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Donkey Kong Year Of Release: 1981 Studio: Nintendo Description Donkey Kong is one of the most important arcade games of all time. While this was not the first game, Nintendo had produced it was the first game of theirs to crack the US market and really make them a name to be remembered. Nintendo and general gaming legend, Shigeru Miyamoto took inspiration from things such as Popeye when he came up with the concept of Donkey Kong. As a matter of fact many stories over the years have said that Donkey Kong was created as Nintendo could not get the...

1942 Year Of Release: 1984 Studio: Capcom Description While the Capcom of today seems to fill more than a few gamers with rage. The Capcom of the 80’s and 90’s could simply do no wrong at all. They just put out hit after hit. This would be Capcom’s fourth arcade game, but it would prove to be their first big runaway hit and the game that would really put them on the map. You could maybe even argue that had 1942 not been as successful as it was then Capcom may not be the company they are today. The success...

Bomb Jack Year Of Release: 1984 Studio: Tehkan (Tecmo) Description Tecmo are a well known video game developer and publisher that many old school video game fans have fond memories of. Bomb Jack was a huge hit of theirs that was released back in 1984 and when they were still called Tehkan. Bomb Jack is an arcade style platform game that was at least in a small way inspired by, Donkey Kong. The idea of Bomb Jack is that you control a guy called Jack who just so happens to be a super hero. Something kind of amusing is that...

Street Fighter Year Of Release: 1987 Studio: Capcom Description Street Fighter II is one of the most famous arcade games of all time, but the series would actually start a few years earlier in 1987. Capcom would change the world of one on one fighting games forever and it all started with the original Street Fighter. One of the most interesting things about the original Street Fighter game is that the game introduced elements to the one on one fighting genre that the series still uses to this day. The six button attack scheme and the way that you would...

Double Dragon Arcade Year Of Release: 1987 Studio: Technos Description In 1986, Technos would release to the world, Renegade. Renegade is seen by many as the granddaddy of the side scrolling beat em up genre that would blow up in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The following year, Technos would take what they did with Renegade expand on it and make one of the most popular arcade games of the 80’s, Double Dragon. Double Dragon is a two player side scrolling beat em up that is about two bad ass twin brothers called Billy and Jimmy Lee. Making them...