Is there an application that converts a PC into a video game kiosk/arcade machine?

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Published on 2011-11-20T04:06:23Z Indexed on 2011/11/20 10:26 UTC
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Sorry to make the question so vague.

What I ultimately want is software that allows people to play independent video games on a PC and not have to worry about maintaining it.

Imagine a game that was made in a few hours that does not have a restart button and crashes often. It should be able to handle these kinds of things and do more!

The software should:

  • allow the game to be restarted manually
  • handle game crashes (likely by restarting the game)
  • restrict the user from doing anything crazy

later...

  • offer a UI to select the game from a list
  • handle pre-configured key bindings
  • cross-platform (start with windows)

I just want to know if this exists already before I start creating one. As of now AutoHotKey is being used to do this sloppily.

If such software does not exist then perhaps someone could recommend a general open source Kiosk software? Open Kiosk? I'll take anything.

(I also could not find a related tag. Not even sure if this question should be here rather than stackoverflow)

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