Your top 5 arcade games

[Mike Davies]

1. Time Pilot
2. Commando
3. Green Beret -- I have this vague memory of the sprites being huge
4. 1943
5. Star Wars

[Wall_Axe]

street fighter 2
golden axe

and nice description of double dragon pete

Playing daytona against friends was a lot of fun , but expensive

[Spud]

Games I've played the most in the arcade over the years:

Frogger
Street Fighter 2
WWF WrestleFest (my all time personal favourite arcade game)
Soul Edge
Metal Slug

[spectron]

Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender

All other answers are wrong