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unusual facts about The Arcade


Downcity Providence

The Financial District is also home to The Arcade, a historic indoor shopping center, the Federal Reserve Building, and Kennedy Plaza.



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19 Part One: Boot Camp

The inspiration for the game came in two parts - the arcade game Combat School and the Paul Hardcastle song 19, which was itself about the Vietnam War.

2000 NAPA 500

Jerry Nadeau would chalk up his only win in this racing event; despite being one of the playable characters in the arcade game NASCAR Arcade - released in 2000 by Sega.

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.

Babel II

Video game developer Yu Suzuki of Sega says Babel II was his main inspiration in the creation of the arcade game Psy-Phi.

Bayou St. John Confederate Submarine

In 1942 the submarine was acquired by the Louisiana State Museum and moved to Jackson Square; after being in various displays around the Square it was placed in the shelter of the arcade of the ground floor of The Presbytere in 1957, where it would remain until 1999.

Bonanza Bros.

The arcade game was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, TurboGrafx-CD (Japan only), ZX Spectrum (Europe only), Amstrad CPC (Europe only), Commodore 64, Amiga, Sharp X68000 (Japan only) and Atari ST, with minor graphics differences, depending on the system, and some changes in the gameplay, mainly in the bonus stages.

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.

Burning Heat

"Burning Heat" is the theme song of the first stage of the arcade shooter game Gradius II, composed by Konami Kukeiha Club.

Caine's Arcade

The games in the arcade will become part of a traveling exhibit sponsored by Toms Shoes.

Campbell Arcade, Melbourne

The arcade is located underground off of Flinders Street and features a selection of indie merchandise, ranging from fashion and jewellery shops and a record stores.

Continental Circus

The arcade version of this game comes in both upright or sit-down models, either of which may feature shutter-type 3-D glasses hanging above the player's head, used by Taito under license by the United States Navy, who held the patent on that technology.

Crude Buster

The arcade version was later included in the compilation disc Data East Arcade Classics, along with other Data East arcade games bought by G-Mode after Data East's bankruptcy.

Cruis'n USA

Along with Killer Instinct, the arcade original was promoted as running on Ultra 64 hardware, upon which a 64-bit Nintendo console of the same name would be released.

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

All the while two LA detectives, Sid Reiner and Phil Nozaki (George Dickerson and Soon-Tek Oh respectively), begin to investigate the arcade deaths.

Dino Master

Dino Master is a game for the Nintendo DS system similar to a fusion of Pokémon and the arcade game Qix.

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.

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

The game is played from an isometric perspective, and players control their avatars using Hall effect joysticks on the arcade version.

Hammerin' Harry

Hammerin' Harry can be seen on the arcade flyers of Ninja Baseball Bat Man, also by Irem.

Holy Innocents' Cemetery

Between August 1424 and Lent 1425, during the Anglo-Burgundian alliance when John Duke of Bedford ruled Paris as Regent after the deaths Henry V of England and Charles VI of France, a mural of the Danse Macabre was painted on the back wall of the arcade below the charnel house on the south side of the cemetery.

Hyper Duel

It was originally released in 1993 for the arcade in Japan; however, it was later released on November 22, 1996 for the Sega Saturn console in Japan.

While the arcade version is the complete game, the Saturn version contains the original “Arcade Mode,” as well as updated “Saturn Mode.”

Joga

In Europe, it made an appearance on the arcade version of Dancing Stage EuroMix.

Kart Racer

Footage of the racing simulator NASCAR Racing 2002 Season by Papyrus Design Group can be seen as they are playing it at the arcade.

Lyle Rains

Lyle Rains was a senior executive at the arcade game company Atari and is sometimes, with Ed Logg, listed as a co-developer of the video game Asteroids.

Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game

Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game is a video game developed by Adventure Soft for several home computer platforms, and published by U.S. Gold in 1987.

Monster Land

Wonder Boy in Monster Land, the second game in the Wonder Boy series, first released for the arcade in 1987

Ninja Gaiden

Both games also feature Jason Voorhees look-alikes and the final boss in the arcade game vaguely resembles Bloody Malth from the NES game.

Passage du Havre

Formerly geared towards fish shops and railway modelling (Hornby, La Maison du Train), the arcade was rebuilt in the late 1990s as a modern mall at the time as the construction of Paris' RER E underground railway line, to welcome new shops more in keeping with the Quartier de l'Opéra-Saint Lazare, the heart of Paris major business district.

Pigskin 621 A.D.

At one time, the makers of Pigskin 621 A.D. offered tickets to the Super Bowl as part of a sweepstakes promotion associated with the arcade game.

Quarth

Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 (with a built-in SCC chip), Famicom, and Game Boy—home releases used the Quarth name worldwide (with the exception of the Game Boy Color release in Europe of Konami GB Collection Vol. 2, where the game was renamed to the generic title Block Game for unknown reasons).

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.

Royal Arcade, Melbourne

At the south end, the arcade features effigies of mythical figures Gog and Magog and a clock which chimes each hour.

Rush'n Attack

The game features the same stages as in the arcade version, as well as two extra stages accessible via the Konami Code that are based on the added stages from the NES version.

Sega Rally Championship

The music for the arcade game was composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, while the Sega Saturn port's soundtrack was done by Naofumi Hataya and performed by Joe Satriani.

Space Eggs

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

St Saviour's, Pimlico

In 1882, there was a major restoration called by a former churchwarden "the beautifying of the church": the galleries were removed, the arcade work was added to the sanctuary and the East window filled with stained glass designed, by the vicar’s son (Romaine Walker) and made by Clayton Bell, representing Christ in Majesty.

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Shortly before release, images showing debug Xbox 360 achievements from Microsoft's PartnerNet service featuring characters previously only seen in the arcade version of the game were leaked, hinting at a future game update for home systems.

Teddy Boy Blues

The name of the arcade version was a reference to a 1985 hit song entitled "Teddy Boy Blues" by then-popular Japanese pop star Yōko Ishino, an instrumental version of which constantly played in the background during the game.

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.

War Thunder

In this mode, unlike the arcade game, players are selected for each teams nation, making it possible to recreate a real scenario, such as the Battle of Stalingrad between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich.

Winfred Tubbs

Winfred Tubbs is perhaps best known for his appearance in the arcade football game NFL Blitz.