ARCADE

Our favorite classic arcade games

Space Wars attract mode: both ships parked beside the central sun on the X-Y monitor

SPACE WARS

Cinematronics · 1977

Space Invaders attract mode: the full alien rack above the shields

SPACE INVADERS

Lunar Lander attract mode: the mountain terrain under the fuel-per-coin banner

LUNAR LANDER

Galaxian attract mode: WE ARE THE GALAXIANS over the starfield and score table

GALAXIAN

Asteroids attract mode: drifting rocks and PRESS 1 OR 2 TO START

ASTEROIDS

Pac-Man (Midway) attract mode: the ghost character/nickname roster in original colors, Pac-Man chased by ghosts, and the ©1980 Midway Mfg. Co. line

PAC-MAN

DEFENDER

Williams · 1980

Battlezone attract mode: the green wireframe battlefield with horizon, obstacles and radar under the red overlay band

BATTLEZONE

Centipede attract mode: the high-score table over a field of mushrooms with the centipede winding down, on the vertical monitor

CENTIPEDE

Missile Command attract mode: incoming missile trails and an ABM explosion over six cities and three bases on the horizon

MISSILE COMMAND

Tempest attract mode: the blue tube web on the color Quadrascan vector display

TEMPEST

STARGATE

Williams · 1981

Galaga attract mode: the full enemy formation with boss escorts diving toward the fighter

GALAGA

Donkey Kong attract mode: Kong atop the girders of the 25m stage

DONKEY KONG

Nintendo · 1981

Robotron: 2084 title screen with its ring of robots

ROBOTRON: 2084

Williams · 1982

JOUST

Williams · 1982

Caterpiggle attract mode: a white maze with the caterpillar coiled at the top left

CATERPIGGLE

Sinistar attract mode: planetoids and the scanner over the starfield, INSERT COIN TO PLAY

SINISTAR

Williams · 1983

SPY HUNTER

Bally Midway · 1983

Star Wars gameplay: two green wireframe TIE fighters flanking the cyan crosshair, red cockpit cannon housings either side, over a starfield with the SHIELD gauge above

STAR WARS

WIP

GAUNTLET

VS. SUPER MARIO BROS.

Nintendo · 1986

Warfare Incorporated: red and blue armour columns meeting across a desert riverbed under the objective Capture OMNI HQ, with funds and the minimap on the HUD

WARFARE INCORPORATED

Spiffcode · 2003