10k Subscriber Special! Arcadia Obscura - The Act: An Interactive Comedy

arcadeheroes.com - When I started uploading videos of arcade games to my channel back in 2007, my equipment was...terrible. I also had a lot to learn about videography. I've improved on both ever since, and now this channel about a niche in gaming has finally surpassed the 10k level. Thank you for subscribing!
The subject of today's video is a throwback to my first two videos, which were showcasing an unreleased coin-op arcade title by the name of The Act: An Interactive Comedy. This game is seen in the center frame of the AH opener on all of my modern videos, but with my current capture hardware, it's too advanced for the ol' VGA inputs and resolution, so direct-cap didn't work. I also fail to reach the end on this one, as the trackball just doesn't work out right for the heimlich maneuver scene.
HOWEVER - as weird as coincidences go - I had a couple come in and play the game through today(which is fairly rare anymore), where they did manage to figure out that scene and played until they beat the game! So it is possible just takes some practice.

[@RalphBarbagallo]

I used to work for the guy that started the company that made this---he started Papyrus in the '80s. I believe this idea dates way back to the late '80s. When I worked there in 1995 the art director showed me some of the early animations for this game he had created in Deluxe Paint--by then they were several years old. I think the bar sequence was the one I saw. Pretty neat to see this in action! I've never actually seen the game. But it was a real 20+ year passion project!

[@adidas1984x]

Keeping the arcade alive !! Love it brother . This is a cool game by the way

[@Isaac-ry3ks]

A remake of your first video awesome 10k sub vid

[@tman6457]

Is this game still running?

[@arcadeheroes_coinop]

Yep! I need to do a follow-up video to finish the playthrough