Arcade games

The definition of an arcade game is that they are games with short levels and a simple control scheme. The game would end when all lives or tokens were used up.

Classic arcade games

When you think of arcade games, the thought may conjure up images of pinball machines and other classics. For example, space invaders, a title that revolutionized the market. Space Invaders is from the golden age of arcade games, the late 1970s - early 1980s.

There are also popular games of that era Asteroids i Pac-Man.

Modern arcade games

To a younger audience, the golden age might seem like ancient history. Today, arcade is simply a game genre with intuitive controls, fast gameplay and increasing difficulty. Today there are many new games that fit this description, and you can play many of them right here in your web browser. Games Fireboy and Watergirl are a great example of a game that incorporates arcade mechanics with modern cooperative puzzle solving and gameplay. Then there are the very popular racing games that involve avoiding obstacles while running through different levels.