Top 10 Arcade Games

[bikingjahuty]

What are/were youre top 10 arcade games?

These don't have to be arcade exclusives, but please try and rank them based off your experience of playing them in an arcade originally.

1. Star Wars Trilogy Arcade (sit down version)
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (sit down version)
3. Virtua Fighter
4. Area 51/Maximum Force (combo cab)
5. House of the Dead
6. Virtua Fighter 2
7. LA Machinguns
8. House of the Dead 2
9. Cruis'n World
10. Battletech Center

[stealthrush]

First arcade games I ever played were Street Fighter II, and World Heroes. Occasionally I would play them although they were not my go-to arcade games. These 10 are my favorite;

1. Die Hard Arcade
2. Top Skater
3. Rival Schools: United by Fate
4. Bomber Man World [developed by IREM]
5. Virtual-On: Cyber Troopers
6. Power Stone
7. X-Men vs Street Fighter (X-Men Children of Atom/Marvel Super Heroes/Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter/Marvel vs Capcom)
8. The King of Fighters '97 (The King of Fighters '95/The King of Fighters '96/The King of Fighters '98)
9. Dance Dance Revolution
10. Last Bronx

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Dead or Alive
Zombie Revenge
Sega Ski Super G
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

These games I kept coming back to every time I visited my local arcade-plaza. Tucked away behind House of the Dead & Time Crisis were the classics, along side Tetris, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galega; Metal Slug, Gunbird, Megaman Power Battle, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons, King of Monsters and Samurai Shodown.

[undertakerprime]

Great question.

As may be obvious from my avatar and other posts I’ve made, Q*Bert is my favorite arcade game.

The rest of my top 10, in no particular order:
2. TMNT
3. Dig Dug
4. Food Fight
5. Simpsons
6. X-Men (Konami)
7. Shinobi
8. Double Dragon
9. Super Street Fighter 2
10. Mortal Kombat 2
As you can see, I loves me some beat-em-ups.

Other arcade games I played a lot over the years:
Pac-man series, especially Ms Pac-Man
Marvel vs series
Tekken series, especially 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament
Operation Wolf
Chase HQ
Galaga
Donkey Kong series, especially DK Jr
Centipede
WWF Wrestlemania
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Killer Instinct
Thunder Blade (sit down version)
Out Run
Cruisin’ series
P.O.W.
GI Joe
Jail Break

[ferraroso]

Almost impossible to limit it to only 10 titles, but I'll do my best...
In no specific order:

Mortal Kombat II
Daytona USA
Street Fighter II′ Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Ms. Pacman
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
X-Men
Tekken 3
The House of the Dead III
Sonic Wings 2
Dragon's Lair

[wartoy]

1.Dig Dug
2.Starcastle
3.Frogger
4.T.M.N.T
5.Gorf
6.Stargate
7.X-Men
8.Venture
9.Berserk
10.Missile Comand

[medisto]

Oh man, I spent every dime I could get a hold of in the arcades back in the day.
Here are 10 of my favourites in no particular order:

1. Gorf
2. Joust
3. Ghosts 'n Goblins
4. Time Pilot
5. Donkey Kong
6. Scramble
7. Galaxian
8. Galaga
9. Amidar
10. Gyruss

[zenimus]

Of the games I actually played in arcades, these were my favorite.

1. Street Fighter II (especially Champion Edition)
2. Spy Hunter
3. Crazy Taxi
4. Joust
5. Centipede
6. The Simpsons
7. Sunset Riders
8. Deadstorm Pirates
9. Super Off Road
10. Cruis'n USA

[turf]

This is a tough one. 
I'm going to leave the PlayChoice-10 since it's not really an arcade game.
Here we go.  In no particular order.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• X-Men
• Robotron 2084
• Crazy Taxi
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Street Fighter II (whichever iteration you like
• NBA JAM
• Hydro Thunder
• Donkey Kong
• Area51