The 20 Greatest Arcade Games Of All-Time!

This video counts down the 20 greatest arcade games of all-time as voted for by you - the viewers!

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[TheLairdsLair]

Full Top 50 List:

50 - Defender
49 - Dig Dug
48 - Rolling Thunder
47 - Bomb Jack
46 - Gyruss
45 - Pac-Land
44 - Asteroids
43 - Paperboy
42 - Space Invaders
41 - Operation Wolf
40 - Daytona USA
39 - RoadBlasters
38 - Final Fight
37 - Alien Vs. Predator
36 - Galaxian
35 - BurgerTime
34 - Spy Hunter
33 - Phoenix
32 - Centipede
31 - Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
30 - Marvel Vs. Capcom
29 - Wonder Boy
28 - Joust
27 - Mr. Do!
26 - Time Crisis
25 - Pole Position
24 - WWF WrestleFest
23 - Gauntlet
22 - Dragon's Lair
21 - Mortal Kombat
20 - Frogger
19 - House of the Dead
18 - Shinobi
17 - Bubble Bobble
16 - Mortal Kombat 2
15 - Robotron 2084
14 - X-Men
13 - Golden Axe
12 - Donkey Kong
11 - The Simpsons
10 - Tempest
9 - Galaga
8 - Tron
7 - Ms. Pac-Man
6 - Street Fighter II
5 - Out Run
4 - Star Wars
3 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2 - Pac-Man
1 - Double Dragon

[Luisdefunes]

Kicker, Ghosts´n Gobblins, Joust, Black Tiger, Tetris, Dangar, Elevator Action, Kung-Fu Master, Cabal, Darius... These are serious contenders that could be considered among the best 20 also. I would make another list with the top 30 or 50.

[mikeplaczek]

Snubbed. Asteroids, Defender, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Centipede, joust and breakout

[wlanman]

My parents owned an arcade so I had a blessed teen years :) My list top 10:
1. Space Invaders 2. Pac Man 3. Asteroids 4. Galaxian 5. Donkey Kong 6. Joust 7. Defender 8. Tempest 9. Tron 10. Dig Dug

Some honorable mentions: Centipede, Bezerk, Marble Madness, Venture, Missle Command, Galaga, Q-bert, Crazy Climber, Scramble, Warlords, Pole Position, Star Wars, Star Trek, Robotron, Ms. Pacman, Gauntlet, Gorf, Wizard of Wor, Zaxxon, Pong, Breakout, Sea Wolf, Battlezone. All of these ate tremendous amounts of quarters!

[Bluemusic]

I’m older. Can’t believe the granddaddy space invaders didn’t make it.

Also Summer Olympics, missile command, dig dug, so many more.

[russscott]

Asteroids! I could flip the score numerous times on one quarter. I remember first seeing the cabinet, at a pizza place, down the street from our house. I was immediately in love with that game.

[MrGriff-js]

The greatest thing I've ever seen in an arcade is 8 linked big screen Daytona USA cars with driver cameras in 1994. That thing still looks epic in 2024.

[jayme]

Definitely felt heavy on the Beat em' Ups which is no great surprise but the absence of Centipede was almost unimaginable to me. Small consolation that Tempest actually made the cut. I guess I'm more of an early 80s Arcade fan but you can't really moan about progress ;-) Great video and thanks for all the work to put this together :-)

[cybereye]

To be fair, these games were the times the arcade became popular and wide spread. Games in late 70's and early 80's there were longer lines to wait for your turn to play because it wasn't everywhere yet. Asteroids, Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Ms Pac-man were the longest lasting popularity before one on one fighting arcades came out.

[ElectronStarCollapse]

My parents use to own a Tron arcade cabinet, which had a prominent place in our video store, shared with Donkey Kong Junior and Star Trek. I probably played DKJ more than the others, but Tron was always the most mesmerizing.

[horscategorie]

No Defender? I guess this list of voters found it to be too difficult. Best game ever IMHO.

[lethalwolf]

For me Berserk has no equal. Hard to say why, but I’m just at total peace when playing, and could get very far on just one life from the first time I played as a kid. It surprised me to find such an easy game that was still fun. Then I watched it absolutely destroy other players and realized it’s not easy, I was just very good at it

[gregkilby]

I love these lists so much - I never agree with the placing of titles, but in a good and intrigued way! Great video.

[dan--abc]

Outrun. To this day when I drive my car I hear the music of this game and remember the pure joy of it.

[jimmyjm]

Great video 😎
I think due to the impact made at the time Street fighter 2 should of been higher on the list, I can still remember the queues to play that game and the crowds of people that were watching.
This game was huge!

[Pooby]

I was a kid of the late 80s and early 90s. I have distinct memories of crowds around Double Dragon, Final Fight, and Street Fighter 2. I also survived the Bit Wars of that era.

[mattmerritt]

Shocked terminator 2 did not make this list. I have a home arcade with 15 titles and people always gravitate to that one

[allnamesaretakenful]

I'm not a nostalgic person so when I play something, I play it because it is still a great game, and Galaga never disappoints. If I see it somewhere, I play it.

[He-Banshee.]

Grew up in a seaside town in the 80s and was blessed to have around 10 different fantastic arcades with a huge variety of games. Dad use to give me a coupke of quid and leave me for an hour to play. Just got a retroid pocket 3 just to install these games and a load more for on the go fun

[infiniteuniverse]

As a kid in the 80's I must've spent a small fortune in quarters playing "JOUST", "STAR CASTLE", "CONTRA" and "GALAGA". Hanging out with the kids from school at the local "Video Arcade". They had a hamburger place next door and played great music like the Police, The Time and the B52's through a PA system. Those were the best of times and greatest parts of my childhood. RIP ATARI and INTELLIVISION..