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

Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH dosamiga

Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of Doh is the sequel to Arkanoid, a popular coin-op created by Taito in 1986. The sequel was released in 1987 and ported to Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and XZ Spectrum in 1988.

Year: 1989 Genre: Arcade

arcade bat and ball breakout coin-op conversion paddle pong

1943: The Battle of Midway amiganes

1943: The Battle of Midway is a shoot 'em up developed and published by Capcom for arcade machines in 1987. Later on, the title was ported to several computers and consoles such as...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Silkworm amiga

Silkworm is a side-scrolling shooter arcade developed by Tecmo and released initially in 1988. In 1989 the game was ported to Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum by Random Access.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

2 players arcade co-op coin-op conversion h-scrolling shoot-em up helicopter shooter side-scrolling

Wonder Boy sega-master-system

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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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

Double Dragon II: The Revenge amiganes

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...

Year: 1989 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler coin-op conversion progressive beat-em-up

Gradius msxnes

Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Konami, initially in 1985 as an arcade. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.

Year: 1986 Genre: Shooter

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Pac PC 2 dos

Pac PC II is one of the best freeware clones of the original Pac-Man, probably the most popular arcade of all times..

Year: 1995 Genre: Arcade

arcade freeware maze chase remake

Shadow Warriors amiganes

Shadow Warriors (or Ninja Gaiden in non-PAL countries) is a coin-op created by Tecmo and released in 1988. The home computer versions were developed by Ocean and published in 1990 ...

Year: 1988 Genre: Brawler

2 players arcade brawler coin-op conversion ninja progressive beat-em-up

Ghostbusters commodore-64

Ghostbusters by Activision is a video game based on the 1984 Ghostbusters movie. It was released the same year of the film on several home computers, including Commodore 64, Apple II, and MSX.

Year: 1984 Genre: Arcade

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Extreme Pinball dos

Extreme Pinball is a pinball game developed by Digital Extremes and published by Electronic Arts for DOS and PlayStation in 1995. It is the successor to Epic Pinball. The game is p...

Year: 1995 Genre: Arcade

arcade pinball

Marble Madness amiga

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.

Year: 1986 Genre: Arcade

2 players action platformer arcade coin-op conversion isometric

Rodland amiga

Rodland (aka Rod-Land or Rod Land) is a platformer developed and published by Jaleco in 1990 initially in arcades only. In the following years, it was ported to multiple other plat...

Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer

2 players anime arcade clear screen clear-screen arcade co-op coin-op conversion fantasy platformer

Paperboy 2 amigagenesis

Paperboy 2 is an arcade game developed by Tengen and published by Mindscape, originally released for 8-bit systems in 1991. The initial NES, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum were followed by Amiga, MS-DOS, SNES, and Mega Drive/Genesis.

Year: 1991 Genre: Arcade

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