This, in turn, led to the arcade world becoming an incredible eight-billion dollar industry.
Here are the ten greatest arcade games of all time.
Donkey Kong
you’re able to’t help but feel old when you realise Donkey Kong is almost forty.
You can’t help but feel old when you realise Donkey Kong is almost forty.
There’s no surprise here, but this 1981 Nintendo classic once stood at the apex of arcade gaming.
That’s thirty-seven in a forty-year career.
So yes Donkey Kong has, in fact, been around the carousel quite a few times.
You can’t help but feel old when you realise Donkey Kong is almost forty.
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat has gone on to produce more than twenty chapters in its mighty series.
However, it was the 1992 arcade classic that forged the very name for this mighty franchise.
And, even today, Mortal Kombat is remembered as one of the era-defining titles of the fighting genre.
Mortal Kombat has gone on to produce more than twenty chapters in its mighty series.
Striking hard with a second swing is, of course, Mortal Kombat II.
But, as you probably could have guessed that didn’t stop the power of Mortal Kombat.
Asteroids
Asteroids is still known to be one of the arcade icons of the 1970s era of gaming.
Mortal Kombat II harvested quarters for two years before the release of the third game in 1995.
Stemming from various influences such as Space Invaders, Computer Space and Spacewar comes Asteroids, the 1979 instant-hit.
Defender
This 1981 classic took inspiration from Space Invaders and Asteroids and it shows.
With a similar pattern to both games, Defender didn’t exactly reinvent the wheel.
Asteroids is still known to be one of the arcade icons of the 1970s era of gaming.
NBA Jam
The 1993 basketball classic earned the top spot for the highest-selling game in 1994.
NBA Jam was the basketball hit that revolutionized fast-paced sports gaming in 1993.
Oh, and it also racked up a whopping billion dollars in quarters, too.
This 1981 classic took inspiration from Space Invaders and Asteroids — and it shows.
Yes, that’s right a billion dollars in quarters.
Ms Pac-Man
Ms Pac-Man had to appear somewhere on this list, right?
Street Fighter II
From Street Fighter II came a whole bunch of influenced works.
The 1993 basketball classic earned the top spot for the highest-selling game in 1994.
Capcom struck gold with their highly-recognised blockbuster franchise Street Fighter in 1987.
Heck, even fresh-faced developers take a few clippings from the Street Fighter empire.
Space Invaders
Undeniably one of the most recognisable video games of all time, wouldn’t you say?
Ms Pac-Man had to appear somewhere on this list, right?
Everyone on planet Earth has either heard of or played Space Invaders at some point in their lives.
Space Invaders, for most, is one of the most recognisable video games ever invented.
Pac-Man
Pac-Man bags the gold for the greatest arcade game of all time.
From Street Fighter II came a whole bunch of influenced works.
It gave the player a reason to think and strategize before approaching every corner to every game.
And, you know it’s even on Google as a online window game.
Even after forty years, Pac-Man still holds the trophy for the most favourable arcade game ever made.
Undeniably one of the most recognisable video games of all time, wouldn’t you say?
And, to be fair, we don’t think that’ll change any time soon, either.
Jord is acting Team Leader at gaming.net.
Pac-Man bags the gold for the greatest arcade game of all time.
