![]() ![]() In the running for the most iconic video game title ever, Space Invaders is still widely known as one of the earliest breakthrough games. ![]() Live-Action Pac-Man Film In Development.Despite modern games having transcended into the third dimension and added complex things like storylines, emergent gameplay and online matchmaking, Pac-Man still probably beats most of them at being incredibly iconic, immediately playable and downright addictive.ĭid you know that Pac-Man is even getting its own movie? The game was a sensation when it first released, and it remains a sensation even today. If there’s one arcade cabinet that has a player on it, it’s going to be Pac-Man. So let’s take a look back at 15 of the best arcade games still worth playing all these years on. Heck, many of the best arcade titles are available to buy today, to play on PC. Many gamers today may have never even touched one in their lifetime! Regardless, many legendary arcade games have stood the test of time, as timeless classics of gaming. Sad as it may be, for most of us the days of arcade cabinets are far behind us. The only gripe that we'd have with it is that Namco's set the bar so high that we shudder with anticipation and dread over what the designers'll have to do to top this.Check out some of the best old Arcade games, still available to play today! | © Namco / Sega Not only does it provide an excellent fighting game, but the extra modes and practice features make it the benchmark for fighters to come. Tekken 3 on the PlayStation is the most well-rounded fighting package on the market. Although they're limited in appeal, such alternative modes are going to be the wave of the future, and Namco has made a great start. Both of these are surprisingly playable and complete - they're well thought out instead of being mere throwaways. Force mode is the Final Fight style side-scroller mode. Ball mode is the already popular beach ball competition which places the Tekken characters on the beach and in a duel to the inflated air death. Nobody realizes it better than Namco, and one of the reasons that Tekken 3 gets the top score is because it has two excellent alternative play modes: Force mode and Ball mode. Ending FMVs, extra battle modes, quest-style RPGs are seeping into the genre. While we don't mention FMV normally, it's become part and parcel of each Tekken to have one for each ending movie for each character, and it's one of the fine touches that make Tekken one step above everything else.Īs fighting games continue on and on, more designers are realizing that fighting just isn't enough. Check out Lei's ending just to see how good they look. The animators have progressed to the point where realistic hair and human models are uncannily real, down to individual strands. The ending FMVs are back, and if they're any indication, Namco's upcoming CG movie is going to be stunning. Of course, as a fighting game, Tekken 3 is everything you'd hoped it would be, but without the classic Namco extras, this would just another really good fighting game. All in all, this game is more even than any of the previous ones. The characters seem well-balanced, and some of them have been reworked to be less cheap (can you say Lei?). It's not so much an improvement upon the Tekken series as a maturation. There's a huge number of moves and combos available now - almost as many as Virtua Fighter 3 from Sega, which isn't on the Saturn. It a fighting system that's worked extremely well for Tekken over the years, and it's just gotten faster and better. For those new to the series, Tekken uses two punch buttons and two kick buttons to simulate the left and right sides, and as such, will be unique until Bio Freaks comes out in the US. Arguably, it still is one of the best on the PlayStation. Tekken's fighting system is arcade-perfect. ![]() Still, it's the best-looking fighter on the PlayStation this side of Tobal 2. However, after a while, you will notice that the characters are significantly chunkier, and despite all efforts, the backgrounds are still simple 2D backdrops. The animation speed is impressive, and the textures are cunningly crafted to make the lower-resolution models look as good as possible. At first glance, Tekken 3 looks just like it did in the arcade. As the PlayStation reaches the three year mark, more and more games are seriously pushing its limits, and Tekken 3 is one of those that makes it very apparent that the PlayStation is reaching its physical limits. ![]()
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