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The best coin-op conversion games

Arcades were extremely popular in the 80s and the 90s. Before poker machines and things like that, people used to go to pubs or arcades to play video games called coin ops (coin operated machines). Almost all of them were converted to consoles or home computers.

Most popular coin-op conversion games

Coin-op conversion games

  • house-of-the-dead-2
    Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Sega

    House of the Dead is an old horror-themed rail shooter game, developed and released by Sega in 1998. The whole gameplay can be summarized in a single sentence "a first-person 3D shooting gallery with zombies". House of the Dead runs on older version of Windows, so you may need a virtual machine to play it properly.

  • turbo-outrun-03
    DOS19904.2/5 Sega

    Turbo OutRun is an abandoned DOS action racing game set in North America, developed and published by Sega in 1990. Turbo OutRun is a conversion from the arcade classic of the same name and it's the sequel of the popular OutRun. The OutRun games are regarded as iconic and representative of the late 80s/early 90s, often cited by retrowave enthusiasts.

  • arkanoid2-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Taito
  • superspaceinvaders-1
    DOS19914.1/5 Taito
  • alteredbeast-1
    DOS19904.1/5 Sega
  • pacmania-champ-03
    DOS19934.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • donkey-4
    DOS19834.1/5 Nintendo
  • paperboy-4
    DOS19884.1/5 Atari

    Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...

  • powerdrift-02
    DOS19904.1/5 Sega
  • frogger-2
    DOS19834.1/5 Konami
  • spaceace-1
    DOS19894.1/5 ReadySoft
  • r-type-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Irem Software Engineering
  • cabal-02
    DOS19894.1/5 TAD Corporation

    Cabal is an abandoned arcade conversion of a popular shooter game set in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Cabal was developed by TAD Corporation and released by Capcom in 1989 for DOS.

  • champkong-1
    DOS1996remake4.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • gauntlet2-1
    DOS19894.1/5 Atari
  • qixtaito-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Taito
  • blockout-3
    DOSMac19894.1/5 P. Z. Karen Co. Development Group
  • dragons-lair-2-1
    DOS1990protected4.1/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
  • arkanoid-1
    DOS19884.1/5 Taito
  • bad-dudes-02
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
  • Rockford_The_Arcade-05
    DOS1987protected4.1/5 Arcadia Systems
  • mortalkombat3-01
    DOS1995protected4.1/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

    Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting action game developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and released by GT Interactive Software in 1995 for DOS and Windows as well as for many other platforms. Mortal Kombat 3 is the third chapter of the acclaimed Mortal Kombat series that spawned many sequels, a few TV series and even movies (with various degree of suc...

  • qbert-06
    DOS19844.1/5 Parker Brothers
  • bladesofsteel-1
    DOS19904.1/5 Konami
  • superhangon-1
    DOSMac19884/5 Sega

    Super Hang-On is an abandoned motorcycle arcade racing game, developed by Sega, designed by Yu Suzuki and published by Data East for DOS in 1988 (the arcade was released in 1987). Super Hang-On was converted for a great number of platforms including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, Genesis, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, ZX Spectrum.

  • escape_from_the_planet_of_the_robot_monsters-06
  • rampart-3
    DOS19924/5 Atari

    Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

  • mortalkombat2-4
    DOS1994protected4/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • apb-5
    DOS19894/5 Atari
  • bust-a-move-01
    DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito