Meet New York's Indie Arcade Wizard

RDJ134 15 november 2016 om 00:00 uur

Bij Arcade kasten denk je vaak aan oude jaren tachtig en negentig machines, maar er is ook een nieuwe generatie wave gaande. Want er worden overal ter wereld nieuwe kasten gebouwd waar Indie games op draaien en die veel mensen erg blij maken. De website Kotaku had een interview met Mark Kleback die een grote spil is in de New Yorkse arcade indie scene (en ja dat bestaat echt) en daar van kan je hier onder de video bekijken.


Mark Kleback knows that, when gamers think of arcades, they think of '80s nostalgia titles like Pac-man and Q*bert. He's been there-from his Brooklyn workshop, Kleback told Kotaku that he still fondly remembers hours spent railing on his local roller rink's X-Men cabinet.

His vision for the future of arcades is different. Kleback hand-builds arcade cabinets for New York's flourishing indie multiplayer scene and is working toward carving out a space for indie arcades in New York City.

Since 2010, Kleback has designed custom cabinets for new indie games like Crystal Brawl and Particle Mace and installed them at bars, music venues and galleries around Brooklyn and Manhattan. He's a part of the Death by Audio arcade collective, which is comprised of about 20 people and produces cabinets for New York-based indie developers. Total, Kleback's built nearly 20 cabinets. Lit marquees, joysticks, buttons, hand-painted wood-this what he offers to the games he loves.



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