arcade game
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arcade game
noun arcade games
- A coin-operated video game or amusement device. Luckily for fans, these arcade games (as the good old classic titles are now called) used to have rather simple mechanics, and most players could learn to play them, despite their poor or non-existent knowledge of English.
- A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty. ‘They’re Twitch Games,’ he grinned, ‘arcade games. An adventure game is one where you use your mind; if you can type, you can play an adventure. If you require anything other than that, you’ve got a twitch game — an arcade game — where your skill of movement is more important than your thinking. […]
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noun A coin-operated video game or amusement device
| Español | juego de arcade |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아케이드 게임 akeideu geim |
| 日本語 | アーケードゲーム ākēdo gēmu |
| 中文 | 大型遊戲機 /大型游戏机 dàxíngyóuxìjī, 街機 /街机 jiējī |
| Français | jeu d'arcade |
| Ελληνικά | βιντεοπαιχνίδι vinteopaichnídi |
| Русский | арка́дная игра́ arkádnaja igrá |
| Tiếng Việt | trò chơi điện tử |
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@misc{arcade_game_2026,
title = {arcade game},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arcade%20game},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
