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Website. www.retroarch.com, www.libretro.com. RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2][3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]
The Neo Geo (Japanese: ネオジオ, Hepburn: Neojio), stylized as NEO•GEO and also written as NEOGEO, is a ROM cartridge -based video gaming system released on April 26, 1990, by Japanese game company SNK Corporation. Designed as both an arcade system board (Multi Video System; MVS) and home video game console (Advanced Entertainment System ...
Upright cabinets. Upright cabinets are the most common in North America, with their design heavily influenced by Computer Space and Pong.While the futuristic look of Computer Space 's outer fiberglass cabinet did not carry forward, both games did establish separating parts of the arcade machine for the cathode-ray tube (CRT) display, the game controllers, and the computer logic areas.
Gauntlet is a 1985 fantasy-themed hack-and-slash arcade video game developed and released by Atari Games. [3] It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. [8] [9] The core design of Gauntlet comes from 1983 game Dandy for the Atari 8-bit computers, which resulted in a threat of legal action. [10]
PICO-8 is a virtual machine and game engine created by Lexaloffle Games. It is a fantasy video game console [3] that mimics the limited graphical and sound capabilities of the old 8-bit systems of the 1980s to encourage creativity and ingenuity in producing games without being overwhelmed with the many possibilities of modern tools and machines.
Microsoft SideWinder. Microsoft SideWinder is a former brand name for a family of video gaming peripherals developed by Microsoft for PCs. It was initially marketed from 1995 [1] to 2003 consisting of game controllers, then again from 2007 until the early 2010s with gaming mice and keyboards. The term "SideWinder" describes many types of ...
This is a list of retro style video game consoles in chronological order. Only officially licensed consoles are listed. Only officially licensed consoles are listed. Starting in the 2000s, the trend of retrogaming spawned the launch of several new consoles that usually imitate the styling of pre-2000s home consoles and only play games that ...
Daytona USA[ a ] is a 1994 arcade racing game developed by Japanese studio Sega AM2. Inspired by the popularity of the NASCAR motor racing series in the US, the game has players race stock cars on one of three courses. It was the first game to be released on the Sega Model 2 arcade system board. Released by Sega in March of 1994, Daytona USA is ...