What were your top 5 Arcade Games growing up?

[Duncan]

In no particular order:

Defender
Battlezone (tank game)
Missile Command
Donkey Kong
Tempest

I've never been patient, so while the most popular games were usually busy I opted for Tempest, Battlezone & Missile Command. I've been happy to play them again recently with my son in The Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, a retro arcade in St Louis, or Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum near Detroit.

[MRP]

I never got to play at arcades all that often because of very strict parents, but when I did over the years, the ones I pumped the most quarter sinto were...

Space Invaders
Battlezone
Gauntlet
Star Wars Arcade
Rampage

with Centipede replacing Space Invaders as I got older and it became harder to find.

-M

[J.B.]

Forgot about Galaga!

[Werewolf]

Very challenging to narrow it down to just 5. There were so many great ones. But if I absolutely had to narrow it down to 5.

Ms Pac-Man
Frogger
Galaga
Star Wars Arcade
Centipede

[J.B.]

5. Berzerk

INTRUDER ALERT! THE HUMANOID MUST NOT ESCAPE!

4. Star Castle

I worked at a Fish & Chips place back when I was 13 and Star Castle was one of the games there, so I got quite good at it.

3. Defender

"And if you play defender I could be your hyper space"

Beastie Boys

2. Missile Command

That rollerball was a trip.

1. Asteroids

King of the arcade games for me. Fun and simple.....like me.