Arcade games

An arcade game is a coin operated entertainment machine. It is usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, public houses and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers. Virtually all modern arcade games make an extensive use of solid state electronics and integrated circuits. In the past coin operated arcade video games generally used custom per game hardware often with multiple CPUs, highly specialized sounds and graphic chips, and the latest in computer graphics display technology. Recent arcade game hardware is often based on modified video game console hardware or high end PC components.

Arcade games frequently have more immersive and realistic game controls than either PC or console games, including specialized ambiance or control accessories: Fully enclosed dynamic cabinets with force feedback controls, dedicated light guns, rear projection displays, reproductions of automobile or airplane cockpits, motorcycle or horse shaped controllers or highly dedicated controllers such as dancing mats and fishing rods.
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 ca stay alive.

Games on consoles or personal computers can be referred to as arcade games if they share these qualities or are direct ports of arcade titles. Many independent developers are now producing games in the arcade genre that are designed specifically for use on the internet.

People enjoy playing arcade games as they are short games and the difficulty level rises as the stage of the game goes up. In addition to restaurants and video arcades, arcade games are also found in bowling alleys, college campuses, dormitories, Laundromats movie theatres; super markets, shopping malls, air ports, truck stops, as well as arcade games can also be played online on computers and internet.

Most famous arcade games are: Pac man, super Mario, buggy boy, aliens, burger time, cabal, capcom bowling, Bubble Bobble, Bubbles, burning fight, charge, chase HQ, Chopper 1, columns, commando, cosmic avenger, counter force, crack down, cross bow, cyber sled, darius, devil world, defender, Domino man, dig dug, donkey Kong, double dragon, dragon breed, dynamite duke, exterminator, fighting hawk, final blow, Firefox, funky jet, future spy, gang war, grid iron fight, great guns, gun force, gun baron, hang on and many more. People have fun playing these games.