As a person from the west coast, arcades were still pretty active during that time. The arcade units got shipped in 20, and at that point, arcades were not dead yet in the United States. However, it was never released in the US for unknown reasons, although it was shipped in Europe. It’s a solid light-gun game on par with other releases at the time, like House of the Dead 4. Silent Hill Arcade has its own plot and even includes a joke ending, like most of the core games. This entry in Konami’s popular horror franchise is a light gun rail shooter filled with environments and enemies from Silent Hills 2 through 4. Out of all the games on this list, Silent Hill: The Arcade puzzles me the most why it never got shipped stateside. Regardless, it’s still weird why this game was never released stateside. The Resident Evil community regards Survivor 2 as one of the worst games in the series. This is purely meant for arcade users spending too much time on the machine, and they need to hurry up so that the next people can play. By exploring the level naturally, the timer shouldn’t be an issue.
This is more of a safety net for the arcade players rather than you actually needing to finish the level fast. There is a timer on each area, where if you spend too much time exploring, Nemesis will appear and hunt you down. You need to find the key in every area and head to the exit where a boss is waiting.
