Your favorite arcade games.

[Kitsunexus]

No limits! Post a list of your favorite games and whatever you want to say about them! 

Basically, if you could have a dream arcade (but the games had to exist in real life) what would you fill it with?

(Neo·Geo games and games for any other interchangable game system like CPS should listed as individual games).

1943
After Burner
After Burner: Climax
Aleste 2
Altered Beast
Aarkanoid
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Blaster
Blazing Star
Bubbles
Bust-A-Move 2
Crisis Zone
Chiller
CyberSled
Cyvern
Dark Edge
Defender
Die Hard Arcade
Dig-Dug
DoDonPachi 2 : Bee Storm
Dragon's Lair
G-Loc
Gain Ground
Galaga
Galaxy Force 2
Gauntlet
Gigawing
Gokujyou Parodius
Gradius III
Gunforce Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island
I, Robot
Interstellar Laser Fantasy
Juno First
Kid Nikki: Radical Ninja
L.A. Machineguns
Magical Cat Adventure
Magical Twin Bee
Manx TT Superbike
Metal Slug
Metamorphic Force
Mortal Kombat II
N.A.R.C
Outrun
Outrunners
Power Stone
Psycho Soldier
Psyvariar : Medium Unit
Psyvariar : Revision
Q-Bert
Raiden
Rally-X
Ray Crisis
Ray Storm
Road Blaster
Roadblasters
Root Beer Tapper
Samurai Shodown 2
Sinistar
Smash TV
Space Harrier 
S.T.U.N. Runner
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Streer Fighter Alpha 3
Strider
Strider 2
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Last Blade 2
The Ninja Warriors
Time Crisis 2
Varth
Virtua Fighter 2
Virtual ON
Wonderboy In Monster Land
X-Multiply

[Joe Redifer]

Games that I have actually played in real life (in no particular order):

Space Harrier
Out Run
Shinobi
Magician Lord
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Q*Bert
Ms. Pac Man
Strider
Dig Dug
After Burner
Baseball Stars Professional
Choplifter
Donkey Kong
Daytona USA
Virtua Racing
Super Hang-On
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (it's arcade perfect)
Thunderblade
Kangaroo
S.T.U.N. Runner
Rastan
R-Type (though I felt the sound was inferior to both the SMS and TG-16 versions)
F-Zero AX
Street Fighter 2 (etc)

There are plenty of other arcade games that I really like that I've never seen in real life, only emulated.

[Kitsunexus]

Games that I have actually played in real life (in no particular order):

-list-

There are plenty of other arcade games that I really like that I've never seen in real life, only emulated.

You can include those too. I meant basically no making up games like HOLOGRAPHIC STARFIGHTER 3D! They have to be real games, but emualted counts too.

[Michael Helgeson]

I think he actually meant played in person,not on Mame.

I own the majority of arcade stuff I want already. Most of it is MVS anyway,but also other favs like Survival Arts,Time Killers,and my japanese pcb of POW. Most of the stuff like R-Type,Ninja Spirit,and others I actually enjoy playing the ports more.

[Turbo D]

TMNT 

[WoodyXP]

1. Double Dragon
2. Double Dragon II
3. Afterburner (with gyroscopic cockpit)
4. Space Harrier
5. Outrun (with cockpit)
6. Combatribes
7. NARC
8. Smash TV
9. Golden Axe
10. Knights of the Round

I could write all day long... but those are my essentials.

[bust3dstr8]

These are ones that where in my local arcade.

SMB
Ikari Warriors
Sinistar
Spy Hunter (sit down)
Golden Axe
Double Dragon
CombaTribes
Final Fight
Willow
Fatal Fury Special
MKII
Street Fighter
Operation Wolf
Ghouls and Ghosts
Dig Dug
Mr DO!
TMNT
XMEN
Millipede
Marble Madness
Raiden
UN Squadron
Galaxian

[nodtveidt]

It would be impossible to truly fill out such a list, but I guess I'll try...

Rygar
Terminator 2
The Simpsons
Arabian Magic
Street Fighter II
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TMNT: Turtles In Time
Double Axle
Pit Fighter
Mortal Kombat
NBA Jam
Operation Wolf
Jackie Chan
Fighter's History
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown II
Ajax

My "dream arcade" would also include my own arcade machine, Arc86, and the host of games it would be able to run.

[SignOfZeta]

Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
Osman/Cannon Dancer
EPS Ra.De.
Scud Race Plus
Ferrari F355
KOF (all)
Real Bout 2
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Waku Waku 7
Astra Superstars
Pocket Fighter
Puzzle Fighter
Victory Road: Ikari Warriors II
Ikaruga
Pulstar
Blazing Star
Sakura Taisen Columns
Radiant Silvergun
The Simpsons
Spy Hunter
Mille Miglia
Star Wars
Galaga
Ms. Pac Man
Ivan Stewart's Off Road
Beatmania IIDX (all)
Drum Mania (all)
Demolish Fist
DDR (most)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Neo Geo Battle Colosseum
Fist of the North Star (the Arc one)
Fist of the North Star: Punchmania

Pinball:
Family Guy
Star Trek: TNG
Elvira
Cyclone
Pinbot

[Keranu]

There's only one arcade game I need...

WINDJAMMERS!

[TR0N]

Well i can list some games that enjoyed in the arcades.

Discs of Tron
Paperboy
720'
Gauntlet II
Spy Hunter
Dig Dug
Dragons Lair
Burger Time
SS2
Pac-Man
Super Pac-Man
Pac-Mania
Cadash
Arkanoid
Willow
AvsP
Final Fight
Frogger
Contra
Super Contra
Dark Seal
Bad Dudes
Kid Nikki
The Legend of Kage
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
R-type
SMB (on nintendo vs tough compare to the nes version)
The Goonies ( I'm gald it had a famicom release i got to play it again)
Operation Wolf
Beast Buster (man i wish snkp would put it in a collection)
Ninja Gaiden (Sure it's not like the nes version but i enjoy it)
TMNT
The Simpsons (you think by now fox would let konami emulate it for a collection
shesh)
Double Dragon
Magician Lord(wich urge me years later to get a neogeo cmvs)
Golden Axe
Outrun(Man the sit down version was sweet)
Ikari Warriors
P.O.W
Rastan
Shinobi

There's many more i could list but that's enough.

[rolins]

@Kitsunexus
Only arcade games, right? So why list Aleste 2 (a personal fav of mine too!) when it's a MSX game?

My top 2 favorites -
Galaga
Donkey Kong

[Kitsunexus]

@Kitsunexus
Only arcade games, right? So why list Aleste 2 (a personal fav of mine too!) when it's a MSX game?

Because.

[rolins]

@Kitsunexus
Only arcade games, right? So why list Aleste 2 (a personal fav of mine too!) when it's a MSX game?

Because.

Well, the maintainer of that site is misinformed. Aleste 2 was only released on the MSX2.

[Hobo Xiphas]

WINDJAMMERS!

Sculpta

Twinkle Star Spritus is pretty good too