500+ Best Classic Arcade Games from 1977 to 1997
Travel back in time and dive headfirst into the awesome gaming heyday with my stash of over 500 classic arcade games spanning two decades of awesomeness! Get ready to feel that sweet rush of arcade nostalgia as you check out a bunch of games that totally define an era.
This handpicked Arcade games collection is basically a showcase of how gaming culture went from zero to hero. So, whether you're a seasoned retro gamer wizard or just getting started, this lineup guarantees a trip through the epic history of gaming. Have fun!
All ready to be played using MAME or your preferred emulator box.
Other Great Arcade Hits Missing:
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This handpicked Arcade games collection is basically a showcase of how gaming culture went from zero to hero. So, whether you're a seasoned retro gamer wizard or just getting started, this lineup guarantees a trip through the epic history of gaming. Have fun!
All ready to be played using MAME or your preferred emulator box.
Other Great Arcade Hits Missing:
- Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons (1992)
List created by The Geek Connoisseur
RetroGamersHub.com
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- It is the year 2084, the world we all once knew is now overrun by robots. The majority of mankind was eliminated by the robots during a cybernetic revolt. As the player, you must rescue the surviving humans while defeating an endless wave of killer robots.
- The player's ship flies over a horizontally scrolling planet surface, protecting friendly humanoids from alien abduction. Destroying all enemies advances you to the next wave. Loss of all humanoids destroys the planet until it is reinstated every fifth wave.
- Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens.
- You control a yellow crab-shaped shooter that travels along the outside rim of a 3-dimensional tunnel, shooting enemies down the alleys of the tunnel while avoiding any coming down the alleys. The tunnel takes on many different forms, and the shooter has a special "superzapper" that enables it to kill all enemies present in the tunnel.
- As a joust wielding yellow armored knight riding a flying ostrich. You must navigate through a series of floating rock platforms above molten hot lava. With a berserk of enemy knights, many of them riding buzzards who want you for dead. In order to survive, you must use your joust to kill the enemies without getting killed first whether it be by an enemy or accidentally falling into the lava.
- DirectorEd LoggYour spaceship is trapped in an asteroid belt. Watch out for enemy spacecraft and maneuver your way out.
- Major Havoc, a clone that was made by scientists, goes into outer space to fight and kill off the alien race that kidnapped humans from Earth.
- This update to Pac-Man (1980) changed the character to a lady, added moving fruit, smarter monsters, cut scenes and more mazes.
- Missiles from the sky are attacking the cities, you, as the player, must defend the 6 cities as long as you can.
- The player controls a lunar landing module, with the goal of landing safely on the Moon.
- StarsHarrison FordMark HamillJames Earl JonesAssume the role of Luke Skywalker and fight past many enemies to reach and destroy the Death Star.
- Can you survive the game grid?
- Face waves of aliens descending on your spaceship and clear the screen to achieve victory.
- Commonly considered as one of the most influential video games of all time, the goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.
- The sequel to Galaxian (1979), the player controls a spaceship and faces waves of enemy aliens that try to destroy, capture, or collide with the spaceship.
- A nice game with up to four cooperative players exploring dungeons and fighting monsters from a top-view perspective. The four characters that could be played included: - Thyla the Valkarie (female human sword warrior in blue) - Thor the Warrior (male human axe warrior in red) - Merlin the wizard (male human magic-user in yellow) - Questor the Elf (male elf archer in green) Each player's character has different strengths and weaknesses. The players collect food, potions, and treasure in return for points, health, magic and power-ups.
- You play as a spy in a car that is advanced and destroy enemies vehicles with weapons.
- StarsKatuhiko HiranoToshihiro KimuraEigo OkajimaOperation Wolf is a one-player shooter video game made by Taito.
- In this arcade game, you must help a frog cross a highway and a river while avoiding obstacles so he can get to his home safely.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoArcade video game and the first in the "Donkey Kong" series in which Jumpman (later retconned to be Mario) runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong.
- The player controls a gun that can only move in the bottom fifth of the screen. The object is to shoot a centipede that works its way down to the player area through a field of mushrooms. Other attacking enemies are fleas, spiders, and scorpions.
- Humanoid player runs through maze-like rooms, destroying robots while avoiding their fire. The indestructible Evil Otto is the game's timer, forcing the player to move on.
- As a blue car, collect flags throughout a maze while dodging red enemy cars and rocks.
- The player controls a spaceship that must blast its way through five missions, each a different challenge. The game features a pistol grip joystick and robotic speech synthesis that heckles the player during gameplay.
- You are a mouse in a maze who must avoid cats and hawks while searching for cheese, bones and bonus items. Eating bones will allow you to become a cat-eating dog. Pressing color buttons will change the maze.
- You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun implacements, missiles, fighters and a large enemy robot.
- Navigate Pac-Man through a maze escaping ghosts and eating Pac-Dots.
- A combat helicopter must save as many rebels as possible from the p.o.w. camps set up by the evil Bungeling Empire and take out all enemy forces that stand in its way back to safety in this side-scrolling shoot 'em up.
- DirectorMasahisa IkegamiIn the video game DigDug you are the character Doug who has been sent to clear this underground area of all the enemies.
- In order to rescue her son, a mother kangaroo must climb up ladders, jump onto platforms and leap over gaps as well as punch out a gang of nasty monkeys that try to stop her by throwing apples at her. The kangaroo may eat fruit along the way to receive points.
- Player drives a moon buggy jumping over craters, rocks and land mines, shooting simultaneously at rocks in front and aliens above while dodging their missiles.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoArcade platform game and the sequel to "Donkey Kong", but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario (formerly named "Jumpman") is now the villain and Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to save his kidnapped father.
- Jungle Hunt (1982)
- The fourth title of the Pac-Man series, the player must eat keys in order to open doors to open up sections of the maze.
- Q*bert must to make the top of the blocks the color shown and avoid enemies.
- Players navigate an airplane through several time periods while battling enemies.
- Classic arcade game where the player as Chef Peter Pepper must run around platforms placing hamburger ingredients together as fast as possible while avoiding enemy ingredients like Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle and Mr. Egg.Burgertime (1982)
- You play the sailor man as you try to catch various falling objects from Olive Oyl despite opposition of Bluto and the Sea Hag.
- An epic battle between a Solvolou fighter and the forces of Xevious in mysterious and futuristic world.
- Using a trigger joystick you must move your fire-base left and right while shooting bird-like creatures flying at you. Use the segments dropped by the birds to build a bridge across the pit on the right side of the screen to escape and fight Satan.
- Player controls a soap bubble in the kitchen sink, roaming about and mopping up crumbs, ants, and greasies. Watch out for the razor blades and roaches!
- Mappy is a side-scrolling platform game that features Mappy, a police mouse that must retrieve stolen goods that are stored in a Mansion that belong to a cat gang (called Meowkies in the game) that Mappy must avoid.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsKen MarshallLysette AnthonyFreddie JonesA prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.
- DirectorDon BluthTony BozekStarsDan MolinaVera PachecoMichael RyeA valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoTwo plumber brothers, Mario and Luigi, come across unearthly creatures while searching sewer pipes, so they must do their job and clear the pipes.
- A character named Lode Runner must traverse and dig through fanciful designs of architecture to collect tons of gold, while utilizing physics and avoiding man-crushing, though foolish, guards.
- You play an athlete competing in a series of track and field athletic competitions.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoShooter video game and the third installment in the "Donkey Kong" series. The gameplay departs from previous Donkey Kong games, and it stars an exterminator named Stanley instead of Mario who defends a greenhouse from the giant ape.
- You are a soda jerk serving root beer to patrons.
- DirectorGenyo TakedaBronx kid Little Mac is trained by ex-boxer "Doc" Louis so he may gain a name for himself in the World Video Boxing Association, in hopes he can fight the legendary Mr. Dream.
- StarsFrank WelkerYou control a lovable thief through various dangers to rescue a damsel in distress from a villainous count.
- In this third game in the Namco Galaxy Trilogy, the player controls a spaceship and shoots aliens.
- DirectorAlexey PazhitnovDifferently shaped blocks descend into a 2D container. The blocks can be moved and rotated, and must be sorted into the rest of the blocks on the fly.
- StarsBrandon Scott MillerYou play a kid delivering papers on his treacherous route.
- Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny, in which the player must guide a marble through six courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time limit.
- Thomas must use his punches, kicks, and jumpkicks to save Sylvia from Mr. X and his henchmen.
- This is the story of a man named Super Joe. He must stop an enemy alliance, and rescue hostages.
- the (presumably American) ex-president has been kidnapped by revolutionaries so the mercenary squad Wolf Force is sent in to save him.
- DirectorMike HallyMove the Road Runner through a cartoon world eating bird seed. Lead Wile E. Coyote to his demise for extra points.
- DirectorDustin HawkinsPlay as Ralf Jones and Clark Steel and battle through hordes of enemies to reach the jungle village of Ikari.
- You must race your Ferrari through various unique locations in order to reach checkpoints. While playing, the player can choose which route to take and has a choice between one of three different music themes.
- Controlling the spaceship 'Vaus', the player must prevent a ball from leaving the playing field by bouncing it against bricks. Once all bricks have been destroyed, the player may progress to the next stage.
- Bub & Bob, twin dinosaur brothers, begin a fantastic journey to recover the food stolen from their people by the evil Baron Von Bubba.
- DirectorBrian ColinJeff NaumanIn Rampage three people can play at once, each player being a different giant monster that terrorizes cities throughout North America.
- 1986 Atari skateboarding video game, in which the player controls a skateboarder skating around a neighborhood. By doing jumps and tricks, the player can eventually acquire enough points to compete at a skate park.
- DirectorKoji HiroshitaA terrorist organization named Red Falcon declares war on humanity and tries to take over the Earth. Two soldiers, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, are sent to stop the Earth's destruction.
- In the midst of WWII, the Navy's best fighter pilot must destroy the Japanese air and sea squadrons.1943: The Battle of Midway (1987)
- A side-scrolling space-shooter featuring various power-ups and bio-mechanical enemies.
- A hectic Police driving game in you much catch a assortment of eccentric crooks.A.P.B. All Points Bulletin (1987)
- An arcade flight simulator that lets you (the player) pilot an F-14 Tomcat. You must destroy oncoming enemy aircraft's in order to advance through each level.
- DirectorYoshihisa KishimotoShinichi SaitouMartial arts siblings Billy and Jimmy Lee must battle a tough gang known as the Black Warriors in order to rescue Billy's girlfriend, Marian.
- The Ninja children of the Iga clan were kidnapped by Zeed, a syndication of evil Ninjas and outlaws. Joe Musashi, a master of Ninjutsu amd other martial arts must penetrate single-handedly into the opponent's territory on a mission to rescue the little ones and wipe out the villains.
- DirectorHideyuki TsujimotoOne year after the events of Contra, the aliens return and invade an allied base. Bill and Lance are not only fighting their mortal enemy Red Falcon, they must now face off against their former comrades.
- Arcade fun two on two basketball. Or is that, a basket-brawl? Throw some punches around and dunk your way to victory.