Arcade America
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{{Use American English|date=October 2018}}
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Arcade America
| image = Arcade America.jpg
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| developer = 7th Level
| publisher = 7th Level
BMG Interactive (Germany)
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| platforms = Windows, Macintosh
| released = 1996
| genre = Platform
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Arcade America is a 1996 platform game developed and published by 7th Level for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
Plot
Joey's band "Joey and the Monsters" is offered a deal to perform at Woodstock. The next day, the monsters try to wake Joey up, but he's a heavy sleeper. They decide to try blowing up his house in order to get him up in time, causing California to get destroyed and sending the monsters flying across America. Now Joey must travel across the US to save his friends and eventually make it to Woodstock in time.
Gameplay
The game stars Joey and his monsters. This is a side scrolling arcade platform game about traveling across America to find all of Joey's missing monsters.
Development
In the German version of Arcade America, German singer & songwriter Nina Hagen voices Joey's mother as well as three other characters; this was a selling point present in advertisements,{{cite magazine|title = Arcade America Advertisement|date = April 1996|url = https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1996-04|magazine = PC Player|publisher = DMV-Verlag|page = [https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1996-04/page/n24 119]|language = German}} and is featured on the front cover of the German version of the game.{{cite web |date=1996|title=Arcade America Box Art Front Cover |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade-america/cover-art/gameCoverId,3301/ |publisher=BMG Interactive|language = German}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = PC Games
| rev2 = PC Player
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}} (Windows)
| rev3 = Next Generation
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}} (Windows)
| rev4 = PC Joker
| rev5 = Computer Game Review
| rev5Score = 79/74/71{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221183551/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9604/arcade/arcade.htm | url=http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9604/arcade/arcade.htm | title=Bump and Grind | date=April 1996 | author1=Snyder, Frank | author2=Chapman, Ted | author3=Gehrs, Scott | work=Computer Game Review | archivedate=December 21, 1996 | url-status=dead }}
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Next Generation reviewed the Windows version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "It's an interesting platform puzzler, and some of the challenges will surprise even the most adept gamer. Still, if you're looking for a good action title, there are better ones out there."{{cite magazine |title=Finals: Arcade America |magazine=Next Generation |issue=17 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=May 1996 |pages=94, 97|url=https://archive.org/details/Next-Generation-1996-05/page/n99/mode/2up}}
German gaming magazine PC Joker gave the Windows version of Arcade America an overall score of 56%, praising the game's "cute" graphics that are "animated with care", as well as the game's humor, but criticized the game's "limited" longevity and 'unoriginal' gameplay, summarizing the game as "getting the character from the bottom to the top of the screen without getting hurt". PC Joker praised Nina Hagen's "first-class" voiceover work and Arcade America's overall "witty" presentation, but expressed that while visually and aurally appealing, Arcade America is "boring".{{cite magazine|title =Arcade America |date =April 1996 |url =https://archive.org/details/pcjokerapril1996images/page/n37/mode/2up |magazine =PC Joker |publisher =Joker Verlag |last =Schnelle |first =Mick|page =38|language=German }}
German gaming magazine PC Player gave the Windows version of Arcade America an overall score of three stars out of five,{{cite magazine|title =Arcade America |date =May 1996|url = https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1996-05|magazine = PC Player|publisher = DMV-Verlag|page = [https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1996-05/page/n87 88]|language = German|first=Heinrich|last=Lenhardt}} and PC Games gave 82%.{{cite magazine|title =Arcade America: Cannonball Fever|date =April 1996 |url =https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N043.1996.04-fl0n |magazine =PC Games |publisher =Computec Verlag |last =Menne|first =Oliver |pages =[https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N043.1996.04-fl0n/page/n159 160]-161 }}
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/arcade-america|name=Arcade America}}
{{7th Level}}
Category:BMG Interactive games