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Arcade
Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated video, pinball, electro-mechanical, redemption, etc., game ** Arcade video game, a coin-operated video game ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade video game's hardware ** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games Architecture * Arcade (architecture), a series of adjoining arches * Shopping mall, one or more buildings forming a complex of shops, sometimes called a shopping arcade Places Greece * Arcades (Crete), a town and city-state of ancient Crete, Greece Italy * Arcade, Italy, a town and commune in the region of Veneto United Kingdom * Arcade Club, an amusement arcade chain United States * Arcade, Georgia, a city in Jackson County * Arcade, New York, a town in Wyoming County * Arcade (village), New York, a village in Wyoming County * Arcade, Texas, an unincorporated community in Ector County * Arden-Arcade, California, a census- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade Game
An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade video games, Pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers. Types Broadly, arcade games are nearly always considered games of skill, with only some elements of games of chance. Games that are solely games of chance, like slot machines and pachinko, often are categorized legally as gambling devices and, due to restrictions, may not be made available to minors or without appropriate oversight in many jurisdictions. Arcade video games Arcade video games were first introduced in the early 1970s, with '' Pong'' as the first commercially successful game. Arcade video games use electronic or computerized circuitry to take input from the player and translate that to an electronic display such as a monito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Arcade
''Nick Arcade'' (also stylized ''Nickelodeon Arcade'') is an American children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on Nickelodeon in 1992 (in the first season, the shows were taped in December 1991 and aired in early 1992), airing originally during weekend afternoons, with reruns airing until September 28, 1997. It was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. In ''Nick Arcade'', two teams of contestants played two initial trivia rounds, with the winner advancing to the "Video Zone" to play against the virtual "Video Game Wizard" of the day. The show's format combined video game trivia with contestant-interactive virtual reality. The virtual reality games were designed by Bethea and Miteff for Bethea/Miteff Productions and programmed by Curt Toumainian for Saddleback/Live Studios and Dean Friedman (for InVideo Systems). The show was the first in America to regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade, Georgia
Arcade is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,786. History Arcade was chartered in 1909. Early plans to erect an arcade-style schoolhouse accounts for the name. Geography Arcade is located in southern Jackson County at (34.076951, -83.551147). It is bordered to the north by Jefferson, the county seat. U.S. Route 129 passes through the southern side of the city, leading northwest to Interstate 85 in the northern outskirts of Jefferson, and southeast to Athens. Georgia State Route 82 leads south from Arcade to Winder. According to the United States Census Bureau, Arcade has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.90%, are water. Arcade does not have its own ZIP code, but instead uses neighboring Jefferson's code of 30549. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,643 people, 565 households, and 457 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 609 housing units at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arcade (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
The Arcade is an historic building at 31 Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1870s, it is one of the best preserved buildings on Circuit Ave, and is further locally significant as housing the offices of the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company, which was responsible for much of the early development of the town of Oak Bluffs. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. History Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, located on the northeastern part of the island of Martha's Vineyard, was originally settled as part of Edgartown in the 17th century. In 1835 the Methodist camp known as Wesleyan Grove (now a National Historic Landmark) was established in the area. Development of the area as a summer resort became more formally organized with the establishment of the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company in 1866. The company developed what was then one of the earliest planned communities, guiding the community's growth over the following y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arcade (joystick)
The Arcade is a joystick that was produced by Suzo International, usually marked as S.T.C. Rotterdam (Suzo Trading Company), for the European market. It distinguished itself from the competition because of its robust construction as the stick had a reinforced inside made of steel and used microswitches for the controls (but not the fire buttons, which used leaf springs). It was a home version of the joystick used by the professional video game industry in many video arcade halls across the world. The Arcade appeared in several variations: * The Arcade Classic, without a fire button * The Arcade, with just one fire button (at the front centre of the base) * The Arcade Turbo, with two fire buttons (one on the base and one on the top of the stick, and a switch underneath the base to select button A/B) * Prof Competition, with two fire buttons (one each on the front corners of the base) * Prof Competition 9000, with three fire buttons (one each on the front corners of the base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade is a video game subscription service offered by Apple Inc. It is available through a dedicated tab of the App Store on devices running iOS 13, tvOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina or later. The service launched on September 19, 2019. One of the appeals is it offering uninterrupted, unintrusive experiences by excluding what many see as staples of popular, primarily free-to-play, mobile games such as in-app purchases and advertisements. Features All games available on the service are free of advertisements, in-app purchases, data tracking processes and always-on DRM, meaning games can be played offline and without interruptions. Subscribers can share access with up to five others through family sharing and the service can also be purchased through the Apple One bundle. Both standalone subscriptions and the Apple One bundle provide a free one-month trial and can be cancelled at any time. Games on the service feature integration with Game Center and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade (TV Series)
''Arcade'' was an Australian television soap opera shown in 1980 that was one of the least successful in the history of Australian television. Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 2004. ''"others, such as Arcade... rank among the biggest turkeys ever."'' It aired on Network Ten with the premiere (76-minute) episode shown on 20 January 1980. The series then ran five nights a week, Mondays to Fridays, as a 25-minute serial. It was produced solely by Network Ten (as an in-house production) with a start-up budget of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade (film)
''Arcade'' is a 1993 B-movie science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun, written by David S. Goyer and produced by Full Moon Entertainment. It stars Megan Ward, Peter Billingsley, John de Lancie, Sharon Farrell, Seth Green, A. J. Langer, and Bryan Dattilo. Plot Alex Manning (Megan Ward) is a troubled suburban teenager. Her mother committed suicide and the school counselor feels that she has not dealt with her feelings properly. Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called ''Arcade'' is being test marketed by a computer company CEO, Difford, who is more than willing to hand out free samples of the home console version and hype up the game as if his job is depending on it, and it is. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who play the game and lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain: Arcade. It would seem that Arcade was once a lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Publishing
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge. Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO since 2014. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine ''Amstrad Action''. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published ''Arcane'', a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. Anderson sold Future to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade (comics Magazine)
''Arcade: The Comics Revue'' is a magazine-sized comics anthology created and edited by cartoonists Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith to showcase underground comix. Published quarterly by the Print Mint, it ran for seven issues between 1975 in comics, 1975 and 1976 in comics, 1976. Arriving late in the underground era, ''Arcade'' "was conceived as a 'comics magazine for adults' that would showcase the 'best of the old and the best of the new comics.'"Fox, M. Steven"Arcade, The Comics Revue,"ComixJoint. Accessed June 19, 2018. Many observers credit it with paving the way for the Spiegelman-edited anthology ''Raw (comics), Raw'', the flagship publication of the 1980s alternative comics movement. Well-known creators who contributed to the anthology include R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, Jay Kinney, Aline Kominsky, Jay Lynch, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton and S. Clay Wilson. Overview By the mid-1970s, the underground comix movement was encountering a slowdown, and Spiegelman and Griffith co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade (Marvel Comics)
Arcade is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in 1978 in comics, 1978's ''Marvel Team-Up'' #65, the creation of writer Chris Claremont and writer/artist John Byrne (comics), John Byrne. The character is a combination of an villain#The evil genius villain, evil genius and a hitman who carries out his assassinations via various elaborate traps, often referred to as ''Murderworld (comics), Murderworld''. Arcade's first intended victims were Spider-Man and Captain Britain but since Arcade's ''Murderworld'' games always leave the outcome up to chance, the duo defeated Arcade and escaped with their lives. Over the years Arcade has targeted a multitude of Marvel heroes, often focusing on the X-Men and associated members of X-Factor (comics), X-Factor, X-Force and Excalibur (comics), Excalibur. In what is considered the "game changer" for Arcade, ''Avengers Arena'', he managed to kidnap 16 superpowered teens and forced them to kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade Comics
Arcade Comics is an independent comic book company founded by former Image Comics mainstay Rob Liefeld and Jimmy Jay of " Jay Company Comics". This is Liefeld's 4th publishing label after Extreme Studios, Maximum Press and Awesome Comics. The company kicked off in 2003 with its first comic Youngblood: Genesis which was released at the San Diego Comic-Con International, 2003. This convention release would mark the start of Arcade's plan to release books on the convention circuit first. In theory, this proves that the book is out and saw print as well as allowing time for interest to be drummed up before the eventual Diamond Comics solicitation. Books published * ''ARCADE CONVENTION SPECIAL: Nitrogen/The Cross Special'' (Wizard World LA Con Exclusive) * ''NitroGen Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
