The Top Online Arcade Games

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Arcade games may be some of the oldest available on the internet as their origin is from the dawn of gaming, pre-internet in real arcades, Yet they still prove to be as popular and addictive today as they were when they were first released.

Arcade games are to gaming what the Mini Cooper and VW Beetle were to the car industry.

Some of these games, especially the earlier ones have very simple concepts and the graphics are not overly complicated. These games have proven that there simplicity is genius and as a bonus it makes them quick to load online, regardless of connection speed.

The top online arcade games are:

Tetris: A logic and strategy based arcade game which is all about fitting the blocks together in horizontal lines to make them disappear, sounds simple, but when the wrong shapes come up and they get quicker it can be quite challenging. The game has been reported by some to have positive effects on brain activity. My mum is a self confessed Tetris addict!

Snake: Another simple yet challenging game, although actually dating back from 1978 this game hit its height of popularity when it was loaded as a game onto a certain brand of phones. The snake moves along and grows as it eats the fruit, but as it grows you have to make sure it does not crash into itself or one of the walls.

Asteroids: Again dating back to the late seventies, this one came from Atari. The aim is to shoot the asteroids and flying saucers that are coming towards you, and if they hit you, you die! The high score record for this game is 41,338,740 and was achieved on the 16th of April 2010 breaking a record that stood for 27 years, can you beat that?

Super Mario: Quite simply a classic, the aim is to rush through mushroom kingdom and rescue the princess. The game is enjoying renewed success of recent times on the Nintendo Wii platform.

Prince of Persia: One sub-variant of this game involves rescuing a princess, where the Prince has to battle against the clock to rescue his Princess. Again this title is in the spotlight for being on Wii and being made into a film title released soon. Providing more proof (as if it were needed) of the timeless nature of these games

Pacman and Space Invaders: No list would be complete without these two, the royalty of the arcade game family. Pacman, being Japanese in origin, was released in 1980 and has been at the top since its release. Space Invaders again Japanese in origin and probably the most influential arcade game of all time.

In summary the transition from Arcade to Online has been seamless and has not diminished the attraction of playing these games. Those at the top during the heyday of the real Arcade have transferred to still being at the top online, due to the availability of the internet and every computer owner having their own virtual arcade in their living room.