Arcade

6 games

Pong

1972ArcadeSports

The game that started the video game industry. Allan Alcorn created it as a training exercise at Ata...

Space Invaders

1978ArcadeShooter

Tomohiro Nishikado spent a year developing it. The legend that it caused a coin shortage in Japan is...

Pac-Man

1980ArcadeAction

Toru Iwatani designed it to appeal to women, unusual for the era. The name comes from paku-paku, Jap...

Street Fighter II

1991ArcadeFighting

Created the competitive fighting game genre. The combo system was discovered by accident. Over 200,0...

Mortal Kombat

1992ArcadeFighting

The gore and fatalities led to the creation of the ESRB rating system. Over 800,000 arcade cabinets ...

Donkey Kong

1981ArcadePlatformer

Shigeru Miyamoto designed it after Nintendo of America was stuck with unsold Radar Scope cabinets. I...