{"id":3680,"date":"2013-08-10T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:57:45","slug":"video-carnage-07-arcadia-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/?p=3680","title":{"rendered":"Video Carnage 07 \u2014 Arcadia 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I haven&#8217;t exactly been looking forward to this.\u00a0 Have you even heard of a video game console called the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arcadia_2001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arcadia 2001<\/a>?\u00a0 There isn&#8217;t much to say about it, other than:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rushed, badly programmed rip-off games<\/li>\n<li>dead-on-arrival for U.S. release<\/li>\n<li>terrible graphics and even worse sound<\/li>\n<li>Emerson got sued by Atari for making clones of arcade games without permission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From what I&#8217;ve read, this thing went straight to the clearance bins <em>when it came out<\/em>.\u00a0 Ouch!\u00a0 Now that&#8217;s some hardcore crappy merchandise.\u00a0 The system&#8217;s controllers were also like the Intellivision and the ColecoVision.\u00a0 They were the bastard offspring of a telephone and a joystick.<\/p>\n<p>Being the retro-gaming emulator junkie that I am, I tried to play a few of these games.\u00a0 The only way I could get any of them to work for the longest time was on the MESS emulator.\u00a0 The experience was less than sub-par.\u00a0 Even when loading the ROM, MESS would warn me that the system wasn&#8217;t fully supported and that I would probably experience errors.<\/p>\n<p>But as I was getting games together for these reviews, I found that someone has made a better standalone Arcadia 2001 emulator.\u00a0 It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/amigan.1emu.net\/releases\/#amiarcadia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WinArcadia<\/a>, and if you want to experience some prime low-quality console gaming, give it a try.\u00a0 I must admit that as far as features and usability go, it&#8217;s one of the nicest emulators I&#8217;ve seen.\u00a0 Still, the game library for the Arcadia 2001 ranges from terrible to mediocre, so there&#8217;s not a lot to be gained by adding those games to your library.<\/p>\n<p>There are (at least) two racing games for this console.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auto Race (1982)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-box-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Auto Race box\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-box-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-box.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This game is basically &#8220;Auto Racing&#8221; for the Intellivision, only with shittier graphics and\u00a0shittier sound.\u00a0 But it would be unfair to leave the comparison at that.\u00a0 This game copies &#8220;Auto Racing&#8221; for everything, right down to the automatic acceleration.\u00a0 So that&#8217;s two games I&#8217;ve seen that in, and one&#8217;s a rip-off of the other.\u00a0 But &#8220;Auto Race&#8221; also adds an element.\u00a0 You have to deal with people running in front of your car as you race along your track.\u00a0 And you can&#8217;t hit them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-01-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 01\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-01-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-01-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-01.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above you see the options screen, which is actually easier to deal with than the Intellivision original.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-02-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 02\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-02-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-02-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-02.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here we have the glorious ultra-realistic graphical display!\u00a0 Your racing car is purple, as are most racing cars in no version of reality ever.\u00a0 You can sort of see buildings, and by the colour scheme, I&#8217;m guessing they are all McDonald&#8217;s locations.\u00a0 I fucking hate McDonald&#8217;s, btw. Don&#8217;t eat that crap, it&#8217;s bad for you.<\/p>\n<p>You can also see&#8230; I guess&#8230; bushes?\u00a0 And spectators.\u00a0 And then there&#8217;s this really big goof who runs like a total fucking gimp.\u00a0 Do you see him?\u00a0 He&#8217;s half-way into the road in the screenshot above.\u00a0 And he&#8217;s jaywalking &#8211; jayrunning actually &#8211; right into your path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-03-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 03\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-03-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-03-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-03.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least he turns red when you smash into him, giving you the satisfaction of knowing you have crushed not just his hopes and dreams, but his ribs and maybe his skull too.<\/p>\n<p>But when you start again from after a crash (you get infinite cars I think), the same running dude runs out to meet your car again!\u00a0 Either that or it&#8217;s his brother from Albania shouting in a thick accent &#8220;YOU KEEL MY BROUTHAR!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can keep smashing into these guys because they keep appearing.\u00a0 Yes, it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Theft_Auto_%28series%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Theft Auto<\/a> before Grand Theft Auto was even a glint in the eyes of game developers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-04-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 04\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-04-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-04-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-04.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One good thing that I can actually say about this game is that the car handles much better than the one in &#8220;Auto Racing&#8221;.\u00a0 At least the programmers of this game improved that aspect.\u00a0 The steering mechanism is exactly the same as the first released version of &#8220;Auto Racing&#8221;.\u00a0 Left steers left and right steers right no matter which way the car is facing on the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-05-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 05\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-05-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-05-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-05.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as you can see I successfully finished 1 lap, and I didn&#8217;t run over the screaming Albanian.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t make out what he was shouting, but it was something about &#8220;glory&#8221; and &#8220;Hoxha&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-06-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 06\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-06-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-06-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-06.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a view of the next &#8220;track&#8221;, which is a little more challenging.\u00a0 I also upped the speed, though the difference is barely noticeable.\u00a0 The track has some narrow passages that must be navigated, and this one is right at the beginning, so it is particularly tricky to get through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-07-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 07\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-07-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-07-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-07.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another fine lap.\u00a0 Is there anything that me and the Fuchsia Funkmobile can&#8217;t do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-08-300x245.png\" alt=\"Auto Race 08\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-08-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-08-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Auto-Race-08.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another look at that options screen.\u00a0 Two player mode puts a white car on the screen for a simultaneous race.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t really test this out, but it looks like it might be fun, as long as you can find a deaf friend to play with.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the better games for the Arcadia 2001, but it&#8217;s still pretty lousy.\u00a0 The comparisons to &#8220;Auto Racing&#8221; on the Intellivision can&#8217;t be avoided.\u00a0 Honestly, I&#8217;d rather play neither, but if I had to choose one, I&#8217;d still choose the Intellivision game because the graphics and sound on this one are just too horrid.\u00a0 If you feel that you can put up with the garish colours and harsh sounds, and are intrigued by the thought of running down Albanian jaywalkers GTA-style, then give this game a try.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3715\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GLORY1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3715\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GLORY1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"GLORY!\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GLORY1-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/GLORY1.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Enver Hoxha \u00ebsht\u00eb lavdia e proletariatit!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Route 16 (1983)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-box-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Route 16 box\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-box-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-box.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This game is a little different.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a port of an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Route-16_%28video_game%29\">arcade game<\/a>, and from what I can tell, a licensed one.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen a game quite like it, but I&#8217;ve seen elements of this game in other games.\u00a0 Let me just mention those games first.<\/p>\n<p>When I first loaded up the ROM, I saw a black background and a blocky yellow maze.\u00a0 My car was bright purple (what is it with the Arcadia 2001 and purple cars?) and there were three other cars chasing me.<\/p>\n<p>Well ho-hum.\u00a0 It looked like another Pac-Man clone.\u00a0 Pac-Man was kind of a popular game, and there were many clones, rip-offs, homages and bastardizations of it released in its wake.\u00a0 I encountered several of these while I was considering games to review for Video Carnage.\u00a0 And since I don&#8217;t like Pac-Man very much, I chose to avoid them.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;Route 16&#8221; isn&#8217;t really one of these clones.\u00a0 It&#8217;s got the Pac-Man DNA, but it also borrows heavily from a game called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venture_%28video_game%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venture<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 These screenshots are from the Atari 2600 version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-01-300x195.png\" alt=\"Venture 01\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-01-300x195.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-01-1024x666.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-01.png 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Venture&#8221; features two different views.\u00a0 Above shows the zoomed-out view, and your controllable character is the little purple dot near the bottom in the middle.\u00a0 Once you navigate him into one of those rooms, you switch to a zoomed-in view which looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-02-300x195.png\" alt=\"Venture 02\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-02-300x195.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-02-1024x666.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Venture-02.png 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your playable character is now bigger.\u00a0 He&#8217;s also considerably happier by the looks of things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Route 16&#8221; uses this same method of switching between zoomed-in and zoomed-out views.\u00a0 It seems to be one of the more &#8220;professionally&#8221; made games for this console.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-01-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 01\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-01-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-01-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-01.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An actual title screen!\u00a0 With legitimate copyright info that attributes an actual license to an actual entity!\u00a0 This must have been after Atari&#8217;s lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-02-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 02\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-02-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-02-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-02.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where you start.\u00a0 Those three cyan cars are chasing you, and if they crash into you, you lose one of your five cars.\u00a0 Lose all five and it&#8217;s game over.\u00a0 The dollar signs are the whole reason for being in this yellow maze of pixels.\u00a0 You need to get all the dollar signs, just like real life.\u00a0 The question mark is a mystery item, though every time I&#8217;ve gotten one it&#8217;s turned into a skull and I&#8217;ve lost a car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-03-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 03\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-03-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-03-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-03.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you exit a zoomed-in room, you get to see this view.\u00a0 There are 16 different rooms, or caverns, or whatever you want to call them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-04-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 04\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-04-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-04-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-04.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entering these can be tricky too because the game is quite fast paced.\u00a0 These early video game consoles might seem primitive to us, but they were capable of fast action, and this game is a good example of this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-05-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 05\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-05-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-05-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-05.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as you can see, I wasn&#8217;t fast enough.\u00a0 This is one of the reasons why I don&#8217;t like Pac-Man style maze games.\u00a0 I&#8217;m rather bad at them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-06-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 06\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-06-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-06-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-06.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes your pursuers take a while to get caught up with you, but sometimes you don&#8217;t really have much of a choice in where to go next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-07-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 07\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-07-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-07-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-07.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you can crash into them in the zoomed-out view too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-08-300x245.png\" alt=\"Route 16 08\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-08-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-08-1024x838.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.gratuitousscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Route-16-08.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After losing all five cars, that&#8217;s the end.<\/p>\n<p>This was one of the games that I couldn&#8217;t play at all when I tried to play it with the MESS emulator.\u00a0 Since I found WinArcadia, I&#8217;m glad to report that I can play it, and it&#8217;s actually one of the best games made for the Arcadia 2001.\u00a0 It&#8217;s pretty fun, and though it&#8217;s not startlingly original, it does combine some familiar video game elements in a unique way.\u00a0 I might actually come back and play this game a few more times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I haven&#8217;t exactly been looking forward to this.\u00a0 Have you even heard of a video game console called the Arcadia 2001?\u00a0 There isn&#8217;t much to say about it, other than: rushed, badly programmed rip-off games dead-on-arrival for U.S. release terrible graphics and even worse sound Emerson got sued by Atari for making clones of 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