Few sights and sounds define a decade quite like the cacophony of noise and neon-soaked signs that adorned the local arcade.

The 1980s followed the lead of the arcade games from the '70s that started everything, expanding the video game industry considerably. Many arcade games from the early '80s defined the scene's golden ...

While today’s gamers typically play on PC or consoles, the industry thrived in arcades. And in the 1980s, arcades were built on competition, noise, and frustration. The reason for this was that many ...