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The most popular arcade classic games

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.
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Marble Madness

DOS1987 Atari
Marble Madness is an abandoned isometric action game designed by Mark Cerny and originally published by Atari as a successful and iconic arcade game. It was later converted for many platform in 1986 and for IBM PCs in 1987 by Atar...
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Galaxian

DOS1983 Namco
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Zaxxon

DOS1984 Sega
Back in 1984, Zaxxon was the future. Isometric graphics? Whoa. Shadow effects? Mind blown. But mostly, it was a game about flying a chunky spaceship through a heavily fortified space base while crashing into walls at high speed. T...
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Ninja Gaiden

DOS1990 Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden, released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and later to other platforms, is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed by Tecmo. It follows the story of Ryu Hayabusa, a skilled ninja on a quest fo...
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Q*Bert

DOS1984 Parker Brothers
Q*bert is a classic arcade game that was created by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee and was released by Gottlieb in 1982. The main goal of Qbert is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by having the character, Qbert,...
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Gauntlet

DOS1986 Mindscape
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Robotron 2084

DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
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Battlezone

DOS1983 Atari
In 1983, Battlezone asked: what if vector graphics could give you war-induced vertigo? You’re in a tank, in a wireframe world, fighting other tanks. That’s it. But it’s oddly immersive—thanks to a pseudo-3D...
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Stargate

DOS1983 Williams Entertainment
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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Wizard of Wor 98

DOS1998remake
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CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake ChamProgramming corp.
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BurgerTime

DOS1982 Data East
Ah, BurgerTime. The game that asked the important question: what if we made a platformer about a tiny chef assembling giant burgers while being chased by sentient hot dogs? You guide Peter Pepper through condiment-themed nightmare...
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Moon Patrol

DOS1983 Atarisoft
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Boulder Dash Construction Kit

DOS1987 First Star Software
Boulder Dash Construction Kit is both a full game and a level editor, built around the gameplay mechanics of the original Boulder Dash (1984). You still play as Rockford, the pixelated, googly-eyed spelunker, digging through caves...
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Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected Data East
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president? If that line doesn’t make you want to punch a ninja through a hotdog stand, nothing will. Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja is peak 80s: mullets, muscles, and more side-scrolling be...
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CHAMP Kong

DOS1996remake ChamProgramming corp.
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Konami's Ping Pong

DOS1996 Konami
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Tapper

DOS1984
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Joust VGA

DOS1990remake
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CHAMP Centipede

DOS1993remake ChamProgramming corp.
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IBM Centipede

DOS1983 IBM