Best 288 arcade games of all time

[YankeeH8er]

Such an odd number, I dont think I have ever seen anyone do an arcade list before. There have been so many games over the years I dont see how anyone could have played enough of them to really say which are the best or not.


1. Super Cobra 2. Sea Wolf 3. Samurai Showdown III: Amakusa's Revenge 4. Scramble 5. 1942 6. 4-D Warriors 7. 720 8. 10 yard fight 9. Monster Farm Jump 10. Mercs 11. Mega Man Power Battles. 12. Max RPM 13. Amidar 14. APB 15. Anteater 16. Art of Fighting 17. Vs. Stroke & Match Golf Men Version 18. Snow Bros 19. Solar Fox 20. Snacks'n Jaxson 21. Steel Gunner 22. Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
23. Shock Troopers: Second Squad 24. Space Harrier 25. Space Fever 26. Zoo Keeper 27. Zwackery 28. ZZyzzyxx 29. Virtua Fighter 30. Viewpoint 31. Insert game here 32. Vigilante 33. Slipstream 34. Sky Raider 35. Smash TV 36. Sinistar 37. Bagman 38. VS Balloon Fight 39. Baseball the Season 2 40. Bang Bead 41. Dodgem 42. Mr. Do's Castle 43. Dead or Alive 44. Donkey Kong Jr 45. Bad Dudes 46. Bad Lands 47. Avengers in: Galactic Storm 48. Athena 49. Altered Beast 50. Alien Syndrome 51. Alien 3: the Gun
52. Alpha Mission 2 53. Drift Out 94' 54. Donpachi 55. Dragon Gun 56. Discs of Tron 57. Marble Madness 58. Mario Bros 59. Mars 60. Maximum Force 61. Street Fighter 62. Street Fighter Alpha 3 63. Street Fighter Alpha 2 64. Section Z 65. Contra 66. Commando 67. Congo Bongo 68. Cosmos 69. Satan's Hollow 70. Side Arms 71. Space Invaders 72. Silk Worm 73. Blueprint 74. Bomb Jack 75. Beatmania 6th Mix 76. Bosconian 77. Xevious 78. X-men: Children of the Atom 79. Wizard of Wor 80. X-men
81. Time Soldiers 82. Doom 3 83. Tron 84. Trojan 85. Night Driver 86. Narc 87. The Ninja Warriors 88. Nemesis 89. Killer Instinct 90. Kid Niki - Radical Ninja 91. Kick 92. King of Boxer 93. Circus 94. Columns 95. Cobra Command 96. Combat 97. Aero Fighters 2 98. Soul Calibur 99. Space Duel 100. Space Wars 101. Aero Fighters 102. 1944: Loop Master 103. Afterburner 104. Alex Kidd: Lost Stars 105. Armor Attack 106. Arabian 107. Arkanoid 108. Area 51 109. TwinBee 110. Tutankham 111. Turbo
112. Turkey Shoot 113. Puyo Puyo 114. Puzz Loop 115. Q-Bert 116. Puckman 117. Terra Cresta 118. Thunder Blade 119. Tempest 120. Sega Tetris 121. Gun Smoke 122. Gunbird 123. Hang-On 124. Guzzler 125. Carnival 126. CarnEvil 127. Captain Commando 128. Boulder Dash 129. Legendary Wings 130. Super Space Fortress Macross 131. Mappy 132. Lunar Lander 133. Looping 134. Loco-Motion 135. Lemmings 136. The Legend of Kage 137. Fantasy Zone 138. E-Swat 139. The Empire Strikes Back 140. Excite Bike
141. Extra Inning 142. Elevator Action 143. Dr. Mario 144. Darkstalkers: the Night Warriors 145. Raiden 146. Rally-X 147. Rainbow Islands 148. Rampage 149. Astro Fighter 150. Astro Invader 151. Atari Football 152. Astro Blaster 153. Break Thru 154. Bump N Jump 155. Burgertime 156. Basketball 157. Bubbles 158. Bubble 2000 159. Bubble Symphony 160. Battletoads 161. Metal Slug 162. Mr. Do! 163. Mighty Pang 164. Moon Patrol 165. Star Trek 166. Star Hawk 167. Star Wars 168. Star Castle
169. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 170. Twin Eagle 2 171. Up N Down 172. Ultra Tank 173. Asteroids DX 174. Armored Warriors 175. Assualt 176. ASO - Armored Scrum Object 177. Dig Dug 178. Demolition Derby 179. Donkey Kong 180. Donkey Kong 3 181. Mr Heli 182. Atomic Punk 183. Batman 184. Berserk 185. Kangaroo 186. Juno First 187. Jungle Hunt 188. Karnov 189. Rival Schools 190. R-Type 191. Salamander 192. Rygar 193. Spy Hunter 194. Space Fury 195. Starblade 196. Super Punch-Out!! 197. Gauntlet
198. Green Beret 199. Galaxian 200. Gauntlet Legends 201. Blades of Steel 202. NFL Blitz 2000 203. Bionic Commando 204. Blazing Star 205. Darius II 206. Cyberball 207. Captain Tomaday 208. DragonballZ 209. Golden Axe 210. GP Rider 211. Gradius III 212. Ghost Pilots 213. Joust 214. Jr. Pac-Man 215. Journey 216. Return of the Jedi 217. Mortal Kombat 218. Missile Command 219. Mortal Kombat 3 220. Sonic the Hedgehog 221. Pooyan 222. Popeye 223. Pit Fighter 224. Pole Position 225. Galaga 226. Frenzy
227. Frogger 228. Freeze 229. Rampart 230. Raystorm 231. Rastan 232. Raiden Fighters 233. Blood Bros 234. Block Out 235. Blasteroids 236. Black Tiger 237. Tapper 238. Tekken 239. Star Wars Arcade 240. Tac/Scan 241. Atomic Robo-kid 242. Robotron 243. Robocop 244. Rolling Thunder 245. Championship Sprint 246. Castlevania 247. Cruis'n World 248. Crossed Swords 249. Stun Runner 250. Super Tank 251. Strider 252. Vs. Super Mario Bros. 253. Crazy Climber 254. Crystal Castles 255. Choplifter
256. Centipede 257. Double Dragon 258. Defender 259. Double Dribble 260. Dance Dance Revolution 2nd 261. Battle Flip Shot 262. Forgotten Worlds 263. Flame Gunner 264. Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters 265. Ironman Stewart's Super Off Road Challenge 266. New Rally X 267. Omega Race 268. Ninja Spirit 269. Ghouls'n Ghosts 270. G.I. Joe 271. Ghosts'n Goblins 272. Gang Busters 273. Ridge Racer 274. Robo Army 275. Renegade 276. Roadblasters 277. Pac-Mania 278. Pac-Man Plus 279. Pengo 280. Pac-Land
281. Lode Runner
282. Lady Bug
283. Krull 284. The King of Fighters 2000 285. Hot Shocker 286. Ice Climbers 287. Jail Break 288. Heavy Barrel

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[jp]

No Batsugun and no Radiant Silvergun, list is fail.



But good call on the Scramble.

[YankeeH8er]

Were either of those games released in the US? This looks like a US list.

[jp]

Radiant Silvergun was.


Not sure about Batsugun. If it was, it came out under a different name.

[The Bastard]

It's definitely a US list. I disagree with it completely, but there are some fun games in that list. I wouldn't even attempt a list that big.

[YankeeH8er]

Damn I wish I had an arcade with Radiant Silvergun in it back in the day. They would have been awesome.

[Frogacuda]

Radiant Silvergun was.
US version had busted controls, though, so its omission would be fair if it's a US list.

Some of the stuff on there is garbage or just doesn't make sense. Doom 3? Lemmings? Sonic the Hedgehog? I don' t think this dude quite knows what an arcade game was (and don't bring up the mega-play version of Sonic, you know that doesn't count)

[NeoZeedeater]

288's a weird number. It would be pretty much impossible to decide what to include or exclude. This list is mix of timeless classics and outdated stuff. It seems almost random generated.

I have played almost of all of these but I had no idea there was an arcade version of Lemmings.

[Bruhaha69]

Why is there an arcade version of lemmings, and how could that possibly be in a top arcade game list?

I can't imagine arranging a top 288 arcade game list. Just thinking of 288 games I like it hard enough, forget trying to order them.

[Frogacuda]

forget trying to order them.

Which is about what I think they forgot to do with this list. It seems totally random. 4-D Warriors at #6? It's an alright game, but not really a classic. And a lot of these aren't even that good.

[Bruhaha69]

Yeah, the list is whacky. So many don't even belong or just don't make sense.

Art of Fighting? Let's be honest, the game is pretty bad. It had huge sprites and scaling, but it controlled like shit. At least put AoF3 on there if you're gonna have any at all.

Ghouls 'n Ghosts AND Ghosts 'n Goblins. Not really a need for both and seriously.....Ghouls 'n Ghosts is much better.

Golden Axe....classic, sure, but as best arcade games go, Revenge of Death Adder kicks its ass.

And a personal annoyance....fucking Ridge Racer and no Daytona USA? The Fuck?

Kind of a waste to do a list like this unless you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY dedicated a whole lot of time into it. This list seems pretty slapdash to me.

[Wildcat]

Is this an ordered list? 'Cause the first picks are surprising.