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Title: Arcade Machine – Gameex.com


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Arcade Machine Gameex.com
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Before the introduction of the arcade machine,
the world was without video games. Its a scary
thought to even think back to that time before
our culture was able to experience the joy of
taking on the identity of a fictional character
and fight to accomplish a task of epic
proportions.
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These games took place for the very first time on
a tiny analog screen encased in a box that was
often larger than the person that was operating
them. As large as these arcade machines were,
they were remarkably limited in their
capabilities. In the early days especially, these
machines held only one game. For this reason,
arcades were filled with dozens of these arcade
machines so that customers would be able to play
a large variety of games.
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As the video game market matured, entertainment
companies addressed this issue by developing
consoles with removable media. This way, owners
of a gaming console could own multiple games that
could be switched in and out of the gaming
platform. This was a major development for anyone
that played video games with any regularity, and
it eventually resulted in the obsolescence of
arcade machines altogether.
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While this transition in the market was almost
exclusively a positive for consumers, many of
these classic arcade games became unavailable to
those that wished to continue playing them. The
most popular arcade games found their way on to
modern consoles, but any games outside of this
elite group of classic titles were largely lost
to the gaming culture completely. That is, until
the dawn of arcade game emulation.
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The Internet became largely available to
consumers around the turn of the century, and at
that time, arcade game enthusiasts around the
world began to work together to save these
beloved titles from extinction. This was a long
and laborious process, with hours upon hours of
tireless programming and debugging to develop
software that could even begin to see these games
return to life.
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The concept was that these classic arcade games
could be played by anyone using their PCs. This
proved to be a challenging dream to realize, with
many games obviously being difficult to obtain
and then creating software that could
consistently play these games so that consumers
could use these emulators with a certainty
similar to how they approached their other gaming
consoles.
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Gameex.com in particular has done an
exceptionally great job in seeing this dream
become a reality. For over ten years, this
company has developed a front end for other
emulation software that makes the entire
emulation process more user friendly, creating a
more functional program that allows users to
simply play their games and not spend countless
hours troubleshooting their software.
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Using emulation, those gamers that are interested
in the old games that arcade machines used to
house can plug a controller straight into their
PC and enjoy these retro titles with relative
ease. If an easier emulation appeals to you, be
sure to give this site and software a look to see
all that it has to offer.
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For more information visit us
www.gameex.com
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