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Manufacturer | Various |
Active | 1971—present |
Total Games | 1938 (1,213 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.
Pages in category "Arcade"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,213 total.
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A
- Ace Driver
- Ace Driver: Victory Lap
- Acrobat
- The Addams Family
- Aero Fighters
- Aeroboto
- After Burner
- After Burner II
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat
- Air Combat
- Air Combat (1976)
- Air Combat (1995)
- Air Combat 22
- Akkanvader
- Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
- Alien Sector
- Alien Storm
- Alien Syndrome
- Alien vs. Predator
- Aliens (arcade)
- Aliens: Extermination
- Alien³: The Gun
- Alpha Mission
- Alpine Racer
- Alpine Racer 2
- Alpine Surfer
- Altered Beast
- Amazing Maze
- Andromeda
- Angler King
- Antarctic Adventure
- Appoooh
- Arabian
- Arcana Heart
- Arcana Heart 2
- Arcana Heart 3
- Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars!!!!!!
- Arcana Heart 3 Love Max!!!!!
- Arch Rivals
- Area 51
- Argus
- Argus no Senshi
- Arkanoid
- Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh
- Armored Warriors
- Art of Fighting
- Art of Fighting 2
- Art of Fighting 3
- ASO: Armored Scrum Object
- Assault
- Assault Plus
- Asteroids
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Astra Superstars
- Astro Blaster
- The Astyanax
- Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty
- Atari Baseball
- Atari Basketball
- Atari Football
- Atari Soccer
- Ataxx
- Athena
- Atlant Olimpic
- Attack of the Zolgear
- ATV Track: Quads on Amazon
- Avalanche
B
- B-Wings
- Baby Pac-Man
- Bad Dudes
- Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
- Bakuretsu Quiz Ma-Q Dai-Bouken
- Bakutotsu Kijuutei
- Balloon Bomber
- Bank Panic
- Baraduke
- Baseball Stars 2
- Batman (Arcade)
- Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
- Battle Circuit
- Battle Fantasia
- Battles
- Battlezone
- Beach Spikers
- Beastorizer
- Bells & Whistles
- Berzerk
- Big Event Golf
- Big Kong
- The Big Pro Wrestling!
- Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
- Bionic Commando
- Black Dragon
- Black Tiger
- Black Widow
- Blade Arcus from Shining
- Blades of Steel
- Blast Off
- Blasted
- Blasto
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Blazer
- Blockade
- Bloody Roar 2
- Bloody Roar 3
- Blue Shark
- Bomb Bee
- Bomb Jack
- Bonanza Bros.
- Bonk's Adventure
- Boot Hill
- Borderline
- Bosconian
- Boxing (Atari 2600)
- Boxy Boy
- Bradley Trainer
- Bravoman
- Breakers
- Breakers Revenge
- Breakout
- Bubble Bobble
- Bubble Trouble: Golly! Ghost! 2
- Bubbles
- Buggy Boy
- Bump 'n' Jump
- BurgerTime
- Burnin' Rubber
- Burning Fight
- Burning Force
- Bygone
C
- Cabal
- Calorie-kun vs. Moguranian
- Cameltry
- Canyon Bomber
- Capcom Baseball
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Capcom Fighting Jam
- Capcom vs. SNK
- Capcom vs. SNK 2
- Capcom vs. SNK Pro
- Captain Commando
- Captain Silver
- Car Hunt
- Carnival
- Caterpillar
- Centipede
- Chack'n Pop
- Championship Sprint
- Change Lanes
- Chaos Code
- Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe
- Chase H.Q.
- Checkmate
- Chicken Shift
- Choplifter
- Chouzetsu Rinjin Beraboh Man
- Circus Charlie
- City Connection
- Cloak & Dagger
- Clowns
- Commando
- Commando (1983)
- Comotion
- Computer Space
- Congo Bongo
- Contra
- Cook Race
- Cops'n Robbers
- Cosmo Gang: The Puzzle
- Cosmo Gang: The Video
- Cosmo Police Galivan
- Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
- Country Club
- Crater Raider
- Crazy Balloon
- Crazy Climber
- Crazy Kong
- Crazy Taxi
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Crime City
- Crisis Zone
- Crossbow
- Cruisin
- Crush Roller
- Crystal Castles
- Cutie Q
- Cyber Commando
- Cyber Cycles