Classic Ads: Food Fight

Food Fight is an arcade game released by Atari in 1983. The player guides young Charley Chuck, who is trying to eat an ice cream cone before it melts, while avoiding four chefs bent on stopping him.

The world record high score for Food Fight using the game’s default settings is 103,103,100 points, set by Ken Okumura in January 1984. [Wiki]

Classic Ads: Robotron:2084

Robotron: 2084 is an arcade video game developed by Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982. It is a shooting game that features two-dimensional graphics. The game is set in the year 2084, in a fictional world where robots have turned against humans. The aim is to defeat endless waves of robots, rescue surviving humans, & earn as many points as possible. [Wiki]

Classic Ads: Ms. Pac-Man

Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game produced by Midway in 1982. It was originally conceived as an enhancement kit for Pac-Man called Crazy Otto and became one of the most popular video games of all time, leading to its adoption by Pac-Man licensor Namco as an official title. The game introduced a female protagonist, new maze designs, and several other gameplay changes over the original game. It became the most successful American-produced arcade game, selling 125,000 arcade cabinets. [Wiki]

Classic Ads: Rampage

Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. Up to three simultaneous players control monsters George (a King Kong-like gorilla), Lizzie (a Godzilla-like dinosaur/lizard), or Ralph (a giant arctic wolf), created from mutated humans who are trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces. Each round is completed when a particular city is completely reduced to rubble. [Wiki]

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Classic Ads: Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat is a 1992 arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway as the first title in the Mortal Kombat series. It introduced many key aspects of the series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves. The game focuses on the journey of the monk Liu Kang to save Earth from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung, ending with their confrontation on the tournament known as Mortal Kombat. [Wiki]