A spaceship shaped like a dragonfly soars over an alien planet on the cover art for "Galaxian" (1979) - Bandai Namco Entertainment The 1970s were a pivotal decade when it came to the video game ...

No long tutorials, no distractions, no unnecessary fluff, arcade shooters are all about pure gameplay. From simple alien waves to more complex systems, the genre has grown a lot over time, changing ...

Throughout the decades, there have been a handful of titles that have become synonymous with the idea of “arcade games.” Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Street Fighter 2, and the like. But if you grew up in ...

A popular mainstay of many arcades in the 1990s was shooter games, and there are tons of varieties. From rail shooters to scrolling vertical shooters and beyond, the decade was filled with the genre, ...