Check out this great Street Fighter Versus Mortal Kombat video. Of course, regardless of how this battle ends, everyone knows that Street Fighter is a thousand fifty times better than Mortal Kombat. And always will be. Related PostsNo related posts

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As a game, good old Pong still holds up, even in these days of massively multiplayer 3D first-person online mega-games. That said, Steve Taylor’s Plasma Pong is a vibrant variant that adds some wild new graphic touches to the old time pongy fun. You use the mouse to move the paddle and the mouse buttons

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Fosfor Gadgets has an interesting side-by-side comparison of graphics from games of the 80s and those of today’s games. They do a good job of pitting games of similar genres against each other, for example: 1985′s Bard’s Tale for Nintendo versus 2005′s PC hit World Of Warcraft and 1985′s 10 Yard Fight for Nintendo against

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California Extreme 2005 — California Extreme is the “Classic Arcade Games Show”. In a nutshell, it’s an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades. It’s two days that celebrate this exceptional entertainment medium, featuring tournaments, speakers, parts vendors, and an opportunity to play games

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An amazingly obsessive Flickr photoset by Petromyzon called Tokens. They’re lovely, and stir up memories of when arcades were fun and games cost less than a buck fifty to play. The games were simpler, cheaper, and, on balance, a good deal more fun than today’s arcade games. I’d put Stargate or even Pac Man up

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