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  • noun Plural form of arcade.

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Examples

  • People like that are better suited playing the deer hunting game in arcades hahaha!

    Going into the woods with Non-Woodsmen 2009

  • After kicking several assess of Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting in arcades in the different cities in Venezuela we were visiting (I lived in the capital city Caracas until I turned 17), my dad was impressed that I was staying in the machines while older guys kept taking turns trying to beat me.

    Fight! SVGL 2009

  • This is not a new game … its a prettied up version of the original OutRun in arcades years ago.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The XBLA release of a spruced up Outrun looks fun! 2009

  • The kinetoscopes were initially a hit when they first appeared in arcades around 1894, but soon their popularity declined – people became bored with selection of films that Edison was producing.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • People like that are better suited playing the deer hunting game in arcades hahaha!

    Going into the woods with Non-Woodsmen 2009

  • Hyde Park and Capcom had originally wanted to release the pic to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the "Street Fighter" franchise; the first game bowed in arcades in 1987.

    STREET FIGHTER CAST SADLY VAN DAMME FREE 2008

  • No longer were computers or video games simply mindless toys found in arcades, but they were gateways to a new era of human civlization when the possibilities of connected computer systems, information highways, and cyberspace became permanently embedded in peoples 'imaginations as real possibilities.

    The Real Truth Behind Tr2n's Comic-Con Surprise « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The last two times we were in arcades (or game centres, as they are known in Japan), we spent all our cash on the UFO Catchers with nothing to show.

    Nintendo DS, Sony PS2 and Wii most played games machines in Japan 2008

  • George M. Needham, vice president for member services of the Online Computer Library Center, stressed that he wasn't suggesting that college libraries "tear up the stacks to put in arcades," but that they rethink many assumptions.

    the Virtual Bookmark: 2008

  • George M. Needham, vice president for member services of the Online Computer Library Center, stressed that he wasn't suggesting that college libraries "tear up the stacks to put in arcades," but that they rethink many assumptions.

    February 2008 2008

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