| 100% | QBERT | 5 | Classic arcade game character who hopped around a pyramid |
| 43% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DIGDUG | 6 | Classic arcade game with a subterranean setting |
| 40% | JRPACMAN | 8 | Arcade game character with a propeller beanie |
| 40% | PACMAN | 6 | Dot-chomping character in a classic arcade game |
| 39% | PACMAN | 6 | Dot-chomping character in a classic arcade game (Hyph.) |
| 39% | NBAJAM | 6 | Classic arcade game with an announcer who shouts "Boomshakalaka!" |
| 39% | MSPACMAN | 8 | Hairless arcade-game character who wears a hair bow |
| 39% | NBAJAM | 6 | Classic arcade game with a glass backboard that shatters |
| 39% | NBAJAM | 6 | Classic arcade game where dunks are accompanied by a "Boomshakalaka!" |
| 38% | PAC | 3 | ___-Man, famous arcade game character who is associated with the color at 42a |
| 38% | NBAJAM | 6 | Classic arcade game in which characters can dunk at humanly impossible heights |
| 37% | SONIC | 5 | Video game character who attacks by rolling into a ball |
| 37% | PACMAN | 6 | Video game character who nibbles up dots in a maze: Hyph. |
| 36% | FLICKY | 6 | 1984 arcade game with a blue bird character |
| 36% | Q*BERT | 6 | 1980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character |
| 36% | DONALD | 6 | Character who explores Mathmagic Land, in a classic Disney educational cartoon |
| 36% | PACMAN | 6 | Classic arcade game whose only control is a joystick |
| 35% | ALLI | 4 | 50-Across character who gambled her scholarship in a poker game |
| 35% | SNAKE | 5 | Classic mobile game involving slithering around a playing field |
| 34% | MSPACMAN | 8 | 1980s arcade game featuring a yellow character with a bow: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HARRY | 5 | Film character who "met" 8-Across in a classic 1989 rom-com |
| 34% | ENDER | 5 | Sci-fi character who's trained through a series of war games |
| 34% | ALPINESKI | 9 | Classic video arcade game about a snow sport |
| 34% | PAC | 3 | "___ Man," classic arcade game released by Namco in 1980 in which the player controls a ghost eater |
| 34% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARIO | 5 | Video game character who says "It's-a me" |
| 33% | CLAW | 4 | Grabbing tool in a classic arcade game |
| 33% | PACMAN | 6 | Classic arcade game |
| 33% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game |