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X-Men Year Of Release: 1992 Studio: Konami Description Another amazing scrolling beat em up from the guys at Konami is X-Men! X-Men is known for having a huge arcade cabinet. There was a standard smaller arcade version, but the one most people remember is the huge six player cabinet. Each of the six playable characters has their own joystick and the screen thanks to the aid of a mirror and double monitors has just a huge game screen. Until you have actually seen it, it’s impossible to understand just how large the 6 player X-Men cabinet is. One common mistake that people...

Kangaroo Year Of Release: 1982 Studio: Sun Electronics/Atari Anyone who is a fan of video games will know that Donkey Kong was one of the games if not the game responsible for the plat forming craze. After Donkey Kong many other games would come and try in a way to emulate what Donkey Kong did. Some were pretty forgettable, but some games like Kangaroo here were actually pretty good and while clearly being inspired by Donkey Kong. It has enough charm and is fun enough to play that it developed something of a cult following all of its own over the years....

The Simpsons Year Of Release: 1991 Studio: Konami Description The Simpsons Arcade Game from Konami would be the very first video game to be based on the Simpsons. It is regarded as one of the best beat em ups from Konami and still to this day many people consider it to be the greatest Simpsons game ever made. The arcade cabinet came in two forms, very similar to the Konami, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game. One was a standard two player cabinet and the other was a four player cabinet with each character having their own dedicated joystick just like Turtles...

Ghosts 'n Goblins Year Of Release: 1985 Studio: Capcom Description Ghosts 'n Goblins was developed and released by Capcom in 1985. Ghosts 'n Goblins was very popular when it was first released as it offered a somewhat “horror” themed gaming experience. This may not sound unusual by today’s standards, but in 1985, Ghosts 'n Goblins stood out against the vast amount of shooters and racing games that populated the arcades. While Capcom may not be in everyone’s good books these days, back then they were very ground-breaking when it came to video games and they could pretty much do no wrong in...

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Year Of Release: 1991 Studio: Capcom Description Here we are looking at the game that changed the way fighting games were made and was responsible for a boom in the arcades in the early 90’s. Capcom released the first Street Fighter game in 1987 (if you scroll down below you can read about it there) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior improved on the first game in every way possible. Fighting games were not all that common in arcades, but once Street Fighter II blew up it resulted in  vast amount of one on one fighting...