Where do people get arcade games?

You know how vBulletin/Invision Power Board/phpBB/SMF have arcade modifications? Where do people get games for it? I asked on vBulletin.org, but they don't allow discussion of where to get them, and everyone who answered always point to sites that require registration and limited downloads per day.

Aren't there any good resources that are just free?

 

Find the official ipb arcade site and you will be able to download game from there

 

I think a completely free site is asking too much; unlimited downloads would mean a lot of expensive bandwidth. Try ibpArcade Downloads - Free ibProArcade Games for your Forum

 

Thanks for the links. Anyone got suggestions on games to add though? I usually add games based on series I like, but if you've got any games at your forums which are popular with members, can you post the names here?

 

I try to pick out games based on my forum's topic, or at least appealing to the major demographic there. Is this for your Nintendo forum?

 

Yeah. But I can't just have Nintendo related flash games, there aren't enough of those on these arcade game sites, and many of them I've already added.

 

I find the Yeti games to be very popular, as well as the space games and word games like Word Whomp, etc.

 

Okay, I've been trying ibp downloads, and it's annoying me to heck. First my account never got the verification email, then it was locked because some idiot signed up with my own site as their site (and yes, it was a forum member from my actual site), so I gave them a code that proved I was the owner, and they still apparently won't get round to unlocking my account. Is it that difficult to do so on a forum that's so slow activity wise at the moment?

It's annoying, because every site I've gone to has either a limited amount of games, or ridiculously harsh registration procedures.

Edit: Never mind, my account got verified and I can finally download some arcade games. I've basically run out of Nintendo related fan games to add to that arcade now...

 

Tetris
Helicopter
Snake
Archery 2000
Maze Builder
Apple Shooter
Bubble Shooter
Billiards
Unicycle Challenge
Blocks
Pacman
Dolphin Olympics
Blow Up:Arcade
Yeti Sports View attachment awww.adminaddict.net_data_MetaMirrorCache_825c6848a48395f2f11f4403a730b5fc.gif
Bowling

Those are the most played on our forum.

 

Out of those, I have the bolded:

And I'll add the rest now.

 

Make sure you get Winterbells, that game is addicting

 

Dang it! I'd better get that game as well then.

 

Honestly that game I was addicted too almost I had the forums highest score on it till someone beat me after a week of trying :o

 

Well, let's just hope it won't distract me from actual forums as well, since I have tendency to play too many arcade games.

 

The guy/company that made Winterbells has some other beautiful games on there too.

 

Out of curiosity, what games are those, and what's the original site the game came from?

 

I cannot honestly remember where I got mine from, its a few years ago now, but I have about 900 V3 games and over 1000 IPB games.

Ive never even loaded most of them, I just pick a few at random every now and then and add them to the site (I run V3 Arcade, which accepts either type of game).

 

I just installed IBPro Arcade for a client, and I needed to find some more games. I registered on this site: ibpArcade Downloads - Free ibProArcade Games for your Forum, but all I see is the announcements forum. I don't see anywhere to download games.

And then I found this site which allows you to download three games per day: IBPArcade (Powered by IbProArcade)

 

I have a CD with 1500 games on it that I've had for years. I downloaded them from a few links posted on vb.org when the arcade first came out.
You can find them on google if you search for v3arcade packs or the ipbarcade packs

 

Found two more sites: (and am keeping this a running list that I will add to as I find more sites. Feel free to add any you know of)

http://www.ipbgamedownloads.com/forums/index.php? (Free, 15 downloads/day)
http://www.invisionarcade.com/index.php (Free, starts with 1 download/day, more as you become more active)
http://www.ibpdownloads.com/ (Unknown Limit)
http://www.ibparcade.com/ (Free, 3 downloads/day)