List of 200+ of the best arcade games from the '80s

The ’80s was the time to be alive if you enjoyed arcade games. They were a great way to release some steam and you also got a way to spend some of those much-loved quarters you had. The 80s was considered the Golden Age of arcade games for a good reason – it was the period that put arcade games on the map. Below you will find a list of arcade games from the 1980s. 

1. TRON: Bally Midway created this game in 1982 as a way to commemorate the creation of the move Tron that happened in that very same year. There are 4 subgames that take place according to the events seen in the movie as well. Not only that but there are also characters from the movie found in the game. 

1. Centipede: Atari created Centipede in the year 1981 as a vertically oriented shoot-em-up game. In the game you defend yourself against scorpions, fleas, spiders, and you guessed it, Centipedes. 

1. Defender: Created in the year 1981 by Williams Electronics Defender is a shooting game with 2D graphics. The story of the game takes place on a planet where players are required to destroy aliens to protect the astronauts who are stranded there. 

1. Space Fury: Created in the year 1981 by Sega/Gremlin to give the player the purpose of destroying alien ships — yep, that’s pretty much it.   

1. Galaga: Created in the year 1981 by Midway and Namco this is the sequel to Galaxian and is pretty much a game that requires you to go through and shoot at/destroy the fleets of aliens you come across. 

1. Tempest: Designed in 1981 by Atari, Tempest is a game that takes place on a 3D surface that’s sometimes wrapped in a tube that’s divided into several segments/lanes. In the game you get a blaster that sits on the edge of the surface that you use to shoot at enemies. 

1. Missile Command: Created in the year 1980 by Atari, Missile Command is a game where the player, you have to defend 6 cities from an onslaught by missiles. 

1. Battle Zone: A first person shooter made by Atari in the year 1980 where players are required to control a tank that’s being attacked by missiles and other tanks. 

1. Donkey Kong: Made by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo Donkey Kong is a game where players are using Donkey Kong to solve multiple Platform/action puzzles. 

1. Pac-Man: Namco developed this game in 1980 and originally titled it Puck Man but was changed to Pac Man for marketing purposes. Essentially, you’ll be defending yourself against ghosts and eating the snacks left on the screen. 

1. Mr. Do!: A maze game created by Universal in 1982, Mr. Do has the main purpose of protecting yourself/the character from creeps and scoring as many points as possible. 

1. Gaplus: Gaplus is a shooter game made by the popular game developer Namco in the year 1984. 

1. Mr Do’s Castle: Released by Universal in the year 1983 Mr. Do’s castle is a game that requires players to collect as many points as possible by taking in as many cherries as they can and scoring points. 

1. Burger Time: Created in the year 1982 by Data East, Burgertime is an arcade game that requires players to walk over ingredients for hamburgers, avoid capture, and do so all while being in a maze. 

1. Ms. Pac-Man: Ms. Pac Man is a game created as the sequel to Pac Man and was published by Midway Games. It has the same idea as Pac Man where you avoid ghosts and eat snacks. 

1. Robotron: Robotron is an arcade game made by William Electronics that’s set in the year 2084 where robots have taken over the world. 

1. Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles was made in the year 1983 where you are required to control Bentley Bear and collect gems in trimetric-projected rendered castles. 

1. Moon Cresta: Made in the year 1980 by Nichibutsu, Moon Cresta is game where players are required to (with their laser cannon) protect and dock their ships and clear waves of aliens. 

1. Dragons Lair: There are a number of games in this series but the first was released in 1983 for arcades. In the game you star as Dirk the Daring and have to save the princess from the dragon Singhe. 

1. Frogger: Frogger was created by Konami in the year 1981. The point of the game is to essentially direct frogs back to the swamp, their home. 

1. Phonix: Released fro arcades in the year 1980, Phonix is a fixed shooter game that takes place in outer-space. 

1. Gorf: Gorf is an arcade game created in the year 1980 by Midway Mfg where you are required to complete multiple missions. 

1. Jungle King: Created in the year 1982 by Taito you’re required to control a man who swings across vines, swims with crocodiles, jump across rocks and rescue his girlfriend from barbaric cannibals. 

1. Pengo: Created in the year 1982 by Sega you’re required to control Pengo and crush Sno-Bees and line up three diamond blocks. 

1. Pole Position: Pole Position was created in the year 1982 by Namco and was licensed to Atari. The purpose of this game is to race a F1 race car. 

1. Elevator Action: Elevator Action was created by 1983 by Taito and is a platform/shooter game.

1. Pole Position II: Pole Position is the sequel to the first game Pole Position and was created by Namco in 1983. 

1. Tapper Punch-Out!!

1. Spy Hunter: Spy Hunter was created in the year 1983 and is a vehicular combat game made by Bally Midway. The purpose of the game is to use the Interceptor (an advanced car) and drive down roads and destroy your enemies cars. 

1. Bag Man

1. Tutankham: Created in the year 1982 by Konami, Tutankham is a game that requires players to play as grave-robbing explorers. 

1. Time Pilot: Created in the year 1982 by Konami, Time Pilot is an arcade game where you, the player are required to maneuver a fighter jet and rescue your fellow pilots. 

1. Krull: Krull was made in the year 1983 by Atari and is a game where you are required to perform different tasks during each level and rescue your bride Lyssa. 

1. Venture: Ventre was created by Exidy in 1981 and has the sole purpose of having you, Winky go around a dungeon and collect treasure. 

1. Satan’s Hollow: Satan’s Hollow was made in the year 1982 by Bally Midway and requires players to shoot formations of gargoyles to pick up pieces of a bridge. 

1. Zaxxon: Zaxxon was made in 1982 by Sega and is a game where players are required to pilot ships through super-defended space fortresses. 

1. Black Widow: Black Widow was made in the year 1982 and is a game where you, the player are required to defend a web (since you’re a black widow spider) from other bugs. 

1. Sinistar: Sinistar is a game made by Williams Electronics in the year 1983. You’re required to pilot a spacecraft and create Sinibombs by shooting at planetoids and catch crystals. 

1. Tac/Scan: Tac/Scan was made in 1982 by Sega Electronics and is a space combat shooter game. Essentially the player of the game directs the resources that are put into play. 

1. Zektor: Zektor was created in the year 1982 by Sega. The point of Zektor is to reclaim eight cities found in the game. 

1. Turbo: Turbo was created in 1981 by Sega and is a game that requires players to navigate to a road race through different landscapes. 

1. Armor Attack: Armor Attack was made in the year 1980 by Cinematronics. 

1. Food Fight: Food fight was developed by General Computer Corporation in March, 198. In the game you guide Charley Chuck so he can eat his ice cream cone before it melts. 

1. Space Wars: Space Wars was created in the year 1977 but was released for arcades in 1982.

1. Subroc 3D: Subroc 3D was made in 1982 by Sega and is considered the first commercial game to give a stereoscopic image to the player. 

1. Star Castle: Star Castle was made in the year 1980 by Cinematronics.

1. Super Pac-Man: Super Pac Man was released in 1981 by Namco and is the 4th installment in the Pac Man series. 

1. Firefox: Firefox was created in the year 1982 by Atari and is based on Clint Eastwood’s movie, Firefox.

1. Donkey Kong Jr.: Donkey Kong Jr. was released by Nintendo in the year 1982 and is the sequel (a you can probably tell) to Donkey Kong. 

1. Millipede: Millipede was created in the year 1982 by Atari and is the official sequel of Centipede. 

1. Jr. Pac-Man: Jr. Pac Man was created in the year 1983 by Bally Midway and is a game where you go through and score points in a very similar fashion to point scoring in the other Pac Man games. 

1. Time Pilot ’84: Time Pilot was created in the year 1984 by Konami and is a game where you, the player are required to simply destroy enemies. 

1. The Glob Mappy

1. Regulus

1. Paperboy: Made in the year 1984 by Atari where players are required to deliver newspapers for the daily sun on a bike. 

1. Super Cobra: Super Cobra was made in the year 1981 by Konami and is the sequel to Scramble.

1. Carnival: Carnival is a fixed shooter game released by Sega in 1980. 

1. Mouse Trap: Mouse Trap is an arcade game made by Exidy in 1981.

1. Star Jacker

1. Mega Zone: Mega Zone is a vertically scrolling shooter game made by Konami. 

1. Space Odyssey

1. Bump ‘n’ Jump: Bump n Jump is an overhead racing game made by Data East Corporation. 

1. Orbit Blaster

1. Popeye: Popeye is an arcade platform game made by Nintendo. 

1. I Robot: I Robot is an arcade game made by Atari in 1984

1. Roc’n Rope: Roc’n Rope is an arcade game created by Konami in 1983 
2. Scion: Scion is a shoot-em-up released by Seibu Denshi in the year 1984

1. Track & Field: Track and Field was created by Konami in the year 1983. 

1. Vulgus: Vulgus is a vertically scrolling shooter video game made by Capcom in 1984

1. War of the Worlds: War of the worlds was created in the year 1982 by Tim Skelly (an actual person).

1. Space Dungeon: Space Dungeon is a multidirectional shooter released in arcades by Taito in 1981

1. Phoenix: Phoenix is an outer space-themed, fixed shooter video game released in arcades in 1980.

1. Bosconian: Bosconian is a multi-directional scrolling shooter arcade game which was developed and released by Namco in Japan in 1981.

1. Pooyan: Pooyan (プーヤン) is a fixed shooter arcade game released by Konami in Japan in 1982

1. Future Spy: Future Spy was made by Sega in the year 1984

1. Wizard of Wor: Wizard of Wor is an arcade game released in 1980 by Midway. 

1. Rampage: Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. 

1. Marble Madness: Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny and published by Atari Games in 1984.

1. Starforce: The Starforce are a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

1. Eliminator: Eliminator is a multi-directional shooter space combat game, created and released by Sega/Gremlin in 1981. 

1. Kangaroo: Kangaroo (Japanese: カンガルー) is an arcade platform game released in 1982 by Sun Electronics and distributed by Atari.

1. Gyruss: Gyruss (ジャイラス Jairasu) is a fixed shooter arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto and released by Konami in 1983. 

1. Scramble: Scramble (スクランブル Sukuranburu) is horizontally scrolling shooter released in arcades in 1981.

1. 1942: 1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984.

1. Two Tigers: Two Tigers is a multidirectional shooter created by Bally Midway and released in arcades in 1984

1. Dig Dug: Dig Dug is a 1982 maze arcade game developed and published by Namco. 

1. Juno First: Juno First (ジュノファースト) is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1983. 

1. Joust: Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. 

1. Moon Patrol: Moon Patrol (ムーンパトロール Mūn Patorōru) is an arcade game by Irem released in 1982.

1. Qix: Qix (クイックス Kuikkusu) (pronounced “kicks”) is an arcade game developed by Taito America Corporation and released in October 1981. 

1. Turtles
2. Front Line: Front Line (フロントライン Furonto Rain) is a military-themed run & gun shooter game released by Taito for arcades in 1982.

1. Strong X

1. Berserk: Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago.

1. Exerion: Exerion (エクセリオン Ekuserion) is a fixed shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco and. It was released in arcades on February 1983 and licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution of the game in North America.

1. Cosmic Avenger: Cosmic Avenger is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Universal Entertainment Corporation and released in arcades by Universal in July 1981.

1. Gravitar: Gravitar (working title Lunar Battle) is a color vector graphics arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. 

1. Discs of TRON: Discs of TRON is a shooter arcade game that was released by Bally Midway in 1983

1. Astro Blaster: Astro Blaster is a fixed shooter released in arcades by Sega in 1981.

1. Frenzy: Frenzy is an arcade game published by Stern Electronics in 1982.

1. Star Trek: Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator is a space combat simulation arcade game based on the original Star Trek television program and movie series, and released by Sega in 1983. 

1. Omega Race: Omega Race is a shoot ’em up arcade game designed by Ron Haliburton and released in 1981 by Midway. 

1. Rally-X: Rally-X is a maze arcade game developed and released by Namco in 1980. 

1. Q*Bert: Q*bert /ˈkjuːbərt/ is an arcade game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. 

1. Congo Bongo: Congo Bongo (コンゴボンゴ Kongo Bongo), also known as Tip Top (ティップタップ Tippu Tappu), is an isometric platform arcade game released by Sega in 1983. 

1. Vanguard: Vanguard (ヴァンガード) is a 1981 arcade game developed by TOSE,^[1] and published by SNK in Japan in 1981^[2] and later during the same year in Germany by the same publisher,^[3] while it was licensed to Centuri for manufacture in North America in October 1981^[4] and by Zaccaria in Italy during the same year,^[5] putting SNK on the map in those regions.

1. Vanguard II

1. Major Havoc: Major Havoc (or The Adventures of Major Havoc) is an upright cabinet vector-based arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983.

1. Xevious: Xevious is a 1983 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco.

1. Gauntlet: Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. 

1. Gauntlet II: Gauntlet II is a 1986 arcade game produced by Atari Games that serves as the immediate sequel to the original Gauntlet, which was released the previous year.

1. Armored Scrum Object: ASO is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by SNK in 1985. 

1. Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Ghosts ‘n Goblins (魔界村 Makaimura, lit. Demon World Village) is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Capcom and released in arcades in 1985.

1. Green Beret: Green Beret (グリーンベレー, Gurīn Berē), is a run and gun arcade game released by Konami in 1985.

1. Metal Soldier Isaac II

1. Gradius/Nemesis: Gradius (グラディウス Guradiusu, /ˈgrɑdiəs/) is a series of shooter video games, introduced in 1985, developed and published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms.

1. Section Z: Section Z (セクションZ Sekushon Z) is a side-view shoot-’em-up by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1985. 

1. Space Harrier: Space Harrier (Japanese: スペースハリアー Hepburn: Supēsu Hariā) is a third-person rail shooter developed by Sega Enterprises and released in December 1985.

1. Terra Cresta: Terra Cresta (テラクレスタ Tera Kuresuta) is a vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game released by Nichibutsu in 1985

1. Bubble Bobble: Bubble Bobble is a platform game by Taito, first released in arcades in 1986 and later ported to home systems by Toei Company.

1. Darius: Darius (ダライアス, Daraiasu) is a shoot ’em up arcade game released by Taito in February 1987, although its title screen indicates a 1986 copyright. 

1. Gladiator: Gladiator, known in Japan as Ougon no Shiro is an arcade game developed by Allumer and published in 1986 by Taito.

1. Ikari Warriors: Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling, run & gun shoot ’em up arcade game developed by SNK, published in North America and Europe by Tradewest, and released in 1986. 

1. Outrun: Out Run (also stylized as OutRun) is an arcade game released by Sega in September 1986.

1. Rolling Thunder

1. Rygar: Rygar is a video game created by Tecmo in 1986

1. Side Arms: Hyper Dyne Side Arms (サイドアーム) is a 1986 side-scrolling shoot-’em-up arcade game developed by Capcom. 

1. Spelunker: Spelunker (Japanese: スペランカー Hepburn: Superankā) is a 1983 platform video game developed by Timothy G. Martin of MicroGraphic Image.

1. Victory Road: Victory Road (怒号層圏 Dogō Sōken, lit. “Bellowing Atmosphere”) is an arcade video game released in 1986. 

1. 1943: 1943: The Battle of Midway (1943 ミッドウェイ海戦 Ichi Kyū Yon San: Middouei Kaisen) is a 1987 shoot ’em up arcade game developed and published by Capcom.

1. Ajax: A Jax (エー・ジャックス), eventually renamed A-Jax, is a vertically scrolling shooter released in arcades by Konami in December 1987. 

1. Alien Syndrome: Alien Syndrome (エイリアンシンドローム Eirian Shindorōmu) is a run and gun game developed by Sega and released in arcades in 1987.

1. Bionic Commando:  Bionic Commando, released in Japan as Top Secret (Japanese: トップシークレット, Hepburn: Toppu Shīkuretto), is a 1987 action platform game released by Capcom for the arcades. 

1. Black Tiger: Black Tiger, known in Japan as Black Dragon (Japanese: ブラックドラゴン Hepburn: Burakku Doragon), is a 1987 platform game released for arcade by Capcom.

1. Blazer: Blazer (ブレイザー, Bureizā) is an isometric perspective scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1987.

1. Contra: Contra is a run and gun video game developed and published by Konami, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987.

1. Double Dragon: Double Dragon is a 1987 beat ’em up video game developed by Technōs. 

1. Galaga 88: Galaga ’88 is a 1987 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco. It is the third sequel for Galaxian (following Galaga, and Gaplus). 

1. Heavy Barrel: Heavy Barrel (ヘビー・バレル Hebī Bareru) is a 1987 overhead run and gun arcade game by Data East.

1. Karnov: Karnov (カルノフ) is a 1987 platform arcade game. 

1. Pacmania: Pac-Mania is an isometric maze arcade game that was developed and released by Namco in 1987. 

1. R-Type: R-Type is a horizontal-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and released by Irem in 1987.

1. Shinobi: Shinobi (忍) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega originally released for the arcades in 1987. In Shinobi, the player controls a modern-day ninja named Joe Musashi who has to stop a terrorist organization named Zeed who are kidnapping the students of his clan. 

1. Terra Force

1. The Ninja Warriors: The Ninja Warriors (ニンジャウォーリアーズ) is a side-scrolling action game developed and released by Taito in 1987.

1. Time Soldiers: Time Soldiers, known in Japan as Battle Field (バトル フィールド), is a 1987 top-viewed run and gun video arcade game developed by Alpha Denshi, and published by SNK, while later distributed outside Japan by Romstar.

1. Tiger Road: Tiger Road is a side-scrolling platform game originally released in 1987 as a coin-operated arcade game. 

1. Twin Cobra: Twin Cobra, released in Japan as Kyukyoku Tiger (究極タイガー Kyūkyoku Taigā, Extreme Tiger), is a 1987 helicopter-themed shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Toaplan. 

1. Xenophobe: Xenophobe is an arcade game developed and published by Bally Midway in 1987. Starbases, moons, ships, and space cities are infested with aliens, and the players have to kill the aliens before each is completely overrun.

1. Xybots: Xybots is a 1987 third-person shooter arcade game by Atari Games.
2. Altered Beast: Altered Beast is a 1988 beat ’em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. 

1. Assault: Assault is a 1988 multi-directional shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. 

1. Cabal: Cabal (カベール Kabēru) is a 1988 arcade video game originally developed by TAD Corporation and published in Japan by Taito Corporation and in North America and Europe by Fabtek.^[1]

1. Operation Wolf: Operation Wolf (オペレーションウルフ Operēshon Urufu) is a one-player shooter video game made by Taito in 1987.

1. Cobra-Command: Cobra Command, known as Thunder Storm (サンダーストーム) in Japan, is an interactive movie game originally released by Data East in 1984 as a LaserDisc-based coin-operated arcade game.

1. Double Dragon II: Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat ’em up produced by Technōs Japan originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988.

1. Ghouls’n Ghosts: Ghouls ‘n Ghosts (Japanese: 大魔界村 Hepburn: Daimakaimura, lit. Great Demon World Village) is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms.

1. Image Fight: Image Fight (イメージファイト) is a 1988 vertically scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game developed and published by Irem. 

1. Last Duel: Last Duel or Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012 is a 1988 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Capcom

1. Mirai Ninja: Mirai Ninja (未来忍者 lit. “Future Ninja”), fully named as Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (未来忍者：慶雲機忍外伝 lit. “Future Ninja: Stealth Joy Cloud Device Side Story”), is a side scrolling arcade game, released by Namco in 1988 exclusively in Japan.

1. Raimais: Raimais (レイメイズ Reimeizu ^?) is an action arcade game developed by Taito and manufactured in 1988. 

1. Scramble Spirits: Scramble Spirits (スクランブルスピリッツ) is a Vertical Scrolling Shooter released for the arcade by Sega in 1988. 

1. Shadow Warriors

1. Silk Worm: Silkworm is a classic side scrolling shooter, developed by Tecmo and first released for arcade in 1988. 

1. Sky Soldiers: Sky Soldiers is a vertical scrolling shoot em’ up developed by Alpha Denshi and released to arcades in 1988 by Romstar in North America and SNK in the rest of the world. 

1. Super Contra: Super Contra, known as Super Contra: The Alien Strikes Back in Japan, is a run and gun video game by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988.

1. The New Zealand Story: The NewZealand Story (ニュージーランドストーリー Nyū Jīrando Sutōrī) is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Taito. 

1. Truxton: Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide; Sega: North America) and the PC Engine (Japan-only).

1. Turtle Ship

1. Twin Eagle: Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe’s Brother is an arcade game which came out in 1988 made by Seta corporation and licensed to Taito. 

1. Vindicators: Vindicators is a one or two player arcade game released by Atari Games in 1988.

1. Vulcan Vunture

1. Act Fancer: Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon (アクトフェンサー) is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game developed and published by Data East.

1. Arbalester: Arbalester is a scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game released by SETA in 1989, licensed to Taito and Romstar.

1. Blast Off: Blast Off (ブラストオフ, Burasuto Ofu) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1989 only in Japan;

1. Burning Force: Burning Force (バーニングフォース Bāningu Fōsu) is a 3D shooter arcade game which was released by Namco in 1989 only in Japan. 

1. Dangerous Seed: Dangerous Seed is a 1989 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco.

1. Darius: Darius (ダライアス, Daraiasu) is a shoot ’em up arcade game released by Taito in February 1987, although its title screen indicates a 1986 copyright. 

1. Darius II: Darius II (ダライアスII Daraiasu Tsū) is a 1989 arcade video game developed by Taito. It is the direct sequel to the 1987 Darius. 

1. Dyger

1. Escape from the planet of robot monsters: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is an arcade game developed by Atari Games in 1989. 

1. Galaxy Gunners

1. Gigandes

1. Golden Axe: Golden Axe (ゴールデンアックス, Gōruden Akkusu) is a series of side-scrolling, beat ’em up, arcade video games developed by Sega. 

1. Gradius II: Gradius II (also known as Vulcan Venture in arcades outside Japan) is a horizontally-scrolling shooter. Originally released for the arcades in Japan in 1988, it is the sequel to original Gradius and was succeeded by Gradius III.

1. Gradius III: Gradius III is a 1989 scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami, originally released for the arcades in Japan and other parts of Asia on December 11, 1989. It is the third game in the Gradius series.

1. Hellfire: Hellfire (ヘルファイヤー) is a 1989 scrolling shooter video game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito.

1. Ikari III

1. Legend of Hero Tonma: Leg end of Hero Tonma (レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ) is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989.

1. R-Type II: R-Type II (アール・タイプII Āru Taipu Tsu) is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Irem in 1989. 

1. S.T.U.N. Runner: S.T.U.N. Runner (Spread Tunnel Underground Network Runner) is 3D racing/shooter released in arcades by Atari Games in 1989. 

1. Saint Dragon: Saint Dragon (天聖龍 SAINT DRAGON) is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989.

1. Search and Rescue

1. Shadow Dancer: Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega originally released as an arcade game in 1989. 

1. Strider: Strider, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū (ストライダー飛竜 Sutoraidā Hiryū), is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game developed and released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom.

1. The Astyanax: The Astyanax, known in Japan as The Lord of King, is a side-scrolling action game developed by Aicom released for the arcades by Jaleco (1989)

1. The Next Space

1. U.N. Squadron: U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

1. Volfied: Volfied (ヴォルフィード Vorufīdo) is an arcade game designed by Fukio Mitsuji and released by Taito in 1989.

1. Night Striker: Night Striker (ナイトストライカー Naito Sutoraikā) is a 1989 shoot ’em up video game developed and published by Taito for the Taito Z System.

1. Omega Fighter: Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989.

1. Pang: Pang (パン Pan), also known as Pomping World (Japanese: ポンピング・ワールド Hepburn: Ponpingu Wārudo), is a cooperative two-player arcade video game released in 1989 by the Mitchell Corporation. 

1. Plus Alpha

1. Top Gunner/Jackal

1. Rambo III

1. Arkanoid: Arkanoid (アルカノイド Arukanoido) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1986.

1. E-SWAT

1. Battle Shark: Battle Shark (バトルシャーク) is a first person shoot ’em up arcade game released in 1989 by Taito. The player looks through a submarine periscope in order to destroy enemies, featuring simulated damage whenever the player gets hit by either an enemy torpedo or a missile.

1. Tetris: Tetris (styled TETЯIS) is a puzzle game developed by Atari Games and originally released for arcades in 1988.

1. Ninja Spirit: Ninja Spirit, known in Japan as Saigo no Nindou (最後の忍道), is a 1988 platform arcade game developed and published by Irem.

1. Fighting Hawk

1. Forgotten Worlds: Forgotten Worlds, titled Lost Worlds (Japanese: ロストワールド Hepburn: Rosuto Wārudo) in Japan, is a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up game by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1988. 

1. Chelnov – The Atomic Runner: Atomic Runner Chelnov is a Japanese runner arcade game developed and published by Data East in 1988.

1. Armed Formation

1. Rainbow Islands: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (レインボーアイランド) is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. 

1. Gemini Wing: Gemini Wing in an arcade game created by Tecmo, released in 1987. 

1. Afterburner: After Burner (アフターバーナー Afutā Bānā) is a 1987 combat flight simulator arcade game designed by Yu Suzuki for Sega AM2.

1. Afterburner II: After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in October 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series.

1. Xain’d Sleena: Xain’d Sleena (ザインドスリーナ) is a two genre Platformer and side-scrolling arcade video game produced by Technos in 1986.

1. Tiger Heli: Tiger-Heli (タイガー・ヘリ) is a 1985 scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and published by Taito for the arcades. It is a predecessor to Twin Cobra.

1. TwinBee: TwinBee (ツインビー TsuinBī) is a cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot ’em up game originally released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1985 in Japan. 

1. MX 5000

1. Blasteroids: Blasteroids is the third official sequel to the 1979 shoot ’em up video game Asteroids. 

Conclusion

There you are, 223 arcade games made in the golden age of arcade games, the ’80s. Leave a comment on any game you don’t see listed on here so it can be added.