Great arcade games by year:  

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1979:

Asteroids
Tailgunner
Lunar Lander
Galaxian
Rip Off
Speed Freak


1980:

Defender
Battlezone
Tempest
Asteroids Deluxe
Armor Attack
Moon Cresta
Berzerk
Centipede
Moon Quasar
Rally X
Space Duel
Pac-Man
Carnival
Missile Command
Phoenix
Red Baron
Star Castle
Wizard of Wor
Space Firebird
The End
UniWar S


1981:

Galaga
Defender
Ms Pac-Man
Qix
Space Fury
Frogger
Scramble
New Rally X
Donkey Kong
Bosconian
Stargate (Defender II)
Astro Blaster
Cosmic Avenger
Vanguard
Omega Race
Venture
Mouse Trap
Gorf
Moon Shuttle
Strategy X
Space Odyssey
Turtles
Boxing Bugs
War of the Worlds
Lady Bug
Solar Fox
Space Dungeon
Black Hole
Super Cobra
Eliminator
Turbo
Solar Quest


1982:

Mr. Do!
Joust
Star Trek the strategic operations simulator
Burger Time
Zaxxon
Donkey Kong Jr.
TRON
Gravitar
Tac/Scan
Time Pilot
Xevious
Robotron 2084
Pole Position
Dig Dug
Moon Patrol
Q*Bert
Frenzy
Super Pac-Man
Popeye
Front Line
Pooyan
Millipede
Tutankham
Bump 'n' Jump
Bagman
Zektor
Satan's Hollow
Tazz-Mania
Gorf
Jungle King
Kangaroo
SubRoc-3D
Demon
Kram
Black Widow
Reactor
Buck Rogers
Pengo
Quantum


1983:

Major Havoc
Discs of TRON
Gyruss
Crystal Castles
Sinistar (copyright 1982, released 1983)
Mr. Do's Castle
Spy Hunter
Juno First
Tapper
Jr. Pac-Man
Krull
Mappy
Star Wars
Elevator Action
Roc'n Rope
Food Fight
Donkey Kong 3
Exerion
Blaster
Star Jacker
Congo Bongo
The (Super) Glob
Mega Zone
Pole Position II
Q*Bert's Qubes
Senjyo


1984:

I-Robot (copyright 1983, released 1984)
Marble Madness
Two Tigers
Gaplus
Time Pilot '84
Star Force
Paperboy
Firefox
1942
Punch Out
Karate Champ
Kung-Fu Master
Vanguard II
Grobda
Cobra Command
Bomb Jack
Vulgus
Punch-Out!
Super Xevious
Flicky
B-Wings
Vulgus
Scion


1985:

Gauntlet
Space Harrier
Section Z
Dig Dug II
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Green Beret
Tiger Heli
Hang-On
Son of Phoenix
Nemesis
Terra Cresta
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Alpha Mission
Horizon
Commando
Heavy Metal



1986

Side Arms
Rolling Thunder
Gauntlet II
Ikari Warriors
Top Gunner/Jackal
Rygar
Outrun
Gladiator
Salamander
Bubble Bobble
Darius
Joust 2
Legendary Wings
Argus
Rampage
Spelunker II
Xain'd Sleena
Trojan
Scramble Formation
Arkanoid
Victory Road
Slap Fight
S.R.D. Mission