Which arcade games have been released for Windows?

[+DamonicFury]

While I am quite aware that just about all arcade games can be emulated via MAME, I am interested in which ones have been given a proper legal release for Windows PC's. Here's all the ones I know of... are there more collections out there that I've missed?

 

Games freely available:

Robby Roto, Gridlee, PolyPlay

 

Atari: 80 games in one:

Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Liberator, Lunar Lander, Major Havoc, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Red Baron, Super Breakout, Space Duel, Tempest, Warlords

 

Midway Arcade Treaures:

Defender, Stargate, Joust ,Joust 2 ,Blaster, Sinistar, Robotron 2084, Bubbles, SPLAT!, SmashTV, Rampage, SpyHunter, Satan's Hollow, Root Beer Tapper, Vindicators, Marble Madness, RoadBlasters, Gauntlet, Paperboy, Rampart, Super Sprint, 720, Toobin', KLAX

 

Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition (coming soon):

S.T.U.N. Runner, Gauntlet II, Xybots, APB, Pit Fighter, Primal Rage, Championship Sprint, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Spy Hunter II, NARC, Cyberball 2072, Timber, Total Carnage, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobe, Arch Rivals, Rampage World Tour, Kozmik Krooz'r, Hard Drivin', Wacko, Badlands, Hydro Thunder, Off Road Thunder: Mud, Sweat 'N Gears, Race Drivin', San Francisco Rush the Rock: Alcatraz Edition, San Francisco Rush 2049, Super Off Road

 

Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 (this out-of-print collection contained two games not collected in the above Midway collections)

Burgertime, Moon Patrol

 

Namco 50th Anniversary Collection (coming soon):

Pac-Man, Ms. Pacman, Galaxian, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rolling Thunder, Rally X, Bosconian, Xevious, Mappy, Sky Kid, Dragon Spirit, Galaga 88, Pac-mania

 

Microsoft's Revenge of Arcade:

contains 4 games that also in Namco's collection (Xevious, Ms. Pacman, Rally-X, Mappy) plus one unique game, Motos.

 

Taito Arcade Legends (coming soon):

Battle Shark, Bubble Bobble, Colony 7, Continental Circus, Electric Yo-Yo, Elevator Action, Exzisus, Gladiator, Great Swordsman, Jungle Hunt, New Zealand Story, Ninja Kids, Operation Thunderbolt, Operation Wolf, Phoenix, Plotting, Plump Pop, Rainbow Islands, Rastan, Return of the Invaders, Space Gun, Space Invaders, Space Invaders part II, Super Qix, Thunderfox, Tokio, Tube It, Volfied, Zoo Keeper

 

Capcom Coin-op Classics: (comes with Hanaho's HotRod joystick)

1941, Block Block, Commando, Exed Exes, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Magic Sword, Mercs,Sections Z, Side Arms, Son Son, Street Fighter 2, Strider, U. N. Squadron, Varth

 

Capcom Arcade Hits Vol.1: Street Fighter, Street Fighter 2(included in CCC)

Capcom Arcade Hits Vol.2: 1942 and 1943

Capcom Arcade Hits Vol.3: Commando(included in CCC), Gunsmoke

 

Digital Leisure releases:

Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Dragon's Lair II

 

StarROMS (available now on www.starroms.com - the below list are games that aren't collected elsehwere):

Atari Soccer, Atari Football, Atari Baseball, Avalanche, Cloak and Dagger, Cloud 9, Monte Carlo, Peter Packrat, Quantum, Qwak

 

And finally these are StarROMS games that were briefly available but were pulled when it was discovered that Atari(Infogrames) did not have the license to them. StarROMS claims that they negotiated a deal with Midway to keep these legal for those who purchased them. Again, the list contains just those games not collected elsewhere:

I, Robot, Arcade Classics, Beat Head, Off the Wall, Road Riot's Revenge, Skull & Crossbones, Sparkz, ThunderJaws, Blasteroids, Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters, Tetris, Road Runner, Hydra, Batman

 

The above list totals at about 163 games, but there's still many more that could be collected including games by:

 

Konami (Frogger, Time Pilot, Gyruss, Scramble)

Sega (Zaxxon, Pengo, Carnival, Turbo)

Tecmo aka Tehkan (Rygar, Bomb Jack, Swimmer)

Gottlieb (Q*bert, Reactor, Mad Planets)

Cinematronics (Space War, Tailgunner, Armor Attack)

Universal (Mr. Do, Cosmic Avenger, Ladybug)

Exidy (Venture, Mousetrap, Crossbow)

Nintendo (Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros.)

Edited September 9, 2005 by sdamon

[+FujiSkunk]

Are you looking just for games available in collections (I'm betting they aren't all emulated, especially games like San Francisco Rush that get pitiful frame rates in MAME), or games that are available to play in Windows, period? If the latter, then there are lots more games you can include in your list.

 

Lots of DOS games released in the late '80s and early '90s will work (at least to a degree) on flavors of Windows that have a DOS foundation (Windows 95, Windows 98, maybe Windows ME). Sega released After Burner, OutRun, Thunder Blade, Space Harrier, Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe and Turbo OutRun. Taito released Arkanoid and Arkanoid II. Acclaim released Mortal Kombat (the first one, not yet available in any collection). Broderbund released Star Wars: The Arcade Game. Activision released Power Drift (a Sega arcade game that inexplicably did not get home distribution by Sega). And there are many others that I'm sure I'm forgetting.

 

Edited for grammar.

Edited September 8, 2005 by skunkworx

[+DamonicFury]

Are you looking just for games available in collections (I'm betting they aren't all emulated, especially games like San Francisco Rush that get pitiful frame rates in MAME), or games that are available to play in Windows, period?  If the latter, then there are lots more games you can include in your list.

 

I guess I'm mostly interested in collections, although it wouldn't hurt to take note of perfect or very-nearly-perfect standalone releases as well.

[JB]

There were Microsoft Arcade, Return of Arcade, and Revenge of Arcade.

Dun recall what games were in the packages, though.

[+FujiSkunk]

There were Microsoft Arcade, Return of Arcade, and Revenge of Arcade.

Dun recall what games were in the packages, though.

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Microsoft Arcade included games originally by Atari, and Return of Arcade and Revenge of Arcade included games originally by Namco. All have since been (or will be) released in much better form on later compilations, with one exception: Motos is included in Revenge of Arcade.

 

Microsoft's releases are not emulations, and I wouldn't call them pixel-perfect, either. They're decent, but nothing spectacular.

Edited September 8, 2005 by skunkworx

[JB]

There were Microsoft Arcade, Return of Arcade, and Revenge of Arcade.

Dun recall what games were in the packages, though.

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Microsoft Arcade included games originally by Atari, and Return of Arcade and Revenge of Arcade included games originally by Namco. All have since been (or will be) released in much better form on later compilations, with one exception: Motos is included in Revenge of Arcade.

 

Microsoft's releases are not emulations, and I wouldn't call them pixel-perfect, either. They're decent, but nothing spectacular.

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Well, no one specified emulation, or even ports above a certain accuracy level.

[Rugxulo]

I never understood that stuff, and the supposed legal problems just seem pointless (why would anyone refuse to sell what is clearly marketable?). StarROMs sounded like a GREAT idea, but no companies took them up on it. Whatever, their loss.

 

 

And finally these are StarROMS games that were briefly available but were pulled when it was discovered that Atari(Infogrames) did not have the license to them.  StarROMS claims that they negotiated a deal with Midway to keep these legal for those who purchased them.  Again, the list contains just those games not collected elsewhere:

I, Robot, Arcade Classics, Beat Head, Off the Wall, Road Riot's Revenge, Skull & Crossbones, Sparkz, ThunderJaws, Blasteroids, Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters, Tetris, Road Runner, Hydra, Batman

 

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[+FujiSkunk]

Microsoft's releases are not emulations, and I wouldn't call them pixel-perfect, either.  They're decent, but nothing spectacular.

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Well, no one specified emulation, or even ports above a certain accuracy level.

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I was offering my opinion on those compilations, is all. Compared to what the companies themselves have released, Microsoft's offerings are left in the dust. Still, if you just have to have a copy of Motos...

[+DamonicFury]

I never understood that stuff, and the supposed legal problems just seem pointless (why would anyone refuse to sell what is clearly marketable?). StarROMs sounded like a GREAT idea, but no companies took them up on it. Whatever, their loss.

 

It IS a shame that no company outside of Atari decided to work with StarROMS. I bought all the ROMS that I didn't already have on a compilation from StarROMS soon after they opened their website, and I've eagerly been awaiting more games ever since. Sadly, no more have appeared.

 

I was offering my opinion on those compilations, is all. Compared to what the companies themselves have released, Microsoft's offerings are left in the dust. Still, if you just have to have a copy of Motos...

 

You're right, Revenge of Arcade should be added for it's Motos support. Thanks!

[JB]

Microsoft's releases are not emulations, and I wouldn't call them pixel-perfect, either.  They're decent, but nothing spectacular.

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Well, no one specified emulation, or even ports above a certain accuracy level.

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I was offering my opinion on those compilations, is all. Compared to what the companies themselves have released, Microsoft's offerings are left in the dust. Still, if you just have to have a copy of Motos...

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Okay. I thought you were saying they shouldn't be considered for some reason.

 

Never mind.

[jdrew]

They're stand-alone releases, but I have Area 51 and Raiden II for Windows.

 

Area 51's resolution isn't great, and the game suffers without a gun. It's been a while since I played it... so I don't remember much else.

 

I've never played the arcade version of Raiden II, but the Windows release seems good enough that it's probably very close.

 

Josh

[JB]

Virtual On.

Virtua Cop something-or-other I'm pretty sure.

 

Some Bust-A-Move games. Aain, pretty sure at least on Samurai Shodown too.

[Tanukitsune]

Hmm, are the Sega Smash Packs Genesis/Mega Drive games or the arcade versions?

 

I have Out Run and the First Street Figther from the 80's but they aren't exactly a perfect adaptation if you know what I mean...

 

I have Fatal Fury 3 and Samurai Showdown 2 for PC too...

[geosteve]

Has the late 90's release of Activision's licensed remake of 'Asteroids' been mentioned, it also has the original as a hidden game.

 

these might count too...

 

Hasbro's late 90's release of 'Centipede' as a 3D game has the original too in a somewhat modernized overhead view but plays the same.

 

Hasbro late 90's release of 'Missile Command', a stand alone and part of Atari Revival package, has a modernized version of the original game. There's also 'Warlords' modernized in the Revival package.

 

btw: I also have the Area 51 for windows, it plays good with the mouse but a gun would have helped.

[ferrarimanf355]

Quite a lot of Sega games got standalone PC releases...

Virtua Fighter 1 and 2

Daytona USA

Virtua Cop 1 and 2 (under Virtua Squad)

Virtual On

Manx TT

Crazy Taxi

Sega Rally 1 and 2

all three House of the Dead games...