Popular games for platform Arcadia 2001
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.
Boxing is a sports game
Space Vulture is game #7 for the Arcadia 2001 collection of systems.
Horse Racing is a sports game, developed and published by Emerson Radio Corp., which was released in 1983. Place your bets and hope to win some $ in this horse racing simulation.
3D Attack looks on first glance like a Zaxxon clone. But it is missing the most important part: scrolling. It is a fixed screen shooter, where you can fly your ship up and down to avoid obstacles. There are five different screens to fly through.
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.
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.
A shoot 'em up game, developed and published by Bandai, which was released in 1983 in Japan.
Tanks a Lot is a clone of Tank Battalion. In this game, you control a person within a maze. You must destroy tanks and protect your top and bottom bases from getting destroyed. After all yellow tanks tanks have been shot down, you move on to the next level. All of the levels call for different tactics, depending on the enemy arrangements. The walls can be shot and destroyed, and the game loses if all of your lives are lost, and there are four game and option variations to choose from.
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.
Doraemon is a Pac-Man style game, developed and published by Bandai, which was released in 1983 in Japan. It was the first Doraemon video game ever produced.
Black Jack & Poker is a card game
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