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Arcade Board Archive

Arcades have no "consoles".Boardsexisted, and games were born on them. Here 100% is counted for each board.

Game title
645 titles
Versions (including regional and unofficial)
2,317 versions
Versions per title
3.6 versions
Reads in 12 months
6,621,362 times
Share with a known read count
44%

Most read now

Reads on Wikipedia in the last 12 months.282 titlescould be counted (the rest have no article, or no figure could be taken).

1Game titlePuck Man (Japan, set 1)1980-Namco705,950 times
4Game titleMs. Pac-Man1981-General Computer Corporation171,132 times
5Game titleFinal Fight (World, set 1)1989-Capcom147,082 times
7Game titleR-Type (World)1987-Irem110,295 times
10Game titleAltered Beast (set 8) (8751 317-0078)1988-Sega96,590 times
11Game titleGalactic Warriors1985-Konami94,384 times
14Game titleDouble Dragon (Neo-Geo)1995-Technos Japan84,114 times
15Game titleNemesis (ROM version)1985-Konami79,400 times
16Game titleJoJo's Venture (Europe 990128)1998-Capcom79,073 times
20Game titleVs. Wrecking Crew1984-Nintendo75,162 times

Arcade board

Arcades have no "consoles". There were boards, and games were born on them. So here we give 100% for each board. Every one of the 20 boards listed here has been counted in full.

NoArcade boardGame titleVersionsRelease yearFlagship
1Space Invaders hardware (8080 family)491681975-1980Space Invaders (1978-Taito)
2Galaxian hardware533071979-2002Galaxian (1979-Namco)
3Pac-Man hardware241511980-1986Pac-Man (1980-Namco)
4Donkey Kong hardware11481980-1985Donkey Kong (1981-Nintendo)
5Sega System 1/228921983-1988Wonder Boy (1986, Sega)
6Nintendo VS. System35561984-1990The arcade machine with the same heart as the Famicom
7Konami Bubble System family9241985-1988Gradius (1985-Konami)
8Namco System 866111986-1987Rolling Thunder (1986-Namco)
9Sega System 16B351431987-2008Altered Beast and Golden Axe (Sega)
10Sega X Board10431987-1991After Burner (1987, Sega). The taikan (body-sensation) game line
11Namco System 120401987-1991Dragon Spirit (1987-Namco)
12Irem-M7214511987-1991R-TYPE (1987-Irem)
13Namco System 228611987-1993Winning Run (1988, Namco)
14Taito F2 System29711988-1993Darius II and The Ninja Warriors (Taito)
15Jaleco Mega System 121551988-199364th. Street (Jaleco)
16CP System (Capcom)372291988-2000Street Fighter II (1991-Capcom)
17Neo Geo (SNK)1552821990-2004Fatal Fury-Samurai Shodown (SNK)
18Taito F3 System351001992-1998Darius Gaiden (1994, Taito)
19CP System II403241993-2004Darkstalkers and Street Fighter II' family (Capcom)
20CP System III6611996-1999Street Fighter III: New Generation (1997-Capcom)

Titles per year

The oldest is 1975, the newest 2008. The story starts with Space Invaders (1978), but On the same 8080 board, 13 titles had come out before it. Those are counted too, not dropped.

197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200852

Genre

The genre is known for 289 titles. A title can have more than 1 genre.

Makers

linked to the game titles on this 20 boardAll 117 companies. Companies are managed in the shared company master used across all content, and page addresses come from the master ids. Names not in the company master (pirate or modified releases) appear as plain text in the edition table.

1Capcom83 titles
2Taito76 titles
3SNK76 titles
4Sega66 titles
5Namco65 titles
6Midway Games27 titles
7Jaleco23 titles
8Nintendo22 titles
9Konami20 titles
10ADK16 titles
11Irem15 titles
13Banpresto10 titles
14Saurus10 titles
15Data East8 titles
16SNK Playmore8 titles
18Nichibutsu6 titles
21Sunsoft5 titles
22West One5 titles
23Taito do Brasil4 titles
24Model Racing4 titles
25Philko4 titles
27Video System4 titles
28Omori Electric3 titles
29Comsoft3 titles
30Rock-Ola3 titles
Read counts, Japanese titles, genres and release dates were counted from the Japanese and English Wikipedia and from Wikidata. No Wikipedia prose was copied (only the facts are used).