Popular games for platform Arcadia 2001
Black Jack & Poker is a card game
Objective is to destroy all 9 of the opponent's tanks. Men are unarmed and cannot be harmed. It is possible to reverse the tank. The cyan man owns the red tanks. The blue man owns the black tanks.
Combat is a shoot 'em up game. Games 1-71 are tank games, games 72-88 are plane games. Variants relate to: tank/plane, screen wrap-around, destructibility of various objects.
You are trapped in a maze and enemy robots are all over! Shoot them down with your laser gun, but watch out for their counterattack: They are armed too! Be careful: Walls are electrified.
Baseball for the Arcadia 2001 is a passable rendition of America's favourite pastime. Players control each outfielder individually and can throw the ball to each of the four bases, but the computer controls the infielders. When a ball is hit to an infielder, the batter is automatically out. When a ball is hit into the outfield, the perspective switches to an odd close-up angle of the nearest outfielder, who can run right and left to try and catch the ball. Pitchers can throw fast and slow and curve the ball right and left, providing the potential for some crazy- looking pitches.
Basketball is a sports game for Arcadia 2001
Astro Invader is a fixed screen shoot 'em up. The player moves their laser base across the bottom of the screen and has to shoot down the aliens that appear above. What sets Astro Invader apart from other early shoot 'em ups is that the aliens, after being dropped from their mothership, position themselves in columns. Once a column is full the lowest alien drops down and suicide dives towards the player. As they hit the ground they explode and the player must make sure they are not within the blast radius. In addition to the standard aliens there are also UFOs that appear in the middle and to the sides of the screen. These must be shot down as they will kill the player when landing, no matter where the player is positioned. The game is over when all three lives are lost.
An unofficial port of Tetris for the Arcadia 2001.
Space Raiders is a distant clone of Defender for the Arcadia 2001. The player pilots a spacefighter ship that is charged with shooting lasers at mutants and flying saucers. Additionally, there are missile launching bases that can fire upon the player, but these bases can be disabled by bombing them. The player's spacefighter ship also features an energy meter that counts down from 40 seconds and can be partially re-energized by docking at disabled missile bases. The object of this 1-player game is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemies with the five lives provided. Space Raiders also features a pausing feature known as "freezing," which was relatively uncommon at the time of the game's release in 1982.
Golf is a sports game for up to two alternating players, developed and published by Emerson Radio Corp., which was released in 1982.
A shoot 'em up game, which was released in 1982. This is an official conversion of the Tehkan arcade game of the same name.
Nibblemen is a clone of the Arcade game "Pac-Man"
Math Logic is a quiz game, developed and published by Emerson Radio Corp., which was released in 1982.
Dr. Slump: Arale-chan is a game based on the Dr. Slump manga for the Arcadia 2001.
Circus is an acrobat game, a clone of the arcade Exidy's Circus
Alien Invaders is a variant of Space Invaders . A 14x5 rectangular formation of enemy spacecraft appears from the top of the screen, and slowly gets closer to the surface of the Earth. You control a mobile missile launcher that can shoot up at the invaders, while the aliens try to bomb you. As in Space Invaders, there are fortifications which can give you some shelter from the bombs, and these are slowly worn away as they are bombarded. There is also an enemy mother-ship that appears overhead, which gives you bonus points. But unlike Space Invaders, there is only one wave. Once the main enemy formation is defeated, you can only gain more points by aiming at the mother-ships until the five minute timer runs out.
Breakaway is a clone of the Arcade game "Breakout"
Star Chess is a game of chess for two players. The rules are based on standard chess rules but the pieces are represented by space ships. There are some additional game mechanics such as the ability to fire missiles, pieces have shields that defend them and pieces can warp into hyperspace when in trouble. After warping the piece will return at a random time and place on the board. There is no option for playing against an AI.
Boxing is a sports game
Space Vulture is game #7 for the Arcadia 2001 collection of systems.