Arcade fonts needed...

For DK, use the Twentieth Century MT Condensed Extra Bold.

I used it in Illustrator - adjusted part of the J to match, put the star in the middle of the O's and others, tilted each letter in alternating opposites, added color and outlines, and pushed them together - when I created this logo for my website (which I still need to put on the site):

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In particular, looking for DK, Original Mario Bros., and Centipede. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
There aren't any. Those games all used custom lettering which hasn't been recreated as a font. You'd have to draw your own or heavily modify an existing font like Mod's example.

But I'd recommend starting with something besides TC MT Condensed Extra Bold, its "G" is round. Donkey Kong's "G" has a right angle like the Helvetica family. The original DK letters are also a bolder, heavier weight.
 
Correction - seem to recall someone made a version of the Centipede font that was similar, but the Es didn't match. You might still try tracking it down, might be less work to modify it than to start from scratch depending on your experience.
 
All of those early hand-made types are very gangster - Donkey Kong you can draw that font by hand and have it look as nice or nicer - Mario Bros. is like a stencil isn't it? and Centipede is one of those futuristic (in the 80's) rounded fonts - If you need help with certain wording for something shoot me a PM - We can make something.
 
Correction - seem to recall someone made a version of the Centipede font that was similar, but the Es didn't match. You might still try tracking it down, might be less work to modify it than to start from scratch depending on your experience.

There are literally dozens of fonts that look similar to Centipede.
 
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