The Top 50 Retro Arcade Games

Published 5 November, 2007 Duration 24:51

These were the hungry machines which were guzzling all your 10 and 20 pence pieces when you were a wee thing. The 10 and 20 pieces which, had you spent them on maths books, might have bought you a job at NASA.

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  • GitSomE_UK #1 4 years ago

    Even more memories of hanging around arcades where I played nearly all of these espeically Star Wars. You missed Battlezone, Wonderboy, Pacland and Space Harrier from the early 80's, blimey it's been a trip this weekend with the speccy, C64 and now this thanks EG!

    It just serves to show how things have moved on in such a short time.

  • Spanner #2 4 years ago

    I think it also shows how the arcades have moved backwards, too. Although it goes against the established cliché, arcades might have "quality" these days (though I guess that's kinda debatable), but they're really lacking in "quantity".
    Just remember what it was like when the arcades were bustling, and there was enough raster light to blind you and so many flickering screens that seizures and strokes were an acceptable hazard.
    Ah, I miss the arcades. So badly. It breaks my heart every time I go to Coral Island these days - it's empty to me...

  • symmetry #3 4 years ago

    Elevator action! Omg I had completely forgotten that game.

    And Zaxxon was an awesome game, spent so much money on that and Nemesis... ahhh, memories :)

  • Nallen #4 4 years ago

    It's pleasing to know I have a large number of the Top 50 Retro Arcade games on my Atari 7800 :)

  • redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #5 4 years ago

    A lot of amazing games there but where is Street Fighter? Outrun? Afterburner? Shinobi? Rolling Thunder? Bubble Bobble? Kung-Fu Master? I think they all rate higher than some of the games up there.

  • sabreman #6 4 years ago

    This video represents arcade games pre-1986. A second video is in the works for the 1986 - early 1990's era.

  • Amajiro #7 4 years ago

    Scramble was the first game I ever pirated.

  • Dizzy #8 4 years ago

    Nothing can beat Tempest on that list. Err.. well maybe Robotron.

    I cant believe I played 95% of them.

    Oh god!!! Gravitar! And Berzerk! Lunar Lander!!! *sigh*

    Kinda funny that I can probably program some of them in a day now :)

    BTW where is Vanguard? (http://ww w.arcade-history.com/index.php?... Surely one of the best shooters of the 80s.
    Edited by 2 at 15/11/07 @ 10:32

  • mechamonkey #9 4 years ago

    Just listening to this took me right back to the summer holidays of my childhood, I loved how arcades used to sound :)

    Brilliant

  • caligari #10 4 years ago

    Glol - you suck at Frogger. ;)

  • AuthenticKaizen #11 3 years ago

    what a nice trip.