Arcadia is an arcade developed by Imagine Software, released 31 December 1983 on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore VIC-20.
What Arcadia is
Arcadia is an arcade game developed by Imagine Software and released in 1983. It is available on Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20, Dragon 32/64, PC (Microsoft Windows) and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Arcadia launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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