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PSN Release Playstation Home Arcade for PS Vita
NEW APPLICATION OFFERS ACCESS TO MANY ARCADE CLASSICS
February 5, in the year of
our Lord 2013 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
(SCEA) today announced a new application for the
PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system that offers
gamers access to popular arcade classics available in the
PlayStation®Network social games platform, PlayStation®Home. The
PlayStation Home Arcade application is available as a free
download for the PS Vita system in the PlayStation®Store, and
the initial game line-up includes two free games in Icebreaker
and WipEout 2D as well as a free demo of popular PlayStation
Home arcade title Scribble Shooter. Additional titles can be
purchased for $1.49 each and are playable on both the PS Vita
system and in PlayStation Home on the PlayStation®3 (PS3™)
computer entertainment system.
Once downloaded, the application links to users Sony
Entertainment Network (SEN) ID. Arcade cabinet purchases made by
users in PlayStation Home can also be downloaded to the
PlayStation Home Arcade at no additional cost.
The following titles are currently available through the
PlayStation Home Arcade application for the PS Vita system:
· Icebreaker (Free) Sony Computer Entertainment
· WipEout 2D (Free) Sony Computer Entertainment
· Scribble Shooter (Demo available for free) Sony Computer
Entertainment
· Frogger KONAMI
· Time Pilot KONAMI
· Asteroids ATARI
· Centipede ATARI
· Astrosmash Gen2 INTELLIVISION via Realtime Associates
· Shark! Shark! Gen2 INTELLIVISION via Realtime Associates
· Mad Blocker Open Emotion
PlayStation Home Arcade joins the growing list of applications
available for the PS Vita system, all of which are free to
download, including Skype™, Netflix, Facebook, Wake-up Club and
many more.