Looking for a list of popular arcade games, anyone knows a reliable one?

[bkenobi]

I'd say it's preferable that they name them the same as the rom.  When things are named with the actual game's name, it's sometimes difficult to go back to the rom name IMO.

[shfifty]

what i did was go through and pick out all of the games i knew i wanted in my main list, which turns out to be about 130.  this is the game list that everyone chooses from when they come over.  however i still have my "all games" list that has several thousand choices, so if someone requests a specific game that i dont have on my favorites list, i just switch to the all games list, find it, and add it to my favorites.  that way you can have a nice list of popular titles, but still have access to all of them if you need it

This is pretty much what i do. My 'Good' list started with about 80 games, now its up to about 120. I started with adding core games that i remember playing on real machines. Then i filled it out with sequels, variants and similar games. And then i threw in most of the classics. Recently the main new additions to my list are gems ive found through this forum (eg in the hunt), requests or randoms that i step on.
 

[cmoses]

I found a HyperSpin forum page that had a list of games.  The list is a little old, from 11/25/09, but will give you a good idea of what is there.

[nickynooch]

I found a HyperSpin forum page that had a list of games.  The list is a little old, from 11/25/09, but will give you a good idea of what is there.

Pretty decent list.  I'll probably use that for my cab.  Thanks!

[bkenobi]

That's the list I found, but it's got the name of the game rather than the rom name that a FE can use.  What's the easiest way to convert it back to a rom name?

[ranma]

Was trying to do some simple scripting for that but it's no use, since the descriptions don't match those of MAME.

[bkenobi]

Was trying to do some simple scripting for that but it's no use, since the descriptions don't match those of MAME.

...which is why it's a cool list, but virtually useless to me.   

[jimmy2x2x]

I found a HyperSpin forum page that had a list of games.  The list is a little old, from 11/25/09, but will give you a good idea of what is there.

Pretty decent list.  I'll probably use that for my cab.  Thanks!

I got up the the 'B' section which included Batsugun (doesnt work properly) and omitted Battle Garegga (multiple winner of shmups.com shoot em up of the year http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32233&hilit=annual) then I gave up.

[CheffoJeffo]

My brother-in-law LOVES Blue Print

Your brother-in-law is right.  Blue-Print is AWESOME. 

I never would have played it, but he had a story from his youth of a family trip to Florida where his brother was sick, so, while the family tended to brother, he walked over to the convenience store and played Blue Print for a week.

Some years ago, a dedicated (and gutted) BP cabinet came up at auction (I think RayB was standing beside me when it did), but I deemed it to be too far gone for proper salvage. That was a sad day.