195 Arcade Games

About 195 Arcade Games

What are Arcade Games?
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Arcade as a genre features all the renowned arcade classics. It has also evolved to include modern games with aesthetics and gameplay influenced by classic arcade games. You can play a range of arcade games here - no arcade machine required.

Free Arcade Games
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Our collection of classic browser games means no downloads are necessary - all you have to do is click play.
Whether you're feeling nostalgic for classic arcade games or looking to try more modern favorites, we've got all the arcade games needed to keep you entertained for hours. Forget fumbling with coins at an arcade game machine; simply play for free instantly here!

Fun Facts about Arcade Games:
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✔️ One of the first coin-operated arcade games, Baffle Ball, was created in 1931. It is a pin-based game largely based on the 19th century game of bagatelle and is widely considered as the predecessor to the pinball machine.
✔️ The first multiplayer arcade game was invented in 1958 by William Higinbotham, a nuclear physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Aptly called Tennis for Two, the two controllers connected to a computer and used an oscilloscope as a monitor. Arcade games have certainly come a long way since then!
✔️ Super Mario made his first appearance in 1981 in the hit Nintendo arcade game Donkey Kong. But few know that he wasn't originally named Mario, or Super. Rather, he was named Jump Man. Two years later in 1983 he was formally named 'Mario' when Nintendo released Mario Brothers.
✔️ Many consider the golden age of video games to have spanned from 1972 to 1984. This is when 80s arcade games, like the iconic Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Arkanoid, and Donkey Kong came to life and were played by millions across the world!

Classic Arcade Games
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When you think of arcade games, the thought may invoke imaginations of pinball machines and other stone-cold classics. Space Invaders, for example, a title that revolutionized the market. Space Invaders is from the golden age of arcade gaming, the late 1970s – early 1980s.
However, these days arcade games are mostly games with intuitive controls, fast gameplay, and increasing difficulty. There are plenty of new games today that fit this description, many of which you can play here in this app.

Good luck playing our collection of free arcade games, and do let us know what other classic games you would like to see!