What were your top 5 Arcade Games growing up?

[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.

[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.]

Forgot about Galaga!

[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

[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.

[Werewolf]

Gauntlet

I totally forgot about Gauntlet and Gauntlet 2. Those games were awesome.

[Mikey]

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[rche]

Dragon's Lair
PacMan
Galaga
Track and Field
Tempest

[emeraldknight47]

Man, this is a subject to bring back some memories for sure. MIB41 (Tom) and I spent many nights at PUTT PUTT playing SPY HUNTER, many afternoons at PUTTERS PALACE playing JOUST and many late evenings after work at the CONVENIENT (and I hate to think of the dollar amount in quarters) store playing TEMPEST. Good times I wish we could visit again...

[Marvelmania]

^^^^ Was just thinking about Joust along with others already mentioned. I also liked Track & Field.

[Brown Bear]

Galaxion and Asteriods were my stand outs.

[wilbs518]

720
rygar
street fighter
dig dug
heavy barrel

[HardyGirl]

Never really played at the arcade much, but when my dad and his girlfriend would go bowling on Sundays, we'd go along at play Donkey Kong. I had more of an eye/hand coordination issue then, so I pretty much sucked at games that didn't move vertically or horizontally in a straight line (like Pong games, Space Invaders or Air-Sea Battle). But besides those games, at home on the old Atari 2600, I'd play games like Bowling, Pac-Man, and Night Driver.

[pmwasson]

Top 5:
Ms Pacman -- liked it better than pacman
Donkey Kong Jr -- there was one within walking distance of my house, so I played it a lot
Centipede -- thought the track ball was so cool
Wizard of Wor -- always made me jump when the wizard appeared
Robotron 2084 -- only did well when got into a zen state

[Figuremod73]

Early '80s:
Galaga, Ms. Pacman, Gorf, Q*bert, and I, Robot.

Late '80s:
Gauntlet II, Ghouls N' Ghost, Space Harrier, and Double Dragon