CLUSTER GAME-ARCADE-RECREATES · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2017-10-24
Retro arcade mashup games
This cluster comprises retro arcade games that mash up mechanics from classic titles like Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Galaga, with some adaptations for text terminals. The pre-index entry history shows sporadically timed single entries from August 2015 to May 2026, too irregular to discern a directional trend. Among these, neon-gravity-arena leads on activity with 1 star, while all other dated members have 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled
Operator · 5 hobby · 1 commercial · 7 open source · 6 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01neon-gravity-arena1★1 mo—A neon-themed gravity arena game.
- 02Pacapong-Full-Version-Unlocked0★16 days—Classic arcade game that blends Pac-Man, Pong, and Space Invaders with cooperative gameplay.
- 03bubbelbende0★2 daysliveArcade game that combines Space Invaders with Pong mechanics for a hybrid shooter experience.
- 04pongman0★9 dayslivehobbyArcade game that merges Pong and Pac-Man, letting players steer a ball through a maze, dodge ghosts, and score goals.
- 05pong-node0★9 days—hand-codedhobbyTerminal-based Pong game with a gothic blood theme, letting one player face an AI or a second player locally.
- 06pong-megaman0★6 days—A Pong-style arcade game featuring a Mega Man theme.
- 07neon-drift0★9 days—hobbyArcade game where players steer a glowing dart, collect stars, and dodge walls.
- 08PAC-MAN 256 - Arcade Run0★1 molivehand-codedcommercialEndless arcade game where players guide PAC-MAN through an infinite maze, evade ghosts, and collect power-ups.
- 09afternoonstalker0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceRetro arcade game where players fight off waves of robots, recreating a 1980s console shooter for a home console.
- 10Shooting Pactris0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCo-op retro game that blends Tetris, Pac-Man, and shoot-em-up gameplay, requiring players to cooperate against falling pieces and ghosts.
- 11galaga0★4 mo—ai-builthobbyRetro terminal arcade game that recreates Galaga-style shooting action with enemy formations and scoring.
- 12Plutonic0★8 mostaleliveopen sourcePhysics-based arcade game where players shoot and merge planets together in space, in the style of watermelon-drop games.
- 13ascii-patrol0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceTerminal game that recreates Moon Patrol as an arcade action game for text terminals.
- 14arcador0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builthobbyArcade-style game with unpredictable surprises and mechanics for players to explore and enjoy.
- 15l1t-bin0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal strategy game where players shoot lasers and light statues.
- 16ascii-invaders0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal game that recreates Space Invaders as an arcade shooting game for text terminals.
- 17invasion-of-greek0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA simple arcade game in the terminal where the player defends against an invasion of Greek-themed enemies.
- 18Space Invaders0★unknownliveClassic arcade-style game where the player defends against alien invaders.
- 19Space Invaders Game0★unknownliveai-builtBrowser game that recreates classic arcade alien-shooting gameplay for casual players seeking retro entertainment.
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