In team 1418's never ending quest to part the masses from their money, I mean uh, garner the support of numerous benefactors, we've decided to build an arcade machine. To my suprise the administration thinks its a fantastic idea, so long as we empty the coinbox frequently and it can't be played during class hours (Apparently the choice between IBH US History and Missile Command cannot be trusted to the student body). The general idea is to set up a linux box (Debian!) in a custom made plywood arcade cabinet and interface nifty japanese arcade joysticks and buttons to it, and of course hook up the all important coin acceptor (We plan to get all this stuff from the incredibly cool
Happ Controls website). I'll post a big writeup and lots of pictures when we actually build this, but until then I should get to the real motivation for this thread.
What games/features would you want to see on a multi-game arcade machine? Please keep in mind the following rules:
- Copyright - Need I say more?
- Middle School Parent Friendly - No matter how "wicked awesome" it would be, we can't have "Blood and Stuff: Gory Homicidal Rampage XVIII"
That's pretty much it. I'll get the list started with:
- Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man
- Missile Command
- Pong!
- Battlezone
- Asteroids