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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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Stranger Things: The Game
Stranger Things: The Game

Arcade 04 October 2017

A promotional game for the Stranger Things series, published by Netflix and developed by BonusXP (the creators of e.g. The Incorruptibles and Cavemania). Stranger Things: The Game is an action-adventure game with stealth, platform, and logic puzzle elements. It is set in an American town of Hawkins in 1984. When several local children go missing, Sheriff Jim Hopper tries to find them, unaware that their disappearance in only the tip of the iceberg.

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Air Guitar Warrior
Air Guitar Warrior

Arcade 29 March 2017

A combination of classical side-scroll shooting with music-rhythmic game. We play the role of the title warrior, who breaks through successive locations, eliminating the hosts of enemies with the use of a shooting guitar. Production is available in two versions, using a Kinect 2.0 controller or a traditional gamepad.

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Battle Princess Madelyn
Battle Princess Madelyn

Arcade 06 December 2018

A two-dimensional platform game developed by the independent studio Causal Bit Games (the creators of 2014 Insanity’s Blade). During the game the player controls princess Madelyn who was forced to fight evil in order to save the kingdom and her family. The gameplay of Battle Princess Madelyn relates to classic titles like Ghosts ’n Goblins and Ghouls ‘n Ghosts.

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88 Heroes
88 Heroes

Arcade 24 March 2017

Pixel-art 2D platformer in which the goal is to pass levels as quickly as possible. The work of the British duo Bitmap Bureau and Rising Star Games puts before us the ambitious task of passing 88 boards in 88 minutes. In addition, for each level we get only 88 seconds. If we fail, the evil Doctor H8 will fire 88 nuclear warheads towards Earth and our planet will cease to exist.

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Conga Master
Conga Master

Arcade 14 September 2016

Arcade music game in which we play the role of a conga dancer. Our task is to create the longest possible queue of people playing by joining the next participants of the event.

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Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!
Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!

Arcade 02 November 2018

Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! is the first game in this popular Japanese series to be released for PlayStation 4; it is a typical rhythm game, which is especially user friendly towards newcomers in the genre, as it requires the player to use only two buttons. The game offers over 70 tracks, and one can play it with a friend in the split-screen mode.

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The Idolmaster Must Songs - Aka-Ban
The Idolmaster Must Songs - Aka-Ban

Arcade 10 December 2015

A classic music-rhythmic game, which is a spin-off of the Taiko no Tatsujin series. The game offers a total of forty songs written for Idolmaster games. The task of the players is to beat the rhythm on virtual taiko drums.

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Paddle Vs. Paddle
Paddle Vs. Paddle

Arcade 30 May 2017

A simple arcade game from the indie studio Endice Software, inspired by the legendary Pong, one of the first video games ever. During the game you move glowing rectangles — the eponymous paddles — horizontally, bouncing a flying ball and trying no to allow it to touch the side of the screen. There are many obstacles, both static and moving ones, modifiers that can change the physics, construction of maps, and controls, as well as penalties and score multipliers. You can play Paddle vs.

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Wild 9
Wild 9

Arcade 30 September 1998

Created by Earthworm series authors Jim platformer 2.5D, whose mechanics is built around an unusual weapon of the main hero - a beam of energy, allowing him to grab enemies and various objects.

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Pinball FX3
Pinball FX3

Arcade 26 September 2017

A third installment in the Pinball FX series. In the game developed by Zen Studios, the player can try out new, themed pinball machines, as well as import most of the machines from Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball 2. The game attempts to translate the real pinball experience into a video game setting.

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Sprint Vector
Sprint Vector

Arcade 08 February 2018

Developed exclusively for VR headgear and motion controllers, Sprint Vector is a first-person arcade game with racing elements created by Survios. In the game, the player assumes the role of various sportsmen participating in the titular competition held by the mysterious Mr. Entertainment, whose dynamic commentary accompanies each race. After choosing a character, one is tasked with beating the futuristic track in the shortest amount of time possible.

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Urban Trial Freestyle 2
Urban Trial Freestyle 2

Arcade 20 April 2017

Urban Trial Freestyle 2 is a sequel to the well-received arcade game developed by the Polish studio Teyon Games and published by Tate Multimedia. Like in the series' previous installment, we play as a biker stuntman who beats various obstacle courses. This time the challenges take place in locations like roofs of skyscrapers or streets filled with ramps and launching pads. As we progress through the game, we will unlock access to technical and visual modifications of our bike.

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Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Arcade 15 June 2017

Mighty Gunvolt Burst is a sequel to the 2014 arcade game Mighty Gunvolt that was released on Nintendo 3DS. Both games were developed by Inti Creates, 2D action games specialists. We play as the titular Gunvolt, a hero who can control lightning and uses that ability in his fight against evil. He is aided by the ghost of a girl name Joule who lives inside our protagonist, providing him protection in critical situations.

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Namco Museum
Namco Museum

Arcade 28 July 2017

A package containing ten classic arcade games from the 1980s, which were developed by the titular company. The compilation includes both games which became icons of pop-culture over the years (Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaga '88) and less known, though still classic titles (Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder 2, Sky Kid, Splatterhouse, Tank Force). The Japanese developer did not decide to improve the audiovisuals or implement extended graphical settings.

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A Hole New World
A Hole New World

Arcade 19 May 2017

A Hole New World is a 2D side-scrolling platform game inspired by productions from the golden age of NES console. The game has been developed by the Spanish developer Mad Gear Games and is a demanding old-school production without any tutorials or handicaps. The player is equipped with a single weapon and a simple set of moves, with which he has to handle the encountered dangers using only his creativity and agility.

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Black & White Bushido
Black & White Bushido

Arcade 02 October 2015

A two-dimensional brawler in which we control a samurai belonging to one of the two sides: white or black. Depending on our affiliation, we can blend into the elements of the two-dimensional background, which is the arena of the struggle.

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The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

Arcade 29 August 2017

An extended edition of The Metronomicon - a PC game, which came out in 2016. This new version was enriched with an expansion pack Slay the Dance Floor and released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Importantly, owners of the PC edition received the DLC for free. The game is a mixture of an RPG and a rhythm game, such as e.g. Guitar Hero. The player is given an opportunity to assume control of a team comprised of different characters fighting to the rhythm of music.

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N2O: Nitrous Oxide
N2O: Nitrous Oxide

Arcade 30 June 1998

Maintained in a specific, slightly psychedelic style 3D arcade shooting, in which players can only move left or right. The goal is to conquer successive tunnels, eliminating enemies encountered on the way and achieving the best score possible.

PS1

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight

Arcade 04 December 2018

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight belongs to a spin-off rhythm games series featuring the music from the Persona series. The game features several gameplay modes, including a visual novel story campaign that takes place in Persona 3 universe.

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Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

Arcade 04 December 2018

Another entry in the series of action music-rhythm games that utilize the soundtrack from the main entries of the jRPG Persona series developed by Atlus. The gameplay mechanics are based on simple principles and – similarly to other music games – focus on pressing buttons at the right time, when their symbols appear on the screen. Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight features several gameplay modes, including a visual novel story campaign that takes place in Persona 5 universe.

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Penguin Wars
Penguin Wars

Arcade 15 August 2018

A remake of a third generation arcade game developed by City Connection. We are taken to a special table, manned by two animals with unique stats and abilities. A basic match sees us throw and deflect white balls – to win, one of the players has to place all of his balls on the opponent’s side or hit the opponent enough times to drain their health bar. The matches are diversified by various modifiers, such as bombs or obstacles that appear on the play field.

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Sky Knights
Sky Knights

Arcade 27 July 2017

Sky Knights is an online action game developed by Hampus Bankler, an independent developer. The player gets to pilot a modern fighter and, along with his team members, engage in air battles. Depending on one’s preferences regarding combat, the player can select one of the many available machines such as F-16 Falcon or A-10 Warthog. Apart from the airplanes, the battles feature also ground units controlled by the AI.

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Blackhole: Complete Edition
Blackhole: Complete Edition

Arcade 27 February 2015

A 2D platformer which is the first major project of an independent Czech studio FiolaSoft. The player assumes the role of a crew-member aboard a spaceship named Endera. The craft crashes on an object known as Entity, which is located inside a black hole. The protagonist's goals are to fix the damage caused by the collision, save crew-mates, and destroy the black hole from within, as it poses a threat to the planet Earth.

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Glyph
Glyph

Arcade 11 January 2021

3D platform game with a scarab that has a lot in common with the hero of Kula Word. Roll through the boards covered in deadly sand and glide through the air to bring back to life a land ruined by an ancient cataclysm.

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