arcade game

Definitions

1. A coin-operated video game or amusement device.
2. A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty.

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Examples

“Luckily for fans, these arcade games (as the good old classic titles are now called) used to have⟳ rather simple mechanics, and most players could learn⟳ to play⟳ them, despite their poor or non-existent knowledge of English.”

“‘They’re Twitch Games,’ he grinned, ‘arcade games. An adventure game is one where you use⟳ your mind⟳; if you can type⟳, you can play⟳ an adventure. If you require⟳ anything other than that, you’ve got a twitch game — an arcade game — where your skill of movement is more important than your thinking. […]”

“It's not an arcade game—there is no crack of the bat or roar of the crowd or even much in the way of a screen display—but for the true fan, there is the excitement of mathematically structured matchups of real current and past teams with a more-than-passing resemblance to real-life outcomes.”

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