Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- FROGGER
- Frogger was released by Konami in 1981 and became one of the best-selling arcade games of its era, the simple task of crossing a road and a river proved almost impossibly compelling.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GALAGA
- Galaga (1981) introduced a trick beloved by players: letting your fighter be captured, then rescuing it to fly with a twin ship, doubling your firepower at the cost of nerve-shredding risk.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ATTRACT
- The 'attract mode', the looping demo that played when no one was at the controls, was designed to lure passersby in. Many a coin was surrendered simply from watching it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CENTIPEDE
- Centipede, released by Atari in 1980, was notable for drawing a large number of female players, an unusual distinction in the arcades of the time.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Arcade Classics word search, free and large-print. Joystick, tokens, ten-pence pieces, and the hypnotic glow of a cabinet in a darkened corner.
About Arcade Classics
Walk into any seaside amusement hall or city-centre arcade in the early 1980s and the air was alive with bleeps, chimes, and the clatter of coins. Rows of upright cabinets cast their electric light onto the faces of players coaxing one more life out of Pac-Man or threading a pixelated frog through traffic on Frogger. The high score was a kind of public monument, initials burned into the screen for all to see, proof that someone, once, had been brilliant here.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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