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Over the last few years the independent games scene has grown considerably. Among the hundreds of games out there produced by small-time and aspiring games companies are several that are well suited to play on a home arcade cabinet. Here is a list of just some of the low-budget games out there that fit the bill, several of which have free demo versions available.

Note to editors: Please only include games that are known to play well using standard arcade or trackball controls.

Game Type Control Notes
Airstrike II Shareware Joystick an excellent shooter
Big Box of Blox Freeware Keyboard, customizable controls Big Box of Blox can best be summed up as Tetris on acid.
Bomberman vs Digger Shareware Joystick what would happen if Bomberman, Digger and Boulderdash had babies
BreakQuest Shareware Trackball Spinner an incarnation of Breakout/Arkanoid


Chorensha Freeware Joystick Great vertical scrolling shooter.
ClickBeat Freeware Mouse Touchscreen Fun rythmic based game, where you clicking to music.
Dr. Blob's Organism Freeware Dr. Blob's Organism, winner in not one, but two, IGF categories (2004 IGF Innovation In Audio and Innovation in Visual Art), is a game about shooting one-celled organisms in a petri dish. Think of it like the old arcade game Tempest, only with much squishier targets.
FrozenBubble Freeware Keyboard Linux only Bubble Boggle clones, w/level editor.
Guardian ? ? a side-scrolling shooter a-la Defender
Grid Wars Freeware Mouse Joystick DualJoystick An awesome game, based on Geometry Wars. Very definable too.
Hamsterball Shareware Trackball Joystick a fun Marble Madness inspired game
Juno Nemesis Shareware ? a modern take on Tempest
Mutant Storm Shareware Dual Joystick dual-joystick Robotron style game
Plasmaworm Freeware Plasmaworm is the fiendishly addictive arcade game of weird worms eating random probability eidolons in a tank of otherspatial plasma.
Platypus Shareware Joystick a side-scrolling shooter with clay graphics
Prototype Freeware Joystick or keyboard Horizontal 2D scrolling 'shoot em up' ala rtype


Space Renegade Shareware ($8.00) Joystick, keyboard configurable Space Invaders style vertical shooter. Linux friendly, mac version coming.
Space Tripper Shareware Joystick Defenders style gameplay with updated graphics
Stopple Freeware Joystick ? a free, addictive, fun, puzzle game for all the family
Titanion Freeware Keyboard Galaga style shooter, with an interesting twist on escorts.
Torus Trooper Freeware Keyboard Tempest meets Wipeout, a rotating racer and shooter.
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