arcade adventure

English

Noun

arcade adventure (plural arcade adventures)

  1. (video games, dated) A game combining the action elements of an arcade game with the narrative elements of an adventure game.
    • 1984, Jeffrey Stanton, The Addison-Wesley Book of Apple Software 1984, page 455:
      […] an arcade adventure in which you hunt for nine clues that are hidden somewhere inside a German fortress.
    • 1985, Graeme Kidd, “Great Scott!”, in Crash, number 15:
      The ‘arcade adventure’ concept is catching on fast, with a number of software houses bringing out arcade action adventure games, including the Wally series from Mikro-Gen and the soon-to-be-launched Chuckie Egg II.
    • 1989, Jonathan Davies, Spooked (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 46
      Surprise, surprise, another variation on that classic cheapie theme — the arcade adventure. Loads of screens (although most of them are rather vacuous), slick, cutsie [sic] graphics and an alarming tendency to keep one riveted for hours. Great.
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