MetaFilter posts tagged with arcade

Luke Paakh makes some lovely flash games

Kattullus — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:11:29 -0800

Particlasm is home to the browser games of Luke Paakh. He first caught my attention with fine space shoot'em-up Ether War but I also enjoyed his other games, shooter Ether Cannon, tree defending games Phoenix and Shen Long, puzzle game blue and petri dish action game Amoeba. His new game is my favorite. It's called William and Sly and it's a beautiful platformer is about an adorable fox who likes mushrooms and his quest to recharge some runestones with fairyflies.

Welcome to your doom!

Servo5678 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:56:23 -0800

Wise fwom your gwave! It's difficult to forget the tale of a warrior recalled from death by the gods to rescue Zeus's daughter from Neff the evil wizard by kicking demon dogs to death and climbing the muscular ranks to finally become a mighty fireball-hurling werewolf or an electric dragon.

"Will you still need me? / Will you still feed me?"

bardic — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:10:35 -0800

"What were arcades like?"

Waka-waka-waka

JHarris — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:15:34 -0800

The Pac-Man Dossier is an extremely detailed description of the game logic of arcade Pac-Man. It explains why, once in a while, monsters will harmlessly pass through Pac-Man. It explains why they won't go up through the tunnels above the monster box. It explains why occasionally, after losing a life, monsters will refuse to leave the box. It explains when and why Blinky becomes Cruise Elroy, and why sometimes Pinky gets confused and loses track of Pac-Man. It even explains, as far as the player can continue to play, what to do on the kill screen. It is awesome. Previously....

FATALITY!

40 Watt — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:54:36 -0800

Chicago-based video game developer Midway Games has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. One of the original name brands in video games, Midway was for many years one of the most recognizable names in gaming, developing or licensing hits like Tron, Ms. Pac-Man, Rampage, and Spy Hunter during the 70's and 80's. Midway was arguably best known for the Mortal Kombat series of games, publishing Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe a mere three months ago. However, the company posted annual losses since 2000 and recently saw Sumner Redstone, it's controlling shareholder, dump his entire holdings in MWY for $100,000. The company now has until February 19 to repay $150 million to creditors.

Luna City Arcade

grobstein — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:37:05 -0800

Luna City Arcade is Peter Hirschberg's home / barn video arcade, with about 60 vintage machines all set up to eat quarters. WaPo story about Peter's dream. You can come around to Peter's Virginia home for Game Day every couple months. In addition to maintaining his own dinosaur machines, Peter writes some software -- usually clones of classic toys and games. His Battlezone clone Vector Tanks is coming soon to the iPhone for a couple dollars.

An interesting take on galactic conquest

XMLicious — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:53:57 -0800

An interesting take on galactic conquest for a Flash game, at least.

A new approach to first contact

XMLicious — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:58:16 -0800

Hacking aliens to pieces with a machete (flash game) Amorphous+ [walkthrough 1, walkthrough 2] is the clever first offering from Caleb Rhodes / Innocuous Games. He obviously delights in designing horrifically gruesome cartoon violence sequences that you just have to chuckle at. Wielding a sword with a mouse cursor is a trick to get the hang of. Each of your enemies, various subspecies of a race of crawling blobs, exhibits a distinctive personality. Compared to other browser games I've played of the arcade genre where there's often inadequate balance and consequently a fairly linear route to invincibility Amorphous+ gives you alot of texture and character with a variety of challenging aspects. Plus there's a cool jazzy-electronic soundtrack by Revolution Void with many selectable songs.

Dragon's Lair Uncut

not_on_display — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:18:29 -0800

Uncut footage from Dragon's Lair (1983) [recently on MetaFilter], one of the first full-animation laser-disc arcade videogames [and animated by Don Bluth]... if you didn't have an endless supply of quarters, see what would have happened had you directed Dirk the Daring left instead of up in these scenarios: (QT .mpeg files) Three Caverns | Green Thumb | Crumbling Roof | Bats! | Giddy Goons | Bottles and Pot. [via classicsreunited]

A unique sideshow

djgh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:18:58 -0800

Waterboarding at Coney Island

Your quest awaits!

GavinR — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:53:05 -0800

The classic arcade game Dragon's Lair is turning 25 and Don Bluth has a deal for you. For one week only, if you buy a copy of Dragon's Lair for DVD, PC, or Blu-Ray from the online store at DigitialLeisure.com you can have it signed by Don Bluth as well as designer Rick Dyer, and animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy. The new cleaned up version looks sweet! I hear it looks really great on Blu-Ray. I can remember drooling over it when I saw it played on the TV show Starcade. There was even a Saturday morning cartoon based on the game. If you spent any time in an arcade during the mid-80's you'll probably recall the attract mode which is one of the most memorable ones in the history of arcade games. I still have it burned into my brain. Need a walkthrough for the game? Well, the website Dragon's Lair Project has that covered.

Rocks 'n' Diamonds

Wolfdog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:05:25 -0800

Rocks 'n' Diamonds for some Friday puzzle-game fun. Described as "in the tradition of" Boulderdash and Sokoban, it's actually a superset of both, and you can waste tons of time playing all the old familiar levels or tons of others. (It's a quick download, for linux/os x/the other thing.)

ROM CHECK FAIL

CrunchyFrog — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:53:08 -0800

ROM CHECK FAIL is a goofy little PC game, in the classic 1980's arcade/home console genre of ... err ... Use the space bar to fire your blaster. Or sword. (Or jump.) Use the arrow keys to control your ... guy as if you were playing ... that ... classic game. Eliminate all the enemy, well, things in the expected way, and go on to the next maze/planet/cave/highway. Look, just play it, OK? It's fun!

Mister Rogers talks about games

tepidmonkey — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:54:43 -0800

Mister Rogers asks a kid how to play Donkey Kong. Later in the clip, Keith David shows up and demonstrates how the buttons in an arcade machine work. [Via .]

Ghosts in the machine

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:43:57 -0800

A chimpanzee plays Ms. Pac Man (WMV, some Japanese)

DHTML Arkanoid

Artifice_Eternity — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:57:33 -0800

DHTML Arkanoid One of my favorite arcade classics, and one of the slickest applications of DHTML I've ever seen.

Perfect Game: 900

Miko — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:07:53 -0800

Skee-Ball! (warning: music) Perhaps the longest-running branded arcade game ever invented was created in 1909, originally with a rotator-cuff-injury-inducing 36-foot long alley. Once shortened to a more manageable 14' (10' for the Chuck E. Cheese kiddie model), the game's popularity took off, remaining largely unchanged except for the 1970s electrification of the scoreboard. It's both a nostalgic pastime and a present-day boardwalk staple, even enjoying some hipster revivalism in the form of BrewSkee-Ball. You can even try building your own game.

Plasma Pong!

jbickers — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:10:15 -0800

"PLASMA PONG is a variation of PONG that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment. ... In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area."

M.U.G.E.N: The 2D Fighting Game Engine

milquetoast — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:34:31 -0800

M.U.G.E.N [wikipedia] is a 2D fighting game engine, originally developed by Elecbyte and released in 1999. The engine is highly customizable; characters, backgrounds, and sound files -- whether from existing games or original works -- can be easily integrated. Some examples of the engine in action [youtube]: Homer Simpson vs. Peter Griffin, Ryu vs Popeye, Green Power Ranger vs Osama Bin Laden, Fat Albert vs Juggernaut, Marvin the Martian vs. Duck Dodgers. Also, game crossovers: Homer in NES Land, Thunder Force III vs. Duck Hunt. [mi] WARNING: some of the videos are very loud.

Soviet era arcade games resurrected

planetkyoto — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:18:09 -0800

Uptick in Cold War-like rhetoric making you a little nostalgic for the era of parachute pants and Members Only jackets?
A cabal of Russki comrades at some pinko university have been going around collecting and resurrecting disused Soviet-era arcade games, which became instantly obsolete with the collapse of communism. Sea Wolf, Duck Hunt, Pole Position, Dogfight!
We begin bombing in five minutes.

SHOOT THINGS

ikkyu2 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:10:05 -0800

SHOOT THINGS - a retro-arcade-style shooter for Mac OS X. The author's page describes how it was written in 3 weeks for a contest - it's entertained me for considerably longer than that.

Qix and Sticks, Tempest and Twigs

wander — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:22:48 -0800

Rosmarie Fiore is doing some fascinating and beautiful things with long exposures and 80's arcade games.

In the meanwhile, Patrick Dougherty is doing some fascinating and beautiful things with sticks and twigs. [more inside]

Starcade!

avoision — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:18:24 -0800

Billed as TV's frst video arcade game show, Starcade had its contestants battling each other on video game trivia, as well as actual gameplay. Originally aired in the early 1980's, the show featured games like Zaxxon, Congo Bongo, Star Trek and Journey, to name a few.

Ten full episodes are available online, for those of you who want a bit of video game nostalgia. And, if nothing else, looking at the contestants is pretty entertaining, in and of itself.

3D flythrough of a mall video arcade, circa 1984.

cosmicbandito — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:33:05 -0800

Arcade '84, from Cinemarcade. (Warning: 32MB MPEG. Low bandwidth short version here). Two liter bottle of Shasta and all Rush mix-tape not included. For more 3d rendered arcade cabinet goodness, see the TimeOut Tunnel movie project. Put together your own arcade and populate it with models and textures from the 3d Arcade at MAMEworld.

you are a robotron head.

6am — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:36:30 -0800

Have you played Robotron today?