20 Must Have Arcade Games
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If you grew up during the mid 80’s and early 90’s, then you know about the legendary past time known affectionately as the arcade. Those times have long past but many of the titles that graced these large monuments of gaming greatness can now be played on several different platforms.
In this latest video, I go over 20 arcade games that I believe you must play or add to your collection giving you some small details about each title.
Team Sp00ky Hey Taito Footage:
23.02.2023
#20 – Knights Of The Round#19 – Donkey Kong#18 – Pac Man#17 – Super Street Fighter II Turbo#16 – The Simpsons Arcade Game#15 – OutRun#14 – TMNT The Arcade Game#13 – Rolling Thunder#12 – NBA Jam: TE#11 – Defender#10 – Super Sprint#9 – Final Fight#8 – Samurai Shodown 5 Special#7 – Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3#6 – Super Dodge Ball#5 – Afterburner II#4 – Metal Slug#3 – Boogie Wings#2 – WWF Superstars#1 – KOF '98
nice vid
I still don't get why you don't have more subscribers. Philistines.
I can't disagree with any of your choices, man, and it's great that you covered such a large time-span of arcade games. Good work.
Great video, any chance of putting the list in the description?
alien vs predator by capcom is probably my favorite beat'em up
Great video and very informative 🙂
got my sub
nice vid, boogie wings catch me eye from your list, haven't seen that one! I will check it out!
Regarding the question at end of your vid ill leave a short list in no particular order of games I think ppl must have:
Battle circuit
Cadillacs and dinosaurs
Demon front
Killer instinct 1 and 2
Marvel Super heroes vs street fighter
Marvel Vs capcom 1 and 2
New zero Team
Sengoku 1 and 2
Street Fighter III (all 3 of them, new generation, second impact and third strike, best looking SF in my opinion)
Gun bird 1 and 2
Capcom sports club
Vampire savior 2
Could go with a huge list of great games but those are some of my favorites, I am still trying to get my arcade game list down since I don't like to endlessly scroll on a list full of games I will never play, currently I am on 212 games, and Its getting quite hard to get rid of any at this point.
you chose the better super dodge ball mah man!
If you guys want to check out some cool really old school arcade retro games then come over and check them out.
For all intents and purposes
What a weird list
The biggest issue with emulating arcade games (or even playing them via official compilations), is that, well, Arcade games took quarters. You're playing an emulation of it. You have an infinite number of non-existent virtual quarters. Meaning you have to limit yourself if you want there to be any challenge. I usually give myself 5 credits, and rely entirely on getting more throughout the game.
The other thing, is that there's quite a few different methods of emulating arcade games, and most of them don't have a way of saving hi-scores. Yes, it's usually with a version of Mame or FBA, but there's various ways to go about it. Whether it's classic Mame, or a version of MameUI, some fancy frontend, Retroarch cores, whatever. But most of the time, unless you manage to find a very specific emulator that has hi-score saving, you're gonna be stuck writing down your scores. It kinda sucks, since arcade games are entirely about hi-scores.
My must-play arcade games? I have trouble listing 'em like the video did, but I can name a few regardless.
(in no particular order)
#1 – Pro Gear. [One of my favorite arcade games. I'm not massively into side scrolling shooters, but this one is just really fun. Plus it has a steam-punk kinda vibe that you don't really get very often.]
#2 – Cotton. [Similar to Pro Gear, it's one of the few sidescrolling shooters I can safely say I really enjoy.]
#3 – TMNT 2 Turtles in Time. [While the original TMNT Arcade Game is great, Turtles in Time just took what the first one did, and made it even better. Both are great though.]
#4 – X-Men. [Another super fun Beat em up, like the TMNT games and Simpsons. Simple as that.]
#5 – Street Fighter Alpha 3. [Just a really fun version of Street Fighter. It's all the fun of Street Fighter 2, but with super attacks, a more anime-inspired cell-shaded art style, and more characters.]
#6 – Street Fighter 3 Third Strike. [Probably my favorite Street Fighter overall. Super fluid animations, the parry system, and just a great feel overall. Sadly, I can't seem to get a version that works on my Retroarch.]
#7 – Star Wars Arcade. [Love the game. It's a fun space shooter. Sadly, again, it's not easily emulated.]
#8 – 1943. [My favorite of the 19xx games. Not really because it's the best one, it's probably not. But instead because of my nostalgia of playing the NES version a lot. Still, fun vertical shooter.]
#9 – Simpsons Arcade. [Not much to say. It's a fun beat em up similar to X-men and TMNT.]
Aliens (Konami)
Aliens Vs Predator (Capcom)
Breakers (SNK)
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Capcom)
Knights Of Valor ( IGS)
The Punisher (Capcom)
Spiderman : The Video Game (SEGA)
Vendetta (Konami)
X Men Arcade Game (Konami)
X Men Children Of Atom (Capcom)
i would add another game to the list super pang 2
robocop
I'd like a lot of these games, but some aren't easy to get a hold of and I don't have very much room in my spare room
Arcade machine games, still the best,, than the Game consoles, like pS,5, the Xbox, & Nintendo,, thats all,,😄☺️
where THE F is tekken?
Pretty cool you picked Knights of the Round, that's an Underrated Capcom classic! I have to go with Discs of Tron, Tournament CyberBall 2072, T2, Strider, Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong 3, RoboTron 2084, Galaga, RoboCop, Arkanoid just off the top of my head! 😉
darkstalkers 3
NBA Hangtime > NBA Jam TE
So many great choices on the list King of Fighters 94 for me because I couldn't beat Regal talk about a cheap pain in the ass final boss. I would go MK2 but not any version of 3 the game always felt broken to me. I liked the Sega racing game just like Outrun but with different teams like 2 felons, that game was a blast. Afterburner without a doubt was and still is fantastic. SF2 champion edition for me even with the slow pacing. Killer Instinct comes to mind. So many great choices X-Men etc etc. I thought WWF Wrestlefest was better than superstars.
very nice 🙂 i played and grow up in the end of the 70'0 Pong was my first game i played those games in greece an they where also so many cabinets 🙂 a very very nice time
Mortal Kombat 1'2'3'4.