If you thought the Ms Pacman cocktail arcade game was at the World Video Game Hall of Fame, you'd be wrong. It has been on the shortlist for entrance -- it had been on the shortlist both this season and last year. It still hasn't made the cut though.
Actually, no 1980s arcade games combined the Hall of Fame this past year. That said, the judges failed to select a classic 1990s arcade game. This was in addition to games console games, a mid-70s text-based adventure game, and a game which was packaged free in the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Classic 1980s (and Pre-1980s) Arcade Games on the Shortlist but What Makes the Cut

These are some of the great 1980s arcade games that have cut at the Last hurdle this season:
• Ms Pac-Man -- a finalist for two Decades now so, hopefully, It Is Going to get the recognition it deserves in future years
• Centipede -- the 1981 award-winning classic from Atari that provided gameplay similar to Space Invaders but with insects Rather than spaceships
• Asteroids -- the most brilliant multidirectional shooter published by Atari in 1979 which was one of the first arcade games to achieve widespread popularity


• Mortal Kombat -- this is the only arcade game to get into the World Video Game Hall of Fame in 2019. Over time, various versions and titles of this game have been published on a range of different platforms. The first four incarnations, but starting in 1992, were arcade just.
• Microsoft Solitaire -- packaged in the Windows operating system, it has been mechanically installed on billions of computers across the world. Since 1990, it has helped workplace workers pretend to be busy and is currently played 35 billion times a year.
• Super Mario Kart -- the most fun and still popular racing game which was first published in 1992.
• Colossal Cave Adventure -- an obscure (compared to another huge gaming names mentioned in this article) text-based adventure vr game released in 1976. To play it, you write commands and there are no graphics. The aim is to find treasures and resolve puzzles.
Hopefully, Ms Pac-Man gets her chance next year. You do not have to wait until then to play it however, particularly in the event that you've got your own arcade system. Check out our range today.