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 […]
Halo Fireteam Raven is Here!
Halo Fireteam Raven is on the floor today at Time Rift Arcade and it is a blast!!!! The battlefield just got bigger at Time Rift Arcade. Halo: Fireteam Raven is now LIVE on the floor! Jump into this massive arcade experience, lock and load with a friend, and take on the Covenant in an all-out […]
Atari 2600 Hidden Mode
Did you know Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 has a secret cheat hidden in plain sight? If you hold down the RESET button while turning on the console, the game starts in a special mode that lets you fire TWO shots at once instead of one. No codes. No mods. No hacks. Just a […]
Mortal Kombat Fatalities
There are certain arcade moments that burn themselves into your memory forever. For a lot of us, one of those moments was seeing Mortal Kombat for the very first time in the early ‘90s. In 1992, Mortal Kombat by Midway Games hit arcades — and nothing was the same after that.
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Running an arcade isn’t just about plugging in some games and hoping people show up. A truly great arcade wraps you in an experience the moment you walk through the door — the kind of place that hits you with nostalgia, excitement, and the sense that you’ve just stepped into somewhere special. In our latest […]
