Photos: Greatest arcade games of the '80s

Imagine you have a time machine, a pocket full of quarters and a Walkman with Siouxsie and Smiths cassettes (OK, you can bring your own). Your mission is to travel back to the '80s, the golden age of arcade games, and play your favorite one.

Which would you pick?

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Would you sidle up to Asteroids, Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong? ... Need to jog your memory? Check out this News.com gallery of the classic games of the 1980s.

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Greatest Games of the Eighties

Personally, while I also loved Joust and Galaga, a little-known game called Rastan was the best. I still remember the day I beat it with one quarter one day after school. I think it took between 45min to an hour. Now I have to find it again <sigh>...