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Throwback Thursdays- My top 10 favorite arcade games

By Mark Rodriguez As a kid once place I loved was the arcade. Videogames were still new, fresh and exciting for me at the time and I loved Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug. It wasn't until arcade games got a bit more advanced than one screen puzzle mazes and the beat-em-up and fighting game genre came out that really got me going as often as I can. Here is, in my personal experience, the top 10 favorite arcade games from my childhood. Some of these are still worth dumping a few quarters into. At least one of them, I believe, has still never been released on a home console. Other than personal preference the list be be based on mostly how often I played these games or the overall significant importance it had to Johnny and me growing up. 10- Arch Rivals- Midway Entertainment- 1989 Basketball with no rules, where if someone is in your way, just punch them out of the way! The game was simple and fun, just 2 on 2 basketball where you and your computer controlled buddy take on a second ...