DECO Cassette System

The arcade owner would buy a base cabinet, while the games were stored on standard audio cassette tapes.

When the machine was powered on, the program from the tape would be copied into the cabinet's RAM chips; this process took about two to three minutes.

In bold characters are the video games that were also released in dedicated arcade cabinets.

Despite its bad qualities, the DECO Cassette System was better received in Japan, where many more games were released for it.

It had an energy bar that gradually depletes over time, and some of which can be sacrificed for temporary invincibility.