Many of the best early games were stand up arcade machines where you paid a quarter (or more) for each session of play. The collections below allow you to play many of these games on your console at home.

'Midway Arcade Treasures': Also available for Xbox, GameCube, PCs, and PSP.
'Midway Arcade Treasures 2': Also available for Xbox and GameCube.
'PS2 Midway Arcade Treasures 3': Also available for Xbox and GameCube.
'Museum': If available, get the 50th anniversary edition instead.
'PS2 Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection': Also available for Xbox, GameCube, PCs, and GBA.
'Street Fighter Anniversary Collection': Also available for Xbox.
'PS2 Taito Legends': Also available for Xbox and PC.
'Capcom Classics Collection': Also available for Xbox.

Classic Console Games

If you think old arcade games look primitive, these older console games are going to surprise you.

'Intellivision Lives!': Old console games emulated on a new console. Also available for Xbox and GameCube.
'Atari Anthology': Also available for Xbox. The PC version is called 'Atari: The 80 Classic Games'.
'Activision Anthology'
'Activision Anthology Remix'

Arcade Classics Reborn

If you want not just the look and feel of the game, but the look and feel of the old consoles, you can check out these products:

'Atari Flashback Game System ( 26104 )': Get the Flashback 2.0. More games for a comparable price.
'ATARI Flashback 2.0': The latest version. Can be hacked to accept old cartridges.
Jakks Pacific puts out several devices that emulate old arcade and console games. Check out: 'Atari Paddle Controller with 13 TV Games', 'Namco II: Ms Pac-Man with 5 TV Games', 'Activision 10 in 1 TV',