Editing Arcade video game (section)

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The term "arcade game" can refer to an [[action video game]] designed to play similarly to an arcade game with frantic, addictive gameplay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Genre Definitions|url=http://www.mobygames.com/glossary/genres|publisher=Mobygames|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-date=12 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712151646/http://www.mobygames.com/glossary/genres|url-status=live}}</ref> The focus of arcade action games is on the user's reflexes, and many feature very little puzzle-solving, complex thinking, or strategy skills.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} These include [[fighting game]]s often played with an [[arcade controller]], [[beat 'em up]] games including fast-paced [[hack and slash]] games, and [[light gun shooter|light gun]] [[rail shooters]] and "[[bullet hell]]" [[shooter game|shooters]] with intuitive controls and rapidly increasing difficulty.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Many arcade [[combat flight simulation games]] have sophisticated hydraulic motion simulator cabinets,<ref name="arcadeheroes"/><ref name="Horowitz2"/> and simplified physics and handling. Arcade flight games are meant to have an easy [[learning curve]], in order to preserve their action component. Increasing numbers of console flight video games, such as ''[[Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge|Crimson Skies]]'', ''[[Ace Combat]]'', and ''[[Secret Weapons Over Normandy]]'' indicate the falling of manual-heavy flight sim popularity in favor of instant arcade flight action.<ref>{{cite web|last=Butts | first=Steve |year=2003 |title=Secret Weapon Over Normandy Review |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/441/441056p1.html |work=[[IGN]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214100501/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/441/441056p1.html |archive-date=14 February 2007 }}</ref>

A modern subgenre of action games called "[[hack and slash]]" or "character action games" represent an evolution of traditional arcade action games, and are sometimes considered a subgenre of beat 'em up brawlers. This subgenre of games was largely defined by [[Hideki Kamiya]], creator of the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' and ''[[Bayonetta]]'' franchises.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hovermale |first1=Chris |title=How Devil May Cry's arcade inspirations shaped character action games |url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/how-devil-may-cry-s-arcade-inspirations-shaped-character-action-games-545783.phtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210518055447/https://www.destructoid.com/stories/how-devil-may-cry-s-arcade-inspirations-shaped-character-action-games-545783.phtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=30 April 2021 |work=[[Destructoid]] |date=2019-03-10 }}</ref>