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4 unusual facts about Arcade


Gladys Hulette

Gladys Hulette (July 21, 1896 – August 8, 1991) was a silent film actress from Arcade, New York.

Shopping mall

The Cleveland Arcade was among the first indoor shopping arcades in the US and an architectural triumph.

Other large cities created arcades and shopping centers in the late 19th century and early 20th century, including the Cleveland Arcade, Dayton Arcade and Moscow's GUM, which opened in 1890.

Syd Heylen

He was cast as Cookie on ACP after the series creator, James Davern, saw him in the TV series "Arcade".


Andy's Gang

Buckner & Garcia paid tribute to Smilin' Ed McConnell and Froggy the Gremlin on a 1982 novelty song "Froggy's Lament" about the Sega arcade game Frogger from their album Pac-Man Fever with its lyrics "Hiya kids" and "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!".

Astro Blaster

This was a novel feature at the time that was shared with Midway's contemporary arcade title Gorf, and had been pioneered a year earlier by Stern's, with "Berzerk".

Atsuki Kodō no Hate

The song was featured in the arcade drumming game Taiko no Tatsujin and also on the Nintendo DS rhythm game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.

BPR Global GT Series

Scud Race/Sega Super GT – Arcade Game featuring BPR Global GT Series competitors.

BurgerTime

According to Twin Galaxies, he improved it further to 11,512,500 points on September 19, 2008 at the Challenge Arcade in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

Burlington Arcade

The sedate atmosphere of the Burlington Arcade was interrupted in 1964 when a Jaguar Mark X charged down the arcade, scattering pedestrians, and six masked men leapt out, smashed the windows of the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Association shop and stole jewellery valued at £35,000.

Camposanto Monumentale

The cycle of frescoes continues with the Stories of the Old Testament by Benozzo Gozzoli (15th century) that were situated in the north gallery, while in the south arcade were the Stories of Pisan Saints, by Andrea Bonaiuti, Antonio Veneziano and Spinello Aretino (between 1377 and 1391), and the Stories of Job, by Taddeo Gaddi (end of 14th century).

Chasing Ghosts

Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade, a documentary film directed by Lincoln Ruchti about the golden age of video arcade games

Chata

Arcade Taiko no Tatsujin 12: Don! to Zoryoban, Taiko no Tatsujin 13 (2009): "Yūjō Pop"

Colony 7

Colony 7 is an arcade shooter game by Taito Corporation released in 1981 that is in many ways a combination of two of the most popular shoot 'em up games of the time, containing elements of both Taito's own Space Invaders and Atari's Missile Command.

Congo Bongo

An emulated version of the original arcade release is featured as an unlockable in the PlayStation Portable version of the Sega Genesis Collection (Sega Mega Drive Collection in PAL regions).

Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc.

Data East's largest objection in court was that their 1984 arcade game Karate Champ was the true originator of the competitive fighting game genre, which predated the original Street Fighter by three years.

Deep Sea Arcade

Deep Sea Arcade regularly headline their own shows in Australia and have toured with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, The Charlatans, Modest Mouse, Megan Washington, Cloud Control, Kaiser Chiefs and Seekae.

Denshi

Sanwa Denshi, one of the leading producers of Japanese arcade parts: joysticks, buttons, coin feeds, etc

Discs of Tron

While the first Tron arcade game had several mini-games (Gridbugs, Light Cycles, entering the MCP cone and Digital tanks), Discs of Tron is inspired by the Jai alai sequence in the original 1982 film in which Kevin Flynn is forced to play against Crom, leading to Crom being "derezzed" by Sark.

Double Dragon Neon

The game's dialogue and graphical style is heavily 80s-inspired, and features a soundtrack composed by Jake Kaufman, inspired by the original Double Dragon as well as 80's pop music and arcade game soundtracks.

Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

Animator and director Don Bluth, who produced the cartoon animation for the arcade original, also produced two new animated sequences for the opening and ending of the game.

Dynamite Düx

Bean also appeared in Sega AM2's Sega Saturn fighting game Fighters Megamix as a bonus unlockable character (along with Bark The Polarbear.) He is unlocked by completing the fourth arcade mode 'Muscle' and fought against in the final arcade mode 'Bonus'.

F-117 Night Storm

Arcade mode allows players to pick and choose every aspect of the mission, while campaign mode is basically a career in the United States Air Force.

Fitzalan Square

In addition to the motorcycle accessory shop, amusement arcade and gift shop, the square contains three betting shops from national chains Betfred, Coral and Ladbrokes, a few insurance companies and a small newsagents.

Formula One Arcade

Formula One Arcade is a racing video game developed by Studio 33 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Go! Go! Kokopolo

The developers cite arcade classics such as Pac-Man, Flicky, Door Door and Chu Chu Rocket as inspiration for the main gameplay mechanics, and video game characters, such as Wario, for the mischievous humor abundant in the game.

Hell's Winter

The samples of the menacing voice saying "Beware, I live!", "I hunger", "Run, coward!", and "Beware, coward!" in the song "Grand Ol' Party Crash" are from the 1982 arcade game Sinistar.

John Tobias

He worked on the original arcade version of Smash TV before finding success with Mortal Kombat.

Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits

While the original arcade version of Track and Field featured Chariots of Fire by Vangelis, in this version, the theme is retained, but has been altered into a non-copyright infringing rendition presumably due to licensing issues.

Lead Sails Paper Anchor

Other games include: "Dan Becomes Guitar Hero" a game similar to Guitar Hero, "Travis Makes McTreyu Burgers" a remake of the 1982 arcade game BurgerTime, "Marc Busts Ghosts" a game similar to Ice Climber, and "Brandon Falls Down Into Hell" where the Brandon Saller character fights off creatures from hell while collecting ice cream cones.

Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois

They made their home at the Chateau de Busset, where she made many renovations including a covered arcade on the ground floor and a gallery in the east wing.

Medieval Mayhem

The game was inspired by Atari's 1980 arcade game Warlords, which was first ported to the Atari 2600 in 1981 by game designer Carla Meninsky.

Meyers Manx

The Meyers Manx was featured in Sega's arcade game OutRunners as "Wild Chaser".

Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.

The plaintiff, Midway Manufacturing sued defendant Artic International, Inc. for allegedly infringing copyrights on two of its video arcade games, Pac-Man and Galaxian.

N0M4D

Inside this bowling alley was an arcade room with some of the most popular games to date, such as: Space Invaders, Donkey Kong Jr., and Dig Dug.

Nemesis 2

Gradius II, a 1988 arcade game, a sequel to the 1985 arcade game known outside Japan as Nemesis

Pac-Man Collection

With the exception of Pac-Attack, the player can alter various settings such as lives, difficulty and bonus life counters, similar to the DIP switch-enabled settings in the original arcade versions.

Power Pad

Short Order, features gameplay similar to that of Atari's arcade game, Touch Me, and Milton Bradley's electronic memory game, Simon, where the player must build a hamburger in which the customer requests by remembering the order of ingredients that the customer puts out.

Psycho Soldier

In the Athena arcade, the title character of it was a mystical, almost divine figure loosely based on the goddess of Greek myth who fought her way through several otherworldly lands in order to destroy various monsters and evil beings who threatened the peace of the land.

Race Drivin'

The game was ported to various systems such as the Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and SNES but received sub-par reviews due to the over-demanding requirements (i.e. 3D rendering) of the game on what was still primitive hardware as well as the poor translation of the arcade controls (steering wheel, shifter, etc.) to the new platform's controls.

Rick Jeanneret

Jeanneret is the play-by-play announcer for ICE's Super Chexx arcade machines.

Sangertown Square

The only arcade closed in late 2011 for construction of DSW.

DSW - Opened in 2012 in former Fun on the Run (Arcade) area.

Sanwa Denshi

Its parts are commonly used in Japanese arcade machines and high-end arcade sticks by manufacturers such as Madcatz & Hori.

Space Eggs

Space Eggs is an unofficial port of the arcade game Moon Cresta to the Apple II.

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade is also somewhat playable in MAME.

Tapper

Most of the home versions of Tapper featured the Mountain Dew logo, but retained the bartender character of the original arcade game instead of the soda jerk in Root Beer Tapper.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars

Certain versions of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars are bundled with a Mad Catz arcade stick, whose artwork was produced by Japanese artist Shinkiro.

The Amazing Pizza Machine

The arcade has 140 video, token and prize-awarding games, including MarioKart, skee ball, Dance Dance Revolution and a giant crane.

The Idolmaster

Originally released as an arcade game in 2005, the franchise has grown to numerous ports, sequels and spin-offs across multiple video game consoles, including two social network games.

Wonder Boy III

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, originally released as an arcade game in 1988.

Xinyi District

The complex also has a food court that includes outlets of Burger King, Häagen-Dazs, etc., Sasa, and an arcade.

Yukinori Taniguchi

As a child, Taniguchi became an enthusiastic arcade gamer, spending much time on early arcade games such as Space Invaders.


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