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RetroBlast! Review: Arcade Ambiance by Jonathan Imberi, 2007/02/01

Do you remember what it was like to walk into an arcade? No, I mean a real arcade straight out of the 80's? The games, the competition, the friends, seemingly endless supplies of quarters being fed into machines at near light speed, and of course the sounds...

With the advent of MAMET and the pursuit of loyal hobbyists one can easily replicate a cabinet or two or maybe even half a dozen, but the experience just isn't the same. Sure we can add art, lights, beverages, and even the quarters if we really wanted to. We can invite over our friends for some competition, but still something's missing... Our game rooms just don't seem to have the proper and complete arcade atmosphere until... Now!

Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA2 by Bob Seidel, 2007/01/18

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ve heard of the ArcadeVGA. The ArcadeVGA is the easiest way to interface your PC to an Arcade Monitor. Ultimarc has recently released the ArcadeVGA2 with some new features. The AVGA2 now comes in two versions: an AGP version based on the ATI 9250 chip and a PCI Express version based on the ATI X550 chip. Although, they share many of the same arcade related features I used the AGP version during this review.

RetroBlast! Review: GGG LED-Wiz Review by Bob Seidel, 2006/12/01

“So, it’s blinky lights you like” and that's how the GroovyGameGear LED-WIZ was first announced over a year ago. Several months later, in October 2005, the LED-WIZ USB Lighting and Output Controller was launched with an impressive array of features.

Review: JROK's RGB to NTSC Encoder by Travis Brown, 2006/12/01

One thing I like about the arcade game community is that people are always coming up with new and interesting ways to play video games. By taking something and making it do something it’s not supposed to do, people are making completely unique game experiences, like putting a console in a JAMMA cab, or playing Arcade PCBs on their TV with a Supergun.

RetroBlast! Mini-Review: LED-Wiz Accessories by Bob Seidel, 2006/12/01

What good would have been the LED-WIZ review without a review of some of the accessories? During the LED-WIZ review, I used the following accessories: