I always thought the term "arcade games" referred to the coin operated game
machines found in a game arcade, which is a room containing a collection of
such game machines, usually found at fairs, in malls, in bars, and such. An
arcade style game is a game for your PC that plays as the arcade games do,
but you don't have to put in coins. This is my personal opinion.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] super egghunt was: Re:
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Hi Trouble,
While I agree with you that Dark's definition of arcade is pretty
simplistic and is not accurate I might point out that Dark said it was
his own opinion. He personally thinks of arcade games as games with
infinite levels and scoring as arcade which is partly true. For those
of us who know better his definition may seem a bit simplistic, but it
is his right to categorize games any way he wants to, and I don't
think he deserves to be insulted because of it..
Plus I think there is a big difference from an average gamer like Dark
and a developer such as myself. As a game developer I know arcade
games is a huge collection of games from mechanical games like pinball
machines to a large variety of video games including shooters,
fighting games, beat-m-ups, racing games, etc. The term arcade game
actually comes from the stand-up coin operated machines that were
located in arcades, bars, and department stores rather than any
specific genre of game. As a developer you would expect me to know
that, but end users don't really have to get that specific or
technical about terminology as they just play the games and don't
develop them. So I think we should give Dark a bit of a break.
Cheers!
On 12/14/12, Trouble <[email protected]> wrote:
For some one with a PHD and knows how to do research. You sure no
nothing about arcade games or what they even are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game
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