Arcade America is an platformer where our hero, Joey, has to find all manner of monsters spread across the US, from Woodstock to Alcatraz. Joey picks up ammo and extra life time by running over objects on the road as he goes from destination to destination. There are also numerous secret rooms in which can be found bonus points, extra life, and the all important tools needed to free the monsters that must be released in order to win.Each level has its own set of gimmicks. For example, you fight off ghosts in an abandoned Alcatraz, crawl through the mud in Oklahoma, and fight off sharp dressed little nasties in Vegas.
You obtain passwords as you complete each location’s challenges. In this way, you can eventually wend your way to Woodstock. Arcade America is moderately entertaining as an arcade game. The levels are ultimately very small and the gameplay is pretty limited. The drawn graphics however are good considering the age, and look sharp on a Windows 3.1 system. The animations too are nice, if slightly jagged.System Requirements: Pentium 90 MHz, 16 MB RAM, Win98.
Arcade America Emulator
Claw, also known as Captain Claw, is a cartoon-style 2D side-scrolling platformer created by Monolith Productions and released in 1997. You are the pirate Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw, the Surveyor of the Seven Seas (which is a cat), and you have been imprisoned by the Spaniards (the 'evil' dogs). In the game you will have to escape the prison and find the Amulet of Nine Lives.You will have to explore and complete all the levels, fighting enemies using punches and the several weapons available, collecting power-ups and avoiding hazards. Scenarios include indoor and outdoor areas like city streets, forests, a large ship, underwater and more, all of them drawn with hi-quality cartoon graphics.The game is know for its high difficulty, but it's also one of the best platformer ever created for the PC.This version includes the fan-made CrazyHook patch v1.4.3 and should be fully compatible with Windows 7/8/10.