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Classic Games Arcade is a 100% free online arcade games website. We have lots of free classic arcade games which you can add to your myspace, blog or website. We have loads of retro games from mario, galga, metal slug, sonic, street fighter 2 to pac man. All the old arcade games on this site are proven console and arcade classics.

Action

Pac Man Classic Arcade Flash Game Pac Man Classic Arcade Flash Game
Play pacman the classic game for free here. Pac man was a landmark in arcade games, it created mass media coverage and became a huge success in the usa. It’s success is mainly down to its simplicity, gameplay and creating a new genre. At the time only spaceship shooters existed and some sports games(like pong).
Played (584000) Rating(448)
Donkey Kong Classic Game Donkey Kong Classic Game
Donkey Kong Classic Arcade Game. Play donkey kong the classic game for free here.
Played (386174) Rating(200)
Classic Street Fighter 2 Flash Game Classic Street Fighter 2 Flash Game
Classic Street Fighter 2 flash Game. Play as ryu to beat sagat. Play Steet Fighter 2 for free here. Street Fighter 2 was a massive hit in arcades across the world.
Played (223946) Rating(275)
Contra Contra
Contra the classic game made famous by the nes and arcades. In contra you play soldiers and you have to shoot the aliens and crazy soldiers. With the name Gryzor, Contra was born in 1987 in Japanese arcades.
Played (126999) Rating(66)
Megaman polarity flash game Megaman polarity flash game
Megaman polarity flash game remake. Mega Man is known as Rockman in Japan. Mega Man was created and modified by Dr. Light to combat Wily and made famous by the NES/SNES.
Played (99542) Rating(103)
Kung Fu Remix Kung Fu Remix
Kung Fu Remix classic game. A remake of the NES classic.
Played (90724) Rating(112)
Rick Dangerous Amiga Atari ST Rick Dangerous Amiga Atari ST
Rick Dangerous is the classic Amiga Atari ST game.
Played (81807) Rating(134)
Final Fight Final Fight
Free playable final fight game. Play as guy to rescue his girl. The story of Final Fight is mainly about the rescue of the Mayor’s daughter. Final fight was meant to be street fighter 89 but got made into final fight when Capcom decided to make street fighter 2 instead.
Played (78207) Rating(63)
Mega Man Project X Mega Man Project X
Mega Man Project X flash game.
Played (63174) Rating(17)
King of fighters King of fighters
King of fighters beat em up classic arcade game. The aim is to beat up your opponent.
Played (7836) Rating(0)

Atari

Frogger Frogger
Classic frogger atari arcade game. Play frogger here. Get the frog across the road without getting run over.
Played (206950) Rating(87)
Missile command Missile command
Missile command is a arcade game released by Atatri in 1980. The aim is to shoot the incoming missiles with your lazer beam.
Played (123515) Rating(117)
Moon Patrol Moon Patrol
Moon Patrol Space Game. Avoid the craters and shoot your way out of trouble in this classic atari type arcade game. It was released in 1982 by Irem.
Played (94483) Rating(25)
Lunar lander Lunar lander
Lunar lander is a game released by Atari in 1979. The aim of lunar lander is to land the lunar on the designated pads by controlling the lunar using the throttle and not to run out of fuel by refueling.
Played (93789) Rating(37)
Centipede Centipede
Centipede was released by Atari in 1980 and was a great success. It attracted many female fans maybe because it was one of the first coin-operated arcade games created by a woman (Dona Bailey). The aim of the game is to shoot lots of different insects before they kill you. There is a big centipede that comes down to the bottom of the screen to try and kill you.
Played (78717) Rating(24)
Kaboom Kaboom
Kaboom is a classic game for the Atari 2600 and was released in 1981. In the game you have to stop the bombs from exploding that the bomber is dropping.
Played (34980) Rating(7)

Legends

Super Mario World Game Super Mario World Game
Super Mario World classic arcade game snes remake. This is the best super mario world game I've played on the web so far.
Played (565283) Rating(322)
Sonic the hedgehog Sonic the hedgehog
Play sonic the hedgehog flash game for free here. Play as sonic or knuckles, click start to play. Sonic the hedgehog began in 1991 on the genesis (mega drive) and quickly became segas leading game.
Played (416592) Rating(481)
Super Mario Brothers Snes Flash Games Super Mario Brothers Snes Flash Games
Super Mario is a legendary home console game made famous by the Nintendo NES in the 1980s and early 1990s. In Super Mario you play as Italian plumbers either Mario or Lugi who are out to rescue the princess. You kill opponents by jumping on top of them.
Played (368276) Rating(263)
Metal Slug Metal Slug
Metal Slug Flash Game. One of the best flash games around.
Played (263586) Rating(286)
Q*bert Q*bert
Move Q*bert between the squares by jumping about avoiding the bad guys. Q*bert is a orange critter with a large nose. This game was one of the earliest puzle games and was largely successful on the apple.
Played (136205) Rating(105)
Asteroids Asteroids
Asteroids move your spaceship and shoot the asteriods and avoid them. Asteroids was released in 1979 and proved to be a mega hit for Atari in arcades across the world. It became one of the biggest selling games of its era.
Played (132460) Rating(207)
bubble bobble bubble bobble
Bubble bobble classic arcade game. Play bubble bobble here for free. Bubble bobble was converted to play on the Nes, Atari St, Amstrad and Amiga. Capture the Monsters in the bubbles and burst them.
Played (112422) Rating(95)
Ghosts n Goblins Ghosts n Goblins
Free playable Ghosts n Goblins flash Game. Play as Arthur the knight to rescue his princess from ghosts and goblins. Pick up and use extra suits of armor and new weapons. Ghosts and Goblins was released in 1985 by Taito Corporation. It’s often said to be one of the hardest arcade and console games of all time due to its high level of difficulty.
Played (93470) Rating(297)

Puzzle

Puzzle bobble Puzzle bobble
The classic puzzle bobble arcade game. Play as Bub and Bob to connect 4 bubbles of the same colour to burst them before time runs out. Puzzle bobble is also known as bust a move in the usa as sometimes in europe. Puzzle bobble was released in 1994.
Played (825044) Rating(875)
Tetris Flash Arcade Game Tetris Flash Arcade Game
Tetris Flash Arcade Game. The object of Tetris is simply to rotate the various shaped falling blocks to form an horizontal line without there being any gaps.
Played (414613) Rating(199)
Tron Game Tron Game
Tron was a movie in 1982 by Disney that was moderately successful at the box office it was about a programmer that gets sucked into his computer and it’s electronic world. The film was centered on a game where the players had to cut each other off using motor bikes that left a line behind them.
The game was also released with the film and you can play a similar tron game made in flash below.
Played (235651) Rating(147)
Space Invaders Space Invaders
Space Invaders Classic Arcade Game. Play space invaders for free here.
Played (170008) Rating(106)
Mario Bros First Game Mario Bros First Game
This is the very first mario bros the very first one. It's a bit rubbish but it is a classic arcade game. It was also part of super mario bros 3.
Played (126720) Rating(38)
Arkanoid Arkanoid
Arkanoid flash arcade game. Break out style arkanoid game.
Played (122140) Rating(25)
Pong arcade game Pong arcade game
Pong was released by Atari in 1972. It’s regarded as the first widely popular arcade and home console game. It was converted to console by Atari latter on that year. Pong is based on table tennis. Latter games such as Arkanoid and breakout were based on pong.
Played (107000) Rating(103)
Ms Pac Man Ms Pac Man
Ms Pac Man is an arcade game produced by Midway as a sequel to Pac-Man. It contains a different maze to the normal pac man game.
Played (94886) Rating(17)
Tic Tac Toe Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe or noughts and crosses. Get three in a line and you win.
Played (93882) Rating(42)
Zelda Zelda
Zelda free flash game. Play as link in the classic puzzle game.
Played (83302) Rating(45)
Snake puzzle game Snake puzzle game
Snake puzzle game control the snake, guide the snake around the playing area whilst avoiding the walls and hitting it's own tail. Snake is popular on the a range of mobile phones.
Played (78430) Rating(87)
Bomberman Bomberman
Bomberman classic arcade game and made famous on the nintendo. Play as bomberman to drop bombs trapping your opponent.
Played (75365) Rating(35)
Gyroball & Marble Madness Gyroball & Marble Madness
Marble madness arcade classic game. Get the marble into the hole without going off the side of the map. Also known as gyroball.
Played (66342) Rating(44)
Prince of persia Prince of persia
Prince of persia free online game. Prince of persia is famous for its leap forward in its state of the art animation.
Played (63647) Rating(100)
Bubble bobble 2 Bubble bobble 2
Bubble bobble 2 is the follow on from bubble bobble. You play bub and bob and your aim is to catch the monsters in the bubbles you fire and then burst them.
Played (57076) Rating(60)
Bomb Jack Bomb Jack
Bomb Jack Arcade Game. Get the bombs avoiding the baddies.
Played (54385) Rating(20)
Connect4 Connect4
The classic connect 4 board game playable online in flash. Connect 4 of your pieces to win the game either in a line or diagonal.
Played (49745) Rating(19)
Simon Simon
Play the Simon memory game here for free. Simon is a memory game that uses colors and sounds to help you remember patterns. Atari released a handheld version of simon in 1978.
Played (42351) Rating(83)
Jet set willy Jet set willy
Jet set willy flash game playable online. Jet Set Willy was released for the zx Spectrum in 1984. Story: Jet Set Willy has had a party and needs to tidy up his house to gain access to his bedroom to get some sleep.
Played (38422) Rating(31)
Nebulus Frog Tower Game Nebulus Frog Tower Game
Guide Nebulus the frog around the tower in this classic amiga puzzle type game. Play Nebulus online for free.
Played (37689) Rating(31)
Breakout Breakout
Breakout the game where you hit the bricks with the bouncing ball.
Played (32562) Rating(0)
Minesweeper Minesweeper
The classic minesweeper puzzle game. Pick the plots where there are no mines to win.
Played (26208) Rating(4)
Curve Ball Curve Ball
Curve ball is a 3d style pong game.
Played (9862) Rating(0)
Checkers Checkers
The classic checkers board game. The aim is to jump over the computers checkers.
Played (6860) Rating(0)

Space Ship Shooter

Galaga Galaga
Released by Namco in 1981 Galaga is a space ship shooting game. Galaga is similar to Galaxian because it’s a sequel. The player controls a spaceship and shoots at groups of alien ships above that occasionally attack.
Played (515727) Rating(485)
Raiden Space Ship Game Raiden Space Ship Game
Classic raiden space ship shooter game. Raiden was released in 1990. Your objective is to shoot the enemy spaceships and nuke them too.
Played (325861) Rating(401)
defender defender
Defender is one of the most well known space ship shooterclassic arcade games.
Played (68284) Rating(50)
R Type Flash Game R Type Flash Game
R Type demo flash game. Spaceship shooter game. Level one of R-type.
Played (57058) Rating(19)
Xevious Xevious
Play Xevious the side scrolling space ship shooter game here for free online. Xevious was released by namco in 1982 and was one of the first scrolling shooters. It was also one of the first arcade games to have a tv advert. It was a huge hit in Japan becoming a cult but had moderate success in the usa.
Played (51518) Rating(40)
Missile strike Missile strike
Missile strike game where you have to protect your base from the asteroids by blowing them up with missiles or nukes.
Played (47178) Rating(26)
Metroid Metroid
Free playable online flash Metroid space ship game.
Played (39635) Rating(16)
JetPac Spectrum Game JetPac Spectrum Game
JetPac ZX Spectrum flash conversion game. Jetman must escape from a planet he has landed on to find his way home. Build up the rocket and avoid the bad guys by shooting them with a laser. JetPac was released in 1983 by Ultimate Play The Game.
Played (35367) Rating(27)
Astro panic Astro panic
Remake of the classic astro panic game. Shoot the bad space ships down.
Played (20996) Rating(10)
Red Plane Red Plane
Red plane is a 1942 aeroplane shooter style game. You have to shoot the boats and the attacking aeroplanes.
Played (8468) Rating(8)
Varth Varth
Varth the plane shooter game.
Played (7429) Rating(0)
zenon mega blast zenon mega blast
Zenon mega blast a remake of xenon mega blast game.
Played (4077) Rating(8)

Sports

Billards pool game Billards pool game
Basically snooker / pool hit the balls into the pockets, its probably best to play the computer on this one.
Played (166107) Rating(122)
Free Duck Hunt Game Free Duck Hunt Game
Duck Hunt the classic Shoot the ducks game made famous by the nintendo NES. When you shoot the ducks the dog pops up. I rember this game come on a cart with super mario.
Played (142382) Rating(132)
Mini putt Mini putt
Free playable mini putt golf flash game. Mini putt was made famous on the SEGA master system and some other consoles of the same era. The aim of mini putt is to get the gold ball into the hole.
Played (71470) Rating(69)
Hang on Hang on
Hang on classic game remake. Race your motorbike to win the race. Hang on was released and made famous by SEGA.
Played (59564) Rating(34)
Excite Bike Excite Bike
Race your motorbike around the track in this classic remake of the excite bike game. (Needs flash 8 to play)
Played (55308) Rating(7)
Iron Mikes Punchout Iron Mikes Punchout
Rember Mike Tysons punchout or seconds out. This is a game that is similar, knock out your opponent.
Played (46687) Rating(6)
Neo Geo League Bowling Neo Geo League Bowling
Neo Geo League Bowling classic arcade game. Knock over the bowling skittles.
Played (42264) Rating(35)
Micro Machines Driving Racing Game Micro Machines Driving Racing Game
Micro Machines racing game. It was made famous by the Genesis / Mega drive consoles.
Played (38698) Rating(20)
International Karate Plus International Karate Plus
IK+ (International Karate Plus) flash game playable for free online. International Karate Plus was released in 1988 and was a massive hit on the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST.
Played (36945) Rating(53)

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