Popular games for platform Arcadia 2001
Crazy Gobbler is a Pac-Man variant. Players take control of the entity known as the Gobbler and are tasked with gobbling all the beans in a maze before the three monsters roaming around gobble the Gobbler. If the Gobbler eats one of the vitamins found in the playfield, the player has a small window of time to direct the Gobbler to munch on the monsters. Occasionally an apple will appear which will earn the player extra points when eaten.
Circus is an acrobat game, a clone of the arcade Exidy's Circus
JTron is a puzzle game, developed and published by Amigan Software, which was released in 2003.
Brain Quiz is a series of strategy games including clones of Maxit and Mastermind Game 1: "Mindbreaker" - your opponent puts 5 numbers into the computer and you must guess the numbers and the sequence. This is "brain baffling". You can also play against the computer Game 2: "Maxit" - one or two player. Try to get the "maximum" score Play against the computer or against a friend Game 3: "Hangman" - 2 player - Your opponent enters a word and you must guess it by process of inserting letters. If you lose, a "hanged effigy" appears.
American Football is a sports simulation game for two players only. The action starts with a kick-off, after which the side receiving the ball tries to run down the field avoiding being tackled by the defensive team. The offensive team runs interference. The ball may be passed between players, or kicked towards the goal line. After a tackle, the offensive team goes into a huddle, a "play" is picked, and the quarterback receives the ball and tries once again to break through the defensive line. During play, the team members can all be moved at once, or individuals may be moved separately.
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.
3D Soccer is a two-player only sports game for the Emerson Arcadia and compatible consoles. Each team is represented by a group of four footballers (less than the 11 for real-life soccer) scattered around the field. The two teams are differently coloured: white and blue. The nearest player to the ball from each team is highlighted as yellow or black, and you can only control this player. Game play involves collecting the ball with your player, dribbling it towards the goal at your end of the field (or preventing your opponent from doing the same) and then kicking the ball into the net.
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.
Robot Killer is game #3 for the Arcadia 2001 collection of systems and a shoot 'em up game based on the Stern arcade classic Berzerk.
Play against the "PRO" competitor or against a friend Serve and "ACE" Try your backhand Watch out for the smash No worry about the weather - play "Grand Slam Tennis" any time Scores and plays like the game you know
3D Bowling is a sports game where you are charged with the task of knocking over ten pins at the end of a lane with your bowling ball. When it is your turn, you are shown both a side-view of the lane as well as a view of the pins. The controls allow you to position yourself across the lane, then when ready, to step towards the foul line and release the ball towards your targets. On release, you may choose to hook the ball to the left or right. Stepping across the foul line results in a zero score for that throw. Otherwise, you will see the ball travel up the lane, and then switch to an "expanded view" of the pins as the ball arrives. Pins are reset after each strike, and if there are no pins standing after the second throw, you are awarded a bonus throw, allowing up to 30 points per frame for a total of 10 frames. There are both one and two player game options.
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.
In this timed game, you have two minutes to build a space station from four pieces that are floating around in space.
Hobo was developed and published by Emerson Radio Corp., which was released in 1983. This is essentially a Frogger clone, albeit the road is diagonal and you play a bum/hobo instead of a frog.
Boxing is a sports game
Space Vulture is game #7 for the Arcadia 2001 collection of systems.