Best classic arcade games never released on home systems

[Buyatari]

If I were to build an arcade I'd want just the games that you can't play on home console systems. Games like Tron and Satan's Hollow. What are some other I might never have played. Looking for the best games never available at home.

[Chainclaw]

Tron got a Live Arcade release, I believe.

Satan's Hollow is in Midway's Arcade Treasures Volume 1.

A few arcade games I want that never had home releases are:
Capcom's Alien Versus Predator
Simpsons
X-Men

[8-bitNesMan]

Isn't the Simpsons arcade game a bonus unlockable on The Simpsons game on X360 and PS3?

[Arcade Antics]

Plus the OP asked for "best" and "classic," the Simpsons is neither.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Major Havoc and Spider-Man come to mind.

There are several early Nintendo titles (Radar Scope, Arm Wrestling) and many early Sega titles (Eliminator, Pulsar, etc.) that never made it past the arcades.

Satan's Hollow is in Midway's Arcade Treasures Volume 1.

Also released on the Commodore 64 (although technically not a 'console' release, I suppose).

Plus the OP asked for "best" and "classic," the Simpsons is neither.

Agreed...I could never understand the enduring popularity of this game. It's just a quarter-munching button-masher...and it goes on forever. To each his own...

[Chainclaw]

Not to take this thread on too far of a tangent, but Simpson's gameplay is adequate, the source material is very popular, and it supports four players at once.

What do you guys define as "classic" games? Simpson's is nearly 20 years old. I figured anything DDR and onwards is not classic.

[emceelokey]

[QUOTE=PingvinBlueJeans;1494652]Major Havoc and Spider-Man come to mind.

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Yes. That Goddamn SEGA Spider-Man game. Not only was that good and it never got released on consoles, and it was fairly hard for me to find in arcades and I was never able to find it on emulator. Such a great game

[DKTheArcadeRat]

C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa

[jfroco]

Capcom's AVP is my natural choice.

I would add the Taito's Super Speed Race V (1978) or Super Speed Race GP V (1980) but as far as I know they cannot be emulated yet.

[Buyatari]

I liked Mad Planets. I don't think that was ever released because it had different controls.

Few others I am not sure about.

Death Race?
Mystic Marathon?
Turkey Shoot?

Now that I think of it was the 1st arcade game ever computer space ever released on the home systems?

[98PaceCar]

If I were to build an arcade I'd want just the games that you can't play on home console systems. Games like Tron and Satan's Hollow. What are some other I might never have played. Looking for the best games never available at home.

Based on your specific criteria, I'd say Disks of Tron, preferably the environmental version.

What I did when I was building my arcade is specifically went after machines that had controls that were unique enough that you couldn't emulate them well. That got me a set of games that I actually spend time playing.

That said, I do have the mandatory Pac and DK cabs. Have to keep the spousal acceptance factor high!