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The bygone joy of bespoke arcade cabinets

Generic cabinets may have saved arcade owners money, but the true magic lay in bespoke coin-ops. Stuart charts their rise, fall and return.

Developer Mikael Tillander made his own take on a Toaplan shooter – then set about turning it into a arcade machine…

Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the...

Due out this year, a collection of score-chasing arcade games designed to test your brains and reflexes

Three seasoned experts tell us about the highs and lows of running an amusement arcade in the 21st century