Arcade | |
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Manufacturer | Various |
Released | 1971 |
Total Games | 1938 (1,695 present) |
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Arcade games are coin-operated video game systems, usually placed in public locations. The first commercial arcade game was Computer Space, released in November, 1971 by Nutting Associates.
In addition to restaurants and video arcades, arcade games are also found in bowling alleys, college campuses, dormitories, laundromats, movie theatres, supermarkets, shopping malls, airports, truck stops, bar/pubs, hotels, and even bakeries. In short, arcade games are popular in places open to the public where people are likely to be waiting on something.
Arcade games often have very short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty. This is due to the environment of the Arcade, where the player is essentially renting the game for as long as their in-game avatar can stay alive (or until they run out of tokens).
Games on consoles or PCs can be referred to as an "arcade game" if it shares these qualities, or if it's a direct port of an arcade title. Many independent developers are now producing games in the arcade genre that are designed specifically for use on the Internet. These games are usually designed with Flash/Java/DHTML and run directly in web-browsers.
Arcade racing games are those which have a simplified physics engine and do not require much learning time, in opposition to racing simulators. Cars can turn sharply without losing speed or overdrifting, and the AI rivals are sometimes programmed so they are always near the player (rubberband effect).
Arcade flight games also use simplified physics and controls in comparison to flight simulators.
Artwork[edit]
Flyer[edit]
Flyers are advertisements or trade announcements meant to entice arcade operators in to buying the latest game that a company has produced. They typically feature large amounts of artwork and a number of screenshots, along with some marketing slogan meant to hype the game. You can download flyerpacks from The Arcade Flyer Archive.
Marquee[edit]
Marquees were the hard plastic backlit signs that adorned the tops of upright arcade cabinets. The marquee was your first indication as to what games were present.
Title screen[edit]
Title Screens are screenshots of each game's opening screen, showing its name. MAME Title Screens are currently available at the MAME Titles site. (Note that this site relies on Bit Torrent to distribute most of images; however, it usually includes links to other sites offering direct downloads.) Download the Title Screen packs and extract them to your MAME folder's "titles" subfolder.
Cabinet[edit]
Several arcade cabinet photographs are available for download at the MAMEUI Home Page.
Control panel[edit]
As with cabinets and marquees, control panels serve as the final image that make up the a complete arcade visual. They clarify exactly what sort of input you should expect to use, or the layout of particularly placed buttons. The home for control panel images has bounced around, but user known as Mr. Do has adopted them and made them available on his control panel page. Incidentally, Mr. Do has also provides alternative high quality arcade cabinet pictures on his Cabinet Pics project page.
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Pages in category "Arcade"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,695 total.
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- Cameltry
- Cannon Spike
- Canyon Bomber
- Capcom Baseball
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Capcom Fighting Jam
- Capcom Sports Club
- Capcom vs. SNK
- Capcom vs. SNK 2
- Capcom vs. SNK Pro
- Captain Commando
- Captain Silver
- Captain Tomaday
- Car Hunt
- Carnival
- Carrier Air Wing
- Castle of Shikigami
- Castle of Shikigami 2
- Castle of Shikigami III
- Castlevania
- Caterpillar
- Centipede
- Chack'n Pop
- Champion Wrestler
- Championship Sprint
- Change Lanes
- Chaos Code
- Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe
- Chase H.Q.
- Checkmate
- Chicken Shift
- Choplifter
- Choplifter!
- Chopper I
- Chouzetsu Rinjin Beraboh Man
- Chuuka Taisen
- Circus Charlie
- City Connection
- Cleopatra Fortune
- Cloak & Dagger
- Cloud Master
- Clowns
- Clu Clu Land
- Cobra: The Arcade
- Columns
- Columns II: The Voyage Through Time
- Commando
- Commando (1983)
- Comotion
- Complex X
- Computer Space
- Congo Bongo
- Contra
- Cook Race
- Cop 01
- Cops'n Robbers
- Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle
- Cosmo Gang: The Video
- Cosmo Police Galivan
- Cosmoswat
- Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams
- Cotton Boomerang: Magical Night Dreams
- Cotton Fantasy
- Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
- Country Club
- Crater Raider
- Crazy Balloon
- Crazy Climber
- Crazy Climber 2
- Crazy Cross
- Crazy Kong
- Crazy Taxi
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Crime City
- Crime Fighters
- Crisis Zone
- Crossbow
- Crossed Swords
- Cruisin
- Crush Roller
- Crystal Castles
- Cutie Q
- Cybattler
- Cyber Commando
- Cyber Cycles
- Cyber Sled
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
- Cyber-Lip
- Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
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- Daikaiju no Gyakushu
- Daioh
- Dan-Ku-Ga
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA
- Dangerous Seed
- Dangun Feveron
- Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels
- Darius
- Darius Gaiden
- Darius II
- Dark Adventure
- Dark Edge
- Dark Tower
- Darkstalkers
- Darwin 4078
- Daytona USA
- Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge
- Dead or Alive
- Dead or Alive 2
- Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
- Dead or Alive 6
- Deathsmiles
- Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas
- DecAthlete
- Deep Scan
- Defence Command
- Defender
- Demolition Derby
- Demolition Derby (1977)
- Demon
- Demon's World
- Demoneye-X
- Depthcharge
- Derby Quiz: My Dream Horse
- Detana!! TwinBee
- Die Hard Arcade
- Dig Dug
- Dig Dug Arrangement
- Dig Dug II
- Digger
- Dimahoo
- Dino Rex
- Dirt Dash
- Dirt Fox
- Discs of TRON
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
- Dock Man
- DoDonPachi
- Dog Patch
- Dogosoken
- Dogyuun
- Domino Man
- Dominos
- Don Doko Don
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong 3
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Donkey Kong Junior
- DonPachi
- Double Dragon
- Double Dragon (Neo Geo)
- Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge
- Double Dribble
- Double Play
- Downhill Bikers
- Dr. Mario
- Dr. Micro
- Dragon Ball Z (arcade)
- Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle
- Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S.
- Dragon Blaze
- Dragon Breed
- Dragon Buster
- Dragon Chronicle Online
- Dragon Chronicle: Legend of the Master Ark
- Dragon Saber
- Dragon Spirit
- Dragon's Lair
- Dream Shopper
- Driver's Eyes
- Duck Hunt
- Dungeon Magic
- Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
- Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
- Dunk Mania
- Dynamite Düx
- Dynasty Wars