Top 10 Arcade Games Of The 1990s
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For this list, we're looking at the best arcade games that the 90s had to offer in terms of commercial appeal, critical acclaim, and lasting legacy. While most of these games eventually saw ports to home consoles, we’re focusing mostly on games that gained popularity in the arcades.
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How dare you show NBA Jam footage without a single "boomshakalaka" or "he's on fire"
A crime was heavily committed
Hahahaha so true! Or even the classic last shot exclamation "at the buzzer!!"
Call me old, I am 32, but these were some of the best games of the era. Arcade games are slowly dying out.
+RandomVideoCircus I'm 36 and right there with ya man
Play Rocket League bro
37 and this video brought back some epic memories 😌
+RandomVideoCircus
35, I'm with you, these games were my gaming console back than, Had a blast on TMNT, there is an area a pizza stuck onto the door you'll get 12 extra lives. Raiden, After Burner, Double Dragon & Shadow Dancer should be up there as well.
+RandomVideoCircus right there with ya man.
They don't make games with this type of style anymore.
Thank goodness for emulators.
+xxgg i should start to make games with retro graphics then
it is not the graphics, it is the types of the games as well. I would like to see arcade like games... say... games up until PS1 days. I guess i am just stuck in old mind.
Not the same, especially with the light gun games
I agree. I can't get into the new stuff like I did with the 90s arcades. I think they're styled different too. Not as good
@@xxgg ps2 was still good it fell off at ps3 and later
Street Fighter II deserves its own list, no competition. It was awesome, it was the most popular arcade game in the early 90's, it was so cool, I remember kids crowding around that game in an arcade, everyone had their favourite character, young kids, old kids, grown ups, everyone played it. It was so advanced for its time, the sound affects, everything was perfect. I still have such great memories of that game in an arcade, hearing these sounds takes me back there. It still looks awesome now, imagine being back in 1991 and that was in arcades, I remember back then, it was great. Also popular games right near SFII were Golden Axe, and Shinobi, good games too. Sometimes when the arcade was very quiet the guy at the front desk would give me and my friend some "free credits", he'd open the game and click "ding ding ding" 3 or 4 credits, great memories.
for real dude. Mortal Kombat was loved by many, but you couldn't play that series if you already played street fighter 2, felt like a childs game compared to SF2. It's now 2023 and it still blows my mind that an arcade game could take THAT much skill compared to the others in the genre
Legends were made in arcades
"Back when Konami used to be cool.."
zing!
I can't remember if it came out in the 80's or 90's, but seeing as though it didn't get mentioned in either video, here is my shout out to my favorite arcade game, GOLDEN AXE.
late 80's
1989. Still a classic.
The 90's was the peak of arcades, I loved playing them so much. I had many favorites like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, X Men, The Simpsons, Virtua Fighter, Time Crisis, Die Hard, Primal Rage, Area 51, Cruisin', House of the Dead, etc.
Area 51 certainly deserved honorable mention here, although Primal Rage certainly didn't.
The Lost World light gun game was my shit back in the day.
@KIEFER NEALY ummm because its Arcade cabinet games...
@KIEFER NEALY and whats the title of the video?
@KIEFER NEALY dont be so dense. 👍✌️❤️
Daytona USA made me get into racing games, then Gran turismo.. Then I started selling cars and weekend racing.. Which has been what I've been doing ever since
@Elephant In The Room yea.. Oddly it was segas previous racing game that got me 1st there, which was virtua racing
Street Fighter 2 made me get into fighting in public. I played it a lot until I could actually replicate their moves. Then I travelled the globe bashing people. I waited outside of supermarkets & churches, I dragon punched & hurricane kicked many people who walked near me & that’s what I’ve been doing ever since. I could never quite figure out how to throw a fireball..... So I reverted to throwing fuel on people and lighting a match, but they all ran away before I could get the matches lit.
@@cliffbooth7075 🤣🤣🤣
I had played with the 8 racer version, awesome !
I could have bought a house but instead I had a perfect race on the Intermediate track of Daytona USA. No regrets.
Honorable mentions from my childhood also include:
Hydro Thunder, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag, F-Zero AX, RUSH, Cruisin’ World, Sega Top Skater, Wave Runner
And for a 2000’s honourable mention H2Overdrive which is basically a newer version of Hydro Thunder
A lot of great arcade games during the 90's: Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, TMNT, The Simpsons, Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown, King Of Fighters, Fatal Fury, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Smash TV, Konami's X-Men, Capcom's Marvel games, Killer Instinct, King of Dragons, Warriors of Fate, Knights of the Round, Gauntlet, Time Crisis, Die Hard Arcade, Violent Storm, etc.
I wished killer instinct got more attention
+bigblackracoon that's true
+Jay Montesdeoca i wish we stop talking about simpsons for a day
***** I respect your opinion but come on mk had problems and some times I feel it's over hyped
***** I have and prefer killer instinct
+bigblackracoon yeah no point of arguing
You never forget the day you met or play MK. A crowd around a machine didn't let see the screen and the screams of pain and suffer echoed the place while you wonder what the hell is going on there. Haha.
Surprised there's no mention of Sega Rally?!
mattquinn007 absolutely loved and still love Sega rally ✌🏻
Still play it on my saturn 😋
An amazing game and mainstay of the arcades. An honorable mention at the very least
I know, and that means no mention of “Game Over Yeaaaah”
60fps in the 90s... consoles cant do it in 2015
Rayman 2 was 60FPS on the Dreamcast AFAIK. That said Rayman 2 is a console game and not an arcade game.
Dreamcast had lots of 60fps arcade ports: Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive 2, F-355 Challenge, Virtua Fighter 2, Virtual Zone: Oratorio Tangram, and I *believe* (correct me if I’m wrong, but nicely 👍) Outtrigger and Alien Front Online. Likely many more in Japan. Not too bad for a 20 year old home console!
No final fight? No pit fighter? No double dragon? No rampage? No primal rage? No cruising USA/ World? Am I just that old and thinking of games from the 80s? I hope
We're gettin old!! Final fight was '89, Pit Fighter was '90 but it kinda sucked (lol), Double Dragon was '87, Rampage was '86, Primal Rage was '94 but not quite as memorable to me, Cruisin USA was '94 definitely deserved an honorable mention. And yes I just looked those all up, I'm no savant!
Mike Trix rampage is one I'd like to see as a large open world sandbox game. They made a movie on it but I kinda don't want to watch it
Christipher Vargas Double Dragon absolutely should have been in there
I remember ramming my friend against the wall in Daytona was very satisfying.
vtecx626 pause😂
Street Fighter II literally and figuratively "changed the game". Hands down #1 90's game. Solid list.
Agreed, Street Fighter 2 changed everything, before this game everybody was taking turns trying to beat each other's high score. When Street Fighter 2 came out, video games became very competitive, one vs one. Now we have competitive games everywhere, especially multi-player first person shooters.
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Final Fight, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury, King of the Fighters and Sengoku.
Kim Patricio Final Fight is an 80s title... This is about the 90s
Cant have it all. I'd argue that games like cadillacs and dinos are just clones of other games that are pretty much the same thing with different skins. And some of those SNK fighters were good, but cant touch the magic of playing street fighter 2 or mortal kombat 1-2 back in the day.
You absolutely nailed this list man! Even the honorable mentions were perfect. 🙌🏿
Man where is Die Hard Arcade? Some many amazing moments in that game: Blasting enemies with and Anti-Tank gun in a bathroom, Having a massive fight with Player 2 at the end of the game, Hog tieing enemies with handcuffs.
Only game where I ran out of ammo while shooting a boss and then killed him by throwing the gun at him.
Sf2 was one of the happiest memories of my childhood.
Sunset riders
+yosoyignacio1 More KOONAMI !!!
+yosoyignacio1 Sunset Riders definitely deserved to be there instead of those shitty konami beat em ups
FUCK YEAH!
BIG MISS in this list
I did not think Time Crisis 2 or Star Wars Trilogy Arcade would be on this list. You guys definitely took me back with those entries.
Was born in 1980. I'm a 90s arcade fanatic man. I really do miss those days. You did a great job on your picks. I remember putting those quarters up on the screen so I could play street fighter. And when you get the win after you've been waiting an hour lol! Nothing beats that feeling man.
wait, how did Killer Instinct NOT make the list? The 3-d animation changed the game (no pun intended).
Star wars should have been an honorable mention. =)
They may have avoided the most brutal ones (even though MK II got mentioned). KI was even great on the SNES version. ^^
Star Wars had no right being there. Mojo has questionable intel, but I was glad X-Men was on there, not everyone knows it.
I put many quarters in Daytona USA. I still enjoy a good pinball machine though.
Chris Davis I dumped a lot of quarters into Whirlwind.
pfft The Whirlwind pinball game with the fan on top? Yeah, I played that one too! I also enjoyed the F-14 Tomcat pinball game with the red, white, & blue beacons on the top of the scoreboard.
Gauntlet Legends deserves at least an honorable mention. Great list regardless. This is such a big part of my childhood.
This brought back so many memories!! Thank you lol 😎
TBH, i prefered Cruis'n USA to Daytona USA
+Christopher Middelveen Yea, but cars flipped, rolled and took damage on Daytona USA. Cruis'n USA was only cool for the diverse cars and trucks and tracks. The game play was almost the same as Daytona.
I agree. 14 race tracks vs 3.
Cruis’n USA all day!
I was goimg crazy trying to remember that game.
"The King of fighters" is missing even in honorable mention :( good list anyway
Omfg. that was the gem
TMNT Turtles in time has always been my favorite, when it first came out me and my best friend went to Pizza Hut's arcade room to play it, that night we spent 4hrs and about $50 in quaters that we had saved up together in a coffee can, we were so addicted to it, what I'd give to go back to that night.
We may have grown up in the best time for pure entertainment always and forever and I mean it.
robo cop the arcade game was dope too
Mansa Chill that’s 80s
It's one of my favorite arcade games of all time, that one.
Mansa Chill thank you for your cooperation.
Time Crisis 2 becomes very ironic to play if u know Time Crisis 5
Didn't even know there WAS a Time Crisis 5. I WAS aware of 3 & 4, though. Is 'Wild Dog' STILL in it?
Crazy Taxi only gets an honorable mention?!?!?!
+Pete Jones sf should be honrable
should've been #1
Ahh, so many beautiful memories...thanks for the trip down memory lane
Time crisis 2! Completed it so many times when I was a kid, a life goal is too buy the arcade machine for my house one day!
Wheres Cruis'n World???
Watchmojo didn't put it because it was his opinion in the top 10 arcade games
Simpsons, TMNT and Xmen are essentially the same game.
Different but similar
Different dawg. Think about it
They all used the same game engine
Not to mention Sunset Riders , Wrestlefest and TMNT were my favourite being big fans of them both on tv I also remember Akari Warriors , outrun Double Dragon and R Type being down my local leisure centre I also remember Off Road with the three steering wheels , Shinobi and final fight great times
Awesome list man. But soooo many more titles that deserve top 10 status too! :D
I love Time Crisis games (I still play. I remember playing MK 2 & Street Fighter 2 in the arcade when I was 7yrs old.
NBA Hang Time
(Included create/level up a player, alleyoops, double dunks, more secrets, substitutions, better graphics & Game play than NBA JAM)
No Sega Rally? I know it's mostly a North American audience that picks the list but not even a mention seems strange. For anyone outside the US and Canada Sega Rally is the arcade racing game we have all played once and one that is still around today in some places.
+Michael Collins For me it's THE arcade game!
No game can be played so competatively whilst still being fun .
Did anyone know arcade rally game
Where youre in a outrun style racing to finish within time limit
without any checkpoint???
Daniel Easyrhino What?
There's a multiplayer option.
+Martin Loimayr level 1 starts off in a desert in that game
umm yeah in the SINGLE PLAYER PART OF THE GAME.
you can play against the people in the arcade like a lan party
"I don't wanna die!" *dies*
"My god!"
Best line ever xD
my grandfather was an avid bowler and took me along for wed night bowling match ups at the old Fiesta Lanes. It was truly a treat especially when he would give me a wad of singles to blow in the arcade..I can remember being young and obnoxious hogging up ALL of these classic games at one time or another in the old run down Fiesta Lanes...Good times...
maaaaan i love the 90s
I lived in a seaside resort during the 90's, and I would spend many a day (and night) down the arcades, honing my skills. Whilst I recognise all the games in this list, very few of them were the most popular from my recollections. Although Sega were on the wane slightly, after owning the arcades during the 80's, their R&D department, AM2, still rolled off hit after hit in the Arcades. G:LOC, Virtura Racing, Daytona USA, Virtura Fighters, Sega Rally (AM5), Crazy Taxi (AM3), and the Virtura Cop series, which was arguably a far superior light shooter than Time Crisis.
Then there were games like Ridge Racer, Tekken 3, Final Fight, Sunset Riders (criminally overlooked), and such the like. We could also not talk about arcade games in the 90's without mentioning SNK, and their stable of fighters like King of the Fighters, Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, and Samurai Showdown. They also create Puzzle Bobble.
My fondest memories of the 90’s was going under the washing machine at a local laundry mat searching for quarters in order tonplay even 1 arcade game there.
This takes me back to playing games at my local arcade, Space Port, back in the '90s....man, those were some fun times! My favorites were always the racing and combat games.
Area 51?! no area 51 man?!?!
I was going to say that, they put in that Star Wars game for no reason. Area 51 was so crazy at the time.
Yessss!! Stopped by the comments just to make sure Area 51 got called out somewhere lol
Or Tekken or Streets of Rage
Daytona and Sega rally were huge in Australia in the nineties
I know right sega rally is awesome
Damn right, Street Figher 2 is number one. I practically grew up in arcades during the 90's, lots of great games here. Awesome list.
Very nice list!
CRAAAAZY TAXI! :D
Metal Slug!! love this game and Time Crisis!!!!
Rafael Bernardi I still play it in the acrades
Those are truly the best games of the 1990's. Nearly every game on this list i played on home console or arcade cabinet in the 90's. Classic games and all still very playable today.
perfect, great list!
Damn right number 1 is number 1!!!!
Where's The Lost World Jurassic Park arcade, or Ocean Hunter?
CanadaDragon1 wtf is ocean hunter?
Those aren’t “classics”
Just picked up 2 Daytona Twins. Got them up and running this week and that game still kicks ass!
Nostalgia trip watching this.......running to the local arcade after school to hone your skills. Including this list some of my other favorites are Rival School, Marvel vs Capcom and Raiden 2.
House of the Dead and the first Time Crisis anyone???
+David Lance time crisis was not popular until the sequel came out
Time Crisis II was infinitely better, seeing as two could play together and maximize the body count. But you would lose points if you accidentally shot your partner!
Came to see the lost world arcade game, was disappointed....
CrAZY TaXi!!! I worked at a place that had the sit-down cabinet (not sure if a standing one was made), and I had the keys! Not typically into racers, this one utterly consumed me! Just a blast, and everything that defines the “Arcade Experience” turned up to 11. I’d usually play for an hour each day when my shift ended. No joke, when I’d get back into my real car with adrenaline still redlining, I’d have to fight the instinct to go loco and remind myself that I wasn’t playing the video game! I was so amped!
Then something magical happened: the Dreamcast conversion came home. A very (very) near 1:1 exact replica of the arcade. You’d only notice a single pixel’s difference if played side-by-side with the Arcade machine. DC lost a slight bit of unimportant lighting effects here and there, but the DC version came with the exact arcade map, plus an “Original” course over twice the size of the Arcade, adding insane jumps, extended stretches of freeway to open it up full bore. Many loved the “Crazy Box”, full of training tips, but in the form of things like bowling with your taxi to learn skidding out and drifting techniques. Me and my 2 pals played it together nearly every day for hours! The sequel wasn’t nearly as good- way to many city blocks to slow you down and frustrate you. The multi-passenger was so/so and the hydraulic jumps were nothing special. Just my opinion!
Cruisin USA, WWF Wrestlefest, Darkstalkers, Tekken, Samurai Showdown, Soul Caliber, Mad Dog McCree, Cyber Sled, Virtua Fighter... great memories!
Soul Blade
Die Hard Arcade doesn't get a mention WTF?
where the hell is hydrothunder
They were not just games but parts of our lives and childhood, remarkable and unforgettable memories.
What an amazing channel you have friend, will keep my eyes out for your future post and content as I absolutely adore the retro games although I play the modern ones nowadays.
Let’s keep them alive.
Have a good week ahead.
Still play most of these today! Such classics
How about Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade?
+Cash Shew that's 80's bro oh wait nevermind
Bruh I got the emulator on my phone lol
Claw Hawk Fake News. Look into it
Michael Jackson video game came out at 1987 that was the 80s game there not 90s game.🤨🕹📺
No Virtual Fighter? Bummer
So many memories! I remember playing The House of the Dead 2 and Metal Slug with my father when I was like six :') We loved Metal Slug so much that we bought it for Playstation 2!
very well made video . editing and all.
DAYYYYYYYYYYTONAAAAAAAAAAA
The sound of our youth. :)
+The Strahl GAMEOVERYEAHHHHH
+Daniel Easyrhino
That's Sega Rally. But still a wildly hilarious end screen.
Yeah
The Strahl ROOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLIIINNGGGGGG STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART!!!!!!!
Daytona USA is soooooo hard
Even my father only manage to finish at 33th position
I was 5 years old back then.
I was in an after school program n i use to play it all the time n get first lol
Lean DCUO u gud.
+ArchieGamez I used to pop a lot of quarters in that game back in the day. My best position ever was 3rd place. Man was that game hard, but lots of fun!
atranfanatic which track do you always play? I like Beginners track the most
+ArchieGamez seriously??? i finished first except for expert not to brag
Killer instinct, the best man. My brothers and I would not stop playing it until the SNES couldn’t read the cartridge anymore xD
I used to work at an arcade and played Time Crisis 2 whenever I got the chance... Off the clock of course. I still play it anytime I can find it in an arcade
Metal Slug ate soooooo many of my quarters!
Street Fighter II is my best Arcade game but, they left out Ridge Racer.
Best time of my life as a teenager at the arcades!
Ridge racer for the arcade was insane. The best drifting physics I've ever experienced to this day.
What about the Sega arcade games? Virtua Cop, Virtua Racer VIRTUA FIGHTER?!? (And why did they always remove the L??)
PLUS The ORIGINAL Ninja Turtles arcade game was WAY BETTER.
time crisis 2 was the shit had it on ps2
do you even know there is huge difference between
Arcade ports and a console?
+DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou i dont know that one 0.o
3 is my 2nd fav btw
+DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou most epic ??? i dont think so
+DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou sounds awesome !
i have to check it out
too bad that where i live in austria there are no arcades but when i go to italy next time ill look out for it ;)
+DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou With some sort of light gun that works on consoles, I don't care if it needs a sensor bar like the wii or the Cabela's games. Preferably with a foot pedal too.
I worked at my university arcade during the nineties while going to school. This list is pretty spot on but one glaring omission. Dance dance Revolution hit mid-late 90's and it should probably be #2 behind street fighter.
I spent way to much money on Daytona USA... I don't regret it. Great arcade game with amazing music.
BULLSHIT They forgot tekken and kof and seriously why Mk is in 7 Mk is better in its time in the whole 90s
No Tekken, KoF, MvC2, SFIII?
Man, I spent so much money on Crazy Taxi. I got a Dreamcast specifically to play it at home. Love that game.
I’m 37 but my four favorite arcade games are Run n’ Gun Mortal Kombat Primal Rage and Samurai Shadow
run n gun the best ever, until now when i play nba2k i use the run n gun view, hehehehhe
Run n Gun is underrated for sure
6:01 looks better than star wars battlefront
+Nick . Awesome ikr
you forgot Area 51
Right pick on number 1. :D
But the games I preferred were GTI Club and Sega Rally.
A store near an Italian fast food restaurant my mom used to work in used to have the Simpsons Arcade game, and every afternoon after school I would hang around and get quarters from her and play it for hours while waiting for her to get off work. Good times.
what about this battletoads arcade Street Fighter 3 series Street Fighter Alpha series killer instinct 2 king of fighters 94 95 96 97 98 99 Fatal Fury Fatal Fury 2 The Last Blade The Last Blade 2 Samurai Showdown Art of Fighting series X-Men vs Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter Marvel vs Capcom Clash of the Super Heroes Spider-Man Arcade Captain America and the Avengers knights of the round Hook and Capcom's Punisher Star Gladiator Captain Commando NFl blitz WWF Wrestle Fest
Black Phoenix it was supposed to be narrowed down to ten, which your list clearly isn't
#FucKonami
Fuck you !
#FucKonami #HiTheLever
+jotabeas22 konami made mgsv series you dumbass !
+Mohamed Elshenawy That was Hideo Kojima and they fired him
Agreed they hate their employees now.
Man o! Man how I missed the 90s so much.... remember playing the majority of these and having a freaking blast in the arcades. Just grateful I got to enjoy my childhood in that decade 👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽 #nostalgia #90skid
😂 Great memories and a lot of quarters playing those classics! So blessed to grow up in the 80's and 90's!
Before I watch DDR is #1
Really watchmojo? Fucking really?
+DJ Didn't DDR come out in the 2000's?
+yaburu 1998
Oh wow.
Yeah, bit of an oversight to not even include it on the list. I never liked that game, but even I have to acknowledge how big it was.
+DJ besides ST2.. I would absolutely agreed. Maybe they will mention the game in the 2000's since it was released in 1998 in Japan.
THUMBS UP FOR WATCHMOJO!!!
I make comedy content on YT, if possible could you check out some of my vids?
+AnishSWorld subbed you are really good
Might want to lay off the shameless self promotion before you get a massive backlash
Great list also. Had some fun times with games like Simpson's arcade and T2. Here's another one from that decade that was great named Area 51 where you shoot aliens.
Thank you for including Star Wars Trilogy Arcade on you’re list..that and House Of The Dead are two games i play any time i see them 🙌❤️🙏👍