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Arcade classics: the best coin-ops conversions

Back in the day, when going to the "arcades" was a thing, a quite a few exceptional games made video game history. Titles like Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and later games like Bubble Bobble, Street Fighter 2, Dragon's Lair are known both to video game fans and people who never touched a joystick in their lives. These games often spawned licensed conversions, sequels, fan-games and clones.

Most popular arcade classic applications

Street Fighter 2
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Golden Axe
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Bomberman
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Arcade classic applications

  • operation-wolf-5
    DOS19894.3/5 Taito
  • outrun-1
    DOS19894.2/5 Sega
  • 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...

  • qbert-06
    DOS19843.9/5 Parker Brothers
  • qixtaito-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Taito
  • r-type-2
    DOS19894.1/5 Irem Software Engineering
  • rampage-1
    DOS19884.2/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
  • robotron-2084-3
    DOS19833.8/5 Williams Entertainment
  • space-invaders-clone-1
    DOS1995remake4.1/5
  • spacewar-1
    DOS19854.1/5
  • starwars-4
    DOS19884.2/5 Atari
  • stargate-1
    DOS19833.5/5 Williams Entertainment
  • street-fighter-2-6
    DOS19924.3/5 Capcom

    Street Fighter 2 is one of the most popular fighting game ever released in the 90s. Street Fighter 2 was designed by Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda, developed and published by Capcom in 1991 for the arcades and then converted for many platforms from Spectrum ZX to DOS (in 1992).

  • super-pacman-01
    DOS19823.4/5 Namco
  • superspaceinvaders-1
    DOS19914.2/5 Taito
  • tapper-02
    DOS19843.9/5
  • wizard-of-wor-98-03
    DOS1998remake3.5/5
  • zaxxon-1
    DOS19843.8/5 Sega

    Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.