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Tuesday, November 02 2004

Half-Life 2 Moving to Arcade  by Neil W at 14:31

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Half-Life 2 is about to make the move to arcades all over Japan by the summer of 2005, with the rest of the world expected to join-in soon after. According to Taito, its Type-X arcade board will be able to support the game while it will also offer a variety of features not seen before in arcade games.

The Type-X board is based on a PC setup, running a version of Windows, so H-L 2 will not have to travel far to get to it, especially since the arcade version will be very similar to the PC version being released in a couple of weeks time. One of the selling points of the arcade Half-Life 2 will be the introduction of the online multiplayer modes.
According to Taito, gamers will be able to connect to and challenge other gamers playing the same game across Japan. Two online modes will be available, the confrontational Battle mode and the co=operative Mission mode. Online play will be made possible due to Taito's Net Entry System (NETSYS)which will also feature in arcade games such as Battle Gear 3 and Zoid Infinity. One of the advantages of NETSYS is its ability to store data at server level, enabling gamers to recall their profile from any connected arcade machine.

Taito has big plans for the arcade version of H-L 2, plans which include online play, a game booth offering 5.1 sound and its introduction to arcades all over the world. Details of the control set-up or of the exact dates the machines will appear in Japan and all over the world, have not yet been released

For details Visit Eurogamer.net
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Mani
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02 November 2004 14:45
I wonder if this is why theres no standard mulitplayer in Half-Life2, only CS:S.

Sorta sucks imho.
Scrappy
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02 November 2004 23:12
This sounds like a brave new plan. Hopefully it will work and bring the arcade market back up to scratch. As I dont remember the last time I went to an arcade and played a game which was better than anything running on my home pc. Araces used to set the stanard, it would be nice to see them cathup if not overtake the home players market once more.


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