Most Popular Arcade Games - Page 266
Frenesis
1987
ExZeus 2
2012
Dishaster
1982
Dishaster
1982
Dishaster is an action game released for the Atari 2600 in 1983 by Zimag. Another version of the game was released by Bit Corporation under the name Dancing Plates which features oriental-themed graphics and adds eight game variations. Dishaster was inspired by the circus tradition of keeping spinning plates suspended on poles. The player controls a girl attempting to keep a group of several spinning plates balanced on poles from falling. The game received negative reviews; criticism focused on the game's repetition and monotony. The girl can stabilize wobbling dishes by pressing the button on the controller. If a plate falls, the player is able to capture it if the girl touches it before it hits the ground, and a new one appears at the top of the pole. The number of poles to spin varies between the selected skill level; there are six on the easiest setting, and ten on the hardest. The player loses if they let four dishes hit the groundTape Worm
1982
Tape Worm
1982
With Tapeworm, Spectravision gives a whole new meaning to the slithering slimes that people love to hate. According to the manual of the game, tapeworms live in bean patches, love to eat fruit and are preyed upon by other critters named Beeky the Bird, Spanky the Spider and Mystery Beetle. Uhhhh, right. Our hero here is Slinky, a tapeworm who's patrolling the local bean patch. In order for him to get to the fruit he loves, he has to slither around the screen eating up all the beans. He consumes them by touching a bean with his head (merely a yellow square), and by doing so, another bean appears somewhere else on the screen, and then you're off again. The more beans Slinky eats, the longer he grows. Which is a problem. As you steer the worm through the bean patch, you need to take great care not to coil him back over himself because, omnivore that he is, Slinky will eat himself. Don't tread too gingerly because while Slinky is hot after those beans, a beetle is moving across the bottom of the screen, outside the paPac-Man Plus
1982
Pac-Man Plus
1982
Pac-Man Plus is an Action game, developed and published by Bally Midway, which was released in 1982. Gameplay is nearly identical the original Pac-Man. However, the game features new gimmicks that make the game harder, such as faster speed, disappearing mazes, and invisible enemies.Plump Pop
1987
Fast Freddie
1982
Block Block
1991
Block Block
1991
A ball travels across the screen, bouncing off the top and side walls of the screen. When a brick is hit, the ball bounces away and the brick is destroyed. The player loses a turn when the ball touches the bottom of the screen. To prevent this from happening, the player has a movable paddle to bounce the ball upward and back into play.OpenTyrian
2007
OpenTyrian
2007
Tyrian is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shooter. The story is set in 20,031 where you play as Trent Hawkins, a skilled fighter-pilot employed to fight Microsol and save the galaxy. OpenTyrian is a port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian. Jason Emery generously gave the OpenTyrian developers a copy of the Tyrian 2.1 source code, which has since been ported from Turbo Pascal to C. The port uses SDL, making it easily cross-platform.Tom Clown
1993
Tom Clown
1993
Tom Clown is an unlicensed game for the Sega Mega Drive developed by AV artisan and published by Realtec in 1993. Tom Clown Circus is an interpretation of the game with the Atari 2600. The game is pretty hardcore. Music is poor. A "diversity" levels - a typical Arkanoid without bonuses. It was originally bundled on floppy with Realtec's copier and was eventually put out on an extremely small amount cartridges.Steel Machine
1993
Steel Machine
1993
You’re the pilot of the Steel Machine – and it is up to you to fight off an attack by 6 battle cruisers intent on invading your planet. They’ve broken through all defenses now Steel Machines is the last hope. You’ll have to fight your way through 6 levels of deadly combat and battle with fleets of enemy ships sent to destroy you. It’s your toughest challenge ever.Berenstein Bears: On Their Own, and You on Your Own
1993
The Berenstain Bears: On Their Own is an interactive story book for children based on the popular children's book series. A yearly fair has come to Bear country, but nobody has the time to accompany brother and sister bear to go to it. Mother bear agrees that they can go on their own if they prove they can be responsible. The game includes 29 educational games for children. With each successful completion the player can win stars. Games include cleaning their virtual room, catching the bus to school, matching the alphabet, reading the clock and others. Initially all the games are around the house, but once the player has shown his responsibility, more games at the fair are unlocked.Propeller Arena
Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship is a video game for the Dreamcast console. It was originally titled Propeller Head Online, and was to be released on 9/19/2001. The game was trademarked on 8/14/2001. It was developed and completed by the development team Sega AM2, but the game was never officially released. The release was cancelled just days after the September 11 attacks,citing both similarities in game packaging and design to the events of that day as well as the Dreamcast's declining market share resulting in projected low sales numbers. The game was on display at E3 on May 19, 2001. After it was postponed, they were working to change the game cover art to remove sensitive images. Hopes of a port to another console never materialized. However, a disk image of the game was eventually leaked, and became a popular download on many peer-to-peer networks.The Berenstain Bears: Camping Adventure
1993
The Berenstain Bears: Camping Adventure is an Action game, developed by Realtime Associates and published by Sega, which was released in 1994.Bull Fight
1984
Bull Fight
1984
A madator fights against a bull by waving his cape to lure the bull and then stab him with the sword. Sometimes two extra bulls enter the ring to make things more difficult.Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine
1994
Loadstar is a rail-shooter concerned with shooting enemies while navigating your ship, much like Sewer Shark. You're actually on rails in this game, as you travel in a truck/train called Loadstar along a magnetic rail network covering the moon. Shifting the cursor to the edge of the screen changes to a different track when available, with incorrect turns either killing you instantly or moving you off-course from the level end. Direction indicators and distant landmarks help keep you driving in the right direction, while accidents, track closures, and robot cops work to keep you from it. Your weapons "tag" enemies and force them to explode, or can tag incoming shots and deflect them with a separate shield button.Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
1995
The game is a collection of several mini-games and an adventure/platform game. All the mini-games, with one exception, were made for the sole purpose of enabling the player to fool their friends by different means, designating the games "scam mini-games" and virtual tricks.Crayon Shin-chan: Taiketsu! Quantum Panic!!
1995
Crayon Shin-chan: Taiketsu! Kantamu Panic!! (クレヨンしんちゃん 対決！カンタムパニック！！) is an action game for the Sega Game Gear released only in Japan. It is based upon the Crayon Shin-chan anime.Super Bubble Bobble MD
1995
Super Bubble Bobble MD is an unlicensed Sega Mega Drive game most likely developed by Gamtec. As the name suggests, it is an unlicensed attempt at mimicking the formula of Taito Bubble Bobble. The game allows the user to play as Bub and Bob, as well as anime characters Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon.Link Dragon
1993
Link Dragon
1993
Link Dragon (Long) (龍) is an unlicensed Blockade clone for the Sega Mega Drive by the Taiwanese companies Songtly and Jumbo Team released in 1993. The game is divided into several levels; after collecting a certain amount of pieces (fire?) a door opens (which you must go to without dying). Dying starts you at the beginning of the stage.
