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

Penguin Adventure msx

Penguin Adventure is a platformer/arcade game developed and published by Konami for MSX in 1986 as a sequel to Antarctic Adventure. The game was designed by Ryouhei Shogaki, but on...

Year: 1986 Genre: Arcade

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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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Emerald Mine amiga

Emerald Mine is a Boulder Dash clone created by Kingsoft in 1987 for the Amiga and later ported to Commodore 64. The mechanics are well known: you have to collect the emeralds di...

Year: 1987 Genre: Arcade

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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns atari-8-bitatari-2600atari-5200

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the sequel to David Crane's award-winning Pitfall. It was developed and published by Activision in 1984. It was released for nine platforms, including Apple II, Commodore 64, Colecovision, and Atari 5200.

Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer

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Shinobi sega-master-systemamstrad-cpcamiga

Shinobi is an arcade game created by SEGA in 1987, ported almost immediately to the Master System and later to many other platforms. In the game, you control a ninja ("shinobi" mea...

Year: 1988 Genre: Brawler

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Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 amigapc-engine

Parasol Stars, also known as Parasol Stars: The Story of Rainbow Islands II - or if you prefer, The Story of Bubble Bobble III - is an arcade by Taito. The title is quite strange because there was no "Story of Bubble Bobble I".

Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer

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Mortal Kombat 3 genesis

Mortal Kombat 3 is the third game in the popular series of fighting arcades created by Midway. The coin-op was released in 1995. The same year several ports, including the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, were released.

Year: 1995 Genre: Brawler

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Xevious msxatari-st

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.

Year: 1987 Genre: Shooter

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Star Wars amiga

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.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

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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

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Bomberman '93 pc-engine

Bomberman '93 is an edition of the famous Bomberman game released by Hudson in 1993 for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console. The Hudson Soft series began with Bomberman in 1985, a game released for NES and MSX.

Year: 1992 Genre: Arcade

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Turbo Out Run amiga

Turbo Outrun is the sequel to the original Outrun and was developed by SEGA and published by U.S. Gold in 1989 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, and many other platforms. Turbo Outrun...

Year: 1989 Genre: Racing

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Pac-Mania amiga

Pac-Mania is a new spin on the original Pac-Man game (and 10th in the franchise) and was developed and published by Namco in 1987 for arcades. In 1988 it was ported to multiple hom...

Year: 1988 Genre: Arcade

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Operation Thunderbolt amiga

Operation Thunderbolt is a rail shooter coin-op released by Taito in 1988 as the sequel to Operation Wolf. It was ported to Zx Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga ST, Amiga, and other platforms in 1989-1990.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

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