Classic Arcade Game News: April 2005

E3 2005 is Coming !

Every year, the Electronics Entertainment Expo hits downtown Los Angeles and the Staples Center turning it into gamer's paradise. E3 2005 promises to be one of the most exciting shows ever. This year, ALL 3 gaming companies plan to have their new console hardware powerhouses on display! Not to mention great new games to be played there like Soul Calibur III. Though the show is only supposed to be for industry professionals, the news for the outsiders is hard to miss on G4TechTV or any online gaming website. Strap yourself in, cause in the next few weeks it is all you will be hearing about!

Check out the official E3 website

The Ultimate Arcade Game Resource!

Have you ever wished you could revisit those classic arcade games of yesteryear? I mean the REAL ones! The KLOV® (Killer List of Videogames), the video-game department of The International Arcade Museum, provides the Internet's largest database of coin-operated video-games. They have them listed in alphabetical order, and each game has a full page showing pictures of the cabinets, pictures of the control panels, screenshots, manuals, and all the info you could ever want to know about each.

Rummage through classic arcade machines at KLOV!

"Luna City Arcade"

Speaking of collections of arcade cabinets, check out this guy's setup. No, that is not an arcade, that is in his house! Complete with blacklight carpeting and overhead black lighting, it even has a change machine!

If you know of someone who has a better home setup than that one, we'd like to know about it! Send us a link and we will post it in a future newsletter.

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Download of the Month: DemonStar

One of the most thrilling vertical scrolling shooters on the market!  DemonStar takes shooters to the extreme with Multiplayer/Network capabilities, Force Feedback joystick support, 3-D rendered graphics, explosive sound effects, and a brilliant soundtrack. To destroy each boss, you will have to search for the many weapons such as lasers, homing missiles, and many more. As you maneuver your way through each of the 18 progressive levels, you can build up an arsenal worthy of a match against the greatest mega-boss of all time: THE DEMONSTAR

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Mega Man Anniversary Collection - Nostalgia times 10!

Not only does Mega Man Anniversary Collection manage to bring us all the great classics that helped put the NES on the map with Mega Man 1 thru 6 , it also treats us to a handful of SNES, PlayStation, and Arcade titles as well. Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8 , and the previously unreleased Power Battle and Power Fighters really illustrate how far the Blue Bomber has come since his inception in 1987. Available on Xbox, PS2, and GameCube.

Check Out The IGN Review For Your System

Blogging has taken the internet world by storm! If you still don't know what blogging is, it's time to come out from under that rock you have been hibernating under to have a look. Blogging takes freedom of speech to a whole new level, so how will the X-Arcade hold up when one of the biggest gaming blog sites on the internet gets their hands on it? Head to Joystiq.com now to find out..

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