Dallas, United States, Feb. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 
Starting in the 70s, dominating the 80s and still living on today, the history of the coin-operated arcade dates back to the late 1930s with the introduction of pinball machines. The birthplace of the now $90 billion dollar a year video game industry, the brick and mortar arcade is still thriving, but has seen better days. Where is one to go to get the thrill of putting down your tokens, to see who’s the best? Chaincade ($CHAINCADE) is a startup project looking to bring all the same feelings and experiences of the “retro arcade” to the blockchain.
Launched on July 9th, 2021, with a successful launch, ChainCade did what few projects in the cryptocurrency scene have done. They went live with a working game, “MoonWar”, a space-shooter game right at home with the likes of Galaga and Space Invaders. To date, over $45,000 in prizes have been given away to high score winners, and a successful “Play to Earn” competition for 6 “Seasons”. On top of that, releasing beta tests for upcoming games along with another complete game, “Chain Man”, which feels like Pac-Man put on a suit of armor to crawl through a dungeon.
With the recent launch of what they call “Play to Win”, which has players now winning virtual prizes and playing in “Virtual Hangouts”, when asked how the arcade of the future works, a team member said:
“The overall goal of our project is to create an ecosystem in which artists, musicians, game developers, and players can all come together and contribute to an amazing gaming experience that rewards those same people. We want to decentralize and democratize game publishing, putting power in the hands of those that truly care about gaming. It’s a lot of different things coming together to pull it all off, and things are still early. We know we’re the underdogs going against big guys here, but crypto can either turn gaming into more of a microtransaction mess, or help break the…
