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Arcade video game, an Uncommon card
An arcade video game is an arcade game that takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Arcade video game quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arcade video game card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Until the early 2000s, arcade video games were the largest and most technologically advanced segment of the video game ______.
Answer
industry. Until the early 2000s, arcade video games were the largest and most technologically advanced segment of the video game industry. From the Arcade video game article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Arcade video game. Arcade video game 90 · Detective fiction 85 · Georges Méliès 80 · Sergei Eisenstein 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Georges Méliès. Georges Méliès 240,000 · Sergei Eisenstein 180,000 · Arcade video game 110,000 · Chamber music 73,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- All arcade video games are coin-operated or accept other means of payment, housed in an arcade cabinet, and located in amusement arcades alongside other kinds of arcade games.
- Until the early 2000s, arcade video games were the largest and most technologically advanced segment of the video game industry.
- Early prototypical entries Galaxy Game and Computer Space in 1971 established the principle operations for arcade games, and Atari's Pong in 1972 is recognized as the first successful commercial arcade video game.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arcade video game article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Arcade video game
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Detective fictionUncommon · Arts · ATK 85 DEF 85
- A Vindication of the Rights of WomanUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 94
- Kaziranga National ParkUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 93
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arcade video game (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Belinda Hankins Miller from U.S.A., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
