Arcade games are video games commonly installed in cabinets and placed in bars; they were very common in the '80s.
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Arcade games are video games commonly installed in cabinets and placed in bars; they were very common in the '80s.
Bubble Bobble is one of the most famous arcades ever created and a personal favorite of GamesNostalgia. This 2D cartoon action platformer designed by Fukio Mitsuji (aka MTJ) was released by Taito initially in 1986.
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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Robotron: 2084 (also known as Robotron) is one of the arcades that made the history of video games. Developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982, it was a huge commercial success.
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RoboCop is a side-scrolling shooter based on the 1987 movie. Ocean Software, a well-known computer games publisher, purchased the license for the title and sold it to Dataeast to create an arcade game.
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Street Fighter is a fighting game created by Capcom and released initially as an arcade in 1987. It is the first chapter of the fighting series that became popular thanks to the sequel, Street Fighter II.
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Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone is the third and final chapter of the popular series Double Dragon created by Technos Japan. The side-scrolling beat 'em up was created originally as an arcade, then ported later to home computers.
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Marble Madness is an arcade created by Atari Games and published initially in 1984. You have to guide a rolling ball (a marble) down your path, viewed from an isometric perspective, avoiding obstacles and enemies.
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up created originally as an arcade by Technos Japan, as a sequel to Double Dragon. The game was ported to many home com...
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After Burner is a popular arcade created by Sega in 1987, inspired by the movie Top Gun, where the player is the pilot of an F-14 Tomcat jet. This fast-paced combat flight simulato...
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Battlezone is an arcade game created by Atari and released in 1980. It's the precursor of modern 3D first-person shooters (FPS), using wireframe vector graphics rather than raster graphics.
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Star Wars is a famous coin-op created by Atari in 1983, during the "golden age" of the arcades. The title is a first-person space sim that uses 3D vector graphics, simulating the attack on the Death Star from the 1977 Star Wars movie.
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Joust is a popular arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It was one of the first and most successful two-player cooperative games. The players control...
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Gauntlet is a fantasy hack and slash dungeon crawl arcade developed by Atari Games and released in October 1985. The game was ported to many platforms, including Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Apple II, etc.
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Xevious is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade released by Namco in 1982 and ported to multiple platforms. There were releases for MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Apple II.
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