Discover how to transform cardboard into a fully functional train simulator, with the iconic “DENSHA DE GO!!” arcade game as ...

Sure, you could just give in to your overwhelming nostalgia for 1980s arcade game action and buy an authentic machine. But if you don’t have the funds, or the space, there’s another way ...

The whole cabinet is constructed from Lego bricks, and it uses a Jamma 48-1 board to play a range of classic arcade games, which include some of our favorites like Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pac ...

Unlike most vintage console or computer games, arcade games can be both difficult to find and expensive to buy, so many arcade fans use emulators to create their own homebrewed arcade systems. The ...

A video showing a homemade Android arcade machine. The setup uses a Lenovo K1 tablet, Wii arcade joystick, and a self-made arcade cabinet.

Many classic arcade games – Lunar Lander, Gravitar, and Asteroids in particular – used vector displays. Instead of drawing individual pixels, these games functioned more like an oscilloscope ...

The golden age of arcade games, collectors generally agree, lasted from around the 1978 to the mid-1980s. Despite their size, arcade machines had only a dash of electronics--little more than a few ...

Arcade games are some of last bastions of creative, off-the-wall video game hardware design. Here are a selection of the strangest cabinets we've come across.