arcade

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The AI demonstration by Alibaba Cloud is a futuristic version of those arcade games where you maneuver a metal claw to grab a stuffed animal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Our one-to-watch is Raccoin - a score attack game inspired by arcade coin-pusher machines.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

"You can also make the game easier to compete with a nearby arcade."

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

In the early 1960s, Meyer and his boss, Marvin Glass, who founded the Chicago toy-design firm, visited an arcade to seek inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

There, in front of me, at the base of this long pillar of light, stood an old coin-operated arcade game.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline