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| name = Arcade<br />
| kind = Part of Webkinz World holding its games<br />
| label5 = Main file | data5 = <code>SWF/ARCADE/arcade.swf</code><br />
| label6 = Games stored at | data6 = <code>SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/</code><br />
}}<br />
The '''Arcade''' is the part of [[Webkinz]] World where games were played for [[KinzCash]]. The site's tour for newcomers puts it in one sentence: "You can also earn KinzCash by playing in our Arcade. With so many games to choose from, you're sure to find your favorite."<ref name="game-5679195be6">The game file <code>Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/XML/L10N/US_EN/siteTour.xml</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref> Most of what the Flashpoint Archive preserves of Webkinz is Arcade games; the [[list of games]] gives them all.<br />
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== The Arcade's program ==<br />
The Arcade's own program, <code>arcade.swf</code>, is preserved. Its readable text is mostly programmers' notes, but it holds a few things shown to players. A score panel carried the headings "Highest Score of the day" and "My Highest Score".<ref name="game-a8f8c0ba78">The game file <code>www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/arcade.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><ref name="game-a8f8c0ba78" /> The program checked scores before accepting them: a player whose score was too high to be believed was told "The score you achieved is greater than the maximum reasonable score for this game. Your score will not be submitted and your KinzCash will not be awarded."<ref name="game-a8f8c0ba78" /> The same message is inside several of the games.<ref name="game-d951eacce6">The game file <code>Operation Gumball/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/operationGumball_hack.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref> Another message asks a player who has "completed your task" whether to return to the Adventure Park, which suggests that an Arcade game could be played as a task set somewhere else in the world; the files say nothing more about that.<ref name="game-a8f8c0ba78" /><br />
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== How a game was laid out ==<br />
The preserved games share a pattern. Most have a separate instructions file, which carries a button labelled "Back to Main Menu" and usually states the rate at which the game pays KinzCash, in the form "You receive 1 KinzCash for every 40 points".<ref name="game-d8e75a4d96">The game file <code>Dex Dangerous and the Lunar Lugbotz!/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lunarLugbotzInstructions.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><ref name="game-d8e75a4d96" /> They end on a shared screen with the words "GAME OVER", "Final Score" and "KinzCash Awarded".<ref name="game-f9ea8f0488">The game file <code>Ant Mania_ Picnic 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Game_Over_600x450.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><ref name="game-f9ea8f0488" /> That screen is kept in two sizes, named for 600 by 450 and 800 by 600.<ref name="game-87235b6c6d">The game file <code>Bananza/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Game_Over_800x600.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref> Several games offer a "1 Player Game" on their menu, and a few add a game for two; see [[Tournament Arena]].<ref name="game-3d5e1c32a0">The game file <code>Cash Cow 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/cashCow2_hack.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><br />
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Some games gave more than KinzCash: trophies, a statue, a printable certificate and unnamed "surprises". See [[Trophies and prizes]].<br />
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== Kinds of game ==<br />
The preserved games are of familiar kinds: puzzles of matching and clearing ([[Cash Cow 2]], [[Goober's Lab]], [[Tile Towers]], [[Color Storm]]), platform and dodging games ([[Bananza]], [[Lily Padz]], [[Zacky's Quest]]), games of timing ([[Wacky Zingoz]], [[Wacky's Bullseye Batter]]), and games that practise a school skill: sums in [[Booger Gets an A]] and typing in [[Lunch Letters]].<ref name="game-21023f054b">The game file <code>Booger Gets an A/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/Instr_Booger_Gets_An_A_hack.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><ref name="game-f081d01752">The game file <code>Lunch Letters/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lunchLettersInstructions.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref> Many have a named hero; see [[Characters]].<br />
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The files do not say how many games the Arcade held at any time, in what order they were added, or who made them. One game opens with the credit "Webkinz Studios Presents".<ref name="game-7bf3f7701f">The game file <code>Dex Dangerous and the Lunar Lugbotz!/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/lunarLugbotz_hack.swf</code>, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Arcade]]<br />
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