Arcade is a 1993 English-language Sci-Fi film directed by Albert Pyun and produced by Cathy Gesualdo. Alex Manning is a troubled suburban teenager. Her mother committed suicide and the school counselor feels that she has not dealt with her feelings properly. Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as Dante's Inferno where a new virtual reality arcade game called Arcade is being test marketed by a computer company CEO who is than willing to hand out free samples of the home console version and hype up the game as if his job is depending on it, and it is. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who play the game and lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain Arcade. And it gets worse when a virtual reality game begins to take over the minds of teenagers. The computer company felt it would be a good idea to use a boy's brain cells in order to make the game's villain realistic. Instead, it made the game deadly. And so now Nick and Alex must enlist the help of the game's programmer and head to the video arcade for a final showdown with Arcade and his deadly virtual world. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}. Arcade features Megan Ward in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Peter Billingsley, John De Lancie, Sharon Farrell, Seth Green, A. J. Langer and Bryan Dattilo. The screenplay is written by David S. Goyer. The music was composed by Alan Howarth along with Tony Riparetti. Cinematography was done by George Mooradian and editing by Miles Wynton. The movie has a running time of 85 minutes. It was released on 20th July 1993. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Full Moon Entertainment.