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Pac- man was created by Toru Itwani and licensed by Namco. The game was centered on an old Japanese folk tale. The object of the game was simply to move through a maze, while gobbling the dots and avoiding ghosts. Pac Man was a tear away success spawning a cult in its wake. It was [...]

Porting classic arcade games into consoles has become the latest rage in the gaming industry. The trend clearly affirms the fact that arcade games are not dead. The gamers are not an elderly bunch of people who grew up on these titles. Kids are also addicted to it. The games have been revamped graphically but [...]

Arcade games started from a humble title, Pong, and then went on to become a rage. The games primarily evolved around a simplistic design and raw game play. The newer arcade games made the use of immense leaps in the graphic technology. The arcade games were designed to be played with a group of friends [...]

The arcade games were born in coin operated machines. The strong point of the arcade games was that they were based on a commodity technology. Coin operated arcade games used custom made hardware powered by multiple CPU’s, specialized sound and graphic boards.The design simplicity of these games enabled the programmers to spend more time into [...]

The most popular arcade games, available online, are Pac-man, Pong, Bejeweled and Street Fighter. These games have a timeless virtue that keeps them alive even in today’s world of hi-definition graphics and sophisticated game play.
Joust
Joust is a classic arcade game that puts you in the role of a knight with a lance while mounted on an [...]

Arcade games have short learning curves and simple levels. These games have been designed to inject the quick bursts of adrenaline rushes; unlike the console games which are about in-depth game play and well scripted story lines. Apparently, the reason behind these differences is that a player is essentially renting an arcade game for as long [...]

The first arcade games were built on discrete logic and were strictly based on competition between the players. Therefore, there wasn’t any A.I. system.
Heuristic algorithms have been used in the arcade games. The common method of controlling an NPC in the game was by scripting.
‘Path finding’ is another common A.I. system that has been used [...]