List RulesVote up the best 90s video games you spent all your coins and tokens on.
Though arcades are a bit harder to find nowadays, true gamers (and 90s kids) will never forget the great 90s arcade games that took all our quarters growing up. Of course, we happily fed those machines our change and tokens to reach the next level or get another race in. Regardless, some of the best arcade games of all time came out of the 90s, and they remain today as many of our favorites—and have even been recreated for a range of gaming systems. Simply put, nothing serves up a dose of 1990s nostalgia like a list of the best arcade games from the decade.
While it's hard to beat the top arcade games of the 80s, the 90s brought with it some incredibly fun games. For whatever reason, shoot 'em up style games—or light shooters—reigned as some of the most popular games throughout the 90s, such as Lethal Enforcers, Gunblade NY, Area 51, and so many more. Similarly, fighting games like Mortal Kombat II and Street Fighter II were also taking kids quarters left and right. And we can't forget the side-scrolling classic, The Simpsons, among a plethora of racing and sports games. Needless to say, the 90s arcade games did not disappoint.
Do you have a favorite arcade game from the 90s? Find it on the list, along with any other games you miss and vote them up! If your game of choice isn't there, feel free to add it to help create the ultimate list of 90s arcade games.
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2,943551Genres (Video game): Fighting game
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2,434486Mortal Kombat II
1993Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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2,170564X-Men
1992Genres (Video game): Action game, Beat 'em up
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2,358623Genres (Video game): Action game, Beat 'em up, Fighting game, Side-scrolling
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2,197586Genres (Video game): Beat 'em up
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2,016593NBA Jam
1993Genres (Video game): Sports game, Basketball
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1,601620Cruis'n USA
1994Genres (Video game): Action game, Racing video game
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1,585617Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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1,529624Time Crisis
1995Genres (Video game): Light gun, Shoot 'em up, Action game, Light gun shooter, Rail shooter
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1,485608Tekken 3
1997Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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1,401596Genres (Video game): Shooter game
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1,195554Daytona USA
1993Genres (Video game): Racing video game
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1,304644Killer Instinct
1994Genres (Video game): Fighting game
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1,079590NFL Blitz
1997Genres (Video game): Action game, Sports game
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1,049572Genres (Video game): Action game, Sports game, Fighting game
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1,093604Crazy Taxi
1999Genres (Video game): Action game, Racing video game
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1,024567Area 51
1995Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Light gun, Action game
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994553Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game, Superhero movie
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1,051596Genres (Video game): Horror, Shoot 'em up, Survival horror, Rail shooter
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979564Metal Slug
1996Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Shoot 'em up, Run and gun
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1,005599Primal Rage
1994Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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946563Soulcalibur
1998Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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599377Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
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794525Genres (Video game): Shoot 'em up, Rail shooter
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637461Silent Scope
1999Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Light gun, Shoot 'em up