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Arcade Classics

71%Game Brain Score
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93% User Score Based on 28 reviews

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Blast your way through wave after wave of asteroids and enemy spaceships, break away at bricks until you reveal the beautiful night sky, or defend Earth from an alien invasion in an adrenaline-pumping battle! CHALLENGE YOURSELF OLD SCHOOL Enjoy a challenging collection of arcade classics, all remade in a friendly pixelated art style and a beautiful soundtrack. Try to best your highscore and …

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93%
Audience ScoreBased on 28 reviews
music10 positive mentions
  • Nostalgic experience with colorful graphics and excellent music, reminiscent of classic arcade games.
  • Gameplay is fun and engaging, with a variety of power-ups and ship choices enhancing the experience.
  • Offers a good amount of achievements and competitive elements like leaderboards.
  • Controls can be clunky and frustrating, particularly in Asteroids, making it difficult for players accustomed to modern controls.
  • The game is incomplete, lacking promised features and additional modes, which may leave players feeling unsatisfied.
  • There are significant copyright concerns regarding the game's content, which raises ethical issues about its development.
  • music
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game has received high praise for its quality, blending nostalgic retro styles with modern elements, and is described as excellent and immersive. Reviewers appreciate the combination of good graphics and engaging soundtracks, which enhance the overall gameplay experience. The remixed background music and sound effects contribute positively to the recreation of classic arcade vibes.

    • “Music/sfx [★★★★★] - excellent music!”
    • “The graphics are nice and the music is very good.”
    • “Here you can not only feel these old emotions created by a good retro style and music, but also enjoy interesting gameplay with modules, different ships, and difficult levels.”
    • “Arcade classics is a recreation of classic arcade games with a pretty good visual retouching with beautiful pixel style sprites and a remix of the background music.”
  • graphics
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are characterized by a retro pixel art style, which some players appreciate as a nostalgic nod to classic games, enhanced with colorful visuals and improved music. However, the lack of resolution options and modern graphical tweaks may frustrate those accustomed to contemporary graphics. Overall, it serves as a decent historical experience for fans of the genre, though it may not appeal to players seeking modern aesthetics.

    • “Graphics: [★★★★☆] - colorful remake of known classics, with some new tweaks.”
    • “The graphics are nice and the music very good.”
    • “Good graphics and music.”
    • “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
    • “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
    • “As a historical video game experience, it is fine as it gives you a glimpse of how games used to be, but if you are already very used to modern games, you will find this game quite frustrating.”
  • gameplay
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally enjoyable and nostalgic, offering a few hours of fun with retro aesthetics and music, alongside interesting mechanics like ship selection and challenging levels. However, it suffers from repetitive elements and outdated controls that may frustrate players accustomed to modern gaming standards. While some improvements have been made, the overall experience remains rooted in its classic origins, which may not appeal to everyone.

    • “Here you can not only feel these old emotions created by a good retro style and music, but also you get interesting gameplay with modules, different ships, and difficult levels.”
    • “The gameplay of both games remains almost intact with only small improvements added, such as the selection of starships with different combat statistics in the case of asteroids and different styles of paddle in the case of breakout.”
    • “The gameplay is repetitive, but it offers good fun for a few hours.”
    • “The gameplay of both games remains almost intact with only small improvements added to both games, such as the selection of starship with different combat statistics in the case of asteroids and different styles of paddle in the case of breakout. Unfortunately, the controls are still archaic and quite uncomfortable if you are used to modern controls. This is especially annoying in the case of asteroids (tank control). It would have been good to keep the old controls to give some video game history but add modern controls for new players.”
    • “Gameplay [★★★★☆] - repetitive, but good for a few hours of fun.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of "Arcade Classics" is not prominently highlighted in user reviews, as the focus is primarily on its visual and auditory enhancements rather than any emotional engagement or narrative depth. The nostalgic appeal of classic arcade games may evoke feelings of fondness for players, but this is not explicitly detailed in the feedback.

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