Thirty games from Atari, Activision, Intellivision, Konami and others will be available at launch, including Centipede and Asteroids Deluxe. Game Room is presented as a virtual 'retro video game arcade,' where purchased games stand as arcade cabinets complete with original art, and which can be decorated and arranged to make childhood dreams comes true. Thankfully, most of the best arcade games of the '90s have been preserved in some form or another, with some titles even being available on (relatively) modern consoles like the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Microsoft unveiled 'Game Room' yesterday at CES, a free virtual space for avatars to buy, play and display vintage arcade games, hitting Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live this Spring. While the 1990s marked the movement's peak in popularity, the decade also witnessed the gradual decline of arcades. Updated Januby Mark Sammut: Arcades have largely become a thing of the past, but their memory lingers on. The '90s heralded not only some new impressive classic games but several featured titles that would become among the best arcade games of all time. Thanks to the popularity of titles like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, fighting games had a spot alongside the beat 'em ups like Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With that being said, the '90s took arcade gaming to a new level.

Games like Donkey Kong predated the successful juggernaut the series would become on Nintendo consoles only a decade later. From Pong to Pac-Man, the '70s and '80s pioneered the games that would eventually become console classics. Arcade games have a long history that dates back roughly half a century ago.

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