Arcade
Arcade is a genre of video games that uses simple gameplay mechanics. Often, little attention is paid to the plot and character development. Arcades are designed for easy entertainment without delving into the essence of what is happening. The main focus is on the gameplay and its simplicity. Games of various genres can be classified as arcades. For example, in arcade racing, there is no realistic physics, weapons are often used, and even more frequently, bonuses can be collected on the tracks, with controls reduced to three buttons: left, right, and acceleration. Similarly, the gameplay is simplified in other arcade genres.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 2Xbox 360XboxPSPNintendo DSGame Boy AdvanceCommodore 64ZX SpectrumDreamcastDoJaGameCubeExEnAtari 8-bitN-GageJ2MESEGA CDAtari 5200SymbianColecoVisionNeo Geo CDPalm OSWindows MobileVIC-20Atari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2005 (Game released)
Game released: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PSP → 11 November 2005
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) is a legendary racing arcade game with a third-person view in the Need for Speed series. The game takes place in the fictional...
Game released: GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Game Boy Advance → 18 November 2004
Players:
8.2/10
Metacritic:
76/100
Arcade race and continuation of one of the most successful parts of the series. This time there will be even more races, more tuning, more cars and races. And most...
Game released: Jaguar, 3DO, Genesis, Amiga, DOS, Mac, PlayStation, PC, SNES, CD-i, Android, Dreamcast, FM-7, Palm OS, iOS, PSP, PlayStation 2 → 1995
Flashback is an arcade action game with platformer elements in a futuristic style. 2142 After escaping from a spaceship and suffering complete amnesia, young...
Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: Mac, PC → 9 September 2006
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
62/100
Project Nomads — the main gameplay takes place in real time and is a typical action game with a first-person view, but the action of the game is limited to...
Game released: Atari 7800, MSX, NES, Palm OS, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1987
Players:
7.5/10
Metacritic:
66/100
Galaga is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from Namco Limited and Namco Bandai Games studios. The main publishers of the game...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BBC Micro, BlackBerry, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, Genesis, J2ME, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum → 1989
Players:
2.7/10
Metacritic:
71/100
Paperboy (1989) is an isometric arcade game with action and sports elements from the masters at Atari Games Corporation. The game is published by Mindscape, Inc...
