Atari fans rejoice! We saved some copies of the Deluxe Edition of Art of Atari from our book signings at PRGE a couple of months ago, and we even got a few of them signed by the author Tim Lapetino, former Atari artist Steven Hendricks and industrial designer Barney Huang! A very limited number of these out of print Deluxe…
There's a tough choice to make for fans of side-scrolling action games during this month's Clash of the Classics! We need your help in deciding who is most worthy of a spot in the arcade: Aliens or Shinobi? Aliens is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game developed and published by Konami in 1990. Players can choose to face the deadly Xenomorphs solo or cooperatively…
Stand-Up Comics & Stand-Up Games! Every Third Thursday, No Pun Intendo brings fantastic comedians to our lounge! Plus - video game competitions between teams of audience members with fabulous prizes! Each month, we feature fantastic comics from Portland & beyond. This month's lineup: David Mascorro Mohanad Elshieky Katie Nguyen Brandon Lyons Bri Pruett Hosted by Portland's Funniest Person, Nariko Ott!…
One of the things that we love doing at Ground Kontrol is buying an old video game that's been converted to a crummy game, and restoring it to its original glory. Last year we purchased a cabinet that we quickly realized was originally a Captain America and The Avengers. After peeling away the old artwork, filling various holes, cutting a…
Our TMNT: Turtles in Time game just got better! We had a spare generic black Konami cabinet that had seen better days, so our tech team bondo'ed the rough edges, installed new artwork and new controls, and made it look as good as a 25 year old game can. Most people would put it in a museum behind velvet ropes,…