The most popular arcade machine in the Soviet Union was a clone of the US-made Sea Devil.The rules were simple — the player fired 10 torpedoes and tried to hit as many ships as possible.

While games like Pac-Man thrilled youngsters in Britain and the US, in Russia the games were much more practical in nature - like the Turnip Strength Tester (pictured).

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Soviet Arcade Machine Basketball Computer simulation of one of the most recognizable arcade machines of the USSR times. Back in 2007 I read an article ...

The cool cats at A Dangerous Business recently visited a seemingly forgotten Russian arcade museum in Moscow featuring some of the greatest old video games you could ever imagine coming out of a ...

While Russian president, former KGB agent and failed comedian Vladimir Putin polishes his ICBMs, a group of friends at Moscow State Technical University ...

While in Moscow, I also stopped by the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines to get a look back at an alternate gaming history that most Americans (including myself) aren’t familiar with. The museum ...

When you walk into the Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in St. Petersburg, the first thing you’ll see is a series of gray, hard-edged soda machines from the early 1980s.

While American teens in the '80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren't ...

His images of an aging Soviet Union arcade in Gyumri, Armenia present an archetypal arcade frozen in time, unchanged for the past 30 years of tumultuous history. Close Sign In ...

While American teens in the '80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren't easily ...