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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 games

Street Fighter 2
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Golden Axe
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Arkanoid
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Arcade classic games

  • arkanoid-1
    DOS19884.1/5 Taito
  • bad-dudes-02
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
  • battlezone-3
    DOS19834.3/5 Atari
  • bomb-jack-01
    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.

  • dynablaster-01
    DOS19924.1/5 Hudson soft
  • bubblebobble-3
    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.

  • burger-time-01
    DOS19823.8/5 Data East
  • bust-a-move-01
    DOS1997freeware4/5 Taito
  • champ-asteroids-01
    DOS1997remake4/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • champ-centipede-03
    DOS1993remake3.8/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • champkong-1
    DOS1996remake4.1/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • champ-ms-pacman-05
    DOS1994remake4/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • defender-4
    DOS19834.2/5 Williams Entertainment
  • digdug-1
    DOS19833.8/5 Namco
  • donkey-4
    DOS19834.1/5 Nintendo
  • doubledragon-1
    DOS19883.9/5 Technos Japan
  • dragons-lair-1-1
    DOS1989protected3.6/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
  • frogger-2
    DOS19834.2/5 Konami
  • galaxian-2
    DOS19834/5 Namco
  • gauntlet-1-02
    DOS19864.1/5 Mindscape
  • gng-remake-02
    Windows XP/98/952004freewareremake4.1/5
  • goldenaxe-3
    DOS19914.2/5 Sega
  • ibmcentipede-1
    DOS19833.6/5 IBM
  • joust-vga-03
    DOS1990remake4.3/5
  • konami-ping-pong-02
    DOS19963.3/5 Konami
  • marble-madness-03
    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-02
    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-03
    DOS19834.1/5 Irem Software Engineering
  • mortalkombat1-3
    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.

  • mspacman-2
    DOS19833.8/5 Midway Manufacturing Company