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Top 10 Arcade Games of All Time

Let’s face it, you can’t go to the seaside without hitting the arcades whilst you are there! From retro arcade games to more recent releases, we love them all! Of course some are better than others and when you don’t have much pocket change to spare, you will no doubt want to play the best of the best. For a list of the top ten arcade games to look out for just keep reading;

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike

It was obvious this beauty would make it onto the list. It’s a game which has becomeso popular that national and international tournaments are regularly held to crown players champion of the 2D beat ‘em up world!  The game is a lot like other Street Fighters but with a twist. You can only use one super art move per match, giving the game an edge which no other Street Fighter has. With a mixture of drum and bass music, smooth 2D visuals and unusual Street Fighter characters mixed in with the classics, it’s easily one of the best fighting games of all time!

Time Crisis 2

Namco’s rail shooter popularized the genre and is ultimately the daddy of all rail shooters out there. It paved the way for co-operatively played rail shooters and was fuelled with adrenaline throughout its entirety. If ever there was a shooter you needed to look out for, this is it!

X-Men

Just how many other arcade games out there will allow you to play through a game with five other friends! X-Men is an extremely fun game which lets you play as any of your favourite X-Men characters and has that old retro feel to it which we all love.

Pacman

It doesn’t matter how old it gets, this game will always be one of the best! It’s a simple concept of dodging the ghosts to collect the little white dots, yet it’s probably more challenging than any game released on the Xbox 360! It would be a crime not to include Pacman in this list.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Whether it’s the old Sega Mega Drive games or the new ones, if you see this speedy blue hedgehog in an arcade you better get yourself to that machine! Being Sega’s mascot and influencing the platforms games of today, Sonic is easily one of the greatest video gaming characters of all time! Without Sonic, video gaming just wouldn’t be the same.

Metal Slug

Before there was Call of Duty, there was Metal Slug! A game which is very much like Gunstar Heroes but with a much darker edge to it. It might not have the best graphics in the world, or bring war to life, but it does have awesome music combined with explosions pretty much everywhere!  Imagine a 2D Commando and you’ll pretty much have the exact  interpretation of what Metal Slug is.Final Fight

Take Guy from the Street Fighter Alpha series, put him in a side scrolling game which is very much like Streets of Rage and you have yourself Final Fight! With its big chunky animated graphics and fantastic 32bit music, you can’t help but fall in love with this game.

King of Fighters ‘94

You can’t have a top ten list without mentioning one of the best fighters of all time! The King of Fighters franchise has been around for many years now and it was King of Fighters that combined Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury together into one big fighting frenzy. Of course all of the King of Fighters games deserve a play, but the reason I mention ’94 is because it’s the originator of the series!

Alien Vs Predator (Capcom edition)

You can play as either a marine or a predator and basically run through the game eliminating every alien in your path. It’s a cool little side scrolling game which actually lets you use Predator weaponry to take out the aliens and cause as much chaos as possible. When the game came out it was way ahead of its time and I definitely recommend this game over the newer releases.Dance Dance Revolution

I was compelled to add this into the list as it is so much fun! We’ve all seen these dancing games in action and although they are not to everyone’s taste for fear of feeling humiliated, you can guarantee a good time playing this game on Vs mode!  Whether it’s Dance Dance Revolution or Dance Dance Revolution X, they are all just as fun as each other, so I urge you to break out of that shell and give them a go!

This is a guest post by Simon Parry. Simon is a writer for Liberty Games, retro arcade machines specialist.


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