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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Pinball Fantasies, the sequel to Pinball Dreams, is a pinball game initially developed for the Amiga by Digital Illusions in 1992. It was later ported to DOS, Playstation, and many other platforms.
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Boulder Dash is a popular strategy/maze game initially created by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray for Atari 8-bit and released in 1984. The game, published by First Star Software, was p...
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After Burner II (also known as After Burner SEGA) is an enhanced re-release for Commodore 64 and Amiga of the popular arcade After Burner. The official sequel of the arcade, Afte...
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Out Run is an arcade racing game created by Sega in 1986. It is one of the best-selling video games of all time. In 1987, it was ported to the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The Ami...
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Choplifter! is a helicopter simulator/action-adventure created by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published in 1982 by Brøderbund. The game was converted to Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, C...
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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...
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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.
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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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Acid Tetris is a clone of the original Tetris game that was released in 1998 for DOS and BeOS platforms. The game offers only one game mode, where you guide unlimited falling brick...
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Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling fighting game created in 1992 by the four person company Midway Games and released initially as an arcade. Thanks to its huge success, the game wa...
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Ghouls 'N Ghosts, aka Daimakaimura (Great Demon World Village), is a famous arcade created by Capcom as a sequel to Ghosts 'N Goblins. It was initially released in 1988. It was ported to many home platforms, computers, and consoles.
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Pang, also known as Buster Bros in the US or Pomping World in Japan, is a 2d platformer arcade created by Mitchell Corporation in 1989. The goal is to destroy balloons that bounce ...
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Wonder Boy is a side-scrolling platform-adventure game originally developed by Escape (later known as Westone) for arcades in 1986. Home conversions appeared on the Sega Master System and the Commodore 64 in 1987.
Year: 1987 Genre: Platformer
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