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Revision as of 19:50, 27 April 2008
Over the last few years the independent games scene has grown considerably. Among the hundreds of games out there produced by small-time and aspiring games companies are several that are well suited to play on a home arcade cabinet. Here is a list of just some of the low-budget games out there that fit the bill, several of which have free demo versions available.
Note to editors: Please only include games that are known to play well using standard arcade or trackball controls.
| Game | Type | Control | Notes |
| Airstrike II | Shareware | Joystick | an excellent shooter |
| Big Box of Blox | Freeware | Keyboard, customizable controls | Big Box of Blox can best be summed up as Tetris on acid. |
| Bomberman vs Digger | Shareware | Joystick | what would happen if Bomberman, Digger and Boulderdash had babies |
| BreakQuest | Shareware | Trackball Spinner | an incarnation of Breakout/Arkanoid
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| Chorensha | Freeware | Joystick | Great vertical scrolling shooter. |
| ClickBeat | Freeware | Mouse Touchscreen | Fun rythmic based game, where you clicking to music. |
| Dr. Blob's Organism | Freeware | Dr. Blob's Organism, winner in not one, but two, IGF categories (2004 IGF Innovation In Audio and Innovation in Visual Art), is a game about shooting one-celled organisms in a petri dish. Think of it like the old arcade game Tempest, only with much squishier targets. | |
| FrozenBubble | Freeware | Keyboard | Linux only Bubble Boggle clones, w/level editor. |
| Guardian | ? | ? | a side-scrolling shooter a-la Defender |
| Grid Wars | Freeware | Mouse Joystick DualJoystick | An awesome game, based on Geometry Wars. Very definable too. |
| Hamsterball | Shareware | Trackball Joystick | a fun Marble Madness inspired game |
| Juno Nemesis | Shareware | ? | a modern take on Tempest |
| Mutant Storm | Shareware | Dual Joystick | dual-joystick Robotron style game |
| Plasmaworm | Freeware | Plasmaworm is the fiendishly addictive arcade game of weird worms eating random probability eidolons in a tank of otherspatial plasma. | |
| Platypus | Shareware | Joystick | a side-scrolling shooter with clay graphics |
| Prototype | Freeware | Joystick or keyboard | Horizontal 2D scrolling 'shoot em up' ala rtype
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| Space Renegade | Shareware ($8.00) | Joystick, keyboard configurable | Space Invaders style vertical shooter. Linux friendly, mac version coming. |
| Space Tripper | Shareware | Joystick | Defenders style gameplay with updated graphics |
| Stopple | Freeware | Joystick ? | a free, addictive, fun, puzzle game for all the family |
