Cracked Archive - Video Games

6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West

The East didn't stop making crazy ass games. They just stopped shipping them west.

Authors: By Nick Dobkin
Published: September 25, 2011
Comments: 573

5 Video Game Movie Adaptations (That Missed the Point)

Video games based on movies are almost universally terrible, we all know that. But sometimes they go beyond just being terrible video games and actually manage to completely undermine the entire point of the property they're adapting.

Authors: By J.F. Sargent
Published: August 10, 2011
Comments: 665

7 Creepy Video Game Easter Eggs You'll Wish Were Never Found

Video game Easter eggs can be a fun way to motivate players to continue exploring a game they've completed ... or they can be terrifying experiences that make sure the players never go near that game again. These ones fall in that latter category.

Authors: By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
Published: July 25, 2011
Comments: 919

5 Classic Games You Didn't Know Had WTF Backstories

A lot of classic arcade games have straight-forward, logical plots that drive them: Turtle dragon stole your woman, stomp mushrooms until he gives her back. That's cool; we're on board with that. But some of these other classic, seemingly self-evident games actually hid madness and dementia behind their fun, childish veneers.

Authors: By Steve Blair
Published: July 24, 2011
Comments: 697

6 Glitches That Accidentally Invented Modern Gaming

While most of the art you enjoy today is the result of some happy accident, you wouldn't think this'd be the case for video games. And you'd be wrong.