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psychopanda:
I'd be interested in 'game packs'. Four classic arcade style games for $10-20. The cheaper the price, the more enticing it will be.

I love games like Robotron, Xenophobe, etc. I think there is room for alot more games in that same style. Alot of the games were space-shooters, but I could see some Fantasy (Babarians, Knights, etc.), Sci-Fi platforms and other cool games being developed. I also like the idea others have mentioned about incorporating more of the arcade controls like trackballs and spinners. It'll be interesting to see what happens. :)
Minwah:
I think games for this market to to have two specific (very important) things:

Redefinable controls, including to quit the game, and the option to use joystick/mouse inputs,
User definable screen mode (for the whole app, not just in-game).

The ability to not have a menu and just have a title screen/attract mode would be nice too...as would the option for credits.

This is possibly the kindof picky that Andy_Wildsnake is referring to, and I can sympothise with him to some extent.  However redefinable inputs and screen mode are not difficult things to implement, in fact quite the opposite...which is why it really disappoints me when I see these things missing from games (retail as well as free/shareware).
ArcadEd:
Well I'll give you all a run down of the Technical Sheet that is available to the developers.

:
Resolution: 640x480 for the best compatibility for all users

Controls.
System uses a keyboard to arcade controls interface.  This interface mimics keyboard presses with a much higher throughput.

Player 1:
   Joystick
o   Up =       Arrow Key Up
o   Down =       Arrow Key Down
o   Left =       Arrow Key Left
o   Right =    Arrow Key Right
 .
o   Buttons
o   Button 1 =     Left Control
o   Button 2 =    Left Alt
o   Button 3 =     Space
o   Button 4 =     Left Shift
o   Button 5 =    Z
o   Button 6 =     X
o   Coin In =     5 (Keyboard 5, not Numpad)
o   Start =     1 (Keyboard 1, not Numpad)

Player 2:
o   Joystick
o   Up =        R
o   Down =     F
o   Left =        D
o   Right =     G
.
o   Buttons
o   Button 1 =    A
o   Button 2 =     S
o   Button 3 =    Q
o   Button 4 =     W
o   Button 5 =    I
o   Button 6 =    K
o   Coin In =    6 (Keyboard 6, not Numpad)
o   Start =       2 (Keyboard 2, not Numpad)

ESC is used to exit games.

Trackball:
o   3
RayB:
Andy_WildSnake: Well that was a nice advertisement...

I downloaded two games. I'll post what I think in the Software Forum.

I downloaded a pinball game and an arkanoid clone. I haven't tred them yet, but let me tell you what 3 factors (well 4 really) would define whether you get sales off members here:

1. IS IT FUN?
2. Can the keys be reconfigured?
3. Is it full-screen and can it support 640x480?*
4. Is the price right for the "value" in return?

*For those of us with ArcadeVGA: Games don't need to support native 15k resolutions. AVGA displays 640x480 interlaced quite nicely on a standard res arcade monitor.

Andy_WildSnake:
This is not fair RayB!

I'm here to help Ed with his idea we've discussed in another forum.
I spend my personal time of this because arcade and pinball my always love.
Would I like to get some additional promotion I'd choose another forum to make it.
I'm here to discuss the issue with professionals ( in a little bit another area of Entertainment business but anyway)

As for customizable controls - Well. The guy - whom I respect a lot - says that we are pretty OKi with our titles at least on some cabinets: http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/wild-christmas.html
Even if there is some problems in some games we haven't ever got any complain on this. And please note we need them at least a hundred before we will consider this as the valuable interest and efforts to spend.

REM: The general patern of visits from this forum to our website so far is pretty simple - entered, clicked two pages, gone away. No even any single game download - no any checks for another games. ;) Said you guys - you are too creative for the buyers. :D

With all my respect ( Seriously!!! )

Andy
WildSnake Software
www.wildsnake.com
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