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[JCK75]

So I've been revistiting a lot of old favorites on my steam deck, and it really hit me that my Arcade experience is totally limited to my experiences as a kid in the 80's-90's and I've no clue what to check out aside from what I know..

I went right for
Ghosts and Goblins
Pac-Man
Rastan
Black Tiger
TMNT Arcade
Simpsons Arcade
X-Men
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Tower of Doom
Metal Slug

No matter how stuck in my Arcade memories I may be I'm sure good games didn't stop coming to arcades just because I stopped going to them.

Give me a list of some of your favorites so I can have a guide of what to check out.

 

[64bitmodels]

any racing game Sega had a hand in developing.
that includes

Hang On
Super Hang-On
Outrun
Outrunners
Outrun 2
F-Zero GX
Daytona USA
Daytona USA 2
Sega Rally Championship
Sega Rally 2

As well as their non racing game projects...

Golden Axe and Altered Beast, as mentioned, but also

House of the Dead
Monkey Ball
Sonic The Fighters
SegaSonic The Hedgehog
Samba de Amigo
Virtua Fighter

3 of Konami's Rhythm Game franchises
DDR
Beatmania IIDX
Sound Voltex
the holy trinity.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Tiger Road
Demon's World
Atomic Runner Chelnov
Captain Commando
Toki
Cabal
Sly Spy
Sunset Riders
Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja
Operation Wolf
POW Prisoner of War

Are they the best ever? No but they're the ones in the arcades of my youth so they're pure gold to me
Screw you guys

 

[nush]

The New Zealand Story.
Final Fight
R-Type

Plus everything listed so far are solid suggestions.

 

[64bitmodels]

Also, Street Fighter 2, all the alpha trilogy, and third strike are pure classics.

King of Fighters is beloved by many gamers especially the old 2D sprite based games, their animation and graphics are amazing!!

Namco's games are pretty good too, like Pac-Man, Ridge Racer (Daytona is better, though), Tekken, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, Burger Time, and Taiko no Tatsujin

The New Zealand Story.
Final Fight
R-Type

good shouts especially new Zealand Story. I played the remake on DS and it's very good

 

[Sorcerer]

I would say Tempest, it just cemented my love of vector graphics and felt for it's time like a really fast, wild and crazy game. It's just one of those games that I always think of first when I think of arcades back in the day.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

X-Men
Simpsons
TMNT Turtles in Time
MK2
NFL Blitz
Pac-Man
NBA Jam

Those are some of the ones I sunk many a quarter into

 

[Ancient Gamer]

Galaga/Galaxian
Donkey Kong
Mercs
Strider
Dig Dug

 

[Duchess]

Dungeons and Dragons : Shadow Over Mystara

 

[existensmaximum]

Bubble Bobble.

 

[The Tourmaline Gorilla]

So many great mentions.

To add:
Samurai Shodown
Cruisin' USA
Rival Schools
Raiden
Primal Rage

 

[Drizzlehell]

OutRun will always have a special place in my heart.

The soundtrack was incredible.

 

[intbal]

Star Wars (full cockpit version)
Roadblasters (full cockpit version)
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off-Road (Three player cabinet)
Defender (two-player cocktail table version)
Gauntlet (four player cabinet)
Afterburner
Heavy Barrel
Ikari Warriors
Gladiator
Gyruss
Rampage
Superman
Wizard of Wor
Xenophobe

 

[RagnarokIV]

Star Wars Trilogy arcade

 

[Solidus_T]

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Super Street Fighter II X
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Vampire Savior
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Dodonpachi Daioujou Black Label
Ibara
EspGaluda and its sequel
Mushihimesama 1.5 version and Futari
Strider II (1999)

Just naming a few that I believe are the best

 

[Ceallach]

The DoodleJump ticket machine at Dave & Busters is the GOAT

 

[wigsplittin4fun]

Tmnt…..prob is my fav ever as a kid
The rest are in no particular order :
Area 51
Sunset riders
Mortal kombat 2 ( really any mk 1-3)
Killer instinct 1 or 2
Pit fighter
Daytona USA
X men
Simpsons
NBA jam
Galaga
Pac-Man

 

[Hayabusa83]

Afterburner
Tekken 3
Time Crisis

 

[drganon]

Simpsons arcade
Tmnt arcade
Silent scope
Time Crisis 2
Hydro thunder
Area 51

 

[mrmustard]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Simpsons
Asterix

 

[Kacho]

So so many...

X-Men
Simpsons
Bucky O Hare
Alien vs Predator
Time Crisis
Daytona
Killer Instinct II
X-Men Children of the Atom
House of the Dead
Area 51
Street Fighter 2
Mortal Kombat II
Tekken 2

I'm sure I'm missing loads more, but those were the cabinets I threw countless quarters into as a kid.

Edit: saw Sunset Riders and NBA Jam mentioned. Also amazing.

 

[Gorgon]

My personal favourite to this day was Vendetta.

The only reason I didn't buy it on the PS store is that that classics line has no online multiplayer added, which is a crime.

 

[Little Mac]

For anyone who mentioned Killer Instinct …

 

[SeraphJan]

 

[ihavezippers]

Narc, although now that i watch it, the graphics make me nauseous

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

House of the Dead
Smash TV
Metal Slug

 

[Riky]

Gradius
Terra Cresta
Gauntlet
Afterburner
Outrun
Daytona USA
Virtua Fighter

Those are the ones that made a lasting impression on me.

 

[plip.plop]

Pretty much anything SEGA, Namco, Capcom, and Midway dropped. They always delivered a great arcade experience. SNK MVS was a requirement as well for any legit arcade.

 

[Neff]

1. Space Harrier
2. Bubble Bobble
3. Street Fighter II
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5. Rolling Thunder
6. Shinobi
7. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
8. The Simpsons
9. Rave Racer
10. Strider

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Mk1
Mk2 ☆
Killer Instinct
Time Killers
X-men

I personally think Mk2 is the greatest arcade game ever made I had no idea it was even possible to be that much better than Mk1. The state of the art graphics incredible sound design and all the secrets and rumors, man what I time to be alive

 

[drotahorror]

I personally think Mk2 is the greatest arcade game ever made I had no idea it was even possible to be that much better than Mk1. The state of the art graphics incredible sound design and all the secrets and rumors, man what I time to be alive

The crowds around the machine, in that dark ass arcade, the bass pounding, shit was unreal.