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Aruze Develops Linux-Based Arcade Machine System

Posted by simoniker on from the pervasive dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its news that Japanese arcade/pachinko giant Aruze has announced a Linux-based arcade game system for Japanese release this year. Apparently: "Aruze plans to release twenty games for the AP-3 by the end of March 2005, and aims to persuade third party publishers to develop games for the board as well", and furthermore: "The company expects the adoption of Linux to cut development costs for software developers... Aruze also cited the system's high versatility and consistent updates as other factors in its decision." It's also pointed out: "Taito announced in June a similar PC-based arcade board named Type-X. In contrast to Aruze's AP-3, however, Taito's board uses a special edition of Microsoft Windows XP."

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  1. Games for Linux? by MurkyGoth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if they're going to licences the games to run on standard installations? Not free or open source (they've got to make money somehow!) but pre-packaged binaries for the most popular distros. They could also get more revenue by creating 'authentic' arcade gamepads for standard PCs. Imagine being able to (legally) play your favourite arcade games at home!

  2. This is pretty cool by polyp2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Presumably that means we can expect Linux to be garnered with an influx of arcade quality, native games now.

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  3. Finally! by cafard · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all those years of Gauntlet or D&D...
    Nethack: soon in an arcade room near you! :)

    Do you think we'll get a bargain on credits for playing tourists ?

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