Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, debuted in April of 1938, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I hope we all look as good as the Man of Steel when we’re 85 years old. For over 8 decades now, the world has been enthralled about the tales of the…
With the 1982 release of Spider-Man for the Atari 2600, Marvel has now had a presence in the video game industry for 40 years. From the humble beginnings of the beloved wall-crawler traversing a skyscraper to stop the Green Goblin’s bombs from going off, the heroes and villains spawned from the House of Ideas have…
DEVELOPERS: Konami (originals)/Digital Eclipse (compilation) PUBLISHER: Konami REVIEWED ON: Xbox Series X from a copy purchased by the author. Comic book video games, or really licensed titles in general, are in danger of becoming lost. That’s true for the computer entertainment industry at large, but I don’t think anyone really needs to be afraid that…
Last weekend, Arcade1up won bragging rights at EVO when they were ones who officially got to change the #FREEMVC2 campaign to #FREEDMVC2, even going as far as to have apparel with the hashtag printed on it for staff at the event. After a brief revival in 2009 via a digital only release, Marvel vs. Capcom…
It goes without saying that 2022 is a great year to be a lover of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games. Last month, the game of the year caliber Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge dropped, surpassing 1 million units sold in its opening week. Before anyone could even get a chance to get tired…
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The owner of this site, as well as the writer of this article, contributed to this book. They’re also a Kickstarter backer. Brett Weiss has been writing about video games as long as many of us have been playing them and he’s showing no sign of slowing down. Recently, Brett has been busy…
DEVELOPER: Acclaim Teeside (original)/Nightdive Studios (remaster) PUBLISHER: Acclaim (original)/Nightdive Studios (remaster) REVIEWED ON: PlayStation 5 from a copy purchased by the author. For our thoughts on the 1999 original, click HERE. Despite having their name stamped on arcade conversions of hits like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam, the now defunct publisher Acclaim was mostly known…
During the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, CES for short, Arcade1up announced their new line of cabinets, and easily the most exciting reveal was the return of Konami’s beloved arcade game, X-Men. Not only does the unit include the classic brawler, but also Data East’s Captain America and the Avengers, a game not seen since the…
There’s a sad, almost disposable component to most video games. Months, sometimes years, of anticipation are built for a game and the second it lands, everyone flocks to it like a swarm of locusts, devouring every last morsel of entertainment before moving on to the next thing. Games that once dominated the headlines on video…
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