Nowadays is the era of PC games. However, long ago, before PCs achieve a phenomenal stage, the only games of its kind that we knew, and a whole generation of Americans have played, were arcade games.

Arcade games consist of a simple, yet bulky machine, with a colorful screen, and some sticks or buttons to play with, and a device to put coins in, which allows the game to be played for a particular period of time.

Today, we can find arcade games that run on home consoles such as computers, by using emulators. In the old days, arcade games were only found, apart from the especial entertainment centres and video arcades, in restaurants, malls and movie halls. There were three main types of arcade games that played by kids and grown ups alike. They are the video games, famed pinball, and redemption games.