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Arcade games. Titles from this category require particularly good manual skills. Main purpose of the gameplay is to reach a specific point or defeat enemies while controlling a character or a vehicle. Arcade games usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. This category contains e.g. popular platformers.

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The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

Arcade 29 August 2017

An extended edition of The Metronomicon - a PC game, which came out in 2016. This new version was enriched with an expansion pack Slay the Dance Floor and released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Importantly, owners of the PC edition received the DLC for free. The game is a mixture of an RPG and a rhythm game, such as e.g. Guitar Hero. The player is given an opportunity to assume control of a team comprised of different characters fighting to the rhythm of music.

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Super ComboMan: Smash Edition
Super ComboMan: Smash Edition

Arcade 22 August 2017

An independent arcade game, which is an improved version of 2014 Super ComboMan; similar to that original edition, it was developed by Interabang Entertainment - a company located in San Francisco and founded by a few friends that had met during their studies.

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Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania

Arcade 15 August 2017

A 3D platformer that came out as a reboot of one of the most popular adventure game series, featuring the titular Sonic the Hedgehog. This production was created by a SEGA’s subsidiary, Sonic Team, employing people who helped create the series and its most important iterations.

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Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Arcade 08 August 2017

A collection of classic 2D platform games from the popular Mega Man series created by Capcom. This production is a sequel to Mega Man Legacy Collection, released in 2015, and it offers four games that were absent in the aforementioned collection. This time we get: Mega Man 7 released in 1995 on SNES console, Mega Man 8 released in 1996 on PlayStation and SEGA Saturn as well as two newest parts of the series: Mega Man 9 (2008) and Mega Man 10 (2010).

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Namco Museum
Namco Museum

Arcade 28 July 2017

A package containing ten classic arcade games from the 1980s, which were developed by the titular company. The compilation includes both games which became icons of pop-culture over the years (Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaga '88) and less known, though still classic titles (Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder 2, Sky Kid, Splatterhouse, Tank Force). The Japanese developer did not decide to improve the audiovisuals or implement extended graphical settings.

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Sky Knights
Sky Knights

Arcade 27 July 2017

Sky Knights is an online action game developed by Hampus Bankler, an independent developer. The player gets to pilot a modern fighter and, along with his team members, engage in air battles. Depending on one’s preferences regarding combat, the player can select one of the many available machines such as F-16 Falcon or A-10 Warthog. Apart from the airplanes, the battles feature also ground units controlled by the AI.

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Space Frontier
Space Frontier

Arcade 26 July 2017

A 2D arcade game by Ketchapp, a famous mobile game producer, known from e.g. 2048. You task is to colonize Mars. To achieve that, you use special rockets, which consist of modules. Those modules are incinerated during flight, and you have to tap the screen when the fire is closest to a green bar on each module. The gameplay requires good timing and patience, and features other elements for additional variety. You can e.g. change the color of your rocket by tapping a special machine.

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De Mambo
De Mambo

Arcade 13 July 2017

A hilarious arcade game offering a simple, but very entertaining gameplay formula. The control scheme uses only directional buttons and one additional key. The game was developed by The Dangerous Kitchen.

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The End is Nigh
The End is Nigh

Arcade 12 July 2017

A 2D platform game created by two indie game developers: Tyler Glaiel (known from Closer) and Edmund McMillen (known from The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy). In The End is Nigh you play as a strange creature called Ash, one of the last beings that survived the end of the world. Traveling through the ruins of civilization, inhabited by bloodthirsty mutants, Ash gathers body parts of the dead to create a friend for himself.

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Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw
Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw

Arcade 07 July 2017

An expansion for Little Nightmares, a platform game released in spring 2017 by Tarsier Studios. Secrets Of The Maw is divided into three episodes, in which we follow a completely new hero, a boy named The Runaway Kid who tries to escape an underwater facility, the eponymous Maw. While playing, we discover dark secrets of this place and learn answers to a number of questions that remained unanswered after the adventures of Six from the basic game have ended.

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Kirby's Blowout Blast
Kirby's Blowout Blast

Arcade 06 July 2017

An expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame from Kirby: Planet Robobot. The gameplay is focused on traveling through 3D levels in which we must eliminate many enemies and collect coins in the shortest possible amount of time. Kirby's Blowout Blast is based on the same rules, but the levels are now more complex with additional enemies and bosses. The main character, a pink creature called Kirby, can swallow enemies and then spit them out at other enemies.

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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Arcade 30 June 2017

A bundle of first three Crash Bandicoot games, remastered by Vicarious Visions studio. Aside from modern visuals, all games feature rebuilt levels, as well as a new save system, which lets us use every control point along with quick save option. What’s more, they've received an unified menu and a Time Trial mode. Like in originals, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy lets us take control of the titular bandicoot, who must stop the evil Dr Cortex from taking over the world.

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Crash Bandicoot HD
Crash Bandicoot HD

Arcade 30 June 2017

Developed by Vicarious Visions studio from the USA, a remake of the first installment of the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Compared to the original production, this title features brand new graphics along with a fresh soundtrack. Even though there are a few minor improvements in mechanics, the backbone of the game stays the same. Once again, you play as a bandicoot named Crash, whose objective is to stop doctor Neo Cortex from raising an army of obedient, humanoid animals.

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Crash Bandicoot 2 HD
Crash Bandicoot 2 HD

Arcade 30 June 2017

A thoroughly remastered version of the second entry in the popular platformer series from Naughty Dog, which originally debuted in 1997 on the first PlayStation console. Crash Bandicoot 2 HD from Vicarious Visions takes us again to the fictional Wumpa archipelago near Australia’s coast.

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Crash Bandicoot 3 HD
Crash Bandicoot 3 HD

Arcade 30 June 2017

A complete remake of the third installment in the popular series of platform games developed by Naughty Dog. The original version debuted in 1998 on PlayStation. The remake is developed by Vicarious Visions. Crash Bandicoot 3 HD takes place just after the events that occurred in the previous entry in the series. Cortex’s space station crashes on Earth. This causes the evil deity Uka Uka to break free from his confinement.

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DragoDino
DragoDino

Arcade 20 June 2017

Hybrid platformer and roguelike production, in which we play the title dracodinosaur. While playing in DragoDino we go through procedural stages, bypass traps and fight against opponents, the distribution of which changes after each exhaustion of the supply to live.

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Angry Birds Evolution
Angry Birds Evolution

Arcade 19 June 2017

Another installment in the popular logic puzzle/arcade game by Finnish studio Rovio. Angry Birds Evolution doesn't feature a complex story campaign: the game is set on a bird island, where the pigs arrive, and your task is to drive them off. The gameplay consists of battles between the two hostile teams. After launching your characters in a way that is distinct for the series, they roll on the floor, eliminating enemies and bouncing off everything in their way.

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Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Arcade 15 June 2017

Mighty Gunvolt Burst is a sequel to the 2014 arcade game Mighty Gunvolt that was released on Nintendo 3DS. Both games were developed by Inti Creates, 2D action games specialists. We play as the titular Gunvolt, a hero who can control lightning and uses that ability in his fight against evil. He is aided by the ghost of a girl name Joule who lives inside our protagonist, providing him protection in critical situations.

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Cars 3: Driven to Win
Cars 3: Driven to Win

Arcade 13 June 2017

Another installment in a series of racing games based on Pixar animated movies. The game was developed by Avalanche Software, creators of titles like Pure and Split/Second: Velocity. The title enables the player to control more than twenty customizable vehicles-characters (animated cars are the main protagonists of Cars). Among them there are Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez, who prepares for an encounter with his rival Jackson Storm. The action takes place on twenty unique tracks.

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Jump Stars
Jump Stars

Arcade 06 June 2017

Jump Stars is a multiplayer party game for two to four players developed by a small independent studio Jamit Games. The game allows us to take part in a crazy TV game show where weird, square creatures compete against each other in various games for fame, money, and freedom. Their rules are rather simple. We will have to, for example, avoid lasers, spiked barrels, climb up on platforms in order to avoid lava, or fight against each other on a small arena.

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Hover
Hover

Arcade 31 May 2017

An FPP sci-fi platform game by indie studio Fusty Games. Hover: Revolt of Gamers is set in a metropolis ruled by the ruthless Mayor. He thinks that one of the biggest threats to his power are games, which is why he confiscates all consoles and other gaming devices. The players take on the roles of travelers from an alternative world, who decide to overthrow the dictator.

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Randall
Randall

Arcade 30 May 2017

Randall is a 2D science-fiction platform game, as well as a commercial debut of the We The Force Studios. The story of the game takes place in a grim future filled with terror, in which a ruthless corporation incessantly invigilates citizens. To keep all members of the society in line, the corporation poisons their minds by drugging them with a mysterious mineral.

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Paddle Vs. Paddle
Paddle Vs. Paddle

Arcade 30 May 2017

A simple arcade game from the indie studio Endice Software, inspired by the legendary Pong, one of the first video games ever. During the game you move glowing rectangles — the eponymous paddles — horizontally, bouncing a flying ball and trying no to allow it to touch the side of the screen. There are many obstacles, both static and moving ones, modifiers that can change the physics, construction of maps, and controls, as well as penalties and score multipliers. You can play Paddle vs.

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Danger Zone
Danger Zone

Arcade 30 May 2017

Danger Zone is an arcade driving game developed by Three Fields Entertainment - a studio established by the creators of the legendary Criterion Software. Gameplay mechanics are purely arcade and the player is tasked with causing spectacular crashes and smashes on the jammed roads. To inflict additional crash damage, for which the player is awarded points, they can use the SmashBreaker ability.

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