A short overview of the history of arcade games and flash games will show that there is a huge connection between these two types of games. Arcade games have a long history and, even though the arcade games were not in the past what we know them to be today, the same concept is the main ingredient for the new ones as well. The arcade games are usually simple, have iconic characters, a certain number of levels with increasing difficulty and they do not require high skills or much learning time. In addition, they do not have deep storylines as most console games have in our days. Today�s PC or console games with the same qualities can be considered arcade games.

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Starting from the early 1920�s with the use of old �arcade games� in the amusement parks (such as ball toss games, coin-operated machines or pinball) this whole �industry� has evolved immensely. This passion for arcade games motivated their producers to always search for something better and more entertaining. They have outdone themselves every time something … Read more