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Arcade games are video games commonly installed in cabinets and placed in bars; they were very common in the '80s.

Toki amiga

Toki is a platformer arcade created by TAD Corporation and originally released in 1989. Two years later, it was ported to several home computer platforms. I'm not going to lie. Until recently, I had never played Toki.

Year: 1991 Genre: Arcade

arcade coin-op conversion platform-shooter platformer

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition pc-enginegenesis

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition is a fighting game developed by Capcom and released in 1992 as a coin-op. arcade. The home console ports followed in 1993 for both Sega Genesis and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16.

Year: 1993 Genre: Brawler

2 players anime arcade brawler coin-op conversion competitive fighting martial arts

Street Fighter II dosamigagenesis

Street Fighter II is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter and was developed and published by Capcom in 1991. Originally made for arcades, it was later released for other platforms, including that Amiga and PC.

Year: 1992 Genre: Brawler

2 players 2d anime arcade brawler competitive fighting

Target Renegade commodore-64

Target Renegade is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Imagine Software and published by Ocean Software in 1988. The game was originally conceived as a follow-up to Technōs ...

Year: 1988 Genre: Brawler

arcade brawler commodore 64 progressive beat-em-up side-scrolling violence

Smash T.V. amigagenesis

Smash T.V. is an arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams Electronics and released in 1990. It was later ported to several platforms, including Genesis, A...

Year: 1991 Genre: Shooter

arcade coin-op conversion dual joysticks flip-screen flip-screen shoot-em-up shooter top-down twin-stick shooter

Bart vs the World nesamigasega-master-system

The Simpsons: Bart vs the World is a 1991 platformer developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim, originally for the NES. It followed the commercial success of Bart vs the ...

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

arcade cartoon flip-screen jumper licensed platform-adventure platformer tv series

BurgerTime nescommodore-64

Burger Time is a 1982 arcade game developed by Data East, well known for its quirky concept and addictive gameplay. It was one of the more original arcade experiences of its time, ...

Year: 1984 Genre: Arcade

arcade cartoon coin-op conversion comedy maze chase platformer

Arkanoid: Doh It Again snes

Arkanoid: Doh It Again, released for the SNES in 1997, is a modern reinterpretation of the classic arcade game Arkanoid. The original game, released in 1986, was itself an evolution of Atari’s legendary Breakout.

Year: 1997 Genre: Arcade

arcade bat and ball breakout flip-screen paddle snes original game

Puyo Puyo genesis

Puyo Puyo is a puzzle game originally developed by Compile and first released in 1991. Its roots lie in the Madō Monogatari series, a first-person dungeon crawler featuring colorful, anime-style characters.

Year: 1992 Genre: Arcade

anime arcade falling block puzzle puzzler

The New Zealand Story amigapc-engine

The New Zealand Story is one of the most famous arcades created by Taito. It was released as a coin-op in 1988. Many home computer versions, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum, were released in 1989.

Year: 1989 Genre: Platformer

arcade coin-op conversion multi-directional platform-shooter platformer

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 genesis

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting game developed and published by Midway Games in 1995. It is an improved and slightly different version of Mortal Kombat 3. The original thi...

Year: 1996 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler coin-op conversion fighting martial arts motion capture versus violence

Rainbow Islands amiga

Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble and was developed and published by Taito in 1987 for arcades only. It would remain a coin-op until 1990 when it was ported to the Amiga, Commodore 64, and other home platforms.

Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer

arcade cartoon coin-op conversion hop and bop jumper platformer vertical-scrolling

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters amiga

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is an Atari coin-op released in 1989, ported to Amiga, CPC, Atari ST, C64, DOS, and other platforms. The game was designed by Mark Stephen Pierce, also known for Klax and Dark Castle.

Year: 1990 Genre: Shooter

2 players arcade co-op coin-op conversion isometric multi-directional multi-scrolling shooter run and gun science fiction shooter

Nemesis 2 msx

Nemesis 2 is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Konami for the MSX computer system and released in 1987. Known as Gradius 2 in Japan, the game represents Konami's ambitious ...

Year: 1987 Genre: Shooter

arcade h-scrolling shoot-em up hotseat msx original game science fiction shooter side-scrolling