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 games

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Arkanoid

DOS19884.1/5 Taito
Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
Battlezone

DOS19834.3/5 Atari
Bomb Jack

DOS19844.5/5 Tecmo

Bomb Jack is a classic arcade platform game developed and published by Tecmo in 1984. The goal of the game is to collect bombs while avoiding enemies; the whole game takes place in a fixed screen. Bomb Jack for DOS is a conversion from the arcade original version. The arcade and the conversions were a huge commercial success.
Bomberman

DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft
Bubble Bobble

DOS19894.2/5 Taito

Bubble Bobble is perhaps one of the most popular (and cute!) platform arcade games of all times. The goal of Bubble Bobble is simple: clear each screen from various monsters and reach the final stage. In order to get rid of enemies, dinosaurs Bub and Bob can spit bubbles to trap them, then pop the bubbles to kill them.
BurgerTime

DOS19823.8/5 Data East
Bust-A-Move

DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito
CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
CHAMP Centipede

DOS1993remake3.8/5 ChamProgramming corp.
CHAMP Kong

DOS1996remake4.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
CHAMP Ms. Pac-man

DOS1994remake4/5 ChamProgramming corp.
Defender

DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment
Dig Dug

DOS19833.8/5 Namco
Donkey Kong

DOS19834.1/5 Nintendo
Double Dragon

DOS19884/5 Technos Japan
Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected3.7/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
Frogger

DOS19834.1/5 Konami
Galaxian

DOS19833.9/5 Namco
Gauntlet

DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
Ghosts 'n Goblins remake

Windows2004freewareremake4.1/5
Golden Axe

DOS19914.2/5 Sega
IBM Centipede

DOS19833.6/5 IBM
Joust VGA

DOS1990remake4.3/5
Konami's Ping Pong

DOS19964/5 Konami
Marble Madness

DOS19873.7/5 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 Atari.
Mario Bros VGA

DOS1990remake4.2/5

Mario Bros VGA is a fan made remake of the original Mario Bros by Nintendo, the game that popularized the character of Mario, the italian plumber first saw in Donkey Kong. Mario Bros VGA is a fixed-screen platform arcade game that truly shines when played in co-op with a friend.
Moon Patrol

DOS19834.2/5 Irem Software Engineering
Mortal Kombat

DOS1993protected4.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular 1 on 1 fighting games. No wonder it spawned many sequels. You can play as one of the seven digitized characters and must fight everyone else to the top. One of the distinctive features of Mortal Kombat is the fatality: a special move to finish off the adversary.
Ms. Pac-Man

DOS19833.9/5 Midway Manufacturing Company