1980s

Shigeru Miyamoto led Nintendo R&D4 to develop one of the best games on the NES and an amazing entry into the mainline Mario series, together with the Koji Kondo soundtrack…

Originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami, Shinichi Nakamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara created "Bomb Man" and since then the title has spawned a ton of sequels and…

The Namco Developed Dig Dug was originally designed by Masahisa Ikegami and Shigeru Yokoyama with art by Hiroshi Ono. The strategic digging game was extremely popular and spawned several clones…

Developed by General Computer Corporation (GCC) and Midway, designed by Steve Golson, Ms. Pac-Man was the first entry to not be made by Namco. The game improved over Pac-Man in…

Toru Iwatani's masterpiece not only helped establish the maze game genre, but was one of the first games in history to make an enormous cutural impact. Not only was it…

In 1984 Data East developed a game for arcades that helped establish the one on one fighting genre. Karate Champ was a simple game that utilized two joysticks to perform…

Designed by Yu Suzuki and Developed by Sega, OutRun became famous because of the hyper rare full motion deluxe arcade cabinet (second video), amazing soundtrack, and the ability to select…

Developed by Rare and designed by Tim and Chris Stamper, R.C. Pro-Am was a unique racing game for the NES that featured environmental hazards, power ups, weapons, and over 32…

One of the most important and successful titles from early arcades, Pole Position was developed by Namco and is an evolution from its 1976 electro-mechanical game F-1, whose designer Sho…

Developed by Bally Midway and designed by George Gomez for arcades, Spy Hunter was an arcade cabinet with a yoke-style wheel, pedal, and two option gear shift that allowed players…