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These are some of my favorite retro arcade games from the 1980's. Growing up in the eighties, I spent countless hours playing these classic video games. I remember playing the Pong Console, TRS-80 Color Computer, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Colecovision, Intellivision, Atari 7800, Sega Master and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). I hope you enjoy playing these free versions online. Many of these video games are mobile device and Iphone friendly.


1942
1942 - 1984
Arkanoid
Arkanoid - 1986
Asteroids
Adventure Island - 1988
     
BurgerTime
BurgerTime - 1982
Centipede
Centipede - 1980
Castlevania
Castlevania - 1987
     
Commando
Commando - 1985
Defender
Defender - 1980
Digdug
Dig Dug - 1982
     
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong - 1981
Donkey Kong Jr
Donkey Kong Jr. - 1982
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong 3 - 1986
     
Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt - 1984
Frogger
Frogger - 1981
Galaga
Galaga - 1981
     
Gauntlet
Gauntlet - 1985
Gunsmoke
Gun Smoke - 1985
Joust
Joust - 1982
     
Kong Fu
Kung Fu - 1984
Ms Pac Man
Ms. Pac Man - 1981
Paperboy
Pac-Man- 1980
     
Paperboy
Paperboy - 1984
Phoenix
Phoenix - 1980
Phoenix
Pitfall - 1982
     
Popeye
Popeye - 1982
Qbert
Q*bert - 1982
Qbert
Rush'n Attack - 1985
     
Sonic
Sonic - 1991
SpaceInvaders
Space Invaders - 1978
Streetfighter
Street Fighter - 1987
     
Super Pitfall
Super Pitfall - 1987
Tapper
Tapper - 1983
Time Pilot
Time Pilot - 1982
     
Zaxxon
Zaxxon - 1982
and 300 more Nintendo games
and 500 more Atari 2600 games
and 70 more Atari 7800 games
and 85 more Sega games



The Golden Era of Video Games was a time of great technical breakthroughs and game design creativity in arcade games. Video arcade games were designed in a wide variety of genres, while game developers had to work within strict limits of available processor power and memory. This era also saw the rapid spread of video arcades and gamerooms across North America, Europe and Japan. At the same time, video games started to appear in supermarkets, restaurants, bars, pubs, liquor stores, gas stations, bowling alleys storefronts and many other retail establishments looking for extra income and customer traffic.Very popular video arcade games would more than on occasion cause a crush of teenagers at arcades, eager to try the latest in public entertainment.

The two most successful arcade game companies of this era were Namco (the Japanese company that created Pac-Man, Pole Position, and Dig Dug) and Atari (the US-based firm that first introduced video games into arcades). These two companies wrestled for the top slot in American video arcades for several years. Other prominent arcade companies such as Sega, Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Taito, Williams, Bally / Midway Manufacturing Company, Cinematronics and SNK were among many others also played major roles in the early development of the video arcade game industry.

The arcade game industry truly entered its “Golden Age” in the late 70’s and early 80’s,with consumer awareness and market penetration of video arcade machines in bars, pubs, malls, storefronts and restaurants rising rapidly with introductions of such classic video arcade machines like Asteroids, Space Invaders, Galaxian, Donkey Kong, and the timeless video arcade classic game, Pac-Man.

Retrogaming, also known as classic gaming and old school gaming, is the playing of older video game consoles, and/or video games (generally arcade), in contemporary times using emulators.

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1942
1943
Arkanoid
Baseball Stars
BurgerTime
Castlevania
Commando
Contra
Defender
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Double Dragon
Excite Bike
Frogger
Galaga
Gauntlet
GunSmoke
Gyruss
Joust
Jungle Hunt
Kung Fu
Millipede
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Paperboy
Pitfall
Phoenix
Pole Position
Popeye
Puzzle Bobble
Q*bert
Rush'n Attack
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Invaders
Street Fighter
Super Pitfall
Tapper
Tecmo Super Bowl
Time Pilot
Zaxxon
plus hundreds more ...

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