Top 100 arcade games of all time!

[lester1/2jr]

42 Spy Hunter

[retrorussell]

43. TEMPEST (1980)
Yet another Atari classic!  Avoid the spikes!

[major jay]

44. BERZERK (1980)
This game has some strange trivia attached to it.

Berzerk was the first video game known to have been involved in the death of a player. In January 1981, 19-year-old Jeff Dailey died of a heart attack soon after posting a score of 16,660 on Berzerk. In October of the following year, Peter Burkowski made the Berzerk top-ten list twice in fifteen minutes, just a few seconds before also dying of a heart attack at the age of 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79Edlt9Ank

[lester1/2jr]

wow

[Umaril Has Returned]

GORF!  The first game to verbally taunt the player!

"You will meet a Gorfian doom, Space Cadet!"

...as well as congratulate him.
"you have destroyed my flagship, but for now, you have been pro-mo-ted to Space Captain".   I put lost of quarters into this back in the day!

And let's not forget the other taunter, The Wizard of Wor:

"You bones will dry in the dungeons of Wor, ta ta ta ta!"

BTW: same company for both games (Bally Midway) and they used the same voice synthesis.

[Leah]

44. BERZERK (1980)
This game has some strange trivia attached to it.

Berzerk was the first video game known to have been involved in the death of a player. In January 1981, 19-year-old Jeff Dailey died of a heart attack soon after posting a score of 16,660 on Berzerk. In October of the following year, Peter Burkowski made the Berzerk top-ten list twice in fifteen minutes, just a few seconds before also dying of a heart attack at the age of 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79Edlt9Ank

He's evil you know.

[retrorussell]

45. GALAGA (1981, Namco/MIDWAY)
Another classic.  Sequel to Galaxian.  Great "lose a life to possibly gain extra firepower" idea.  I have a t-shirt of this game!

[major jay]

46. BUBBLE DOME HOCKEY

[Jack]

47)  Battlezone.  The urban legend of the day was that the military actually used this game to train tank drivers 

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

48) red baron:
Like BAttlezone but more flying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCIpux1a01k

[retrorussell]

I don't think this was named yet:
49. CRAZY CLIMBER (1980, Nichibutsu/Taito)
Great game where you climb skyscrapers while avoiding condors, objects dropped on you, closing windows, etc.

[lester1/2jr]

50. Black Knight (pinball)



This was one of the first pinball games I can recall having 2 levels

[Leah]

51. Air hockey

[retrorussell]

Oops, I screwed up and did Galaga twice, so I'll put in its predecessor:
45. GALAXIAN (1979, Namco/Midway)
Space Invaders reimagined, with color and diving aliens!

[retrorussell]

Here's the list to date:
1. Dig Dug 2. Marble Madness 3. Donkey Kong 4. Pac-Man 5. Gorf 6. Pooyan 7. Galaga 8. Amidar 9. Elevator Action 10. Track & Field 11. Defender 12. Wonder Boy In Monsterland 13. Golden Axe 14. Karate Champ 15. Pong 16. 10 Yard Fight 17. Hydro Thunder 18. Ms Pac-Man 19. Mortal Kombat 20. Kid Niki 21. Rampage 22. Discs Of Tron 23. Final Fight 24. Gauntlet 25. WWF Wrestlefest 26. Street Fighter 2 27. Operation Wolf 28. Cabal 29. Dragon's Lair 30. Zaxxon 31. Breakout 32. Big Event Golf 33. Punch Out 34. Mr. Do 35. Rush 'N Attack 36. Centipede 37. Phoenix 38. Robotron 39. Jungle Hunt 40. Space Invaders 41. Asteroids 42. Spy Hunter 43. Tempest 44. Berzerk 45. Galaxian 46. Bubble Dome Hockey 47. Battlezone 48. Red Baron 49. Crazy Climber 50. Black Knight 51. Air Hockey