The most successful arcade games in history
The top 3 according to 2 votes from people: Pac-Man · Space Invaders · Street Fighter II. (Updated Dec 31, 2021.)
Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Street Fighter II, Donkey Kong: the arcade games whose cabinet sales and takings made arcade history. Which one did you feed the most coins?
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 15
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1
Pac-Man
Namco, 1980. About 400,000 cabinets by 1982 and an estimated $6 billion in takings.
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2
Space Invaders
Taito, 1978. The shooter that became a social phenomenon.
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3
Street Fighter II
Capcom, 1991. The spark of the fighting-game boom.
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4
The King of Fighters '97
SNK, 1997. About 150,000 units by 1998.
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Donkey Kong
Nintendo, 1981. Mario's debut.
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6
Ms. Pac-Man
Midway, 1982. The Pac-Man sequel that was a huge hit in North America.
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7
Asteroids
Atari, 1979. The vector-graphics classic.
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8
Defender
Williams, 1981. A pioneer of side-scrolling shooters.
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9
Print Club (Purikura)
Sega/Atlus, 1995. Not a game, but it started the purikura craze.
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10
Centipede
Atari, 1981. A trackball shooter.
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11
Galaxian
Namco, 1979. A shooter in full colour.
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12
Virtua Fighter
Sega, 1993. The beginning of 3D fighting games.
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13
Virtua Fighter 2
Sega, 1994. A phenomenon in Japanese arcades.
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14
Tekken 2
Namco, 1995. It cemented the Tekken series' popularity.
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15
Hyper Olympic (Track & Field)
Konami, 1983. The button-mashing athletics game.
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