Arcadem LE

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Quite possibly the best free arcade script on the market, Arcadem LE holds its own against  some commercially based competition. Arcadem LE is meant to give users a taste of the PRO product and it certainly does that. Highly recommended.

First Impressions

This script comes to you from AgaresMedia. There website is probably the most professional of any ive visited and fortunately they make it easy to compare their free product, Arcadem LE, with their paid version Arcadem Pro. Every detail you could ever want is listed in the features area, and a basic outline of server requirements is also present. Demos exist for the front and backend, and the quality of support at first glance appears first class.

Demo

You may miss the demo buttons at the very top of the left hand column, I know I did. There is a distinct differance between the admin areas of the free and pro versions. The pro version is obviously more feature rich and a little slower in response time which is too be expected. Both admin areas are very well structured and generally a pleasure to use. The frontend is perhaps a little more sophisticated than what you would expect, but it retains a layout that everyone will be familiar with. Off course all that can be changed with your own custom design.

Features

This is off course a stripped down version of the Pro, and as such is missing the highscore system, advanced advertising management, link exchange feature. The free version also comes with the proviso that you maintain the copyright link in the footer, which is fair enough

Quality

Quality seems to be excellent. AgaresMedia have gone well and trully beyond the call and produced a script of real quality, even the free version is a testament to that.

Pricing

Free, and as seperate downloads a 500 games are also available. Check out the freebies area.

Support

Support for the free version is available through email and forums, and appears to be lifetime, which is simply outstanding value. The forums appear active and generally helpful to those struggling with aspects of the script, and seeking help on customization, which is often the case. Ticket support is available from their site but I think that is intended for Pro customers.

Gamepacks

500 free games are available for it, and the site lists a total of 3500 as possible, more than most sites will ever need. As always its recommend to manually install your games, adding your own ultra cool descriptions and quirky sense of humour ;)

Copyright

Copyright must remain intact with the free version and its a little unclear as to the cost of removal. I will update this area when I get clarification.

Installation

Installation is available at $50, which is extremely expensive, but you are paying for installation by people associated with the building the script. These scripts are super easy to install however. Contact me, i could organise something significantly cheaper.

Other Details

The amazing thing about Arcadem LE is not only the fact it competes favourably with commercial scripts. They offer a bunch of games to get started and a bunch of templates too. You really cant go wrong.

Overall

In a word - outstanding. It might be as feature complete as its cousin, but it still holds its own against most scripts out there. Highly recommended.

Further Experience

Ill throw up a site of my own soon to check it out!

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