Arcade Games Can Take You To Your Grandfather’s Time

Arcade games are closely attached to the gamers. After the launch of the arcade video game, it changed the whole gaming scenario. Arcade games are coin-operated video games machines. Owning an arcade game machine was one of the immense flexes in your childhood. After the technology upgrade, arcade games started disappearing from the market. Let us talk about some arcade games, “jo humare dil mein kahi basti hai aaj bhi…”

1. Pong

Pong is a 2-dimensional table tennis-themed arcade game developed by Atari in 1972. The player controls the rectangular bar, moves vertically left and right to the screen. The goal of the game is to reach 11 points before the opponent completes the points.

Unit sold: 150,000 (Worldwide)

2. Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is a platform based arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. You played the protagonist Jumpman, sliding and dodging the obstacles thrown by the kong in the construction site.

Unit sold: 132,000

3. Space Invaders

Space Invaders is a shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978. Space Invaders was one of the most selling Arcade video games. Player movers laser cannon horizontally across to destroy the aliens appearing in different rows.

Unit sold: 500,000

4. Galaga

Galaga is a rare Fixed shooter game developed by Namco in 1981. In the Galaga arcade game, the player controls the spaceship from the bottom of the screen. To clear all levels, the player has to destroy all the Galaga forces.

Unit sold: 12million

5. Asteroids

Asteroids is a spaceship shooter game developed by Atari, Inc. in 1979. The player controls the spaceship tasked to destroy the asteroids and the flying saucers. The player can move the spaceship in the left to the right direction and can move forwards. Spaceships fire the bullets only in the forward direction.

Unit sold: 70,000

6. Mario Bros.

Mario Bros is a platform game specially designed for Arcade by Nintendo in 1983. Mario Bros. Feature two protagonists, Mario and Luigi, investigating the unknown creatures in New York City sewers. Make sure to defeat all the enemies and dodge their attacks to win the game.

Unit sold: 90,000

7. Street Fighter II

Street Fighter is a fighting video game developed by Capcom for arcade in 1991. Street Fighter II features eight playable characters with unique abilities. Street Fighter is the best of the three one vs one combat battle can be played single-player or multiplayer with friends.

Unit sold: 200,000

8. Punch-Out!!

It is a boxing video game developed by Nintendo in 1983. After the global launch Punch-Out!!, became one of the highest-grossing video games in 1984. You play the character of Little Mac, A green hair coloured boy. To defeat the opponent, you have to punch, dodge and block at the correct timing.

Unit Sold: 100,000

9. Pac-Man

Pac-man is a maze action game developed by Namco in 1980 for arcade video games. Pac-Man is one of the most selling arcade video games in the world. You play the character of Pac-Man, whose task is to eat all the dots from the maze avoiding the attack of ghosts.

Unit sold: 400,000

Nowadays, buying an arcade machine is Lil bit rare and can cost up to thousands of bucks. Arcade game machines can be available in your nearest gaming parlour or malls near you. Time can never come back, but memories can. Do visit your nearest gaming parlour and enjoy good old times arcade games!