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Arcade America

Arcade America is a humorous platform game where you control the rather overweight Joey. Each level consists of a couple of smaller micro-levels and is set in an iconic location within the States, such as…

31 December 1996

Arcade America is a platform developed by 7th Level, released 31 December 1996 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Arcade America is

Arcade America is a platform game developed by 7th Level and released in 1996. It was published by BMG Interactive Entertainment. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Joey and his pet monsters are going to a concert in Woodstock. Unfortunately, Joey has overslept, and his monsters have gone a little overboard in waking him up; their plan involved colossal amounts of dynamite. As a result, all the monsters have ended up all over the USA, and now Joey has to find them all.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade America launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did Arcade America come out?
Arcade America was released on 31 December 1996 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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