Before cell phones and laptops, kids only had a few things they could do to stave off boredom during the summer months. If you had loose change and a bicycle, you were probably off to the arcade.

The foundation of gaming as we know the medium today really took shape in the '70s. This includes the birth of the arcade scene to the nascent home console and personal computing industries. More than ...

Groundbreaking consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey and Atari 2600 helped change gaming forever.

It’s hard to think of a time when video games weren’t at our fingertips, but back in the golden age of arcades, they were a communal experience. Crowds gathered around glowing screens, rooting for ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — There's something about the lights and sounds of an arcade. "Playing 'Space Invaders' in an original 1978 cabinet, it has a hologram effect, it has black light," said Peter ...