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arcade adventure

arcade adventure noun: a game combining the action elements of an arcade game with the narrative elements of an adventure game.

Noun

arcade adventure (plural arcade adventures)

  1. (dated) A game combining the action elements of an arcade game with the narrative elements of an adventure game.
    • […] an arcade adventure in which you hunt for nine clues that are hidden somewhere inside a German fortress.1984, Jeffrey Stanton, The Addison-Wesley Book of Apple Software 1984, page 455
    • The ‘arcade adventure’ concept is catching on fast, with a number of software houses bringing out arcade action adventure games, including the Wally series from Mikro-Gen and the soon-to-be-launched Chuckie Egg II.1985, Graeme Kidd, “Great Scott!”, in Crash, number 15

Forms of arcade adventure

pluralarcade adventures

Questions about arcade adventure

What does arcade adventure mean?
Arcade adventure means a game combining the action elements of an arcade game with the narrative elements of an adventure game.
What part of speech is arcade adventure?
Arcade adventure is a noun.
What is the plural of arcade adventure?
The plural of arcade adventure is arcade adventures.

Words near arcade adventure in the dictionary

  1. arc-overs
  2. arc-second
  3. arc-seconds
  4. ARCA
  5. arcade
  6. arcade adventure
  7. arcade adventures
  8. arcade game
  9. arcade games
  10. arcaded
  11. arcadeless

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