#21 Die Hard Arcade
Die Hard Arcade didn't really have anything to do with any of the movies, but it still kicked ass. DHA was one of those games where you could pick up tons of random garbage lying around on levels and then use it to bludgeon the faceless enemies in the game.

#20 Boong-Ga Boong-Ga
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than performing anal probes and ass smacks. The original arcade game featured a prosthetic ass and an oversized finger to jam into it, allowing players to watch the facial expressions their victim as they probe deeper and mash into their colon. The original roster included ex-girlfriend/girlfriend, gangster, mother-in-law, prostitute, gold-digger, child molester, and con-artist. On the Xbox Live Arcade new victims can be added like, disgruntled anti-video game attorney, ex-convict heiress, and washed-up junkie rock star. The game will still rate your sexual behavior on how well you poke the butt, and just like in the arcade, the best fingerers will receive a small trophy in the shape of a pile of poop... only this time it will come in the mail.

#19 Battletoads
Surprisingly violent compared to the console titles, Battletoads was a classic 2D beat 'em up with some nice pseudo-3D effects. Choosing from 'toads Zitz, Rash or Pimple, the player skull-crushed their way through each level, ultimately leading the deadly amphibians to a face off against the Dark Queen herself. The arcade version of Battletoads is regarded as one of the more difficult side-scrolling fighters out there, so it's well worth it to the XBLA gamers to try it out for time trial sake, as well as going for the highest "Korpse Kount."

#18 Narc
Definitely controversial for it's time, NARC put you in the role of a blood-thirsty "peace" officer intent on turning every drug user and dealer into flaming piles of manburger. If not for the driving segments and blood n' guts circa 1988, this game is at least worth it for the final boss, Mr. Big. I won't give anything away, but lets just say that Mr. Big is a giant, quadruple-chinned floating head connected to a hovercraft chases you around a giant room before turning into a skull that shoots what looks to be some kind of meaty giblets out of its mouth. Oops, just gave it away, but NARC is definitely a must have for Xbox Live Arcade.

#17 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
As far as immersing the gamer in the Star Wars universe, this arcade game takes the cake. It really encapsulates the feeling of playing a part in the events that transpire throughout episodes IV-VI, and the detail of the locales are second only to the actual movies themselves. The player takes on missions from all three episodes, and each mission, while varied, plays out like an interactive movie where the player controls only the crosshair of whatever weapon is used during that particular mission. From Tie-fighter dogfights on Hoth to a climatic light saber battle with Darth Vader himself, this game is unrivaled in its rich Star Wars atmosphere, making it an essential port for XBLA.

#16 Killer Instinct
Who could forget the insanely-huge combos you could execute (and the announcer's over-the-top voice... 'ULTRA COMBO!') in Killer Instinct. KI had great graphics, and still does. The game also had some of the most memorable characters in a fighting game such as Fulgore (a Predator-like cyborg with glowing claws, Glacius (a dude made out of ice), Spinal (a skeleton warrior), and many others.

#15 WWF WrestleFest
When gamers hear the word "Arcade" and the letters "WWF", most will likely conjure up mental images of the NBA Jam/Mortal Kombat amalgamation known as WWF WrestleMania, wherein you could toss fireballs as The Undertaker or swing mallets as Doink the Clown. Oh, how they have missed out. In 1991, Technos--the company that developed the NES classics Super Dodge Ball, River City Ransom, and Double Dragon--created an amazing arcade game with 16 of the greatest wrestlers of the 80's and 90's (five are now dead, btw). What makes it worth of an XBLA update? Well, the simple, yet effective controls are a far cry from the super-complicated Smackdown vs. Raw series, and to be honest, we'd much rather play as the Ultimate Warrior, Mr. Perfect, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts than "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton (lame) or "The Family Killer" Chris Benoit (inappropriate). It's too bad Technos went out of business and likely sent the publishing rights to limbo in the process.

#14 Marvel vs. Capcom (1 and 2)
The Marvel vs. Capcom games were not only the first games to feature pseudo-tag-team gameplay (in MVC2 you could choose three teammates!), but also had some of the coolest special attack visuals in any 2D fighter. Included in the cast were favorites such as Spiderman, Wolverine, Mega Man, Ryu, Zangief, Jill Valentine, Ice Man and many others. While not exactly for hardcore fighting game fans, these two games definitely earn a spot on the list for their over-the-top special moves and pick up and play aesthetic.

#13 Lucky & Wild
In Lucky & Wild, 1-2 players chased down drug dealers in a car as two California cops (officer Lucky and officer Wild), as they blew up everything on the road and even crashed through supermarkets. The game could only fully be appreciated with two players, where one person would drive and the other would blast enemies and obstacles with an uzi.

#12 X-men (1-6 Player Arcade Game)
Sure, Final Fight is the most popular side-scrolling beat 'em up but it's not the only title that I pumped fistfuls of quarters into. The X-Men arcade game was an awesome beat 'em up title that would translate over pretty well to Xbox Live. I remember playing the 4-player version with random strangers and taking on Sentinels. I've heard there was even a 6-player arcade cabinet, which sounds ridiculously awesome. Hopping on Live and taking on Magneto's henchmen with five other gamers sounds pretty sweet. Someone needs to do a next-gen upgrade to this title ASAP.

#11 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Arguably one of most entertaining beat 'em up arcade games, Turtles In Time was best with three buddies playing alongside you. Taking place in many different eras throughout time (obviously, given the title), Turtles In Time takes the half-shelled heroes through recognizable vistas of the present, zaps them into the past and finally concludes in the future. Although the regular levels in Turtles In Time were pretty radical, the two surfing levels were a little tough, but fun as hell. This game is a must-have for fans of the TMNT, as well as any fan of simple yet addictive arcade beat 'em ups.

#10 Joe & Mac
Catering to the video game dork's most basic human desires (rescuing babes from dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures), Joe & Mac was a pretty little gem of a side-scroller that played like a more humorous Metal Slug. Joe & Mac was innovative for its inclusion of a life bar, so it wasn't so much of a quarter-chomper as many other arcade games of its time. The game also let you choose your path at the end of each level, and contained three different (albeit silly) endings, exponentially raising its replay value. This was, and is, a non-existent feature for arcade games, making it perfect for XBLA.

#9 Samurai Showdown
Imagine a one-on-one fighter such as Street Fighter II with samurai warriors, blood spraying out of katana wounds, authentic 18th century Japanese music, and you've got the original SNK fighting masterpiece. We'd spend all our Microsoft Points in order to experience Samurai Showdown in its original arcade glory once again.

#8 Mortal Kombat 4
Strangely, many fighting fans cite MK4 as the true downturn of this classic series. In reality, it's the most playable of the earlier Mortal Kombat games and features some of the nastiest fatalities ever to grace the series. Xbox Live Arcade already has the gimmicky MK3, but MK4 is the better-playing game. As an extra bonus, its 3D graphics (a first for the series) are surprisingly detailed. Add some online play, and voila! Instant online addiction.

#7 Run & Gun / Run & Gun 2
Before there was NBA Jam, there was this. Run & Gun and its sequel were truly awesome arcade basketball games where the camera stayed directly behind the player you were controlling. It's a shame current video game basketball franchises don't emulate the way this game was played.

#6 Virtual-On (Aka Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On)
By far the coolest arcade Mech game, originally released in arcades in 1996, Virtual-On put you in control of a giant mech soldiers called "Virtuaroids" which you maneuvered using a unique setup of two joysticks, each joystick containing two triggers. This innovative control scheme made maneuvering the mech soldiers similar to games such as Katamari Damacy--both joysticks pushed up moved the mech forward, one joystick up and the other down turned the mech, etc. Head-to-head matches in Virtual-On were rivaled only by fighting games at the time, and if released to XBLA, the proposal of online matches only further seals the deal.

#5 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgement Day was a fierce, two-player shooter by Midway, which featured two Mac-10-like machine guns mounted side-by-side. It was an FPS, but your character was the T-800 "Arnold" Terminator from the film. The gunplay was pretty tight, where you fought gold and silver endoskeletons, Hunter Killers, T-800s, T-1000s, and even traveled back in time to take down Cyberdyne and Skynet. Terminator fans go orgasmic over this game because the first level shows a sort-of prequel to the action in the movie, Sarah and John Connor show up to help you out, and some of the robot enemies are models that were originally designed for the film but not used. Arnold himself recorded some voice for the game--"No way, Jose.--yes, way!

#4 Area 51/ Area 51 Site 4
These two memorable light gun games were at the top of their class in the mid-to-late 90's, and still hold up well today. The first game, Area 51, has some of the campiest B-movie FMV acting ever, but the action is intense. Even better is the semi-sequel, A51: Site 4, which focused on gory, gruesome mini-games: in one, players have to blast alien maggots before they devour a room full of human cadavers. Again, the only downside here is on the control front--the Xbox 360 controller would struggle with a light-gun game. Why not release a peripheral, Microsoft?

#3 The Simpsons (4-Player Arcade Game)
For all the crotch-kickingly bad Simpsons games over the last decade and a half, there was one shining star. A kidnapped Maggie forces the rest of the Simpsons to unleash beat-'em-up hell with athletic gear and household appliances. "Simpson, you diabolical..."

#2 Sunset Riders
While Konami's been churning out Xbox Live updates and has produced a fair share of arcade collections, one game has been collecting dust since the 16-bit era--Sunset Riders. While plenty of console gamers got to play abridged or altered versions of the game, any kid that paid a quarter to play this Contra-esque shooter set in the Wild West knows that the thrill of hunting outlaws with three friends can only be done with an exact arcade port. Konami, quit teasing us with Rush 'n Attack and Time Pilot. If your next game ain't Sunset Riders, we're gonna form a posse to hunt you down.

#1 Knights of the Round
In Capcom's Arthurian beat 'em up, you could play as King Arthur, pretty boy Lancelot, and Perceval to beat enemies (both from Arthurian legends and enemies that were made up) with medieval weapons. Imagine Final Fight with lots of armor and swords, and a epic soundtrack, and you've got a pretty good idea about what playing Knights of the Round felt like. The fact that you got to wield Excalibur itself if you selected Arthur is reason enough for this to make its way onto Xbox Live Arcade.

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