It’s considered the most influential game ever made. Imagine sitting at an arcade cabinet playing this until your wrists were sore.īefore Fox McCloud even thought about blasting Andros out of the skies, Space Invaders was the best shooting game on the planet. It might be simple and not be as advanced as some of the other games in this list, but it’s still one of the greatest titles ever made.

It’s ‘game-on’ time once that music kicks in, and god help anyone who gets in the way of my hundred hand slap! 2. All of the gang are here including Blanka, Zangief, and Chun-Li. I won’t insult your intelligence by explaining what Street Fighter is. If you don’t have the space for a big cabinet in your flat, then get set up with MAME and relive the good old days. I’ve played this game on so many different platforms, but you just can’t beat the arcade version. Forget the Street Fighter titles that came after it World Warrior will always be the best.

This game is without a doubt my favourite ever fighting game. That makes is one of the most important pieces of software out there, right? 15. MAME keeps games from the early days of computing from falling into the void, keeping them available for new generations to explore. Think of it as on online version of the British Library, but for Video Games. It now has the ability to play up to 7,000 games and can be run on all of the major operating systems.Īs well as serving as a platform for kicking back and playing all of the best MAME games listed below, it’s also a virtual encyclopaedia. MAME emulates some of the best retro arcade games from video gaming past. The fact that it also happens to play some of your favourite games from years gone by is a bit of a happy coincidence. It first hit the scene over 23 years ago back in 1997, and its main purpose is as a reference to study the inner workings of arcade machines.

It was developed by an Italian guy (we do all the best stuff) called Nicola Salmoria. MAME stands for ‘Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator’. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991)įor those of you that still think that MAME is what happens when you get your leg bitten off by a lion, then we better do some explaining.

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