Arcadia

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Description

Arcadia is a space shoot 'em up along the lines of Galaxians and Space Invaders. You have a ship at the bottom of the screen. Enemy ships come at you in waves scrolling across the screen from right to left. There are twelve levels. When the last level has been completed the game cycles to level one again and continues with no increase in difficulty. You get an extra life if you clear 4 waves. They keep on coming and the object is to get a high score.

Interesting key mapping on this game: the bottom row of keys moves left & right, but they are mapped alternately so Z, C, B, M and SPACE move you right while CAP SHIFT, X, V, N, and SYMBOL SHIFT move you left. The middle row of keys (A, S, D, etc) power the thrusters while the top row (Q, W, E, etc) fire the dual lasers.

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Alternate Titles

• "Arcadia 64" -- Commodore 64 title

User Reviews

An excellent mishmash of classic arcade shooters	VIC-20	Katakis | カタキス (42793)
Fast and furious	ZX Spectrum	piltdown_man (206433)

Critic Reviews

Home Computing Weekly	VIC-20	Jun 07, 1983		100
Retro Gamer	VIC-20	Feb, 2006	85 out of 100	85
Retro Gamer	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 2006	85 out of 100	85
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1983	24 out of 30	80
Home Computing Weekly	ZX Spectrum	Mar 15, 1983		80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Jan, 1984	5 out of 10	50
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1984	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Imagine's launch title

Arcadia was the very first game of Imagine Software. It was created by Dave Lawson, co-founder of the company, in the moment of time when tenure between him and Mark Butler had not been yet materialized as an entrepreneurship. The game was supposed to be Imagine's launch title and proved to be a huge success.

Awards

• Computer & Video Games Golden Joystick Awards
  • 1983 - #4 in the Game of the Year category
  • 1983 - #3 in the Best Arcade Style Game category

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