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Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
-like "ride" in Japan where Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
fights enemies in space from a top-down perspective and tries to rescue his friends from Doctor Eggman. There are buttons for weapons and a lever labeled "SPEED UP" which tilts the entire ride. If you defeat Eggman in a giant spaceship at the end, you get a ship upgrade.