Arcade cabinet maker Raw Thrills has confirmed it's currently working on a new machine featuring the heroes in a half shell as depicted in the Nickelodeon cartoon currently in its fifth season.

New Wave Toys has teamed up with Atari to produce Replicade x Centipede, the first in a line of fully-functional 1/6 scale replicas of classic arcade games.

Centipede was released for the arcade by Atari in 1981. It's a game where you swerve back and forth as you fire at bugs and try not to get eaten. Halt and Catch Fire featured it in its very first episode and again in its series finale, proving once and for all the show is more than just the sum of its characters and the cultural time capsules they interact in.

Every month a smattering of classic Neo Geo games comes to modern consoles thanks to Hamster Corporation's Arcade Archives program, but some of the system's most unique and unusual games have yet to make the leap.

Revealed last night during the official Twitch E3 stream, Studio Saizensen's Blade Strangers is a 2D fighter that combines the speed of Guilty Gear with the easy inputs of Smash Bros. More importantly, it let's Curly from Cave Story fight Solange from Code of Princess.

Fighting Final Fantasy fans eagerly awaiting the console port of Team Ninja's arcade brawler now have a better idea of how long they will be waiting, as Square Enix announces Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for early 2018 release on PlayStation 4.

Street Fighter is one of the most prominent fighting game series in the world, but it can be hard to track down competitive arcade scenes for some of the older games, like Street Fighter 3.

Neon FM is an EDM-packed arcade rhythm game that's so good Konami made its own version, but finding an arcade to play it in can be kind of tricky. Fortunately it's now also a free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android, which sure beats spending $US8,000 ($10,670) on an arcade cabinet.

If you've ever wondered what a North Korean propaganda clip for arcade gaming looks like, well, it apparently looks like this.

Sky Rogue looks like it was ripped right out of an arcade. Colourful graphics, fun combat, and wonderfully realised community content combine for a damn good time.

Primal Rage 2, a video game cancelled over 20 years ago, was never released. But if you want to enjoy it now, in The Year Of Our Lord 2017, knock yourself out, because there's a build available and playable via an emulator.

No matter how upset you get, don't punch arcade game machines. Please.

There are four common ways players sit at arcade cabinets in Japan. Here they are.

Luminous Corridor 2 is a twin stick shooter by Loren Schmidt that calls back to great games like Robotron. With oppressive arcade music and a trippy, neon wasteland to blast baddies in, it has equal parts charm and challenge.

I've always wanted an arcade cabinet of my own, but I don't have the materials, tools or the know-how to get started. Fortunately that's no problem for Matt Shaw, an Adelaide gamer who has enjoyed a little bit of internet fame after he decided to transform an unloved wine barrel into something special.

Like pinball and booze? You're going to love Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre this month.

Imagine Pong but with weird, ever changing physics and colourful shapes that can move freely through the space rather than being tied to either edge of the screen. On the surface, that's what VOLLEYGON is.

Some Walking Dead games are good! Others are poop. Who knows where this big arcade shooter will lie on that spectrum, but if anything we can at least revel in how expensive the whole thing looks.

As you can probably guess, a lot of old arcade cabinets from the 80s aren't exactly in the best shape in 2016. That doesn't mean they can't be salvaged though, as long as you're willing to put a little love, cash and elbow grease into it.