DONKEY KONG turns 30..........posted 20/07/2011
Donkey Kong is 30. Feeling old yet?

While lacking the fanfare of Pac-Man's big birthday last year, the importance of Donkey Kong reaching the big 3-0 goes beyond a popular game title and fodder for documentary films. Had a red cap wearing Italian not chased a large ape up a skyscraper three decades ago, the video games you know and love in the modern day may not have happened. Read on..... http://www.examiner.com/arcade-game-in-national/donkey-kong-turns-30-how-this-arcade-classic-shaped-today-s-video-game-world

Atari's Greatest Hits..........posted 14/04/2011
It's the news that any self respecting retro gamer has been waiting for, and probably the most important retro release to date on Apple's shiny iPhone and iPad hardware, yes it's Atari's Greatest Hits!

Atari have just released this must have gaming application on the App Store and the best news is it's free - well sort of. You get Pong free with it but the rest of the games can be bought in bundles at £0.59 or as a complete package of 99 games for £8.99.

The back catalogue includes Atari's Arcade Cabinet Hits in addition to the VCS / 2600 Home Computer systems ROM collection so you can get the likes of Missile Command and Asteroids etc as well as Star Raiders, Yar's Revenge and Adventure.

This really is a brilliant addition to the ever growing retro collection of games now playable on the iOS operating system. I've already downloaded my copy and I strongly advise you to do the same. Until you do though check out this online video from the ever brilliant toucharcade.com. Happy Gaming!

SYNOPSIS OF THIS SITE
The web is full of games like action, strategy, and casino games. But Classic Video Games are by far the best and have been a passion of mine for a long, long time. The days spent as a child in dark, dingy, smelly, smoke filled basements brings a smile to my face. These were the days where the only care you had in the world was where and when you were going to get your next credit from and whether you still had the High Score on Donkey Kong.

Alas we all have to grow up, more the pity, and those days are soon gone. Then as you get older you find that you get a craving to go back to those halcyon days, and say goodbye to your day to day worries, mortgages, taxes, insurance etc, but where do you go to release all that pent up tension?

THE BASEMENT ARCADE! of course. This site is dedicated to nostalgia and Classic Video Games. These games are as addictive as playing slots, while loads of fun at the same time. The site has been created to bring back all those memories from the Golden Days of Gaming in the local arcades, the local pizza parlour, or the chippy.

This site hosts reviews, features, galleries, links etc and much, much more, my hope is that it will grow in time to become 'The Web site' for Classic Game Addicts. If you share my love of Classic Video Games you've come to the right place. Enjoy and remember GOOD GAMES NEVER DIE!

If you have enjoyed flicking around this site and it has brought back some good memories please help if you can by kindly donating your hard earnt cash to the cause, it will help keep this site up and running and consequently it will help keep the memory of Classic Video games alive for many more years to come.
Thank you from The Basement Arcade.