arcade game

noun

1. a game or type of game available in arcades.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arcade game¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Winning an arcade game may take skill.

From Slate

When people can extravagantly lose money by placing a 12-team parlay that relies on the Minnesota Timberwolves to win a game by at least 3.5 points, it feels like small potatoes that soon enough “losing to your buddy in some Dave & Buster’s arcade game” will be another way to cough up dollars.

From Slate

Though explained as the Boy appropriating his favorite arcade game hero’s voice, the running commentary plays like an open mic-night reject hijacking a B movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Even the pinball-like arcade game Pachinko —which proliferated since the 1920s thanks to a loophole in Japanese gambling laws — is in decline, with the number of Pachinko parlors dropping from nearly 19,000 in the 1990s to barely more than 8,000 today.

From Los Angeles Times

Most resemble the aliens from the Space Invaders arcade game.

From Seattle Times