Oculus Arcade

Oculus Arcade is a game compilation/download service released for Reality Labs VR headsets, originally released in 2015 by Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms). The collection features 21 games, including the original Pac-Man.
== Overview ==
Oculus Arcade features titles from Namco, Sega, and the "Midway" game catalog (licensed through Warner Bros. Entertainment). Each game is presented in a designated, 3D modeled arcade machine, which is played in a first-person angle. Each company's games are accessed through separate "rooms"; oddly, the Namco room only includes two titles, being Pac-Man and Galaga. The Sega-licensed games are all titles from the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis library, despite still being presented in arcade cabinets.
The emulation in each game appears to be very poor, at least on older/less powerful devices. The Midway and Sega games have considerable slowdown and stutter; the games' audio also cuts out throughout gameplay. Pac-Man and Galaga have somewhat more accurate performance, though the sound is considerably pitched up; playing at exactly double the pitch of the original games (despite the games otherwise running at the correct speed).
The app was released as a free download, though only offers 20 minutes of free game time (seemingly applying across all games). After the time limit expires, the player must purchase the games individually; with prices ranging from $2.49 to $2.99 (USD) for each game.
== Games ==
=== Bandai Namco Entertainment room ===
*Pac-Man (1980)
*Galaga (1981)
=== Midway Room ===
*Defender (1981)
*Joust (1982)
*Spy Hunter (1983)
*Root Beer Tapper (1984)
*Gauntlet (1985)
*Gauntlet II (1986)
*Rampage (1986)
*APB (1987)
=== Sega room ===
*Altered Beast (1988)
*Golden Axe (1989)
*Phantasy Star II (1989)
*Streets of Rage (1991)
*Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
*Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
*Streets of Rage 2 (1992)
*Ecco the Dolphin (1992)
*Shinobi III (1993)
*Sonic Spinball (1993)
*Virtua Fighter 2 (1994)
== Trivia ==
*The included version of Pac-Man is based on the Japanese Puckman ROM, but replaces the ghost names with the English ones (while, oddly, leaving the "PUCKMAN" text intact).
*In the Pac-Man port, Inky's name is erroneously misspelled "Inkey"; this error is also seen in the Namco Arcade app.
**Curiously, the "Inkey" spelling also appears in the fan-made Pac-Man Adobe Flash port by Paul Neave; suggesting the Flash port may have been used as reference for the character names.
*The Pac-Man and Galaga machine designs appear to use the same textures as the PlayStation Home arcade models, which themselves originate from Namco Museum Essentials. However, the machine shapes are changed to generic designs rather than using the proper shaped cabinets.
*Every Sega and Midway game uses an identical control panel, featuring one red joystick and four buttons in a diamond layout. Compared to the original arcade machines, this design is incorrect visually for a majority of the Midway titles (e.g. Defender and Root Beer Tapper).
== External links ==
*Oculus Arcade on the Meta website
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