Gimme 5 Arcade

Gimme 5 Arcade was one of those straightforward Flash games you'd find in the late 2000s. It didn't try to be anything more than a quick test of your eyes. You would load it up in your browser, and it was just you and the screen for a minute at a time.

You control a cursor, clicking on discrepancies between two nearly identical pictures. Each picture pair is modeled after a well-known arcade cabinet. Your job is to spot all five changes before the timer runs out. The game gives you five jokers, which you can use to highlight a difference if you get stuck. The pace is steady, and the difficulty comes from the small, sometimes cleverly hidden alterations in busy screens. It feels like a quiet, focused race against the clock.