Like several other Taito's arcade games, Survivor uses the NESYS game network. Unlike in other machines, the left joystick shares the same design as the right one. The machine incorporates a subwoofer along with front-facing stereo speakers. Its screen assembly appears to be reused from the deluxe version, while the game controls are located much farther away from the screen to make space for the arcade hardware located underneath. Besides the size and the chair, the main difference between both arcade machines is the sound system: while in the deluxe version speakers are placed both on the front panel and behind the player's head, allowing for 5.1-channel surround sound, the space saving version only has two front panel speakers.Īn early version of the space-saving arcade machine also exists and is much more rare to encounter. The smaller space-saving version is also available, featuring the upright form-factor. The first one, also known as the deluxe version, has a bigger housing with a seat, and was described by several reviewers as looking similar to a racing game cabinet without a steering wheel. Half-Life 2: Survivor is running on two types of arcade machines. Lack of a dedicated use key also means that the player cannot pick up random objects by hand, however all the necessary interactions are either performed automatically by walking up to the object, or require shooting at it.
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Crouching and jumping is done with the left and right foot pedals respectively.īecause of the simplified control scheme, such features of the original game as the flashlight, suit zoom and manual reloading are not available. A wheel similar that of a typical computer mouse is also present, and is used for switching weapons.
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Movement of the right joystick allows the player to look around and aim, trigger button performs the primary attack, while the secondary attack is performed by a button on the back of the joystick.
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A button accessible by the thumb is only used in the Battle mode for opening the radio command menu. The left joystick is used to control player's movement, pulling it back twice in a quick succession allows to make a 180 degree turn. Players control the game using two joysticks (one for each hand) and floor pedals. The deluxe (left) and space-saving (right) versions of the arcade machine.