iCade 60-in-1

60-in-1
Logo used in flyers and in the manual,featuring Ms. Pac-Man and Blinky.
Developer	Hsin Pao Hang Enterprise (?)
Console	Arcade
Date	2004
Alternate names/hacks	Mini Game Center (3-in-1) My Classics (customizable 4 or 9-in-1) Game Never Over (39-in-1) Happy Hours (48-in-1) xx in 1 MAME bootleg (by MAME) "Multicade" (by arcade community)

The iCade 60-in-1 is an arcade board designed for vertically-oriented monitors. It features 55 unique pirated arcade games, with 5 duplicates. Despite its shadiness, it is one of the most popular arcade multigame systems, at least until the release of Pandora's Box.

The iCade family of systems, collectively known as "multicade" systems by the arcade community, runs on Intel Xscale PXA255 CPU and appears to be based on MAME (with some machines explicitly using MAME branding), as the 39-in-1/"Game Never Over" variant (the only one decrypted and thus marked as working in MAME) is named as "39 in 1 MAME bootleg" by them. A number of slot machines released by International Amusement Machine (IAM) are also based on, or uses hardware similar to, the iCade hardware platform, as well as Rodent Exterminator, released by The Game Room.

List of games

Similarly to Famicom/NES multicarts, each game's copyright notice is removed; although their years of release are kept, often reformatted to have spaced-out numbers (i.e. "1 9 8 0" in Pac-Man). Introductory copyright notices (e.g. "Namco Presents" in Mappy) are generally hacked to read "Welcome". The default high score initials in certain games are also changed to remove company references (although Time Pilot still has "K.O" "N.A" and "M.I" as its top 3 names).

Most included games have quite accurate emulation (particularly given the time period of its release), though some titles suffer from slowdown or audio issues. While output in a resolution of 296x480 internally, all games are accurately upscaled from their original resolution; with smaller-resolution games, such as Mr. Do!, being letterboxed to retain accurate pixel scaling.

Most machine's control layouts, especially within converted Pac-Man and Galaga cabinets, use a 4-way joystick with two sets of A and B buttons. Technically speaking, this is insufficient for games that use three buttons instead of two (Gun.Smoke and Pinball Action), and/or games that have two-player simultaneous modes (1943 and 1943 Kai). These titles are generally presented with specialized control set-ups that either remove or reformat the third action button. Some purists also criticize the playability of trackball and spinner-based titles, or games that originally used an 8-way joystick.

The end of the list features five duplicates, which are intended to be set up differently than the other versions included; in most cases, they are altered to be the speed-up chip versions of the games.

#	Title	Year	Manufacturer	Notes
1	Ms. Pac-Man	1981	Midway Games	Included twice Option of speed either normal or fast Option of either dots or hearts
2	Galaga	1981	Namco	Included twice Option of bullet speed either normal or fast
3	Frogger	1981	Konami
4	Donkey Kong	1981	Nintendo
5	Donkey Kong Jr.	1982	Nintendo	Audio sample when Donkey Kong is freed from cage is not present.
6	Donkey Kong 3	1983	Nintendo
7	Galaxian	1979	Namco
8	Dig Dug	1982	Namco
9	Crush Roller	1981	Alpha Denshi
10	Mr. Do!	1982	Universal
11	Space Invaders	1978	Taito	Option of color or black and white
12	Pac-Man	1980	Namco	Included twice Option of speed either normal or fast
13	Galaga 3	1984	Namco
14	Gyruss	1983	Konami
15	Tank Battalion	1980	Namco
16	1942	1984	Capcom
17	Lady Bug	1981	Universal
18	BurgerTime	1982	Data East	The only Data East game to be listed
19	Mappy	1983	Namco
20	Centipede	1980	Atari
21	Millipede	1982	Atari
22	Jr. Pac-Man	1983	Midway Games	Included twice Option of speed either normal or fast
23	Pengo	1982	Sega
24	Phoenix	1980	Taito	Copyright notice is jokingly altered to credit Phoenix, Arizona.
25	Time Pilot	1982	Konami
26	Super Cobra	1981	Konami
27	The Hustler	1981	Konami
28	Space Panic	1980	Universal
29	Super Breakout	1978	Atari
30	New Rally-X	1981	Namco	Originally used a horizontal screen; the game and graphics are rotated 90 degrees to better fit the vertical display.
31	Arkanoid	1986	Taito
32	Qix	1981	Taito
33	Juno First	1983	Konami
34	Xevious	1982 1984 (Super Xevious)	Namco	Option of either Xevious or Super Xevious
35	Mr. Do's Castle	1983	Universal
36	Moon Cresta	1980	Nichibutsu	The only Nichibutsu game by to be listed
37	Pinball Action	1985	Tecmo	Runs at around 80% speed compared to current MAME emulation. Controls are often re-mapped to use the joystick for left/right flippers.
38	Scramble	1981	Konami
39	Super Pac-Man	1982	Namco
40	Bomb Jack	1984	Tecmo	Audio emulation is poor, sounding overly loud and crackly.
41	Shao-lin's Road	1985	Konami
42	King & Balloon	1980	Namco
43	1943	1987	Capcom	Two-player mode and third button are disabled in common machine set-ups.
44	Van-Van Car	1983	Sanritsu Denki	Background color is light gray, though current MAME emulation shows it as black.
45	Pac-Man Plus	1982	Namco	Included twice Option of speed either normal or fast
46	Dig Dug II	1985	Namco
47	Amidar	1981	Konami
48	Zaxxon	1982	Sega
49	Pooyan	1982	Konami	Konami copyright notice is still displayed in the cutscenes.
50	Pleiades	1981	Tecmo
51	Gun.Smoke	1985	Capcom	Controls are often re-mapped to remove the middle fire button.
52	The End	1980	Konami
53	1943 Kai	1987	Capcom	Two-player mode and third button are disabled in common machine set-ups.
54	Congo Bongo	1983	Sega
55	Jumping Jack	1984	Universal

Variants

Several other variants of the board also exist, which all predate the 60-in-1 version. The earliest of these is Mini Game Center in 2003, which only features Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Frogger. There were also other variants that replaced Frogger with Donkey Kong, and there were also versions with just Donkey Kong games. You could also order a custom one with your own game list. Very few boards have surfaced. It was rumored that the games were slightly hacked to avoid copyright infringement (ex: Galaga being renamed to Gallag), but recent videos have confirmed this to be false.

Some time after this, a new circuit board titled My Classics was released. The game list would be customized by the purchaser (from a choice of 39 games), and turned into a 4-in-1 or a 9-in-1 depending on the amount of games. Later, a board with all 39 games included was released called Game Never Over; this variation is the only one currently emulatable in MAME. A 48-in-1 known as Happy Hours was released after that, with the iCade 60-in-1 following as the final variant. No games were removed in any future variations; more were just added at the end of the game list.

All of these multicades were most likely developed by Taiwanese company Hsin Pao Hang Enterprise Co., Ltd. Their website is the earliest known mention of them, and they were the only place to ever sell the customized 4 and 9-in-1 boards, which implies they had a strong connection to their production.

It is difficult to document any other versions of the iCade, as games can be removed from the menu on the 60-in-1 via settings; as such, some "unique" game lists may just be one-of-a-kind setups.

Beyond Arcade (19-in-1)

There is also an iCade-affiliated board called Beyond Arcade, designed for use with horizontal screens as opposed to vertical. It includes 19 games, and largely focuses on Williams games.

The general attributes of the 19-in-1 are similar to the vertical-resolution variants. Copyright notices are left largely unaltered in Williams titles (likely due to them using elaborate logo graphics), though are removed in other companies' titles. Due to the larger amount of simultaneous multiplayer games, common machine set-ups incorporate two sets of joysticks; though multiplayer functionality can be disabled if only one joystick is present.

The games included in Beyond Arcade are as follows:

#	Title	Year	Manufacturer	Notes
1	Defender	1980	Williams
2	Stargate	1981	Williams
3	Bubbles	1982	Williams
4	Joust	1982	Williams
5	Robotron: 2084	1982	Williams
6	Blaster	1983	Williams
7	Splat	1982	Williams
8	Rally-X	1980	Namco
9	Vs. Battle City	1985	Namco	As part of the Nintendo Vs. System range
10	Mario Bros.	1983	Nintendo
11	New Rally-X	1981	Namco	Plays in its original horizontal resolution.
12	Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	Capcom
13	Solomon's Key	1986	Tecmo
14	Vs. Gradius	1985	Konami	As part of the Nintendo Vs. System range
15	Sky Kid	1985	Namco
16	Vs. Ice Climber	1984	Nintendo	As part of the Nintendo Vs. System range
17	Vs. Super Mario Bros.	1986	Nintendo	As part of the Nintendo Vs. System range
18	Do! Run Run	1984	Universal
19	Kick Rider	1984	Universal

Menu Music

The menu music was sourced from the now-inaccessible website FlashKit, and most of the tracks were composed by either Calpomatt or Jakub Koter, with the latter having their own theme music as an option in the earlier boards. Below is a table of the music tracks used, the composers, and the links, aswell as notes.

Track Name	Composer	YouTube/KitLoops Link	Notes
A New Beginning	Calpomatt	http://kitloops.rf.gd/loop.php?unknown/A_New-calpomat-6062_hifi	The first track to be used for the menu. Only used on the early 3-in-1 boards.
Infinite Piano 2	Calpomatt	https://youtu.be/t451Lh_24Lc?si=s0K8KLNJDUOAAEN0	Only used on the special DK edition of the 3-in-1 boards.
Piano loop 3	The D-Force	https://kitloops.rf.gd/loop.php?easy_listening/instrumental/Piano%20loop%203	Arguably the second most well known track, as it's been used on most of the boards and is usually the one selected by most operators. Used from the late 3-in-1 boards to the early 48-in-1 boards.
Jakub Koter	Jakub Koter	http://kitloops.rf.gd/loop.php?ambient/ambient/jakub_koter	This track is on the same boards as Piano loop 3 but doesn't get as much usage, hence its obscurity. It was used by Jakub Koter on their now-defunct website as a theme song. Used from at least the late 3-in-1 boards to the 39-in-1 boards. Strangely absent from the 48-in-1 boards.
exluna	Jakub Koter	http://kitloops.rf.gd/loop.php?ambient/ambient/exluna	Arguably the most well known track, as it's the one used on the super common 19-in-1 and 60-in-1 boards. First used on the late 48-in-1 boards.
Infinite Piano 3	Calpomatt	http://kitloops.rf.gd/loop.php?unknown/Infin-calpomat-6135_hifi	Not exactly Multicade but uses the same hardware.

Official Uses

Due to the difficulties of finding original arcade hardware in today's market, several video game companies, whose games were originally stolen for the 60-in-1, have used iCade's architecture for various uses. Some known examples of these are listed below.

• In various events surrounding Pac-Man, mostly by Namco-licensed merchandisers, iCade boards are used to emulate the game. This can be evidenced by the phony "1 9 8 0" copyright string at the bottom.
• The Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong as part of the Arcade Archives series, while using the genuine arcade ROMs, features an incorrect "walking" noise for Mario, that resembles the iCade's sound emulation. It is likely that the iCade version was analyzed to see how the game should run.

Trivia

• A menu screenshot of Q*bert appears in the coding of the 39-in-1, despite the game not being present in any iCade derivatives. It is unknown why it was excluded.
• The Beyond Arcade board is conceptually similar to Multi-Williams, a U.S.-sold multicade PCB by Clay Cowgill. It is possible that Beyond Arcade was designed as a competitor or alternative to Multi-Williams.

Gallery

Main menu.

Some of the most common dedicated machine variants.

External links

• iCade Manual
• Beyond Arcade Manual
• Game Never Over Manual
• Multicade Maniac on YouTube - contains footage and music from the iCade family of multicade systems.