Best classic arcade games never released on home systems

[Kid Ice]

I don't understand how people can even say that "anything" released "after the crash" (1983) is not classic. Are you freaking kidding me? Super Mario Bros is not classic?

IMO it's not classic in the way that Space Invaders and Pac Man are.

I'm sorry, I respect Atari/Colecovision/AStrocade/INtellivision/insert other systems here, but that's plain naive. Eventually it's going to happen.

Eventually what's going to happen? If some people don't consider a console that's 20 years old a classic, you think another 20 years is going to make a difference?

You think Guns N Roses from 1986-87 just started playing on the "classic" rock stations lately for no reason? They will become classic. They will become vintage. It's a matter of time.

But not in the same way as The Beatles or Elvis or other bands and artists that were there at the beginning of rock and roll.

The better way is to filter it like comic book do. The "Golden" Age of Video Gaming, the "Silver" age, stuff like that.

So would that break down something like this?

Golden Age = VCS, O2, Intellivsion etc

Silver Age = NES, SMS, etc

Bronze Age = Genesis, SNES, etc

Where do we go from there? When the PSX and Saturn are 20-30 years old, do we come up with another precious metal since those systems will be considered "classic"? When does it end?

If we are going to use some kind of time stamp, does that mean the CD-I, Pippin, and FM Towns Marty become "classic" simply because time has passed?