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Golden Arcade Era (Patreon)

Published:
2022-12-22 10:07:02
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

Golden Arcade Era

  • 1984 and earlier -- Mr Do!.. 116
  • 1985~1989 -- Nemesis, Operation Wolf... 372
  • 1990~1995 -- Alien Storm, Virtua Fighter... 657
  • 1995~2000 -- Marvel Super Heroes, Tekken 2... 142
  • 2022-12-22
  • 1287 votes
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Content

Which one is the golden arcade era for you?

Comments

Matthew

Arcades in general are a golden era for me but I chose 1990 because of Street Fighter 2. The competition in the Arcades was fierce back then. Mortal Kombat 2 vs Super Street Fighter 2 phew awesome times

David Moylan

I’m in the 80’s because of Double Dragon. It’s my all time favourite cabinet.

CorebornCreations

Although after 1989 there were amazing arcade games, the 16bit consoles had already arrived. Before that the arcades ran supreme. There was simply nothing that could compete with it...

jamie schuts

hard to choose. I overlap 2 of them

Rafa Davila

Ok, we already have System16 and it is great so maybe System18 is on the queue list as a X-mas present? 😉

Pixel Cherry Ninja

I went 90-95 but almost went 85-89 But my games were more 89 onwards.

Anonymous

Golden Age stopped when it became possible to have faithfull conversions on home consoles

HyperSF2

1992 to 1994 was the sweet spot, SF2, MK, Daytona, VF2 etc

Chloe Taylor

Wonderboy in Monsterland, Wardner, Nemesis, Bonze Adventure, Splatterhouse, Mr Heli, TMNT, WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Wrestlefest, Vulcan Venture, Karnov, R-Type, Saint Dragon, Quartet, Gauntlet 1 & 2. :) Guess my choice is clear hehe

Holger Lagerfeldt

1985-1989 e.g.: 1943, Black Tiger, Bubble Bobble, Commando, Contra, Gauntlet, Golden Axe, Green Beret, Gun.Smoke, Operation Wolf, Out Run, Pang!, Rastan, RoboCop, R-Type, Shinobi, Silkworm, Sonic Boom, The Speed Rumbler, Splatterhouse, Terra Cresta, Tiger Road, Vigilante, Wonder Boy, etc. In terms of sheer volume of great games there's no objective contest to 1985-1989, although pre-1985 laid the foundation and have some of the most seminal games ever, such as Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, etc. Some great games from 1990-1995, a couple of my faves. But quality in terms of pure gameplay and innovation was somewhat in decline with more focus on cheap spectacle and graphics that rapidly date instead.

Manuel Astudillo

Despite what the polls say, the golden era is the mid-80s, which was when the only way to play an "arcade quality" game was at the arcades. End of the 80s and the start of the 90s we already had computers and consoles that gave that same quality so the magic in the arcades started to fade quite rapidly.

VideoRetroTeca

Operation Wolf is one of my 5 favorite arcades machines

Bruno Silva

Don't let the nostalgic tinted glass cloud your vision. Street Fighter 2, Virtua Fighter, Parodius, Violent Storm, pretty much every genre had defining games between the 90-95 period.

FatNicK

Yeah echoing the sentiment above I straddle 1985/1990. I won't want to have to choose between a Chase HQ core and a Virtua Racing core.

Abelardo Vidal (Masked Ninja)

Jotego, animo a seguir depurando y ajustando el Core System16, que no está del todo preciso. Saludos

Joel Miller

Choosing between 1985-89 and 1990-95 is quite difficult. I love the 16-bit era of gaming, and that was basically the late 80s in a nutshell. The 1990s games started becoming technically more advanced, and there are loads that never got really good ports. I ended up choosing 1990-1995 because that was the last era where arcade really had much relevance, at least for me.

Amador

For me it's 2001-2009, with CAVE best shooters.

Richard Stephen S.

Very hard to choose as I love the whole 1985 to 1995 period the most, but i'll go with 85-89 coz i'm a kid of the '80s so that's where most of my nostalgia is

Ronen Wolf

I love to see Mr do! mainly do run run....

Skutis

1986-1990 was the golden era for me.

Justin Gibbins

I actually spent more time at arcades 1995 and on, but it was chasing the fun I had in them in the early 90s. Considering by the end of the 90s the Dreamcast came out, the arcades essentially had nothing more to offer.

Adam Davis

Agree with you guys - ‘85-90 and ‘90-95 is almost wrapped in one for me 🥰 born in the spring of ‘80 so to me going from Operation-Wolf/Rampage erra … (Street Fighters right in the middle 😁) … all the way to the Mortal Kombat II/Killer Instinct erra is like my childhood in a nutshell 🤩😍🙌🏼

turbochop3300

I grew up in the 90s, so I'm may be a little biased. Although I do have to say that I have played some of the arcade games from the 80s on the actual cabinets, and they are a real treat! Like Asteroids... Holy hot dang! An emulator can never do a vector display justice.

DipoutM5

Aladdin and mortal combat 3

Arkade_UK

Tough choice. So many great machines back in the day - Space harrier, Pleiades, Track and Field, 720 - But I also love 90s games such as SF2 and some of the Neo Geo fighters.

tony bell

Starts with space harrier for me , so mid 80's on wards , but do have a love for the later periods also

Ryan Clark

That’s a difficult one - going to pick late 90s, though, as I was a huge fan of Tekken 2 back in the day, so much so that I actually own a Tekken 2 cabinet now.

Joseybear

This is hard to decide but i have to lean on the fighters era in the 90's for SF2, Mortal Kombat 1/2/3 etc. , Virtuafighter , Killer instinct etc etc

Spiff

The "16bit" arcade era for me, Sega System 16, Neo-geo, Capcom CPS2 Irem M72.. so uuhh.. 1990ish.. (M2 Daytona is a special exception.. peak SEGA doing arcades)

Mario Salvini

'The Arcade' as a kid, was always the 4Player TMNT.

Andrew Horton-Hall

The "Mortal Kombat" battle cry still gives me all sorts of warm vibes. Hard to imagine a childhood without access to arcade's golden era. Its the reason why middle-age men build fightsticks.

Dr. Manga

Podría ser del 85 al 95?. Could it be from 85 to 95?

Gary Nicholson

1987-1991 the one on one fighting games killed the beat em up genre in late 1991 and that killed arcade gaming for me. Thankfully beat em ups are back and not going away thanks to them being revived in 2003 onward.

deathr0w

Yeah i like the older games all these games today are to heavy and to much going on

IVIat3bawI

I'm way too young lol

Brad

Salamander, gradius II gofer, parodius, so 1985-late 90s ❤️

Michael Johnson

For me 1988 to what was a marvel in seeing Ridge Racer and Daytona was magic

Ricktor_Black

so many great games from 90-95... but my first experience with arcade games was in the 80's. Asteroids is still my favorite game of all time. I grew up on Pacman, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Centipede, QBert and all of those... (eventually Gauntlet, Forgotten Worlds, Rush'n Attack...)

Andi

Somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd choices

Halla

I prefer 1985 through 1989, but 1990 through 1995 also had a lot of good games.

Lance Bohy

For me the golden era is early 80s : Galaga, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Super Cobra, Tempest, Dig Dug, Star Trek: SOS, Joust, Turbo, Space Invaders, Scramble, Centipede, Q*bert, Asteroids, Star Wars… etc etc. It was a great time to be alive. I still have such fond memories of it all.

Yang Wenli

90-95 for sure was the peak. Sega and Namco pushing technology forward with increasingly complex deluxe cabinets and 3D graphics, the fighting game explosion, beat 'em ups and shoot 'em ups were plentiful.

Muriel Melvin

Really I'd go for something like 1987-1993 or so, but the 85-89 slot is probably closest of those options.

cognitivegears

I’m with the other posters for like ‘87 to ‘92 or so. TMNT, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Double Dragon, Contra, 1943, After Burner, X-Men. Of course the earlier days are also pure gold, but these are the games that I just couldn’t help but plunking down my last quarter into.

Trucker 69

i vote for cruis.n exotica and marval vs capcom 2

Trucker 69

two great games that mame never get it to runs

Timothy Watson

Still surprisingly waiting on Juno First which would be one of my favourite (competing) arcade games. Assume similar hardware/chipset as Defender?

FROELIGER

For me, the golden era is the 90's ! ;-)

Nathan

85 TO 90 Would be best. With Sega's deluxe cabs heard over everything else in the arcade of the day welcome to the fantasy zone get ready!. Op wolf. Chase HQ. Shooter's galore v/h. What's not to like.