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Arcade games. Titles from this category require particularly good manual skills. Main purpose of the gameplay is to reach a specific point or defeat enemies while controlling a character or a vehicle. Arcade games usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. This category contains e.g. popular platformers.

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Gauntlet (2014)
Gauntlet (2014)

Arcade 23 September 2014

A modern remake of the legendary dungeon crawler game, originally released in 1985. The game was the base for several better or worse productions and had multiple sequels for almost all platforms. The new Gauntlet was developed by Arrowhead, known for the Magicka series. Mechanics-wise, the game is a classic top-down arcade production with role-playing elements. You play as heroes traversing expansive dungeons, which are inhabited by monsters and ghosts.

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The Hero Trap
The Hero Trap

Arcade canceled

The Hero Trap is an independent dungeon crawler game in the realities of fantasy. We go through deeper and deeper levels of the underground, fighting monsters and searching for treasures. Production is characterized by random generation of locations and the ability to instantly switch between different characters, equipped with different features and abilities.

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The Way
The Way

Arcade 20 May 2016

A two-dimensional science-fiction platform game modeled after the genre classics. The game was developed by PlayWay studio, known mostly for many farming simulators. In the game the player assumes the role of a young scientist who cannot accept the death of his beloved. During one of his missions the protagonist finds ancient inscriptions from which he learns that there exists a way to obtain eternal life.

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A Rose in the Twilight
A Rose in the Twilight

Arcade 11 April 2017

A 2D platform game by Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software. The game's protagonist wakes up in a mysterious castle devoid of colors, and discovers that an unknown force froze the flow of time. She can, however, reverse those effects by using a thorn that has grown on her back. Fortunately, the protagonist is not alone — she is accompanied by a friendly giant, who is helping her escape the enormous fortress by lifting and throwing heavy objects.

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Best Fiends Forever
Best Fiends Forever

Arcade 20 October 2016

An arcade clicker game by Seriously Digital Entertainment, and the second installment in the series, which began with the logic puzzle game Best Fiends. When the Fiends reached the end of their journey in the previous game, they were defeated and trapped by the forces of evil. You have to release them, which means you have to traverse the land of Minutia, consisting of little islands and inhabited by hostile snails.

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El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale

Arcade 03 December 2020

A stealth game set in a spaghetti western setting, developed by Honig studio. It takes place in an alternative version of The Wild West, based on Sergio Leone’s movies. The protagonist – the titular El Hijo – looks for his missing father, traversing places filled with dangers: from an orphanage he was raised in, through a desert full of monster, and up to a town ruled by merciless gunslingers.

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Hill Climb Racing 2
Hill Climb Racing 2

Arcade 18 October 2016

A sequel to the crazy mobile arcade games by Fingersoft. In Hill Climb Racing 2, once again, you drive a variety of vehicles, and your task is to complete a given track within a time limit. You can drive off-road vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, and even buses, and to win you have to use ramps scattered all over the tracks to perform various tricks and acrobatics, which vary depending on your vehicle.

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Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey

Arcade 27 October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game developed for Nintendo Switch and another installment of the Mario video game franchise. In Super Mario Odyssey, the titular plumber has to saved his beloved Princess Peach, who this time faces a forced marriage with the game's main antagonist, Bowser. The game takes place not only in the typical for the series fairy-tale land, but also in the alternative version of the real world.

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40 Winks
40 Winks

Arcade 14 November 1999

40 Winks is a three-dimensional platform game about the adventures of siblings who set out to save the title Winki. The production was originally released on the PlayStation, and Eurocom Entertainment Software is responsible for its creation.

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Mickey's Wild Adventure
Mickey's Wild Adventure

Arcade 01 March 1996

A 2D platformer with the cult Mickey Mouse in the lead role, a symbol of the Disney label. The title is a slightly modified conversion of the game, which was released in 1994, as Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse, on 16-bit consoles.

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Exile's End
Exile's End

Arcade 01 September 2015

A 2D action game inspired by the classic shooters for Commodore 64 and Amiga computers, such as Flashback or Another World. The hero of Exile’s End investigates a space colony to find out why it has lost contact with Earth. He soon finds out that his employers have been conducting some shady experiments. Gameplay wise, Exile’s End is a mix of platformer and action game. We explore the planet’s surface and fend off enemies with various weapons, with a boss waiting at the end of each level.

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Bard's Gold
Bard's Gold

Arcade 14 August 2015

Developed by Pixel Lantern, an independent studio from Germany, a 2D platformer with roguelike elements. The player takes control of the titular bard whose gold is stolen by a sly goblin. In order to get the gold back, the bard sets off on a dangerous journey. Bard’s Gold features a side-view – there are over 100 levels filled to capacity with various dangerous traps and enemies.

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Tomba!
Tomba!

Arcade October 2024

Produced by Ukrainian studio Creoteam, a soccer game that combines elements of a virtual team manager with turn-based strategy. In the beginning of the game, you create your own club, and help it win the championship through a series of victories. Matches are played out in turn-based system, in which you give commands to your players, a formula quite unusual for this genre. In each turn you can execute up to 3 actions, and every action takes a number of movement points.

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Subway Surfers
Subway Surfers

Arcade 22 May 2012

Colorful arcade game, belonging to the casual genre of endless runners. We play the role of graphic artists caught in the hot deed, who are forced to flee from a police inspector and his dog. During the game, we move around the roofs of wagons and railway tracks, avoiding any obstacles with the help of a special skateboard.

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Deadbolt
Deadbolt

Arcade 14 March 2016

An old-school two-dimensional platformer with elements of stealth. It was created by Hopoo Games, a studio known for Risk of Rain. In the game, the player becomes an embodiment of death itself, coming to Earth to stop an undead invasion. Both the sides of the conflict are a bit unusual, because the Grim Reaper uses knives and firearms instead of a scythe, and as for the undead, they are overly watchful and intelligent - they can even wield pistols and rifles.

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Spy Chameleon
Spy Chameleon

Arcade 11 June 2014

An independent logic-arcade game with elements of a sneaking game. We play the role of the title chameleon agent, who performs successive secret missions, trying to avoid detection thanks to the ability to adapt to the color of the environment.

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Atari Classics Evolved
Atari Classics Evolved

Arcade 01 December 2007

Atari Classics Evolved is a set of eleven Atari classics from coin-op machines, presented in both original and refreshed form. This product also contains several dozen of the biggest hits from the Atari 2600 console.

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R.A. One
R.A. One

Arcade 05 October 2011

Adaptation of an Indian high-budget science-giction film. This is an action game with six playable characters to choose from. Each of them has its own skills and fighting style. The action takes place in twenty locations, meticulously reconstructed on the basis of materials from the cinema version.

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Sonic CD
Sonic CD

Arcade 14 December 2011

Port of the classic platformer with a blue hedgehog in the lead role, which debuted in 1993. As in the rest of the cycle, we travel at an incredible speed through a variety of locations, fighting with bosses and collecting gold rings.

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The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns - Again!
The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns - Again!

Arcade 13 September 2011

The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns - Again! is an arcade game prepared by Griptonite Games studio based on the motifs of a popular animated series. Title penguins: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Szeregowy must save the world from the boars of the evil Dr. Blowhole. The key to success is the use of the diverse skills of individual branch members.

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The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac

Arcade 28 September 2011

Created by the independent developer Team Meat, who also created Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac is a roguelike action shooter with RPG elements. In game, the player becomes Isaac and travels through successive randomly generated dungeons, similar to the ones in the first installments of The Legend of Zelda series. Each level is filled with scores of enemies, demanding boss fights, and classical puzzles.

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The Amazing Spider-Man (1989)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1989)

Arcade 20 March 1989

The Amazing Spider-Man is a game by Paragon Software, entirely based on the title comic book, which tells the story of the popular Spider Man. This time our hero has to face the plans of the master of illusion - Mysterio - who, after accidentally discovering the true identity hidden under the mask of the heroes, kidnaps his beloved, Mary Jane Watson.

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Fusion: Genesis
Fusion: Genesis

Arcade 09 November 2011

A science fiction shooter with MMO elements, in which we sit at the helm of a spacecraft. We carry out numerous missions on our own or, using the cooperation mode, we create up to four-person squadrons. In the course of the game we gather better and better weapons and we fight with both the computer-controlled fleet and with live players.

X360

Disney's Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold
Disney's Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold

Arcade 12 May 1990

Arcade game based on the once-popular animated series by Disney. The game features all the key characters we've seen in the animated prototype, including the aforementioned millionaires and Huey, Dewey and Louie, Launchpad McQuack and Gyro.

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