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Arcade

1993Movie1 h 25 min

Horror
42
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb4.5Letterboxd2.5/5Rotten Tomatoes–30%
42
WeakGoodWatch score
IMDb4.5Letterboxd2.5/5Rotten Tomatoes–30%

Summary

Alex Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade" is being test marketed by a computer company CEO.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Background watch

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Scares you.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

Not for laughs, uplift or warmth.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Cheat CodeRare · in 14 titlesWhile there are no actual cheat codes, the programmer does provide a full game map to Alex and Nick.Powered by a Forsaken Childin 237 titlesThe programmer reveals that, due to (In-Universe) Executive Meddling, the game's realism is due to the creators using a few thousand brain cells of a boy killed by his abusive mother in the game desi…All 20 tropes

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