PC-based arcade games and hardware

[gorilli09 1]

I know that this website only covers PC games, but is it not ok to cover arcade games that run on PC-based hardware (Taito Type X, Namco System N2, Sega Lindbergh, etc.)? Most of them run on Windows or Linux.

[Aemony 142]

The site does not cover cover "alternative" systems (i.e. any desktop-caliber OS not currently covered by the wiki).

• Examples of such OSes are AmigaOS and OS/2.

I would assume the type of arcade stuff you mean are also included in this category of things we don't cover.

[novigamer1029 0]

On 2/23/2024 at 7:50 PM, Aemony said:

The site does not cover cover "alternative" systems (i.e. any desktop-caliber OS not currently covered by the wiki).

• Examples of such OSes are AmigaOS and OS/2.

I would assume the type of arcade stuff you mean are also included in this category of things we don't cover.

Also even if there were pages for OS/2 or AmigaOS games, there would be wayyy to many pages, which could potentially cause some server issues.

[Theclaw135 4]

The original arcade format isn't a PC game. However, with some discretion, unofficial ports may be covered on PCGW (we have pages for projects like Super Mario 64).

A general overview of emulation is also permitted. Many platforms have pages guiding users toward emulators.

[tyl0413 3]

On 2/23/2024 at 7:50 PM, Aemony said:

The site does not cover cover "alternative" systems (i.e. any desktop-caliber OS not currently covered by the wiki).

• Examples of such OSes are AmigaOS and OS/2.

I would assume the type of arcade stuff you mean are also included in this category of things we don't cover.

No, pretty sure he doesn't mean proprietary/console based arcade hardware which obviously has no relation to PC gaming past emulation.

Most arcades from past the mid 2000s are just standard PCs, they use standard Intel CPUs, nVidia GPUs and run Windows Embedded, their games often use DirectX and Unreal Engine and other standard tech, other than having to map the controls to a standard controller/KBM those without some specific DRM even run on standard PCs without any additional workarounds, rest run with minimal workarounds and there are some community projects focused on letting these games easily run on standard PCs.

I guess they don't fit the criteria if the only thing that matters is that they aren't  officially meant to run on home PCs, but technically they do qualify just as much as any other PC game.