When the NES launched it only had first party software and in fact was trying to market
its popular arcade hits for the home.
Not exact matches
In 1984, this was the # 1
arcade hit, the 80's obsession with martial arts and action movies (particularly The Karate Kid series) fired imaginations and this became one of the most
popular games you could play at the time.
Developed by Croteam, the creators of the
popular Serious Sam franchise, and produced in partnership with Devolver Digital, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter has
hit the Xbox Live
Arcade marketplace with nostalgic action.
Developed by Danish based PlayDead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios, LIMBO is kick - starting the
popular «Summer of
Arcade» campaign to promote the biggest and most anticipated blockbuster
hits of the season coming first to Xbox LIVE
Arcade.
Things started to change in March 1986, when SEGA, in an attempt to compete with Konami's Gradius (the most
popular space side scroll shooter at the time in Japan) twisted things on its own take on the genre adding color and cuteness (setting it in the same universe as their
arcade hit Space Harrier) with Fantasy Zone.
This may sound a little nuts, but make no mistake — DOC was a huge
hit in Japanese
arcades and very
popular in American
arcades as well.
Crazy Taxi 2002 Crazy Taxi was an
arcade hit in 1999 and the 2000 Dreamcast port became one of the most universally
popular titles on the system.