Arcades You Forgot Existed: The Lost Arcades of Dallas Fort Worth
In 1982, the United States Supreme Court had to decide whether a North Texas city could keep kids out of an arcade. That is not a joke. The city of Mesquite passed an ordinance saying nobody under 17 could play a coin-operated amusement device without a parent or guardian standing there. It also let the […]
Montezuma’s Revenge on NES
Montezuma’s Revenge finally came to the NES, only 40 years late. Not a bootleg either. This is an official port licensed by original creator Robert Jaeger, and you can actually buy it. Want to play it on our NES? Just ask and we’ll pull the cart out of the back room.
Tornado Terry’s Gets an Extra Life: A Keller Arcade Saved!
The auction was booked. The closing date was on the calendar. After 35 years on Keller Hicks Road, Tornado Terry’s Family Amusement Center was going to sell off every cabinet and turn off the lights on August 9. Then the community hit continue. Owner Shannon Bell called off the auction. The games are staying. The […]
David Repairs our Sega Genesis
David repairs our broken Sega Genesis!
The Reason Dating Apps Don’t Work?
Ashton learns he can date the Storm Trooper.
Celebrate July 4th… in Air Conditioning
SEGA Genesis Hidden Game!
Let’s take a look at Pitfall Mayan Adventure for the Sega Genesis. This game came out in 1994 on the Genesis and Super Nintendo. This is a well made game that appeared during the peak of these system’s popularity. It’s a great game and clearly has its roots in the original Pitfall by David Crane […]
NES Tetris Unplayable?
Did you know there were THREE versions of Tetris for the NES? Most North American gamers only knew one, but Japan got a version first, and there’s a banned version Nintendo tried to erase from history. We’re breaking it all down at Time Rift Arcade, including the Japanese release with the most baffling control scheme […]
Cruis’n Blast Has Arrived at Time Rift Arcade!
Hold on tight, Bedford — we just dropped one of the most adrenaline-pumping driving games in the arcade world onto our floor. Cruis’n Blast by Raw Thrills is now live at Time Rift Arcade, and it’s exactly as wild as it sounds. A Legend Returns The Cruis’n series has been a cornerstone of arcade racing […]
Hack Made Space Invaders Possible
The Atari 2600 only had 128 bytes of RAM total… yet developers still managed to bring Space Invaders to the console. How? Instead of storing the position and state for every alien individually, programmers used a clever trick: they stored the position of just one alien and mathematically calculated the rest. The only thing they […]
