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The 12 greatest arcade machines of all time

Decades later, we still feel these dinosaurs' footsteps – and they still play perfectly

Words: GamesRadar US
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gmilf71  - 5 months 3 days ago 
Dude WTF? where the hell is Asteriods?!
Billium  - 5 months 2 days ago 
How did Toobin' not make the cut?
moredhel_1  - 5 months 2 days ago 
Dear Lord - where the hell is GALAGA?! I love your articles and lists, GamezRadarz, but no "best of arcade" compilation can be complete w/out this 1981 classic (and superior sequel to 1980's Galaxian). Just sayin'. Peace!
helloimgaydo  - 5 months 2 days ago 
SMASH TV!!! yes I know its a sequel to robotron, but its still awesome.
MexicanEminem  - 5 months 2 days ago 
Punch Out!
MexicanEminem  - 5 months 2 days ago 
Castle Park still has tons old arcade games.
MexicanEminem  - 5 months 2 days ago 
I mean of.
wrapdump  - 5 months 2 days ago 
Sega Rally needed to be on this list. No ferry trip to france s ever complete without a go on the Sega Rally machine, it'S ALWAYS there.
AngeloComet  - 5 months 2 days ago 
It wasn't a great game, really, but I think the sheer 3D wow of Hard Drivin' coupled with its nails game (did anyone ever see anyone manage that loop the loop?) and 'real drivng' concept was properly innovative and captured the imagination and the public's interest in getting to play something 'real'.

A forerunner of Gran Turismo, the 'real driving simulator'?
kingofthegnomes  - 5 months 1 day ago 
anyone notice the typo in the ddr section below the picture lol. but it was great article
baggins  - 5 months 1 day ago 
I've got my own personal favorites, of course and would hardly expect all of them to make the list. Still, I'm surprised that you listed three separate fighting games but not a single light-gun game. Surely the genre deserves *some* recognition?
FamousMortimer  - 5 months 1 day ago 
Come on!!! Operation motherfucking Wolf! Firing an Uzi that actually recoiled! Hostages! Shooting that dude in the fact before he slashes you!

The opposite of this is a game called "Chiller," for anyone that's seen that perverted mess of uncomfortable.
twishart  - 5 months 23 hours ago 
Most of my quarters went to X-Men (the big dual screen one), Street Fighter Alpha 2, Virtual ON, Windjammers, Killer Instinct 1 & 2, Bust A Move, and Twilight Zone Pinball.
lethalcodeine  - 5 months 43 minutes ago 
Would have liked to see TMNT Arcade. I love all these games though. Especially SFII.
Demonflare  - 4 months 28 days ago 
Aww, Pac-Man is AWSOME! I played it once in a movie theater, and missed my movie cause I couldnt stop playing! :)

I was also sort of addicted playing Donkey Kong in Animal Crossing! :)
TIEREN  - 4 months 27 days ago 
I have forgot Mortal Kombat.When I was a child,I liked playing street figter with my brother.
Kaz993  - 4 months 27 days ago 
I love DDR. Those kids you mention having dance-offs? You're reading a post by one.
Spartanoffaith  - 4 months 27 days ago 
to hell with dragons lair i could never get past the gay moat, on NES
tobacco  - 4 months 24 days ago 
no tekken? no moonwalker?
arcwulf  - 4 months 8 days ago 
Four words: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. So what if it was a licensed game? It might not have been the original side-scrolling beat-em-up, but it is by far the most enduring example of this classic genre: more players than Double Dragon, more personality than Final Fight, and more colorful graphics than most of the games to follow it. Only the Simpsons arcade game or X-men even comes close.
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