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Guilty Gear X (ギルティギア イグゼクス)
Guilty Gear X (ギルティギア イグゼクス), also GGX, is a 2000 Arc System Works 2D fighting game published by Sammy on NAOMI, ported to Dreamcast, PS2, GBA, and PC; it introduced the Roman Cancel and led to the XX series.
Himitsu no AiPri
Himitsu no AiPri (ひみつのアイプリ) is a 2024 Takara Tomy Arts arcade card rhythm game in the Pretty Series, paired with Aipri Verse, with a TV anime from April 2024 and successor Onegai Aipri.
I, Robot (video game)
I, Robot: Atari arcade game (1983/1984) by Dave Theurer; first arcade game with true 3D filled polygon graphics and Hall-effect joysticks; commercial flop, about 750 units; remade by Llamasoft in 2025.
Ikari Warriors (恕)
Ikari Warriors (恕, イカリ・ウォーリアーズ), SNK's 1986 arcade run-and-gun published by Tradewest, featuring the LS-30 12-position rotary joystick, Ralf and Clark, tanks, and sequels Victory Road and Ikari III.
In the Groove (video game)
In the Groove (ITG) is a 2004 four-panel dance rhythm game by Roxor Games, built on a StepMania fork, published at home by RedOctane, known for mines, 60+ modifiers, and millisecond timing, ended by Konami's 2006 patent settlement.
Jr. Pac-Man
Jr. Pac-Man (ジュニア・パックマン) is a 1983 Bally Midway maze arcade game developed by GCC, starring Pac-Man's child in large scrolling mazes with six power pellets and pellet-destroying moving bonus items; unauthorized by Namco.
Jungle Hunt
Jungle Hunt is a 1982 side-scrolling platform arcade game by Taito, originally released as Jungle King, in which an explorer rescues his girlfriend across four stages.
Karate Champ
Karate Champ (空手道, Karate Dō) is a 1984 Data East/Technos Japan arcade fighting game with dual-joystick, no-button controls, half-point karate scoring, and a same-year Player vs Player edition; a genre founder.
Karnov
Karnov (カルノフ) is Data East's 1987 arcade platform-shooter starring Jinborov Karnovski, a fire-breathing Russian strongman recovering the Treasure of Babylon across nine stages; ported to Famicom/NES by Namco and Data East, later a Data East mascot.
Klax (video game)
Klax is a 1990 Atari Games arcade puzzle game by Mark Stephen Pierce and Dave Akers: catch tiles from a conveyor, drop them into a 5x5 well, and match three same-colored tiles across 100 waves; widely ported.
Kung-Fu Master (video game)
Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X, スパルタンＸ) is a 1984 Irem side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade game, distributed by Data East, in which Thomas fights up five temple floors to rescue Sylvia; the first of its genre, ported widely and adapted by Nintendo as Kung Fu.
List of Nintendo arcade video games
Nintendo arcade video games: coin-op titles from Computer Othello (1978) and Radar Scope (1980) through Donkey Kong (1981), the VS. System (1984), Cruis'n USA, Killer Instinct, and the Triforce board.
Mappy (マッピー)
Mappy (マッピー) is Namco's 1983 side-scrolling platform arcade game, distributed in the US by Bally Midway, in which mouse policeman Mappy recovers stolen goods from the Mewkies cat gang and boss Nyamco (Goro) using trampolines and doors.
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (マーヴル・スーパー・ヒーローズＶｓ．ストリート・ファイター) is Capcom's 1997 CPS-II tag-team fighting game, second in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, with 17 fighters, a 1998 arcade-perfect Saturn port, and a 1999 PlayStation port without tag battles.
Moon Patrol
Moon Patrol is a 1982 side-scrolling arcade game by Irem, released in North America by Williams, credited as the first arcade game with parallax scrolling.
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man, 1982 arcade maze game (US release late 1981), began as GCC's Crazy Otto kit and was licensed by Midway. Four mazes, moving fruit, ghost Sue, randomized AI; over 125,000 cabinets, $1.2 billion, rights dispute with AtGames.
Onegai AiPri
Onegai AiPri (おねがいアイプリ) is the 2026 Pretty Series arcade game and anime by Takara Tomy Arts and syn Sophia, successor to Himitsu no AiPri, featuring card-moving rhythm lives, Buzzrium Change, and the linked AiPri Verse cabinet.
Out Run
Out Run (アウトラン) is Sega's 1986 Yu Suzuki arcade driving game with a Ferrari Testarossa, 15 branching courses, five endings, and Kawaguchi's soundtrack; 30,000 cabinets made it Sega's bestselling 1980s arcade game.
Pac-Land
Pac-Land (パックランド) is a side-scrolling platform arcade game released by Namco in 1984, in which Pac-Man runs and jumps through a cartoon town to return a lost fairy to Fairyland.
Pac-Man (パックマン)
Pac-Man (Puck-Man) is a 1980 arcade game created by Toru Iwatani at Namco, in which a yellow character eats dots in a maze while avoiding four ghosts.
Paperboy (video game)
Paperboy is a 1984 Atari Games arcade game (North American release April 1985) in which a cyclist delivers newspapers on a suburban street, notable for its bicycle-handlebar controller, Atari System 2 hardware, seven-day structure, and many home ports.
Pengo (video game)
Pengo (ペンゴ) is Sega's 1982 fixed-screen arcade maze game, developed by Coreland Technology, in which a penguin pushes ice blocks to crush Sno-Bees and aligns three diamond blocks for bonuses; ported widely and remade as Pepenga Pengo.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, released in Japan as Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold, is a 2D fighting game by Arc System Works and Atlus, released in 2014.
Phoenix (1980 video game)
Phoenix (1980) is an Amstar Electronics arcade vertical shooter, distributed by Centuri and Taito, with five stages, a Force Field, and a mothership boss; a major Centuri hit and one of the most cloned games of the 1980s.
Pong
Pong, Atari's 1972 table tennis arcade game by Allan Alcorn, was the first commercially successful video game; CPU-less TTL hardware, Sears Home Pong, Magnavox lawsuit, Hall of Fame.
Popeye (video game)
Popeye (ポパイ) is Nintendo's 1982 single-screen arcade platformer based on the Popeye comic strip, designed by Genyo Takeda and Shigeru Miyamoto, with Parker Brothers home ports and a 1983 Famicom launch version.
Power Stone 2
Power Stone 2 is Capcom's 2000 four-player 3D arena fighting game, sequel to Power Stone, released on NAOMI arcade and Sega Dreamcast (April 27, 2000 Japan), later PSP and Capcom Fighting Collection 2.
Punch-Out!! (1984 video game)
Punch-Out!! (パンチアウト！！) is Nintendo's 1984 arcade boxing game by Nintendo R&D3 under Genyo Takeda, notable for its dual stacked monitors, green wireframe boxer, digitized speech, and six opponents including Glass Joe and Mr. Sandman.
Q*bert
Q*bert (also Q-Bert) is a 1982 Gottlieb arcade game designed by Warren Davis: an orange creature hops diagonally across a 28-cube isometric pyramid changing colors while dodging Coily and other enemies, ported widely by Parker Brothers.
R-Type
R-Type is Irem's 1987 horizontal arcade shoot-'em-up starring the R-9A Arrowhead against the Bydo Empire, known for the chargeable Wave Cannon and detachable Force pod; it spawned sequels from R-Type II to R-Type Final 2 and many home ports.