Deck.

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Random Game Wednesdays: Dragon’s Lair (SNES)

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Dragon’s Lair is a 1983 arcade game by RDI Video Systems. Its most well known for featuring animation by Don Bluth of An American Tale and The Land Beford Time. Gameplay involved hitting the correct buttons to match what was happening on screen, basically what we call quick time events. The interactive animated feature film look really stood out compared to other arcade games of the time. But what do you do with the game when trying to put it onto platforms that don’t support that kind of video?

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Arcade Archives: Mario Bros. Is Simple But Fun

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Yesterday saw the release of Arcade Archives: Mario Bros., the first of several classic Nintendo arcade games due to come out on the Switch. I had never actually played the arcade version of Mario Bros., although I played a lot of the NES port while growing up. Because of this, I thought it would be neat to to give it a try, plus being able to take a game I really like on the go is always appealing. So, how did it turn out? Continue reading →