In June 2015, I caught a Milwaukee Brewers game in beautiful Miller Park and before I made the trek back to Indianapolis, I picked up an empty Infinity 1 cabinet. Here’s a small photo gallery s...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2015/09/arcade-history/infinity-1-game-1000-faces/
To date, four fully illustrated white bootleg arcade games have surfaced – Ladybug, Mr. Do!, Jungle Prowl and a Train themed game (Working guess D-Rail). When I picked up my Mr. Do! in 2009 I n...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2013/08/arcade-history/is-this-glak-associates-magic-electronics-logo/
Lately I’ve been doing a fair amount of research on those little arcade companies in the 80’s, and how they managed to do business. It was in that process that I got exposure to a company by ...
Last August (2012) I got an email from an individual in Chicago looking to sell three Pac-man arcade games. I love Pac-man, I have two Pac family games in my collection currently. The list was a ...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2013/02/arcade-history/rare-baby-pacman-chicago-illinois/
In late 1981 Atari conducted a ‘World Championship’ event at the Expocenter in Chicago. If you aren’t familiar with the history of this event, a quick Google search will turn up a number of...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2012/11/arcade-history/atari-couldve-cashed-in-1981-world-championships/
William (Bill) Arkush is not a name many arcade collectors may know. Why? He doesn’t have an industry name like Al Acorn, but Mr. Arkush wrote some of the best, inclusive, and technically sound...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2011/01/arcade-history/william-arkush-video-game-manuals/
That’s quite a comparison, to say that any arcade game creator had a similar level of genius and creativity to Thomas Edison. But that is the parellel made in this article published in July of ...
https://www.rotheblog.com/2010/08/arcade-history/the-thomas-edison-of-arcade-games/
I was recently asked what I would do if suddenly found myself an extremely wealthy individual. Many things would be in the mix, but one activity I might consider would be to head out to Californi...
Back in July some schematics surfaced showing that Williams at one time had a vector in development. I poked around a little bit and got some of the back story on what happened to the project and...
In all of its file cabinet glory? Well, James is talking a little bit about that coin op documentation over at the Aussie Arcade forums. You’ll need an account to login and view the thread. Ima...