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Space Ace arcade review

Byrolyretroadmin November 26, 2011June 15, 2025

The space themed Laserdisc sequel to Dragon’s Lair It was a wet summer holiday in 1984 and I was with my cousin in an arcade on Canvey Island in Essex. Frankie Goes to Hollywood was in the Top 10 with “Two Tribes”, and the famous fight scene between Reagan and Chernenko was blasting out of…

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Gyruss Arcade Title Screen
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Gyruss arcade retro review

Byrolyretroadmin October 25, 2011June 20, 2025

I found this game on holiday in Spain, around the same time that I discovered another Konami classic, Track & Field. This was in the early 80’s, a time when games arcades were massively popular and new games were launched seemingly on a weekly basis. Gyruss was a memorable arcade shooter for 2 main reasons,…

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Amidar Arcade by Taito
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Amidar arcade game retro review

Byrolyretroadmin October 8, 2011June 10, 2025

Konami’s Unique Arcade Puzzler Apart from Amidar, in what other arcade game can you play the part of a paint roller being chased my evil pigs? None other that’s what. Just Amidar. In 1981 Stern/Konami launched this arcade game onto a public that was recovering from Pac-Man, launched in the previous year, and Amidar featured…

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Gorf arcade screen
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GORF Arcade Reviewed

Byrolyretroadmin August 29, 2011June 20, 2025

My first introduction to the classic arcade shooter GORF was on a school trip in 1981. As we piled out of the coach and into the service station on the M1 motorway, I could hear a robotic voice calling from the arcade…. The voice was the alien from the GORF arcade cabinet, mocking the player…

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Pengo Arcade
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Pengo Arcade Game by Sega – Retro review

Byrolyretroadmin August 28, 2011June 15, 2025

Pengo was an arcade game released by Sega in 1982. Kind of a cross between Pac Man and Space Panic, Pengo was a maze game with a twist. Rather than being constrained by the maze, you could use the blocks of the maze walls to flatten the chasing monsters. Your hero Pengo was pitted against…

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Time Crisis title screen
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Time Crisis retro arcade review

Byrolyretroadmin August 18, 2011September 7, 2014

In the same way that Operation Wolf blew away the arcade competition with it’s 2D light gun game in 1987, Time Crisis did the same but in full 3D in 1996. Released after Virtua Cop, the first real 3D light gun game, Time Crisis featured vastly superior graphics, an engaging storyline and a killer feature…

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