TMNT & The Simpsons was a matter of pride and bragging rights beating the game from start to finish on just a quarter. The camaraderie of having other players join in on the fun was just priceless.
@@rangerCG Nah, much of the magic is gone. Arcade halls/venues are mostly gone. Sure there are some, but it was a meeting place in the 80s. Back then video games was something new. And the venues were a magic place. My kids loves gaming. They think it's cool & fun, but not magic like we did. Everything is mostly evolution, not revolution.
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Holy crap, those R my favourite games growing up. If U add Afterburner 1 and 2, Cruisen USA, Sega's Escape Jurassic Park and Dragonslayer, I will be in games heaven lol.
I am a boat Captain and my time spent playing Astroids has contributed more to my success in this job than the time I spent in school, the spaceship handled just like a boat!
I was an arcade video tech 1999 to 2003 and I say ms.pac #1 with speed mod and galaga with rapid fire mod, that was most popular sold where I worked. For pinball machines it was Addams family #1.
My dad said peoples minds were blown when they realized it was usually easier to stay still and just shoot what comes towards you lol people use to just fly around recklessly and kill themselves. He also said asteroids donkey kong and pacman would always be full when they first came out and they'd have to empty them all the time
@@joeywalker2061asteroids deluxe was better but blasteroids better than both. All good in their own ways. The shield in deluxe corrected the one flaw in asteroids hyperspace feature. Poor design almost made the feature useless.
Mine, in no particular order, would be: Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Punch-out!, NBA Jam, Dragon’s Lair, Galaxian, Star Wars original, Star Wars Trilogy, Pole Position, and Missile Command.
Not sure how they could have left out Defender. Every serious gamer played it. Robotron was revolutionary with two joy sticks. Gyruss was one of my favs also.
Strong list. You missed some but the ones you have are very deserving. Played all of them many times. Your honorable mention list could be 50 games long and still not make everyone happy.
Missle Command is cool a sort off Space Invaders but different or Galaga.All 3 are fine i would add Berzerk to the list as legend games go played them all with Pac-man.Saw Killer Instinct u had Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat u could throw Tekken in that aswell
Wow... I fell in love with Bubble Bobble but only saw it at 1 arcade ever back in the mid-1980's... didn't get to play it for like 15 years until I installed MAME... then got to play it again several times at Galloping Ghost. What a great game! As soon as this video started, it had the Bubble Bobble music in the background and I was shocked anyone even knew of the game... then saw it get some love in the introduction. I loved the game, but damn was it hard as hell at higher levels.
Ahhh Missile Command!! I loved it so much in the 80s I bought a full arcade game of it, then Gorf, Battlezone, Asteroids, Pacman, Mario Bros, and an obscure one called Pleiades. Good times I'm telling you!!!
Qix simplicity was the Zen of gaming, Q-Bert's THUNK! when he fell and eye bending patterns was unmatched, Robotron, Golden Axe, DigDug, Adventure, Tempest, Defender and Joust could be found in every arcade. Pizza shops still have working arcade horizontal glass tables, though most people just eat pizza off of them. They don't earn much in quarters, but it's a classic part of atmosphere...
I got to play a Qbert prototype, it was called “@?#@!” On the marquee and title screen, saw it a year later as Qbert. The thunking in it was a knocker from a pinball machine (where they are often used to signal a free game)
No sense, Pac man isn't actually the best game, it's just the most iconic, so if you were going for iconic, why not choose the original over mrs.? You can't say its better, because you know what is better? A lot of other games...
Well if we're going by that logic, exactly what game is "the best?" Games are a subjective medium, and can't really be efficiently gauged by something like copies sold or average review scores.
I was born in 1974. That means I lived this in real time. Try to imagine being a kid in the pre internet era. I would go to the local arcade with maybe $1.50 that I had saved by not buying snacks at school. There were the really old classics that had always been there - PAC man, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Star Castle, Galaxian, Berzerk. And every few weeks there was a new game. So many were destined to be classics. Here is a list of games that one day just appeared for me to try. Qbert. Dragons Lair. Donkey Kong. Kung Fu Master. Karate Champ. Marble Madness. Gauntlet. Star Wars. Star Trek. Space Ace. And much later, Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Combat. What a time to be young.
@gashthrasher v.2 Yes haha not eating and saving my lunch money and going to the arcade after school with my friends or asking our moms to pack us lunches.
Mortal kombat 2 will always be #1 in my book! Back in 1994 when i was 12, and going to the bowling alley, with some quarters, one the be best experiences I've had in video games.
I was fortunate to have a dad that was partners with 2 arcade rooms in Louisiana. Back then, Santa left me one arcade by the tree for 5yrs. Crazy Climber was the second arcade. Turbo was the third..
@@laustcawz2089 I bought the Centipede partycade, and I found that Millipede has a lot more variety than Centipede, but it's also much more difficult. Still glad I have both in my man-cave :)
@@longWriter A good video game should be challenging & exciting,, rather than boring & predictable. Just as "Centipede" got "Millipede", "Asteroids" got "Blasteroids", again, a major improvement.
I guess it depends on which countries they were more popular with. In my city the most popular arcade games were Cadillacs & Dinosaurs and Captain Commando.
Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, 1941, Double Dragon, Aliens, Golden Axe, Daytona, Ghost n Ghouls and Gauntlet were my favourites back in the day. You don't see a crowd of people fixated on a machine anymore... I mean except for a TV!
As a former DDR player, I'm more than glad that the game's series became among the top five of the top ten, as was "Donkey Kong". Both were a challenging pair of games, but fun.. much like "Thunder Blade". You know, that arcade game where you pilot an attack helicopter through four missions, bringing the fight to the enemy while dodging shot and shell and avoiding head-on collision with many obstacles.
My 10 in no particular order. I'm old school. 1. Mario bros 2. Excite bike 3. Contra 4. Pac man or mrs pac man 5. Street fighter 2 6. NBA jam 7. Tecmo bowl 8. Mortal kombat 2 9. Frogger 10. Punch out and double dragon.
IKR and it only got honorable mention for top 10 arcade games of the 80's which is complete bullshit! I was obsessed with that game. It is my number 1 of all time!
double dragon and super mario bros. i've played all the games on the list but never played or heard of the #9 version of star wars and i was a pretty big arcade nerd in the early 90's.
69hemihead Agreed. I played a lot of arcade games growing up and Double Dragon had just as much impact when it came out as Pac-man, Donkey Kong or space invaders. It owned 1988/89
they still have arcades in japan, my top 10 from 2020 gundam extreme vs. tekken 7 dragonball heroes street fighter 4 wangan midnight max tune 6 sega mahjong UFO catcher Gitadora grand cross (coin pusher) star horse 3
Here are my picks: 10.Pole Position 9. Mario Bros 8. Crazy Taxi 7. Dig Dug 6. Galaga 5. Space Invaders 4. Mario Kart Arcade GP 3. Street Fighter II 2. PAC-Man 1. Donkey Kong
This in no particular order. 1. Pac Man/Ms Pac Man 2. Donkey kong 3. Defender 4. Kung Fu Master 5.Popeye 6.Asteroids 7.Mortal Kombat 2 8.Punch Out 9.Jungle King/Jungle Hunt 10.Galaga
What the fuck was i thinking! Jungle King/Jungle Hunt is one of my favorite games of all time for christ sakes! Bye Burger Time! I was real good at King fu master when i was a kid. I still kick ass when i play it on my nes.
+Jack Hofking its because they are too inexperienced to know wtf they are talking about. Just research monkeys, not true gamers. There are so many epic arcade games not even mentioned in most top lists. 'Toki' is one of them that got slept-on, as well as the machine for Galaxy Force 2, Bubble Bobble ext...
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@@reesewalker901 And at the grocery store nearby where I grew up, there was Millipede! It was like a better, newer version of Centipede. Ruled! I had Centipede on the Atari 2600. Loved it. I still have it, actually, but I don't know if my system still works.
Almost all the arcades I go to Street Fighter 2 is free to play and in the back. It deserves better but you know flashing lights attracts kids more than quality.
UndeadMarksmanX Do you remember the old numbers bug when the game was on demo mode, during the demo fight on the player 2 controls go up up down down left right left right strong punch strong kick and you will get a bunch of random number pop up on the screen :P
Galaga was my jam as a kid in the arcades back in the mid 80s. Three games I used to play all the time that didn't make your list - Xevious, Burger Time and Crazy Taxi. I'm gonna put an honorable mention to a game that I never see on any list...Arabian! It was a game by a company called Sun Electronics.
Daytona USA was extremely popular at the arcade I went to half a mile from my house. That was a phenomenal game especially how you could hook up another console and have up to as many racers as you wanted. Good call on Daytona USA Richard!
I think if you're going to give the Simpsons an honorable mention, you also have to mention the X-Men arcade game. Colossus and Wolverine were my usual team with me taking Colossus. Also wanted to mention that the original Ninja Turtles arcade games of the late 80's are what originally got me into the arcade's. Before that I was strictly a very young Atari gamer trying to beat Pitfall and laughing while I destroyed everyone on the bouncing bullets tanks from the Combat game.
Atari made the most advanced games back in those days. They used a 68000 CPU and had the best graphics and sound (Yamaha YM-2151). Roadblasters Marble Madness Vindicators Paperboy Gauntlet 720 These were great games and led the way to the more advanced systems.
1. Mrs. PAC-Man, 2. Centipede, 3. Donkey Kong, 4. Rampage, 5. 1942, 6. Qbert, 7. Mappy, 8. NBA Jam, 9. Contra, 10. Spy Hunter...... these are just some of my favorite arcades games.
My Top 10 1. Street Fighter 2 2. King Of Fighters 3. Ms. Pacman 4. Mortal Kombat 5. Takken 3 6. NBA JAM 7. Cruise World 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 9. WWF Wrestle Fest 10. XMEN vs Street Fighter
The fact that dance dance crapolafest is even ON this list is proof positive that the perpetrators of this ridiculous list are quite raving mad and have absolutely no idea or clue about anything related to video games whatsoever and should voluntarily retire and seek professional psychiatric care.
Before I even watch this, if Street Fighter II Hyper fighting, Galaga, Shinobi, Double Dragon, Samurai Shodown II, Tekken 2, and Mortal Kombat II aren't on this list... then fuck this list, and WatchMojo.
That's not the point. The point is wether Ms. Pac-Man is a better game or not... which it is. It's literally an upgraded version of the original Pac-Man. Pac-man, the original, may have been one of the greatest classics ever, but Ms. Pac-Man took the formula further without actually detracting from it whatsoever. In other words, better but with no actual downsides. And in the end, they're both part of the same legendary franchise, so putting them against each other doesnt even really make sense.
Lol how many people have played PAC man over ms PAC man if your saying ms PAC man is the greatest arcade game off all time it's obvious it's just to get people to disagree with the video so the video shouldn't even be taken seriously it's just hype.
Er.... no. You completely missed my point, I see. Let's just say I'm not the only one that has spotted this aspect of Ms. Pac-man: it's not an unpopular game. The original designers built the game out of a Pac-man machine by upgrading the ROM (often referred to as an "enhancement kit" for the original machine): Like I said, it was **literally** an upgrade to it. They wanted to take something great, and make it even better, which they did, and Midway (Namco's American distributor at the time) approved and ran with it. It had nothing but advantages and improvements over the original, and because of this, they knew it'd do well for them (which it absolutely did: even to this day, Ms. Pac-man is one of the most common arcade games in existence, Galaga another one. There is even an arcade cabinet, also super-common, that actually has both Ms. Pac-man and Galaga on it at the same time, since Namco recognized the hyper-popular nature of the two). One of the actual reasons why Pac-man is heard of alot isnt that it's a better game: It's that the AI of the ghosts is a bit busted, and the entire game can simply be memorized (not a good thing), so it's been used for many high-score competitions, which receive alot of popularity (such as from Billy Mitchel's achievements in it). Specifically, marathon competitions. Memorization doesnt work in Ms. Pac-man (which makes the scoring system better and the challenge higher, but people will usually gravitate towards stuff that's easier). That, and Pac-man came out first. Pac-man also has one of the most famous glitches in the gaming industry, the Kill Screen, so that's memorable too, despite NOT being a good thing. None of this changes the fact that Ms. Pac-man is an improvement over the original (it also doesnt change the fact that Ms. Pac-man itself was wildly popular). Understand: Popularity (or apparent popularity) is NOT everything, and not even a defining factor in wether a game is good or not. It's irrelevant. I can think of LOTS of hyper-popular games out there that are absolutely bloody terrible, and chances are, you can probably think of some too, so you probably know what I mean here.
I think your missing the point and maybe the people who made this video should have done more research instead of trying to get people to argue with normal like minded people. Pac Man the character was so much part of the fun of the game changing Pac Man to Ms Pac Man took a lot of the fun people got from the original.That in no way is a sexist point my boss is a woman but Pac Man was not just popular because of the game but the character as well and was probably one of the first iconic video game characters and character Pac Man has evolved into literally thousands of games.How many Ms Pac Man games are their?
Solid list. The games not on that list that took most of my money in no particular order were...Pole Position, Joust, Tempest, Defender, Xevious, Missile Command, Q*bert, Gyruss, Golden Tee Golf, NBA Jam, Track and Field, Battlezone, Robotron 2084, Gorf, Wizard of War, Donkey Kong Jr, Cyberball, Rampage, NFL Blitz, Time Pilot, Tron, Punchout, Mario Bros, Paper Boy, Berzerk, Popeye, Marble Madness, Crystal Castles and Karate Champ. I didn't realize how many games I really got into. A laserdisc game that I played religiously at least once a week at the arcade when I was a kid was Cliff Hanger. That game was so fun and addictive.
Street Fighter II is imo the best, the most iconic and legendary arcade game of all time! The ultimate timeless classic! Ms Pac-Man is 1st, it's okay but...where the f..k is Final Fight?! We can't speak about arcade games without to speak about Final Fight!! And I think that classics like Golden Axe, Shinobi, Out Run, After Burner, Ghouls' n' Ghosts, Toki, Pang... should be mentioned! My top 10 "Favorite arcade games of all time": 10)- RoboCop 09)- Toki 08)- NBA Jam 08)- Daytona USA 07)- Mortal Kombat II 06)- TMNT: Turtles in Time 05)- Samourai Shodown 04)- Shadow Dancer 03)- Golden Axe 02)- Final Fight 01)- Street Fighter II Honorable mentions: Shinobi, Out Run, After Burner, Chase HQ, Ghouls n' Ghosts, Knights of the Round, Sunset Riders, Alien Storm, Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja, Altered Beast, Fatal Fury, Aliens, Moonwalker, Pang, 1943, Raiden, House of the Dead, Operation Wolf, Pac-Man, Splatterhouse, Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Space Invaders & Ridge Racer.
Daniel Grace it takes time to get used on the controls. It wasn't hard for me as the control scheme was similar to asteroids. Arcade control sometimes works better than the single D-pad controls like atari 2600 port or williams arcade's greatest hits for genesis and ps1 especially when i kill the swarmers from tail.
I remember going to Singapore with my family in 2000. While my family was shopping, I found an arcade which had Star Wars Trilogy. It was my first time playing, but the Force was strong with me allowing me to hit everything lol
Williams Defender ist the best arcade machine of all times. It was an international sensation when released in 1981. It has the fastest gameplay of any game up to now. It features the coolest sound effects ever heard in an arcade game. It has one of the best control sets ever invented and was one of the most addictive games at it's time. It was the most innovative arcade game at release date featuring a scanner screen, wide explosions, hyper space jumping, both side vertical scrolling, endless levels, destroyable planet surface, ultra aggressive and unique enemy behaviour.. and so on. It is the best grossing game of all times (earned over 1 BILLION dollars) and it is pure adrenalin to play till today because of it´s insanely fast gameplay. It is one of the most sought after arcade games in history. It is so hard to play for beginners, that the first ships will last no longer than 10 seconds playtime. Also to mention: It was the first arcade game that added the reason, why you shoot your enemies: Aliens want to kidnap humans and therefor you have to fight them. Williams Defender ist the true winner of any classic arcade game best- of list. This game is out of this world.
Gauntlet, Gauntlet 2, Kung Fu Master, Discs of Tron, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Rolling Thunder, Wardener, Black Tiger, Wonderboy, Wonder Boy 2 In Monster Land, Shinobi, Narc, Commando, Gun Smoke, Green Beret, Paper Boy, 1942, R-Type, Salamanda, Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Double Dragon, Rampage, Toobin and The Main Event are arcade games everyone should check out.
Did I miss any of the greats? Galaga Star wars trilogy arcade Frogger Asteroids Lunar lander Rampage Street fighter 2 Time crisis Teenage mutant Ninja turtles turtles in time X-Men Pac-Man Dance dance Revolution Space invaders Donkey Kong Mario Brothers Daytona USA Gauntlet The Simpsons arcade Mortal Kombat Time crisis The House of the dead Miss Pac-Man Q*bert Joust Defender Double Dragon Virtua fighter Final fight Streets of rage Spyhunter Cruis'n USA Virtua racing Afterburner Kung fu Killer instinct Area 51 Bad dudes Kung Fu Master Altered Beast Dig dug Centipede Rtype Tekken Golden Axe Wonder Boy Space invaders Bubble bobble Paperboy Punch out NBA jam Dragon's Lair Galaxian Star wars Pole position Missile command RC pro am Rolling thunder Spyhunter Gradius Carnevil Terminator 2 judgment Day Armor attack Skramble Jungle Hunt Phoenix Moon patrol Moon Cresta Popeye Berserk Android Star force Circus Stargate Major havoc Battlezone Operation wolf RoboCoo Alien versus predator Combat school Tron Hyper Olympics Robotron: 2048 Crossbow Crystal castles Mister do! Super Punch-out Burger Time Pepper II Stocker iRobot California speed Smash TV 1942 POW Ghosts and goblins Jungle Hunt Contra Tapper Choplifter Tie ar Kung Fu WWF wrestlefest Sunset riders Space Harrier Zaxxon NARC Lethal enforcers Michael Jackson moonwalker Sega rally The lost world Jurassic park Ocean Hunter Crazy taxi Die hard arcade Metal slug Primal rage Golden tee After burner climax Ghost squad Silent scope 2 dark silhouette Star wars battle pod Marvel versus Capcom 2 New age of Heroes Beatmania 3 Big Buck Hunter Aliens extermination Hydro thunder Terminator Salvation Aliens Armageddon Transformers human Alliance Death race Tank Arkanoid Breakout Sea Wolf Computer space Shinobi & Pong Please add to the list of top arcade games.
1 Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution 2 F-Zero AX Arcade 3 Street Fighter 3: Third Strike 4 Marvel vs Capcom 2 5 Ikaruga 6 Radiant Silvergun 7 Defender 8 Donkey Kong 9 Ms. Pac-Man 10 Street Fighter 2 Turbo ---- Honorable Mentions ----- Tekken 3 Do Don Pochi ESP Galuda Gunbird Raidan Raidan DX Giga Wing Ultimate MK 3 Joust Juno First Robotron Mr. Do's Castle Super Pac-Man Berserk Narc Killer Instinct Black Widow Star Wars Trilogy Millipede NBA Jam TE Stargate Mario Bros Tac/Scan Mad Planets Track & Field Gorf Galaga 88 Choplifter 2 Asteroids Deluxe Battletoads Lock ‘N’ Chase Pepper II Space Fury Super Breakout Popeye Q-Bert! Pleaids Tournament Arkanoid Marble Madness Golden Axe Daytona USA NFL Blitz Gravitar Tron Gauntlet Golden Tee Missile Command Cruisin' USA Turbo King Of Fighters Simpsons TMNT Elevator Action Tron Rolling Thunder Paperboy Zaxxon Xevious Galaxian Turbo Dragons Lair Wizard of Wor Time Pilot Rampage Zoo Keeper Spy Hunter Outrun Bosconian Golden Axe Pole Position Crystal Castles ---- Lightgun Shooters ---- Time Crisis 2 The House Of The Dead 2 Virtua Cop Silent Scope Alien 3: The Gun Terminator 2: Judgement Day
No double dragon? Not even in the honorable mentions? Beyond criminal
DOUBLE DRAGON 1 AND 2 TOPS
TMNT & The Simpsons was a matter of pride and bragging rights beating the game from start to finish on just a quarter. The camaraderie of having other players join in on the fun was just priceless.
I miss the arcade, the sounds, light and excitement. Our world has turned into a dead mall and zombies lost in supermarkets 😏
If you get a raspberry pi 4 amd a retro pi for like 60 maybe 70 bucks you can have all of it.
Or install RetroArch emulator
@@JoHnAnDjAnEdOe81I have that and way more. It's just not the same. If you lived it, you would know.
It's what you make it. I found that when I limit my phone time per day the colors of life can start to get more vibrant.
@@rangerCG Nah, much of the magic is gone. Arcade halls/venues are mostly gone. Sure there are some, but it was a meeting place in the 80s. Back then video games was something new. And the venues were a magic place. My kids loves gaming. They think it's cool & fun, but not magic like we did. Everything is mostly evolution, not revolution.
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Y isn't there dragon ball heroes
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yeah bruh
hey mojo, do you like Just Dance is a knock-off of dance dance revolution?
OMG Initial D??? Wangan Midnight??? Theres so many videos and enthusiasts of this game. WTH
Star Wars Triology Arcade, Simpsons, Street Fighter 2, Ms Pac-Man, Galaga, TMNT in Time, and Time Crisis were my faves in the day. Still are.
Holy crap, those R my favourite games growing up. If U add Afterburner 1 and 2, Cruisen USA, Sega's Escape Jurassic Park and Dragonslayer, I will be in games heaven lol.
SW trilogy, TIme Crisis 2, and Street Fighter 2 were my go to games.
I am a boat Captain and my time spent playing Astroids has contributed more to my success in this job than the time I spent in school, the spaceship handled just like a boat!
I was an arcade video tech 1999 to 2003 and I say ms.pac #1 with speed mod and galaga with rapid fire mod, that was most popular sold where I worked. For pinball machines it was Addams family #1.
I wasn't much of a PacMan, but Galaga, The Addams Family along with Dragonslayer and Afterburner 1 and 2 was always busy in my neighbourhood.
Mortal Kombat , NBA JAM, and Crusin' USA were my go to games at the arcade along with the Simpsons and TMNT games
+1
And Afterburner
that was in the 90's
Crazy taxi house of the dead the 90s star wars arcade game the jurassic park light gun games were my personal favorites.
Simpsons arcade was great if you had 4 players.
“Do you have Asteroids?” “No, but my Dad does. Some days he can’t even sit down.”
My dad said peoples minds were blown when they realized it was usually easier to stay still and just shoot what comes towards you lol people use to just fly around recklessly and kill themselves. He also said asteroids donkey kong and pacman would always be full when they first came out and they'd have to empty them all the time
Where du you come uo with this shit?
@@joeywalker2061asteroids deluxe was better but blasteroids better than both. All good in their own ways. The shield in deluxe corrected the one flaw in asteroids hyperspace feature. Poor design almost made the feature useless.
2:35 “Eat the fly. EAT THE FLY!!!”
This makes me wanna watch that episode!
Mine, in no particular order, would be: Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Punch-out!, NBA Jam, Dragon’s Lair, Galaxian, Star Wars original, Star Wars Trilogy, Pole Position, and Missile Command.
"Hey you got Pac-Man?" "No." You got Space Invaders? "Nope." "You got Asteroids?" "No, but my dad does, can't even sit on the toilet somedays."
Ms pac-man was better than pac man. I love both though.
Watched this a few times.
Defender and Phoenix......Classics!
Scramble?
Not sure how they could have left out Defender. Every serious gamer played it. Robotron was revolutionary with two joy sticks. Gyruss was one of my favs also.
amen Williams Defender the best game
That's right Phoenix
1 Defender
2 Scramble
3 Pheonix
4 Galaxians
5 Asteroids
6 Tempest
7 Robotron 2084
8 Xevious
9 Pole position
10 Outrun
Sweet List👍
Pixelated Icon good list, but there should be Pac Man game of some kind in there & a Nintendo classic of some kind.👍🏽👍🏽
Pretty much nailed it - possibly Stargate in at no 10 tho
Strong list. You missed some but the ones you have are very deserving. Played all of them many times. Your honorable mention list could be 50 games long and still not make everyone happy.
i agree.
Missle Command is cool a sort off Space Invaders but different or Galaga.All 3 are fine i would add Berzerk to the list as legend games go played them all with Pac-man.Saw Killer Instinct u had Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat u could throw Tekken in that aswell
Cruisin' USA, Moon Patrol, Golden Axe, 1942 were my go to games at the local video store.... ahhhhh, Blockbuster, so many memories.....
LIST A LOAD HERE ARE A FEW DOUBLE DRAGON, CABAL, JAIL BREAK, GREEN BERET, TMNT, PAPERBOY GOLDEN AXE AND KUNG FU MASTER
*_JOUST!_*
Parzival and defender
Parzival it’s a shame that none of the Williams games made it. Defender, Stargate, Robotron. Sinister & Joust are all classics!!!
No shit! Joust was even in the book “Ready Player One” as one of the challenges. (Not the movie)
I spent so much paper route money on Joust before I beat it
Tempest , Dig Dug ,, Tron ,centipede , pacman should be #1
Once i heard how he pronounced "mario" like my mother used to i could not take this list serious!
WatchMojo is more of a joke than Konami
You and skyreeXScalaber both sound like you’re super gay.
That's how my dad would say it and he was an og arcade player. Why does it even matter how its pronounced?
The Japanese, who created the game , have their own spin on the pronunciation of the name Mario.
At the arcades I used to play Donkey Kong like crazy, but bubble bobble was my fav and still is =D
Wow... I fell in love with Bubble Bobble but only saw it at 1 arcade ever back in the mid-1980's... didn't get to play it for like 15 years until I installed MAME... then got to play it again several times at Galloping Ghost. What a great game!
As soon as this video started, it had the Bubble Bobble music in the background and I was shocked anyone even knew of the game... then saw it get some love in the introduction.
I loved the game, but damn was it hard as hell at higher levels.
1. Missile Command
2. Zaxxon
3. Centipede
4. Track & Field
5. Afterburner
Missile Command, the sound heard entering every Arcade in the 80's.
Ahhh Missile Command!! I loved it so much in the 80s I bought a full arcade game of it, then Gorf, Battlezone, Asteroids, Pacman, Mario Bros, and an obscure one called Pleiades. Good times I'm telling you!!!
"Zaxxon" was AWESOME!!!
"Track & Field".... They used to call those games, "Button Smashers"
@@Tony-Plinkett
Hadn't head that term,
but certainly appropriate.
Pole position was one of my favorites.
X-men vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Killer Instinct 2
Mortal Kombat 2
Killer Instinct
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Primal Rage bro!
Mr. Asshole
No Mortal Kombat 2 is a shame. Not a fighting game, but Time Crissis alone with 2 guns nice.
I see SOMEBODY likes fighting games
Bomberman
ASO
Tiger Heli
Commando
Xevious
R-Type
Elevator Action
1942
Moon Cresta
Battle Zone
@@iCursedMatt MK2 brought fighting games to a whole new level, unlike SF. Every MK games always delivered something new and different.
I think that Sinistar should be on that list as well, unless it was on a previous list. Great video guys!!!
That was a hard game to play!
Qix simplicity was the Zen of gaming, Q-Bert's THUNK! when he fell and eye bending patterns was unmatched,
Robotron, Golden Axe, DigDug, Adventure, Tempest, Defender and Joust could be found in every arcade.
Pizza shops still have working arcade horizontal glass tables, though most people just eat pizza off of them.
They don't earn much in quarters, but it's a classic part of atmosphere...
I got to play a Qbert prototype, it was called “@?#@!” On the marquee and title screen, saw it a year later as Qbert. The thunking in it was a knocker from a pinball machine (where they are often used to signal a free game)
No sense, Pac man isn't actually the best game, it's just the most iconic, so if you were going for iconic, why not choose the original over mrs.? You can't say its better, because you know what is better? A lot of other games...
Well if we're going by that logic, exactly what game is "the best?"
Games are a subjective medium, and can't really be efficiently gauged by something like copies sold or average review scores.
Not Important popularity
+Noah Van Helsing Ms. Pac-Man > Pac-Man
Duke Spubber Spy Hunter > Rampage > TMNT > the rest
+Noah Van Helsing Ms. Pacman was more popular, simple as that. In fact, it's the most popular arcade game of all time.
I was born in 1974. That means I lived this in real time. Try to imagine being a kid in the pre internet era. I would go to the local arcade with maybe $1.50 that I had saved by not buying snacks at school. There were the really old classics that had always been there - PAC man, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Star Castle, Galaxian, Berzerk. And every few weeks there was a new game. So many were destined to be classics. Here is a list of games that one day just appeared for me to try. Qbert. Dragons Lair. Donkey Kong. Kung Fu Master. Karate Champ. Marble Madness. Gauntlet. Star Wars. Star Trek. Space Ace. And much later, Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Combat. What a time to be young.
Exactamundo, we were lucky to be born and grew up in the best time ever brother.
I always liked the less popular games like Gorf, Hat Trick, Elevator Action, and my favorite, Bosconian.
back when getting the high score WAS your achievement!
No Defender? Seriously? How can you have a list of arcade games without Defender
Yes sir
No Williams games at all? Not a true top 10 list. Whomever made this was not in the arcades in the '80s.
@Doug Lockhart stargate was
Defender is right up there with Pac Man in my book!!!
@gashthrasher v.2
Yes haha not eating and saving my lunch money and going to the arcade after school with my friends or asking our moms to pack us lunches.
Street Fighter II will always be #1 in my heart. “YOU WIN! PERFECT!”
Even though that game was rushed during development.
@@KenMasters. every game was rushed more or less. some more then others though
M2👑
Mortal kombat 2 will always be #1 in my book! Back in 1994 when i was 12, and going to the bowling alley, with some quarters, one the be best experiences I've had in video games.
1. Galaga
2. Tron
3. Robotron 2084
4. Mr. Do!
5. Ms. Pacman
6. Burger Time
7. Joust
8. Millipede
9. Gyruss
10. Asteroids
HM: Track and Field, Moon Patrol, House of the Dead, Punch Out, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Mad Planets, Zoo Keeper
Excellent!!
Yeah, the lack of Robotron (and Defender) is unfathomable.
OMG someone who knows about Millipede???? I'M shocked and yet happy to find that out
Jamie Laszlo but they are THE originals, something to be said for being first.
I liked 4, 5, 7 and 8 on your list! Preferred Galaxians to Galaga.
Centipede, Tempest, Turbo, Track and Field, Joust, Defender, Crazy Climber
I was fortunate to have a dad that was partners with 2 arcade rooms in Louisiana.
Back then, Santa left me one arcade by the tree for 5yrs.
Crazy Climber was the second arcade.
Turbo was the third..
Punch out
Missle command
Centipede should have been in there
dont forget pacman
"Centipede" was put to shame
by its short-lived sequel "Millipede".
@@laustcawz2089 I bought the Centipede partycade, and I found that Millipede has a lot more variety than Centipede, but it's also much more difficult. Still glad I have both in my man-cave :)
@@longWriter
A good video game
should be challenging & exciting,,
rather than boring & predictable.
Just as "Centipede" got "Millipede",
"Asteroids" got "Blasteroids",
again, a major improvement.
yes. those were the classics.
You can't have a top 10 Arcade list without Mortal Kombat, you just can't... Mortal Kombat is arcade!
Amen
chill out , at least it was a HM
+SilversRayleigh427 hows luffy
For security purposes
+Konrad „MonkeyPL50“ .Biegun AMEN BROTHER!
Outrun
Double Dragon
Golden Axe
Ghosts and Goblins
Operation Wolf (the one with the physical UZI)
Where's Super Hang On?
TK 6059 yes awesome 😄
Elevator operator game?? Not sure what the title was again? Or was that it
Hard to argue with #1. The sheer simplicity of Pac-Man and its ability to stimulate the brains perpetually make it a stand out among the greats.
How is The House of the Dead not even an honorable mention?
Clearly you didn't listen to the part where they said "check out our other videos if your game Isn't listed here"
I loved the original house of the dead it was amazing and when 2 came out I was excited
I guess it depends on which countries they were more popular with. In my city the most popular arcade games were Cadillacs & Dinosaurs and Captain Commando.
I adore that series, even though it is rated M, I loved it since I was 3 and though it was super hilarious and thrilling
Because it's a watch mojo list.
Me and my friends allways thought that when Ken and Ryu did a Hadouken, they shouted "How are you Ken?!"
Altered Beast was one I couldn't get enough of.
@@peakbagger6805 Yes it was. Although I never played it on Sega.
Heavy barrel . too much classics it should've been top 30
Where's double dragon*"!?👍
Karl Burnett hey I like final fight and Streets of Rage and dinosaurs and Cadillacs,, and virtual Fighter,
Its in honourable mentions at end. th-cam.com/video/8RkX8TYobHs/w-d-xo.html
On the double....
Manual Villacana thank you
I have double dragon 2 got it for 300 had to put in alot to get it running but it works now looking for 1 and 3
Robotron 2084, Ghouls n Ghosts and Strider should be here. Also New Zealand Story is superb!
San Francisco Rush, Killer Instinct, and the X-Men arcade game should definitely be on the list.
You go Ms. Pac-Man YAAS Bitch
I think Dragon’s Lair was the 80’s version of arcade clickbait
And a quarter eater.....
That damned game!!
@@stevenwheat3621 Yea but if you had that one friend that was really good at it, you could all gather around and watch the story and learn from him.
"Dirk The Daring"!!!
Lol!!!
I honestly don't believe you knew about Dragon's Lair until you saw Stranger Things season 2
@@ChiefsNation3peat
Those of us who were
around in the early '80s
& played any arcade games
aren't likely to ever forget it.
I had to cut classes 3 straight weeks for street fighter II, true story!
Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, 1941, Double Dragon, Aliens, Golden Axe, Daytona, Ghost n Ghouls and Gauntlet were my favourites back in the day. You don't see a crowd of people fixated on a machine anymore... I mean except for a TV!
I remembered this as if it was yesterday. Thanks to the video!
As a former DDR player, I'm more than glad that the game's series became among the top five of the top ten, as was "Donkey Kong". Both were a challenging pair of games, but fun.. much like "Thunder Blade". You know, that arcade game where you pilot an attack helicopter through four missions, bringing the fight to the enemy while dodging shot and shell and avoiding head-on collision with many obstacles.
Samurai Showdown 2, Tekken Tag, Mortal Kombat 2, Killer Instinct, Timestoppers
My 10 in no particular order. I'm old school.
1. Mario bros
2. Excite bike
3. Contra
4. Pac man or mrs pac man
5. Street fighter 2
6. NBA jam
7. Tecmo bowl
8. Mortal kombat 2
9. Frogger
10. Punch out and double dragon.
Ooh and how could i forget-Kung fu master and shinobi🖒
Justin H heck yes!!! Both great! And kung fu master I fell in love with.
SEGA King of the arcade!
I agree with list, but Double Dragon should have made it somewhere
IKR and it only got honorable mention for top 10 arcade games of the 80's which is complete bullshit! I was obsessed with that game. It is my number 1 of all time!
Couldn't agree more
double dragon and super mario bros. i've played all the games on the list but never played or heard of the #9 version of star wars and i was a pretty big arcade nerd in the early 90's.
69hemihead Agreed. I played a lot of arcade games growing up and Double Dragon had just as much impact when it came out as Pac-man, Donkey Kong or space invaders. It owned 1988/89
Not that much of an arcade nerd. Super mario brothers was a console game. It was on the playchoice 10 on the arcade, but it wasn't a real arcade game.
Loved your list, even though I never played several of these games. My favorite of all time was Tron
OMG the money I drop in that game. It was awesome brother
Definitely one of my faves.
arcades: California speed, cruisin USA, hydro thunder
Hard drivin
Where is Bubble Bobble?
Nowhere. IT wasn't that big a game.
What's a bubble bobble?
Anthony57 I stopped watching after reading this
Three words: GET OUTTA HERE. 😂😂
Fr
they still have arcades in japan, my top 10 from 2020
gundam extreme vs.
tekken 7
dragonball heroes
street fighter 4
wangan midnight max tune 6
sega mahjong
UFO catcher
Gitadora
grand cross (coin pusher)
star horse 3
Here are my picks:
10.Pole Position
9. Mario Bros
8. Crazy Taxi
7. Dig Dug
6. Galaga
5. Space Invaders
4. Mario Kart Arcade GP
3. Street Fighter II
2. PAC-Man
1. Donkey Kong
and metal slug? where is metal slug!!
+Rafael Santos Pacheco sorry bro. can I see your top 10?
+Triston Bigham (PEZHead 2002) 10.batman
9.spin master.
8.neo bombermam
7.mortal kombat 2
6.pac man
5.snow bros
4.asteroid
3.kof
2.the simpsons
1.metal slug
+Rafael Santos Pacheco 👍
+Triston Bigham (PEZHead 2002) Looking at the two lists I can tell Triston is older than Rafael
Double Dragon, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Bad Dudes, Out Run, After Burner II, Kung-Fu Master, ...
Yie Ar Kung-Fu was awesome
@Simply Ravishing You haven't played After Burner II until you've played it in the motorized, moving cabinet!
Bad dudes yeees
Gave your comment a thumbs up for mentioning Bad Dudes! 😃😃
Oh man, someone mentioned Yie Ar Kung-Fu! i thought I was being silly, I loved that game.
Props for including Time Crisis, Daytona and DDR. Awesome games.
This in no particular order.
1. Pac Man/Ms Pac Man
2. Donkey kong
3. Defender
4. Kung Fu Master
5.Popeye
6.Asteroids
7.Mortal Kombat 2
8.Punch Out
9.Jungle King/Jungle Hunt
10.Galaga
You have hit my list 100%. Not in that order but those are my 10
gussstavo I could definitely replace one of the games on my list with DD but Mk2 isn’t one of them.
What the fuck was i thinking! Jungle King/Jungle Hunt is one of my favorite games of all time for christ sakes! Bye Burger Time! I was real good at King fu master when i was a kid. I still kick ass when i play it on my nes.
It's tough to argue the picks, but I am sad Dragons Lair didn't even get an honourable mention.
+Jack Hofking every time I went to the arcade,Dragon's Lair was always broken
+Jack Hofking its because they are too inexperienced to know wtf they are talking about. Just research monkeys, not true gamers. There are so many epic arcade games not even mentioned in most top lists. 'Toki' is one of them that got slept-on, as well as the machine for Galaxy Force 2, Bubble Bobble ext...
Great Video! Apologies for chiming in, I would love your initial thoughts. Have you heard the talk about - Zeyames Wonliver Breakthrough (probably on Google)? It is a great one of a kind product for playing classic games minus the headache. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my old buddy Taylor got excellent results with it.
Cruis N' USA was another one I used to frequent back in the mid nineties.
tempest, and joust, and defender
I remember joust and defender..never played tempest
Atari had some great arcade games way back
Love me some *Joust* and *Tempest* .. I played enough quarters to own both stand up machines; cpu, chassy and all.
And centipede
@@reesewalker901 And at the grocery store nearby where I grew up, there was Millipede! It was like a better, newer version of Centipede. Ruled! I had Centipede on the Atari 2600. Loved it. I still have it, actually, but I don't know if my system still works.
Street fighter 2, even decades later my hands still remember how to do an hadoken .
Almost all the arcades I go to Street Fighter 2 is free to play and in the back. It deserves better but you know flashing lights attracts kids more than quality.
UndeadMarksmanX Do you remember the old numbers bug when the game was on demo mode, during the demo fight on the player 2 controls go up up down down left right left right strong punch strong kick and you will get a bunch of random number pop up on the screen :P
After SFII, you could make a hadoken movement in pretty much ANY fighting game and get some special move! LOL they standardized gaming controls
+lordnevetsz Fighting games still exist you know..
-Ron7- No shit? wow I had no clue....derp
Just don't have the time t play em any more mate :)
Galaga was my jam as a kid in the arcades back in the mid 80s. Three games I used to play all the time that didn't make your list - Xevious, Burger Time and Crazy Taxi. I'm gonna put an honorable mention to a game that I never see on any list...Arabian! It was a game by a company called Sun Electronics.
Mortal Kombat
R-Type
Double Dragon
Tekken
Golden Axe
Wonderboy
Daytona USA
Nfl blitz
Golden Axe was special, glad you mentioned it.
Golden axe legendary
İ want add cadillac and dinosorus
Daytona USA was extremely popular at the arcade I went to half a mile from my house. That was a phenomenal game especially how you could hook up another console and have up to as many racers as you wanted. Good call on Daytona USA Richard!
Right
I think if you're going to give the Simpsons an honorable mention, you also have to mention the X-Men arcade game. Colossus and Wolverine were my usual team with me taking Colossus. Also wanted to mention that the original Ninja Turtles arcade games of the late 80's are what originally got me into the arcade's. Before that I was strictly a very young Atari gamer trying to beat Pitfall and laughing while I destroyed everyone on the bouncing bullets tanks from the Combat game.
Nathan Lynn calm down mr.paragraph
@quick fire the fuck are you telling him to calm down for?????
vice2vursa the paragraphs
quick fire paragraph's?? I only see one paragraph bro. you're comment was pointless.
you're just as bad makeing a pointless complaint
Crazy Taxi should have gotten an honorable mention when it came out it was unique. Granted it came out way after the golden age of arcades.
What?!?! No Pong which was one of the very very first Arcade Cabinet games out there
+michael1234252 Being first doesn't make you instantly good.
+Barcel Tell that to these commenters
+Barcel well it's one of the most reconised arcade game back in the 80's
More associated with home gaming
+michael1234252 it's much better known today for its home console release
6:37 "Merry-oh" who's that?
Marvel Vs Capcom 2, Tekken Tag Tournament, The House Of The Dead, Final Fight and PowerStone 2 should be on the list
Moon Patrol: The Most Underrated Game Of The 80's...
STILL is a "go-to" on my mame..
I still hear the music in my dreams!
streetfighter and mortal kombat are my favorites
Dregs we have somthing in common. My two favs. But im great at a lot of 80's games.
Mortal Kombat stupid
Dregs Liu Kang is his turkey calls!!! Gotta live that bicycle kick!
TEMPEST!
Simply Ravishing totally agree with you. As a 41 year old dude I’ll add NBA jam as a 3rd to your list.
Sunset riders is a great arcade game I remember along with several different tmnt
Spy hunter, operation wolf and crusin usa should be on honorable mention.
I can beat operation wolf with one coin. It is not so hard
Atari made the most advanced games back in those days. They used a 68000 CPU and had the best graphics and sound (Yamaha YM-2151).
Roadblasters
Marble Madness
Vindicators
Paperboy
Gauntlet
720
These were great games and led the way to the more advanced systems.
Super Sprint!! dont forget Super Sprint!!!
Roadblasters and Gauntlet were great
1. Mrs. PAC-Man, 2. Centipede, 3. Donkey Kong, 4. Rampage, 5. 1942, 6. Qbert, 7. Mappy, 8. NBA Jam, 9. Contra, 10. Spy Hunter...... these are just some of my favorite arcades games.
Ghost n' Goblins, Karnov, and Gauntlet are my reason for being poor today :P
LOVED Ghosts 'N' Goblins!!
House of the dead stole all of my quarters. You play player one and two and go dual wielding. Never made it past the monkey boss. XD
My Top 10
1. Street Fighter 2
2. King Of Fighters
3. Ms. Pacman
4. Mortal Kombat
5. Takken 3
6. NBA JAM
7. Cruise World
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
9. WWF Wrestle Fest
10. XMEN vs Street Fighter
Ms. Pac-Man was the first game I beat. Probably put about 30 dollars into that game over several weeks in 1985.
What do you mean beat? Doesn't the game just repeat endlessly?
@@mattuw82 no, it ends with you being reunited with Pac-Man and Baby Pac.
There’s no way in hell that Dance Dance Revolution beat Frogger & Astroids!!
GTFOH!!
No R-type 🙁
I totally agree!!! Astroids is one of the best ever arcade games.
As good as missle command !
The fact that dance dance crapolafest is even ON this list is proof positive that the perpetrators of this ridiculous list are quite raving mad and have absolutely no idea or clue about anything related to video games whatsoever and should voluntarily retire and seek professional psychiatric care.
calm down.
Before I even watch this, if Street Fighter II Hyper fighting, Galaga, Shinobi, Double Dragon, Samurai Shodown II, Tekken 2, and Mortal Kombat II aren't on this list... then fuck this list, and WatchMojo.
Ms pacman over pacman pathetic.Pacman revolutionised video gaming.
That's not the point. The point is wether Ms. Pac-Man is a better game or not... which it is. It's literally an upgraded version of the original Pac-Man. Pac-man, the original, may have been one of the greatest classics ever, but Ms. Pac-Man took the formula further without actually detracting from it whatsoever. In other words, better but with no actual downsides. And in the end, they're both part of the same legendary franchise, so putting them against each other doesnt even really make sense.
Lol how many people have played PAC man over ms PAC man if your saying ms PAC man is the greatest arcade game off all time it's obvious it's just to get people to disagree with the video so the video shouldn't even be taken seriously it's just hype.
Er.... no. You completely missed my point, I see. Let's just say I'm not the only one that has spotted this aspect of Ms. Pac-man: it's not an unpopular game. The original designers built the game out of a Pac-man machine by upgrading the ROM (often referred to as an "enhancement kit" for the original machine): Like I said, it was **literally** an upgrade to it. They wanted to take something great, and make it even better, which they did, and Midway (Namco's American distributor at the time) approved and ran with it. It had nothing but advantages and improvements over the original, and because of this, they knew it'd do well for them (which it absolutely did: even to this day, Ms. Pac-man is one of the most common arcade games in existence, Galaga another one. There is even an arcade cabinet, also super-common, that actually has both Ms. Pac-man and Galaga on it at the same time, since Namco recognized the hyper-popular nature of the two).
One of the actual reasons why Pac-man is heard of alot isnt that it's a better game: It's that the AI of the ghosts is a bit busted, and the entire game can simply be memorized (not a good thing), so it's been used for many high-score competitions, which receive alot of popularity (such as from Billy Mitchel's achievements in it). Specifically, marathon competitions. Memorization doesnt work in Ms. Pac-man (which makes the scoring system better and the challenge higher, but people will usually gravitate towards stuff that's easier). That, and Pac-man came out first. Pac-man also has one of the most famous glitches in the gaming industry, the Kill Screen, so that's memorable too, despite NOT being a good thing. None of this changes the fact that Ms. Pac-man is an improvement over the original (it also doesnt change the fact that Ms. Pac-man itself was wildly popular). Understand: Popularity (or apparent popularity) is NOT everything, and not even a defining factor in wether a game is good or not. It's irrelevant. I can think of LOTS of hyper-popular games out there that are absolutely bloody terrible, and chances are, you can probably think of some too, so you probably know what I mean here.
I think your missing the point and maybe the people who made this video should have done more research instead of trying to get people to argue with normal like minded people.
Pac Man the character was so much part of the fun of the game changing Pac Man to Ms Pac Man took a lot of the fun people got from the original.That in no way is a sexist point my boss is a woman but Pac Man was not just popular because of the game but the character as well and was probably one of the first iconic video game characters and character Pac Man has evolved into literally thousands of games.How many Ms Pac Man games are their?
Even if you think you have a point why wasnt the game Pac Man in the Top 10?
now im getting sad that in Germany are no Arcades :(
D:
Cat Dog D:
Sehr wohl gibt es Spielhallen in Deutschland?!
Flo Rian Ich meine mit so richtig alten spiel automaten wie halt pacman.
I feel bad for you man there the best.
Solid list. The games not on that list that took most of my money in no particular order were...Pole Position, Joust, Tempest, Defender, Xevious, Missile Command, Q*bert, Gyruss, Golden Tee Golf, NBA Jam, Track and Field, Battlezone, Robotron 2084, Gorf, Wizard of War, Donkey Kong Jr, Cyberball, Rampage, NFL Blitz, Time Pilot, Tron, Punchout, Mario Bros, Paper Boy, Berzerk, Popeye, Marble Madness, Crystal Castles and Karate Champ. I didn't realize how many games I really got into. A laserdisc game that I played religiously at least once a week at the arcade when I was a kid was Cliff Hanger. That game was so fun and addictive.
Street Fighter II is imo the best, the most iconic and legendary arcade game of all time! The ultimate timeless classic! Ms Pac-Man is 1st, it's okay but...where the f..k is Final Fight?! We can't speak about arcade games without to speak about Final Fight!! And I think that classics like Golden Axe, Shinobi, Out Run, After Burner, Ghouls' n' Ghosts, Toki, Pang... should be mentioned! My top 10 "Favorite arcade games of all time":
10)- RoboCop
09)- Toki
08)- NBA Jam
08)- Daytona USA
07)- Mortal Kombat II
06)- TMNT: Turtles in Time
05)- Samourai Shodown
04)- Shadow Dancer
03)- Golden Axe
02)- Final Fight
01)- Street Fighter II
Honorable mentions: Shinobi, Out Run, After Burner, Chase HQ, Ghouls n' Ghosts, Knights of the Round, Sunset Riders, Alien Storm, Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja, Altered Beast, Fatal Fury, Aliens, Moonwalker, Pang, 1943, Raiden, House of the Dead, Operation Wolf, Pac-Man, Splatterhouse, Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Space Invaders & Ridge Racer.
Agree totally about Final Fight! Next to Street Fighter it's probably the 2nd most imitated game ever.
Looking at that list, looks like you arrived at the arcades a little late. Personally, I HATED SF II.
Knights of the round can't be an honorable mention... number three may be...
Moonwalker took a marvelous music into a video game. ...
Fucking Time Crisis?! Hell no, what about Sega's *HOUSE OF THE DEAD?!*
Contra and Bubble Bobble were two of my favorites. Does anyone remember Mat Mania? I could play that wrestling game for hours on one quarter.
god damnit I had Contra on NES, I can't imagine the amount of money needed to get far in that game.
defender and robotron 2084 are simply the best, they are 100 times better than space invader.
defender is amazing
I couldn't get the hang of Defender. The controls were weird.
Daniel Grace it takes time to get used on the controls. It wasn't hard for me as the control scheme was similar to asteroids.
Arcade control sometimes works better than the single D-pad controls like atari 2600 port or williams arcade's greatest hits for genesis and ps1 especially when i kill the swarmers from tail.
wasnt and easy game but was utter classic killer sound and fast moving graphics
Space Invaders spurred a yen shortage in Japan, no other game has the honor of doing such a thing.
I remember going to Singapore with my family in 2000. While my family was shopping, I found an arcade which had Star Wars Trilogy. It was my first time playing, but the Force was strong with me allowing me to hit everything lol
Williams Defender ist the best arcade machine of all times. It was an international sensation when released in 1981. It has the fastest gameplay of any game up to now. It features the coolest sound effects ever heard in an arcade game. It has one of the best control sets ever invented and was one of the most addictive games at it's time. It was the most innovative arcade game at release date featuring a scanner screen, wide explosions, hyper space jumping, both side vertical scrolling, endless levels, destroyable planet surface, ultra aggressive and unique enemy behaviour.. and so on. It is the best grossing game of all times (earned over 1 BILLION dollars) and it is pure adrenalin to play till today because of it´s insanely fast gameplay. It is one of the most sought after arcade games in history.
It is so hard to play for beginners, that the first ships will last no longer than 10 seconds playtime.
Also to mention: It was the first arcade game that added the reason, why you shoot your enemies: Aliens want to kidnap humans and therefor you have to fight them.
Williams Defender ist the true winner of any classic arcade game best- of list.
This game is out of this world.
#1 galaga because it’s fun and easy
Gauntlet, Gauntlet 2, Kung Fu Master, Discs of Tron, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Rolling Thunder, Wardener, Black Tiger, Wonderboy, Wonder Boy 2 In Monster Land, Shinobi, Narc, Commando, Gun Smoke, Green Beret, Paper Boy, 1942, R-Type, Salamanda, Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Double Dragon, Rampage, Toobin and The Main Event are arcade games everyone should check out.
My personal favorite is Tempest followed by Galaga.
I also really like Lunar Lander, even though I sucked at it.
Did I miss any of the greats?
Galaga
Star wars trilogy arcade
Frogger
Asteroids
Lunar lander
Rampage
Street fighter 2
Time crisis
Teenage mutant Ninja turtles turtles in time
X-Men
Pac-Man
Dance dance Revolution
Space invaders
Donkey Kong
Mario Brothers
Daytona USA
Gauntlet
The Simpsons arcade
Mortal Kombat
Time crisis
The House of the dead
Miss Pac-Man
Q*bert
Joust
Defender
Double Dragon
Virtua fighter
Final fight
Streets of rage
Spyhunter
Cruis'n USA
Virtua racing
Afterburner
Kung fu
Killer instinct
Area 51
Bad dudes
Kung Fu Master
Altered Beast
Dig dug
Centipede
Rtype
Tekken
Golden Axe
Wonder Boy
Space invaders
Bubble bobble
Paperboy
Punch out
NBA jam
Dragon's Lair
Galaxian
Star wars
Pole position
Missile command
RC pro am
Rolling thunder
Spyhunter
Gradius
Carnevil
Terminator 2 judgment Day
Armor attack
Skramble
Jungle Hunt
Phoenix
Moon patrol
Moon Cresta
Popeye
Berserk Android
Star force
Circus
Stargate
Major havoc
Battlezone
Operation wolf
RoboCoo
Alien versus predator
Combat school
Tron
Hyper Olympics
Robotron: 2048
Crossbow
Crystal castles
Mister do!
Super Punch-out
Burger Time
Pepper II
Stocker
iRobot
California speed
Smash TV
1942
POW
Ghosts and goblins
Jungle Hunt
Contra
Tapper
Choplifter
Tie ar Kung Fu
WWF wrestlefest
Sunset riders
Space Harrier
Zaxxon
NARC
Lethal enforcers
Michael Jackson moonwalker
Sega rally
The lost world Jurassic park
Ocean Hunter
Crazy taxi
Die hard arcade
Metal slug
Primal rage
Golden tee
After burner climax
Ghost squad
Silent scope 2 dark silhouette
Star wars battle pod
Marvel versus Capcom 2 New age of Heroes
Beatmania 3
Big Buck Hunter
Aliens extermination
Hydro thunder
Terminator Salvation
Aliens Armageddon
Transformers human Alliance
Death race
Tank
Arkanoid
Breakout
Sea Wolf
Computer space
Shinobi
&
Pong
Please add to the list of top arcade games.
tetris
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Pengo
1 Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
2 F-Zero AX Arcade
3 Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
4 Marvel vs Capcom 2
5 Ikaruga
6 Radiant Silvergun
7 Defender
8 Donkey Kong
9 Ms. Pac-Man
10 Street Fighter 2 Turbo
---- Honorable Mentions -----
Tekken 3
Do Don Pochi
ESP Galuda
Gunbird
Raidan
Raidan DX
Giga Wing
Ultimate MK 3
Joust
Juno First
Robotron
Mr. Do's Castle
Super Pac-Man
Berserk
Narc
Killer Instinct
Black Widow
Star Wars Trilogy
Millipede
NBA Jam TE
Stargate
Mario Bros
Tac/Scan
Mad Planets
Track & Field
Gorf
Galaga 88
Choplifter 2
Asteroids Deluxe
Battletoads
Lock ‘N’ Chase
Pepper II
Space Fury
Super Breakout
Popeye
Q-Bert!
Pleaids
Tournament Arkanoid
Marble Madness
Golden Axe
Daytona USA
NFL Blitz
Gravitar
Tron
Gauntlet
Golden Tee
Missile Command
Cruisin' USA
Turbo
King Of Fighters
Simpsons
TMNT
Elevator Action
Tron
Rolling Thunder
Paperboy
Zaxxon
Xevious
Galaxian Turbo
Dragons Lair
Wizard of Wor
Time Pilot
Rampage
Zoo Keeper
Spy Hunter
Outrun
Bosconian
Golden Axe
Pole Position
Crystal Castles
---- Lightgun Shooters ----
Time Crisis 2
The House Of The Dead 2
Virtua Cop
Silent Scope
Alien 3: The Gun
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Centipede, missile command and so many more
Missile Command and Centipede as they used a track ball
The rolling pincher! It made any game cooler. Arcade Atari Football, anyone?
Clive Ellis Tempest also was played using a track ball.I loved Centipede,and Poll position.
Never saw Tempest in the arcades with anything but a large dial. When did it have a
track ball?
I thought it just used a dial
Where is outrun?
YASS
Outrunners too!!! 👍
Virtua Racing, Crusin USA and Daytona USA are my 3 racing favorites!
Outrun should be #1
What about *Chase HQ* ??