About the Retro Arcade Spot the Difference Game
The classic puzzle-page favourite, digitised. Two picture boards sit side by side, identical at a glance â but one tile in the second board has been swapped. Compare carefully and tap the tile that changed before time runs out.
The glow of a CRT, a pocket full of coins and your three-letter name at the top of the leaderboard. Our retro arcade deck is a love letter to the golden age of video games â ghosts, invaders, joysticks and cherry bonuses included.
How to Play
- Press Start. Two boards appear, looking identical.
- Compare them tile by tile â one has been swapped for something different.
- Tap the changed tile, on either board, before the timer runs out.
- Each round adds more tiles and less time. Three misses ends the run.
Why Play Spot the Difference?
- Trains comparative visual attention and detail-spotting
- A calmer pace than reaction games, but still a real challenge as boards grow
- The same skill used in "spot the difference" puzzle books, now with a timer and a score
Fun Facts About Retro Arcade
- Pong (1972) was the first commercially successful video game.
- Space Invaders (1978) was so popular in Japan that it is often blamed â probably apocryphally â for a coin shortage.
- Pac-Man's designer said the character's shape was inspired by a pizza with a slice missing.
- At its 1982 peak, the American arcade industry made more money than Hollywood and pop music combined.