Effective today, we’re getting another category of downloadable games for the Wii, with games that could potentially predate even those Commodore 64 titles on your system. The Virtual Console is going ARCADE.

Announced at GDC, the new Virtual Console Arcade launches with four classic titles not generally available for any other home console: Tecmo’s Starforce, and Namco Bandai’s Mappy, Gaplus, and The Tower of Druaga. On the way are Namco Bandai’s Solvalou and Sega’s Space Harrier, and all titles should be available at prices comparable to current NES and Master System games on the service.

You think they’ll try and release Donkey Kong again? Or even Pong for 500 dingers?

Gamers will be glad to have that additional storage space, as the Virtual Console will expand to include the arcade versions of classic third-party games like STARFORCE by Tecmo Ltd., and Mappy, Gaplus and Tower of Druaga by Namco Bandai Games Inc. starting today.