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Recommended PC Games for an Arcade Cabinet


Groucho Glasses

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I've been gathering a list of the best PC games that would play well on an arcade cabinet. Luckily, with the indie scene currently focusing so heavily on 8 and 16 bit graphics, several of these are quick-play, 2D, one or two button controlled games--great for an arcade cabinet! I'm looking for games that will easily work with a standard 2-player cab (1 Joystick and 6 Buttons per player). Keep in mind, the fewer needed controls, the better.

-Able to control with 1 joystick (the 2p joystick is available for twin stick shooters)
-Minimal button requirements (ideally the standard 3 button shoot, jump, special attack style of controls)
-No online requirements
-No keyboard requirements (Able to be entirely controlled via the control panel)
-2 Player is a bonus
-Doesn't require a demanding computer (Most of us use a 2nd or older system to power our cabinets, unless you have quite the powerful setup in your cabinet!)

---All recommended PC games run on an Indel HD 3000/4000 integrated GPU.  I am able to play these on my laptop (i5 2nd Generation).

Here is the list we have gathered so far. I need your help to find more! (Bold font games come highly recommended.  They are well done and "arcade-type" in nature.)

Recommended PC Games

A-Men, The

Abobo's Big Adventure

Abyss Odyssey

Alien Breed (Amiga version from GoG)

Alien Breed-Tower Assault (Amiga version from GoG)
Another World (Classic Remake)

Aqua Milk Kitty
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Awesomenauts

Bastion

BatMan (Classic Remake)
Binding of Isaac, The
Bionic Commando - Rearmed
BIT.TRIP RUNNER

BIT.TRIP RUNNER 2

BloodRayne Betrayal

Braid
Broforce
Castle Crashers
Castelvania II - Simon's Quest Revamped (Classic Remake-ish)

Chiken Invaders
Choplifter HD (Classic Remake)
Contra Revolution (Classic Remake)

Crawl
Defenstar
Donkey-Me (Classic Remake)
Double Dragon Neon

Ducktales (Classic Remake)
Dungeons and Dragons HD Chronicles of Mystara
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Dusty's Revenge
Element4l
Ether Vapor
Fez
Fist Puncher
Fix It Felix Jr.
Flashback HD (Classic Remake)
Geometry Wars - Retro Evolved
Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams

Gigantic Army
Hotline Miami (Twinstick)
Ikaruga
Inescapable
Jamestown
La-Mulana

Life Goes On
Limbo

Luftrausers

Maldita Castilla
Mark of the Ninja
Mercenary Kings
Metal Slug PC Collection
Metroid Confrontation (Classic Remake-ish)
Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion (Classic Remake)

Nidhogg
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
--Must Have
Peggle Deluxe (Tricky to configure to joystick, but worth it.  This goes for most PopCap games)
Pinball Arcade
Pinball FX2

Plants vs. Zombies
Proun
Raiden III
Raiden Legacy

Refender (Classic Remake-ish Defender)
Retro City Rampage

Rock of Ages
Rocket Knight (Classic Remake)
Rogue Legacy

Rollers of the Realm

Samurai Gunn (Very similar to Towerfall Ascension)
Shank
Shank 2

Shantae - Risky's Revenge

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Shovel Knight
Sine Mora
Skull Girls
Spelunky HD
Sonic 4 Episode I

Sonic 4 Episode II
Stealth Bastard

Street Figher X Megaman
Street Fighter X Tekken
Streets of Rage Remake (Classic Remake)

Strider 2014 (Classic Remake-ish)
Super Mario Bros. X
Super Meat Boy
Super Street Fighter IV
(Really all fighters are fantastic. SSF IV runs on just about any machine, so it makes a great base addition)
Syder Arcade
Terrordrome
Teslagrad
Tiny Barbarian DX

Titan Attacks!

Titan Souls

Toki Tori 2 Plus

Towerfall Ascension (Great in 2-player cab)

Trace Vector

Trine
Trine 2

Unepic
Volgarr the Viking
Vector
Wizorb
You Have to Win the Game



More PC Games... (Will require a mid-level or greater GPU and/or CPU--check the system requirements)

Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate
BloodRayne Betrayal
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition

Rayman Origins
Rayman Legends


What games would you add?

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I was looking for a way to purchase a version of Fix it Feliz Jr with no luck. Were you able to find it?

Terrordrome looks hilariously great!

It's in my ftp folder but you're not a gold or platinum member, so you won't have access.

You could search for the leaked Disney version.

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A lot of those games are currently in my PC Games wheel. The others I have are:

8-bit gaming - Halo, Left4Dead, Megaman 7, Team Fortress 2, Bit of War

Awesomenauts

Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition

Bloodrayne Betrayal

Castelvania II - Simon's Quest Revamped

Defenstar

Dungeons and Dragons HD Chronicles of Mystara

Dusty Revenge

Fist Puncher

Inescapable

Limbo

Metal Slug PC Collection

Metroid Confrontation

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition

Raiden III

Raiden Legacy

Refender

Street Fighter X Tekken

Street Fighter X Mega man

Super Street Fighter IV AE

Street Fighter II Alpha

Super Mario Odyssey

Syder Arcade

The A-Men

Trine 2

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You guys are killing me. So many games, so little time, So little HD space. Thanks for the suggestions all!

I upgraded my HDD once already to accommodate the PC Games (and got rid of the PS1 and PS2 games as well!). I would love to upgrade it again so I can add back the other emulation but the PC Games I play often so it is a good trade off for me until I get the cash to upgrade the HDD.

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