The Best Arcade Games of the 1990s Have Us Feeling Nostalgic

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Whether you were looking for the best arcade games for a single-player experience or you wanted to hunker down with some friends to fight crime as a ban of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the best arcade games of the 1990s had something for everyone.

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What might be most impressive is how incredibly well these arcade games have held up decades after their initial release.

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SOULCALIBUR (1998) Building on the game engine featured on Soul Edge, the SoulCalibur arcade game featured superior mechanics, brought with it new characters, and debuted a new aesthetic that defined the genre of the 1990s.

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DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION (1998) Konami created perhaps the most well-known and revolutionary rhythm game when it debuted Dance Dance Revolution in 1998. The game is simple in premise with gamers using corresponding buttons laid across the ground to match the symbols that fly by on the screen.

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SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO (1994) Super Street Fighter captured our imaginations with its fun characters and fighting styles. However, the gameplay was often slow, dragging down the excitement level a little bit.

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TURTLES IN TIME (1991) Not only was the TMNT’s huge in 1991, but the actual game featured excellent controls with combos that were easy to execute. The game also provided a level of hit detection we hadn’t seen up until that point.

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MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: CLASH OF SUPER HEROES (1998) It turns out, we didn’t have to ask for anything because the companies delivered an amazing 90’s arcade game that provided amazing music, surprisingly smooth graphics (for the time), and multiple endings that took gamers down different paths.

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NBA JAM (1993) Instead of focusing on the tedious strategy of actual basketball play, Midway introduced two-on-two gameplay and then threw in the amazing “on fire” mode that was activated based on a player’s ability to keep knocking down baskets without interruption.

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The Best Arcade Games of the 1990s Have Us Feeling Nostalgic

Whether you were looking for the best arcade games for a single-player experience or you wanted to hunker down with some friends to fight crime as a ban of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the best arcade games of the 1990s had something for everyone.

What might be most impressive is how incredibly well these arcade games have held up decades after their initial release.

SOULCALIBUR (1998) Building on the game engine featured on Soul Edge, the SoulCalibur arcade game featured superior mechanics, brought with it new characters, and debuted a new aesthetic that defined the genre of the 1990s.

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION (1998) Konami created perhaps the most well-known and revolutionary rhythm game when it debuted Dance Dance Revolution in 1998. The game is simple in premise with gamers using corresponding buttons laid across the ground to match the symbols that fly by on the screen.

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO (1994) Super Street Fighter captured our imaginations with its fun characters and fighting styles. However, the gameplay was often slow, dragging down the excitement level a little bit.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TURTLES IN TIME (1991) Not only was the TMNT’s huge in 1991, but the actual game featured excellent controls with combos that were easy to execute. The game also provided a level of hit detection we hadn’t seen up until that point.

MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: CLASH OF SUPER HEROES (1998) It turns out, we didn’t have to ask for anything because the companies delivered an amazing 90’s arcade game that provided amazing music, surprisingly smooth graphics (for the time), and multiple endings that took gamers down different paths.

NBA JAM (1993) Instead of focusing on the tedious strategy of actual basketball play, Midway introduced two-on-two gameplay and then threw in the amazing “on fire” mode that was activated based on a player’s ability to keep knocking down baskets without interruption.

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