VCS arcade ports (or arcade influences)
By Scott Stilphen
| VCS title/Arcade title (if same) | Arcade title -based on/influenced by (directly or indirectly) |
| Acid Drop | Tetris |
| Air-Sea Battle | Anti-Aircraft, Anti-Aircraft II |
| Amidar | |
| Anteater | |
| Arcade Pong | Pong |
| Asteroids | |
| Atlantis | Colony 7 |
| Avalanche | |
| Battlezone | |
| Berzerk | |
| Blue-Print | |
| Boing | Q*bert |
| Boxing | Boxer (or Boxing) - unreleased 1978 prototype |
| Brain Games | Touch Me (mech) |
| Breakout | |
| Buck Rogers | |
| Bump ‘N’ Jump | |
| Burgertime | |
| Canyon Bomber | Canyon Bomber; Depth Charge |
| Carnival | |
| Centipede | |
| Changes | |
| Chopper Command | |
| Defender | |
| Circus Atari | Circus; Clowns |
| Combat | Tank (and sequels); Jet Fighter |
| Commando | |
| Communist Mutants from Space | Space Invaders; Galaxian; Eagle |
| Congo Bongo | |
| Cosmic Ark | Space Zap |
| Crazy Balloon | |
| Crazy Climber | |
| Crossbow | |
| Crystal Castles | |
| Cubis | Tetris |
| Death Derby | Death Race |
| Defender | |
| Deimos Lander | Lunar Lander |
| Demolition Herby | Amidar |
| Demon Attack | Galaxian |
| Desert Falcon | Zaxxon |
| Dig Dug | |
| Dodge ‘Em | Head On; Head On 2, Crash, Dodgem, Splash (Atari) |
| Donkey Kong | |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | |
| Double Dragon | |
| Dragster | Drag Race |
| Edtris | Tetris |
| Elevator Action | |
| Enduro | Monaco GP; Turbo |
| Espial | |
| F-4 | |
| Fireball | Super Breakout |
| Freeway | Space Race |
| Frog Pond | Frogs |
| Frogger | Space Race |
| Frogs ‘N Flies | Frogs |
| Front Line | |
| Funky Fish | |
| Galaxian | |
| Gorf | |
| Grand Prix | Monaco GP; Turbo |
| Gravitar | |
| Gunfight | Boot Hill; Gun Fight |
| Gyruss | |
| Holey Moley | |
| Home Run | Home Run |
| Human Cannonball | Cannon Ball |
| Hunchy; Hunchy 2 | Hunchback |
| Hunt & Score | Touch Me (mech) |
| Ikari Warriors | |
| Indy 500 | Indy 800; Indy 4; Crash ‘N Score; Sprint (and sequels) |
| Ixion | |
| Joust | |
| Jr. Pac-Man | |
| Jungle Hunt | |
| Juno First | |
| Kaboom | Avalanche |
| Kangaroo | |
| Kickman | |
| Killer Satellites | Defender |
| King Kong | Donkey Kong |
| Klax | |
| Kung-Fu Master | |
| Lady Bug | |
| Lock ‘N’ Chase | |
| Loco-Motion | |
| Lunar Lander | |
| M-4 | |
| Madden Football | Atari Football |
| Marauder | Berzerk |
| Marine Wars | Sea Wolf |
| Mario Bros. | |
| Maze Craze | Amazing Maze |
| Megamania | Astro Blaster |
| Medieval Mayhem | Warlords |
| Millipede | |
| Missile Command | |
| Mission 3000 | Bosconian |
| Moon Patrol | |
| Motorodeo | Excitebike |
| Mouse Trap | |
| Mr. Do! | |
| Mr. Do!’s Castle | |
| Ms. Pac-Man | |
| Night Driver | |
| Off The Wall | |
| Off Your Rocker | Touch Me (mech) |
| Omega Race | |
| Outlaw | Gun Fight (1975); Boot Hill (1977), Atari's Outlaw (1976) is different! |
| Pac-Man | |
| Pengo | |
| Phantom II | |
| Phoenix | |
| Pigs In Space |
Space Invaders; Vanguard; Space Race |
| Pleiades | |
| Polaris | |
| Pole Position | |
| Pooyan | |
| Popeye | |
| Q*bert | |
| Q*bert’s Qubes | |
| Rabbit Transit | Frogger; Q*bert |
| Radar Lock | Afterburner |
| Rampage | |
| Reactor | |
| Rip Off | |
| River Patrol | |
| Road Runner | |
| Robot Tank | Battlezone |
| Rock ‘N Rope | |
| Sinistar | |
| Skeet Shoot | Clay Buster; Clay Shoot |
| Skiing | Ski (by Allied)? |
| Sky Diver | Skydiver |
| Sky Lancer | |
| Sky Skipper | |
| Solar Fox | |
| Space Instigators | Space Invaders |
| Space Invaders | |
| Space War | Spacewar, Space Wars (Cinematronics 1978), Orbit (Atari 1978) |
| Spider Fighter | Stratovox |
| Springer | |
| Sprintmaster | Super Sprint |
| Spy Hunter | |
| Stacker | (redemption game) |
| Star Castle | |
| Star Fire | |
| Star Ship | Starship 1 |
| Star Trek | |
| Star Wars: The Arcade Game | Star Wars |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Defender |
| Stargate / Defender II | |
| Steeplechase | |
| Stellar Track | Super Star Trek |
| Strategy X | |
| Stunt Cycle | |
| Sub Scan | Deep Scan; Depthcharge; Sub Hunter |
| Submarine Commander | Sea Wolf; Fire One |
| Suicide Mission | Asteroids |
| Super Breakout | |
| Super Bug | |
| Super Crush | |
| Super Cobra | |
| Surround | Barricade; Bigfoot Bonkers; Blockade; Checkmate; Comotion; Dominos; Embargo; Hustle; Marsgon; Minesweeper |
| Survival Run | Tunnel Hunt |
| Tac/Scan | |
| Tanks But No Tanks; Phantom Tank | Tank Battalion |
| Tape Worm |
Barricade; Bigfoot Bonkers; Blockade; Checkmate; Comotion; Dominos; Embargo; Hustle; Marsgon; Minesweeper |
| Tapper | |
| Targ | |
| Tempest | |
| This Planet Sucks | Lunar Rescue |
| Threshold | Astro Blaster |
| Thrust | Gravitar |
| Thunderground | Borderline (2nd stage) |
| Time Pilot | |
| Track & Field | |
| Tutankham | |
| Up ‘N’ Down | |
| Universal Chaos | Targ |
| Vanguard | |
| Vault Assault | Space Zap |
| Venture | |
| Video Olympics |
Pong and sequels Puppy Pong/Dr. Pong (1973), Pong Doubles (1973), Quadrapong 1974, Super Pong 1974), Rebound (1974), Volleyball (1974), World Cup Football (1974), Goal 4 (1975), Tournament Table (1978) |
| Video Pinball | |
| Video Reflex | |
| Video Simon | Touch Me (mech) |
| Wall Break | Space Zap |
| Warlords | |
| Warring Worms |
Barricade; Bigfoot Bonkers; Blockade; Checkmate; Comotion; Dominos;
Embargo; Hustle; Marsgon; Minesweeper |
| Wizard of Wor | |
| Xenophobe | |
| Xevious | |
| Yars’ Revenge | Star Castle |
| Zaxxon |
These titles are currently unknown/unconfirmed:
| Basketball | *arcade version came out following year (1979) |
| Bowling | any in that perspective? |
| Fatal Run | Road Blasters? |
| Journey Escape | nothing like the Journey arcade game |
| Keystone Kapers | |
| Krull | nothing like the arcade game |
| Pick ‘N Pile | |
| Pitfall II | became arcade game a year later |
| River Raid | |
| Stampede | |
| Title Match |
