Arcade Video Games23
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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Raiden II
Arcade 06 June 1997
A direct continuation of the cult, two-dimensional shooting with vertical scrolling. In this version we sit at the helm of a modern fighter to face the invasion of aliens again. Defeated in the first part of the game enemies managed to rebuild their powerful army and return to complete their work of destroying our planet.
Antipole
Arcade 21 January 2011
2D platformer with elements of the action game. In the distant future, intelligent machines have become a threat to people. The government hires Johnny Hurricane's mercenary, who has to get onto the robot's mother ship and discover their weaknesses. The title was produced by an independent studio Saturnine Games.
Constant C
Arcade 13 March 2013
Produced by International Games System studio 2D platformer with elements of the logical game. The orbital space station conducts research on time and space. Unfortunately, the experiment escapes control, posing a serious threat to the entire universe. A robot is sent to the site to prevent a catastrophe and restore order.
Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs
Arcade 29 November 2013
The third installment of a unique series of games using Sony's proprietary technologies such as Wonderbook and PlayStation Move. Thanks to the cooperation with BBC Worldwide, this time we will embark on a prehistoric journey to the world known from the cult series "Wanderings with Dinosaurs".
Terraria: Otherworld
Arcade canceled
Terraria: Otherworld is the second part of the popular sandbox platform game, developed by Andrew Spinks and his independent studio Re-Logic. In the game, referred to as “two dimensional Minecraft”, we are given the ability to shape a randomly generated world without restrictions and to create a number of useful tools, utility objects and structures via its crafting system.
Eryi's Action
Arcade 06 June 2011
Eryi's Action is a 2D platformer, produced by Xtal Sword studio. The title character wants to eat a juicy melon, which she stores at home. It turns out, however, that the fruit has been stolen by an insidious Farta. Vengeful, Erya sets off on a dangerous journey to collect her property. Despite the "candy" visual setting, the game is addressed to experienced players.
Swamp People
Arcade 13 December 2012
An arcade hunting game based on the popular Swamp People TV series. The player plays the role of a hunter who hunts for extremely dangerous alligators in Louisiana's swamps. The title was produced by the development studio of A&E Television Networks Mobile.
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.
Yooka-Laylee
Arcade 11 April 2017
Yooka-Laylee is a 3D platformer developed by Playtonic Games, a studio created by the experienced developers who played a crucial role in the development of Rare's biggest games. The game's title is a blend of the protagonists names. Yooka, the first of them, is a chameleon who has an unusually long tongue, which can be used to grab onto various surfaces and cover large distances. The other one, Laylee, is a bat who can use sonic attacks.
Smash Land
Arcade canceled
Smash Land is a production combining elements of arcade and logic games. The game is about eliminating enemies by firing out heroes so that they slip around the boards, bypass traps and accurately hit enemies.
SpongeBob: HeroPants
Arcade 03 February 2015
An action-filled platform game with logic puzzle elements. The title is based on the license of a popular animated TV series - SpongeBob SquarePants - and continues the story shown in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. In the game, developed by Behaviour Interactive, one assumes the role of the titular sponge and his bizarre friends to restore the former glory of their underwater metropolis - Bikini Bottom.
DiscStorm
Arcade 14 August 2015
An arcade production developed by XMPT Games. Players take part in disc duels which require not only working out a proper tactic, but also skills and quick reactions. The backbone of DiscStorm is the multiplayer mode, in which players battle each other in special arenas – the key to success lies in hitting your opponents without being being hit yourself. Once you run out of lives, you drop out of the tournament.
Tembo the Badass Elephant
Arcade 21 July 2015
A fast-paced platformer from Game Freak studio, in which the players control the titular war elephant, a nod to John Rambo, and must protect Free Shell city from the mysterious organization known as Phantom, led by a masked villain. Tembo the Badass Elephant offers seventeen different stages, with a few puzzles to solve and many more enemies to eliminate. Those include more powerful foes we meet from time to time that require coming up with appropriate tactic.
Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version
Arcade 21 November 2013
A new installment of Japan's popular series of music games, in which players hit the rhythm of music on virtual taiko drums. The title is the first representative of the series on the Wii U console and has an extensive library of more than 70 licensed works from anime, games, series and popular films in the Land of the Cherry Blossom.
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.
Burger Island 2: The Missing Ingredient
Arcade 17 December 2008
Continuation of a simple arcade game from 2007. Players take on the role of Patty Melton again, who, together with her assistant, Pierrem, has to face competition from Edie Cole Iverson, who steals Beach Burger customers.
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.
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.
Skylanders Imaginators
Arcade 14 October 2016
Another installment in the popular series of 3D platform games developed in cooperation between Activision and Toys for Bob. The series uses special toy figurines that are transferred to the virtual world of the game. The mechanics of Skylanders Imaginators are similar to the ones from the previous installments of the series. It is a typical action game focused on exploration, getting through obstacles, collecting items and fighting enemies while occasionally solving riddles.
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.
Rez Infinite
Arcade 13 October 2016
A refreshed version of the cult-classic rhythm game from 2001. The new edition, developed by Enhance Games studio lead by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, has been adapted to make use of virtual reality goggles, but a traditional gameplay is also available. Aside from the content present in the original game, the developers added a new location, called Area X. In Rez Infinite, the player’s task is to remove the effects of a malfunction inside an advanced AI called Eden.
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.
Die With Glory
Arcade 27 April 2017
A 2D action adventure game that combines Scandinavian mythology with modern pop culture elements. It was developed by Castle, a Russian-American studio. The protagonist is a red-bearded Viking called Sigurd, whose biggest dream is to enter Valhalla. The story of Die With Glory is non-linear to a large extent, which means the way the hero achieves his goal is largely dependent on the player’s decisions. Gameplay-wise, the title combines platforming elements with adventure and strategy.
Kero Blaster
Arcade 11 May 2014
Kero Blaster is a two-dimensional platformer available for PCs. The player takes on the role of a hominoid frog that explores open-structure maps, avoids traps, collects valuable items and fights enemies with a laser rifle.