Arcade Games, Ranked

Lauren Theisen|published: Tue 14th May, 17:39 2019

Yes, that’s Kaitlynn Carter and Brody Jenner. credits: Mark Davis | source: Getty

The Deadspin staff recently moved its office to Times Square, so we’ve been absolutely dying to check out every single frothy tourist trap around us that can sell grilled chicken sandwiches for $25 a pop because it has some sort of cute gimmick. Chief among these is the big bright sports bar that boasts endless rows of arcade games promising to lighten your wallet by multiple large bills. (All bars with arcade games should offer unlimited free play for like five or ten bucks, but that’s a different blog.) This being Deadspin, we started shouting about which games are frauds and which ones kick ass, and, after some very democratic spreadsheet voting, here are the results:

The Simpsons

Pop-A-Shot

Gauntlet

X-Men

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Rampage

Golden Axe

NBA Jam

Street Fighter 2

Air Hockey

Mortal Kombat

Double Dragon