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Which games have “Minus/Glitch Worlds”? [closed]
I've heard that several old NES, SNES, and arcade games have minus/glitch worlds, which can only be accessed by exploiting a bug or glitch in the game's code. I have also heard them referred to as ...
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1answer
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What is the highest score obtainable in Pac-Man?
What is the highest score possible, if you eat all the dots, all the fruit and all the monsters?
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Is there any truth to the rumors about arcade games with free game backdoors?
I remember when I was younger, there were rumors of arcade games that if you entered a "secret code", you would be granted a free game.
Now I understand that this runs counter to the idea of ...
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2answers
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MAME “distributions”: which one is better for what thing?
I use MAME almost from the begginning of the project and love it. But today exists so many variations and "distributions" of the original that I can't keep the count. I used the MAME Plus project but ...
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2answers
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How to fix a broken screen on Ms. Pacman (Midway) arcade
On my Midway Ms. Pacman arcade machine, when I turn it on, the very left part of the screen is near the center and then every other part of the screen is compressed into one pixel. The part that is ...
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Why do the high score tables of older arcade games limit your name to three characters? [closed]
I've played many arcade games, and I've noticed that whenever I get to the high score table, it has space names of up to three characters:
Why is this limitation in place? Is there a technical ...
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3answers
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How to play KBounce?
I read this Wikipedia article about it, but what I want to know is how to play it in the first place.
How do I draw walls? How do I stop them? How do I control them?
thanks!
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1answer
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What level does the winner start on?
In the arcade version of Street Fighter II, when a challenger beats the current player who has a game in progress, what level does the challenger start off at? Does the challenger restart or continue ...
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1answer
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Do the characters in the classic X-Men arcade game have different fighting capabilities?
I recently purchased the classic Konami X-Men Arcade Game for the iPhone and have been playing through it. I have noticed that some characters are easier to control and fight with than others. For ...
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1answer
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How does scoring work in Танкодром (Tank Training)?
In a report by Anjel Van Slyke and Connal Hughes about the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines they've got a video of Танкодром (Tankodrom / Tank Training) which is some kind of open-field magnet-driven ...
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1answer
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What's the advantage of using the lock-on shot in Deathsmiles?
I've been playing Deathsmiles for some time now, and I still can't seem to figure out the usefulness of the lock-on shot. I find it slow and difficult to use effectively and never use it, yet I see ...
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0answers
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Is Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road the first game to implement paid upgrades? [closed]
I went to the arcade recently and played Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (long name) for the first time. I noticed you could put tokens in the machine with the purpose of buying upgrades for ...
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2answers
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Does Radikal Bikers exists for PS3?
It was a very great arcade involving bikers delivering pizza.
Does it exists as a PSN download?
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1answer
291 views
Building a gaming cabinet/machine [closed]
I'm currently setting up a gaming room in my house and was wondering if anyone has set up some sort of MAME machine or other emulating machine. I wanted to build an actually cabinet of sorts to look ...
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2answers
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Play DemonFront in a emulator?
I have the PCB but my CAB is actually out of service. I saw that there is a dump of the game out there. But when I try it in MAME, there is just a kind of counter that counts to 0 and then nothing ...
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Name of old arcade bird's eye view shooting game? [closed]
Ok so I've searched everywhere trying to figure out the name of this late 80s / early 90s arcade game and cannot find the answer anywhere. Please help!
The game was an overhead shooter type game ...
