Games: Arcade

Arcade games are the genre of genres: instant start, pure gameplay and "one more try, the last one". Reflex platformers, mazes, scrollers, pinball, bullet-hell and everything that never grows old. The section holds both the new wave of retro projects and the original classics that fly on any machine and ask for no sign-ups or tutorials. Most of these are compact — grab a batch and keep them handy for a fifteen-minute joy emergency. Reviews will point to the most addictive ones.