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Learn About Real Arcade Games

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Are you an avid game player who is looking for more great games and places to play online? One of the best places to find great games of all kinds on the Internet is Real Arcade. They have recently merged with Game House, so don’t get confused when checking out the site for the first time by the different names. If you already have an RA account you can easily transfer it over to the new site with just a few clicks of the mouse. Some of their most popular games include World Riddles – Seven Wonders, Forgotten Places – Lost Circus, Little Shop of Treasures 2, Trinklit Supreme, Women’s murder Club – Little Black Lies, Skip- Bo Castaway Adventure, Supper Collapse 3, Bejeweled 2 and Chuzzle Deluxe. All in all they offer over 1,000 games that you can play online.

For serious gamers, they offer a monthly subscription like plan called a Game Pass or Fun Pass. There are also free games available, but all of the newest and best games require some type of paid membership. There is a free 7-day trial and then it is $19.99 a month. While this may seem a little steep, it does give you access to every game on the site and if you play a lot online, it is a very inexpensive form of entertainment. The best thing to do is try out their free games first to see if you like them and then try the seven-day free trial. That way it won’t cost you anything before you make sure it is a worthwhile investment for you.

The Best Arcade Games Ever

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Arcades have been a mainstay in children’s lives since the beginning of the 1980′s. From gorillas with barrels to futuristic computer programs riding lighted cycles, young adults have dreamed of travelling to these lands and being a part of all the action just by the smashing of some buttons and the movements of joysticks. Below is a just a sample of some of the greatest arcade games to have ever existed.

The main concept or idea of an Italian plumber scaling a construction site to rescue a damsel in distress from the grip of a monster gorilla is completely absurd. The actions required to rescue this woman, however, have tantalized the world for over three decades and have cost youngsters and adults millions of dollars in quarters. This game also contributed to the introduction of Mario to the world. This plumber revolutionized home video games, spawned a vast array of video games and merchandise and destroyed good grades across the world because of countless hours of game play. A pizza shaped icon with a slice missing being chased by ghosts while trying to eat up all of the pellets in a maze. The first sentence explains everything in describing the greatest arcade game in the history of the world and the most iconic character the video game industry has ever seen. Merchandise, spin off games and countless renditions have stapled this as the cornerstone of how to build and market a game to the public.

The controls of the hero within this game were the biggest innovation to video games at the time of its release. There was no buttons and only two joysticks to work with. One joystick walked you around the entire platform while the other joystick fired your weapon at robots out to kill you. The whole time during this massive catastrophe off killing every robot imaginable, you had to rescue hostages from early demise. This game was incredibly hard and found that you would be more excited about surviving a level rather than passing it. Aliens attacking Earth. The only hope is a single ship with a single gun to destroy the enemy and restore peace to this planet. Simple premises are nice in video games and this was the cream of the crop. This game alone spawned the “shoot-em up” genre and set the bar high in doing it as well.