Favorite Classic Arcade Game

[NYkarate]

So the Commodore thread got me playing around with the ipod tonight and I dowloaded PacMan. Playing PacMan gave me flashbacks of being in the pizza place near high school playing PacMan between slices and orange soda. But it also got me thinking about which video games I liked to play, but I can't remember some of their names. So what were yours?

I do remember Defender, Astroids and Space Invaders.

[gbg]

Centipedes.

[djflex]

defender, galaga and asteroids

[Meatpants]

Donkey Kong, Time Pilot, 1943.

[cowboybiker]

So the Commodore thread got me playing around with the ipod tonight and I dowloaded PacMan. Playing PacMan gave me flashbacks of being in the pizza place near high school playing PacMan between slices and orange soda. But it also got me thinking about which video games I liked to play, but I can't remember some of their names. So what were yours?

I do remember Defender, Astroids and Space Invaders.

Donkey Kong, Galaga, Tron, Paperboy, Duck Hunt.
Im sure I'll remember more later

[GuyJin]

Space Invaders. I loved watching the planet blow up. In fact, I often killed my "men" in order to watch the planet blow up and then warp out of there after killing off the little jiggling aliens that came my way.

Donkey Kong and Pac Man were a close second. Where's BH with his quarters when I need them?:D

Add-on: Mistake; I meant Defender instead of Space Invaders. That's what a night of typing will do to your brain...

[hochspeyer]

What- no love for Pong??? :)

[djflex]

Donkey Kong, Time Pilot, 1943.

What the hell was time pilot?

[desslok]

Some of my favorite arcade specific games that bring back memories of when arcades were popular hangouts, or hanging out in pizza place, in not much of an order:
Tempest
Berzerk
Battlezone
Ice Castles
Missile Command
Pac-man
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Galaga
Ye Ar Kung Fu
Track and field
Chase HQ (steering wheel and gun)
Gauntlet
Golden Axe
Ivan Stewart Super Offroad
Some Top Gun style game they had at Disneyland Starcade that you could sit in and the whole thing moved.
Outrun
There was another space game that was like an updated asteroids, with more weapons and stuff, really cool but forgot name...

[Birddog6424]

Asteroids and Mortal Combat

[Meatpants]

What the hell was time pilot?

What planet are you from?

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[djflex]

See the ufo thread....will chk out vid when off phone posting

[mslman71]

Missile Command
Joust
Mach 3

[djflex]

Forgot about missile comand...

[Rdez]

PacMan

Galaxian

Turbo

Qix

Missile Command

Joust

Mario Brothers

Centipede

[Do_Somethin]

What do you all think of emulators? I'm finding some old games (including a favourite in Eternal Champion for the Sega Genesis. Found some other great games too! ;)

[kneedragger85]

http://www.free80sarcade.com/pitfall.php

I loved Ms Pac Man. The link above has a lot of 80s favorites. Sorry about the 20 hours you'll waste on that site. :D

[IronCharles]

Xevious

Gauntlet

Spy Hunter

Battlezone

Asteroids

Cheyenne

[Rdez]

Xevious

Gauntlet

Spy Hunter

Battlezone

Awww Gauntlet !


I remember playing that with 3 friends. We'd show up with ziplock bags of quarters and just go through every level like madmen !

[IronCharles]

Awww Gauntlet !


I remember playing that with 3 friends. We'd show up with ziplock bags of quarters and just go through every level like madmen !

Yep! :cool:


"Warrior is about to die"

"Valkyrie needs food, badly!"

"Elf shot the food!"




(stinkin elves.... always shooting the food or the potion.....) :D

[Rdez]

Yep! :cool:


"Warrior is about to die"

"Valkyrie needs food, badly!"

"Elf shot the food!"




(stinkin elves.... always shooting the food or the potion.....) :D

Hahahaha !!!!! I had forgotten those 'lines' from the game !! I'm amazed you remember. I can hear them in my head now in that computer voice.

And you're RIGHT, the Elf did happened to shoot the food a LOT !!! He was very 'trigger' happy I guess !

[Karl_Hungus]

What do you all think of emulators? I'm finding some old games (including a favourite in Eternal Champion for the Sega Genesis. Found some other great games too! ;)

I think they are pretty cool -- Awhile back, I grabbed Ms. Pacman....plays exactly like the old arcade version.

[desslok]

Yep! :cool:


"Warrior is about to die"

"Valkyrie needs food, badly!"

"Elf shot the food!"

(stinkin elves.... always shooting the food or the potion.....) :D

Yeah I can hear that exact voice in my head, kind of slow monotone voice. Also remember one of your friends would always get stuck and you all had to go back to let him get unstuck...

[IronCharles]

And you're RIGHT, the Elf did happened to shoot the food a LOT !!! He was very 'trigger' happy I guess !

He just had the longest range of the four characters. usually hit EVERYTHING first. ;)


Yeah I can hear that exact voice in my head, kind of slow monotone voice. Also remember one of your friends would always get stuck and you all had to go back to let him get unstuck...

Remember the unkillable "death" guys? Sometimes they'd spawn out of a potion bottle. I think those guys are what made the game exciting.... trying to run from them, lol!

[beachguy498]

Hahahaha !!!!! I had forgotten those 'lines' from the game !! I'm amazed you remember. I can hear them in my head now in that computer voice.

And you're RIGHT, the Elf did happened to shoot the food a LOT !!! He was very 'trigger' happy I guess !

Valkyrie.. your life force is in danger.... another great line.

Rob

[SerpentHearted]

sooooo many great games from back when we were kids.

All time favourite was "Exciting Hour" wrestling game which after a while I could play all afternoon for about $1 hahaha

always liked Pleiades as well, and Qix and a whole heap of others.

[nvrstopworking]

Yep! :cool:


"Warrior is about to die"

"Valkyrie needs food, badly!"

"Elf shot the food!"




(stinkin elves.... always shooting the food or the potion.....) :D

Repped for Gauntlet quotes! :D

My favourite arcade games from my youth....

- Double Dragon
- Hot Rod
- Gauntlet
- Wrestlemania
- Streetfighter 2 (this was RIDICULOUSLY popular when I was in HS)

[dungeonmistress]

Does pinball count? Because that's my fave. I don't like video games.

[Do_Somethin]

Does pinball count? Because that's my fave. I don't like video games.

There were some terrific video games of pinball. I'm thinking of Dragon's Fury and Crue Ball to name a couple. I also liked Sonic Spinball too.
Have you ever tried video game pinball?

[StressMonkey]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/10/500x_dragons_lair_ds.jpg

[hochspeyer]

Does pinball count? Because that's my fave. I don't like video games.

Not to hijack the thread (DM started it! :) ), but Captain Fantastic was my favorite table. I also used to play Meteor a lot.

[desslok]

Does pinball count? Because that's my fave. I don't like video games.

Took the kids to chuck e cheese Saturday, I was actually playing a Simpsons pinball game most of the time.

[dungeonmistress]

Took the kids to chuck e cheese Saturday, I was actually playing a Simpsons pinball game most of the time.

I LOVE that one!!

[mikieson]

What do you all think of emulators? I'm finding some old games (including a favourite in Eternal Champion for the Sega Genesis. Found some other great games too! ;)

I have thousands of ROMS and every emulator you can get..:) PLUS I have MAME ARCADE on my PC with cool arcade games..:D oh yea...im just that awesome.lol

[dungeonmistress]

Not to hijack the thread (DM started it! :) ), but Captain Fantastic was my favorite table. I also used to play Meteor a lot.

Hey don't be pointing fingers at me oh guilty one! :P

[AlbinoGerbil]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/10/500x_dragons_lair_ds.jpg

Ah, Dragon's Lair.
Back in the day this game was the ultimate experience.

[hochspeyer]

Hey don't be pointing fingers at me oh guilty one! :P

(*he he he he he).

[immuno]

Galaga
Defender
Asteroids
Battlezone
Space Invaders
1943
GORF
Zaxxon
Space Wars
Red Baron

[Tyrbolift]

Megamania.

[Karl_Hungus]

Ah, Dragon's Lair.
Back in the day this game was the ultimate experience.

I remember that .... it was such a big deal because because the graphics were so much better than the usual games at the time.

[Karl_Hungus]

Other games I liked:

Zaxxon
Tempest

I remember the local IGA had Tempest .... and, I didn't have any money to play the game, so I got a bunch of lead sinkers out of my dad's tackle box, spent a good hour and a half pounding half a dozen of them into the exact shape and size of a quarter so that I could go play Tempest. It actually worked...lol.

[zodzod]

Pacman
Commando
Afterburner
Space Harrier
Double Dragon (completed this game on arcade)
Robocop
Gauntlet

[Meatpants]

Ah, Dragon's Lair.
Back in the day this game was the ultimate experience.

This one, and I believe it was Space Ace, were pretty damn cool, and ahead of the curve.

[styken]

I have very distinct memories of my mom dropping me off at the arcade. I even remember the layout of a corner of the arcade where my favorite games where, in order (srs).

I remember SMB in the arcade, and a kid getting to level 1-2 and me being impressed with the "underground world".

Pac man was my favorite, followed by space invaders.
I loved playing Q*bert, but I sucked at it.

OMG Q*bert, that damn purple snake!

EDIT: Also, I absolutely DETESTED those machines with the rollerball. It always would jam my hand.

[IronCharles]

I also liked the Time Crisis series. I still occasionally pull out the old Playstation from time to time and hook it up to the CRT tv I still save for that purpose. I have 1,2, and 3, and a few other arcade shooter ports. Cheyenne was still my favorite arcade shooter, though.

Light gun shooters FTW! :cool:

[hochspeyer]

No Rampage fans? Whats not to love about being a monster and destroying buildings, cars and aircraft?

[zodzod]

No Rampage fans? Whats not to love about being a monster and destroying buildings, cars and aircraft?

Rampage was great fun!

[zodzod]

This one, and I believe it was Space Ace, were pretty damn cool, and ahead of the curve.

Dragon's Lair was one of the first Laserdisc arcade games, which allowed for the impressive (at the time) animated scenes

[Bushmaster]

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[desslok]

Oh, also Ikari Warriors, with the joysticks that rotated and clicked in place, and your "rambo" looking guy would move forward in game pointing the direction of the joystick.

And Burger Time and FROGGER!

[Bushmaster]

Was it "Zaxxon" that was the first 3D game? Seems like I remember a joystick and being in awe because it was so realistic... :confused:

Edit: Oh sht, strong memory lane! :eek:

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[ChocoChick]

Centipedes.

Ditto! This is the only game I ever played.

[Meatpants]

Can't forget Operation Wolf. One of the first gun shooters.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KNqKjLGRpg0/TQdtoVRgJKI/AAAAAAAAAGY/HWMXWqWyWpY/s1600/operationwolf.png

Many a quarter was wasted on that one.

[drudixon]

So the Commodore thread got me playing around with the ipod tonight and I dowloaded PacMan. Playing PacMan gave me flashbacks of being in the pizza place near high school playing PacMan between slices and orange soda. But it also got me thinking about which video games I liked to play, but I can't remember some of their names. So what were yours?

I do remember Defender, Astroids and Space Invaders.

Galaga for me. Still love it.

[NYkarate]

Damn, I don't think I have ever played half these games. Heck, I never heard of a bunch of them.

[zodzod]

Can't forget Operation Wolf

Yeah, that rocked!

It had a sequel called Operation Thunderbolt that was virtually identical.

[drudixon]

Took the kids to chuck e cheese Saturday, I was actually playing a Simpsons pinball game most of the time.

I got head butted in the nuts by a sprinting 4 year old the last time I was there. That place frightens me now.

[desslok]

Can't forget Operation Wolf. One of the first gun shooters.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KNqKjLGRpg0/TQdtoVRgJKI/AAAAAAAAAGY/HWMXWqWyWpY/s1600/operationwolf.png

Many a quarter was wasted on that one.

Oh yeah was that also the first motion feedback type game also? Where the fake Uzi actually rattled as you shot? And you shot offscreen to reload?

[zodzod]

Oh yeah was that also the first motion feedback type game also? Where the fake Uzi actually rattled as you shot? And you shot offscreen to reload?

Yep!

And it had the pump-action grenade launcher underneath, I think

[styken]

Does pinball count? Because that's my fave. I don't like video games.

Pinball DEFINITELY counts. Best of the newer machines were T2 and the one with that other one with that damn talking ventriloquist head.

Too bad when you find them anymore they are so expensive to play. $1 a play? WTF is that?

[Marius_Ursus]

Missile Command
Joust
Mach 3

Loved Joust!




Gauntlet


To this day, when I get hungry, I'll say out loud, "Your bear needs food...BADLY!"


http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/10/500x_dragons_lair_ds.jpg

Loved that game!

Sucked at it, but I loved it.

[StressMonkey]

This guy used to scare me. :(

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sinistar1.jpg


This one, and I believe it was Space Ace, were pretty damn cool, and ahead of the curve.

There's Borf's ship!


Was it "Zaxxon" that was the first 3D game? Seems like I remember a joystick and being in awe because it was so realistic... :confused:


I don't think so. If I remember correctly it was some green wireframe tank game.



Loved that game!

Sucked at it, but I loved it.

You do NOT want to know how much money I dropped in that machine. I had every stage memorized forwards and backwards.

I bought it for my phone and I suck at it now. :(

[mslman71]

I don't think so. If I remember correctly it was some green wireframe tank game.


I think you might be right, what was the name of it? I can see it ...

I think the Star Wars game counts as 3d. It was also wireframe but I'm not sure if that was before or after .

[IronCharles]

I think you might be right, what was the name of it? I can see it ...

Battlezone. I used to play that at Malibu Grand Prix every single day. Only coin-op game I ever rolled over the score on (1 million+)

This guy used to scare me. :(

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sinistar1.jpg
There was a bug in Sinistar where if you launched the kill shot and then crashed your ship into it before it was destroyed, you won 99 free credits. I saw it done, but could never get the timing right on my own.

[mslman71]

Battlezone. I used to play that at Malibu Grand Prix every single day. Only coin-op game I ever rolled over the score on (1 million+)


Damn, you're good! Battlezone. I remember some kinda wireframe triangle blowing up.

http://freespace.virgin.net/james.handlon/battlezone/bzshot11.gif

[StressMonkey]

There was a bug in Sinistar where if you launched the kill shot and then crashed your ship into it before it was destroyed, you won 99 free credits. I saw it done, but could never get the timing right on my own.

You never cease to amaze me IC.

[IdidntDoIt]

Defender and galaxian. I Spent many an hour pumping those machines with quarters.

[desslok]

Defender and galaxian. I Spent many an hour pumping those machines with quarters.

What was the spinoff of Defender? It was basically Defender with more weapons, smarter "Smart Bombs" etc....

[IronCharles]

What was the spinoff of Defender? It was basically Defender with more weapons, smarter "Smart Bombs" etc....

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[Bando]

was I the only one that superglued fishing line to my quarter and played all day on it?

[GuyJin]

Stargate was cool too; the planet blowed up REAL good!

[StressMonkey]

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[Meatpants]

Anyone remember Black Tiger. This was probably the game that got most of my quarters. Such a cool game.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Black_Tiger.png

[desslok]

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That's the one, holy crap, that gave me chills hearing those sounds again, got some flashbacks watching that...

[Bushmaster]

Am I the only one who never got all the Pac Man hype? Ok, there's a little.... whatever that eats dots in a maze while being chased by ghosts... and then what? There were never any explosions or machine guns, the earth was never threatened by aliens or asteroids - nothing. Just dots and ghosts.. :confused:

[Meatpants]

Am I the only one who never got all the Pac Man hype? Ok, there's a little.... whatever that eats dots in a maze while being chased by ghosts... and then what? There were never any explosions or machine guns, the earth was never threatened by aliens or asteroids - nothing. Just dots and ghosts.. :confused:

nope. I never got that one either. I may have spent 50 cents on that game my entir life.

[pharmamarketer]

Not sure if mentioned Dig Dug


http://www.toplessrobot.com/image%205%20dig%20dug.gif

[mikieson]

Anyone here ever play Rastan? Its a barbarian type game..I remember at the arcade it had a great deep sound and was tough as heck to play..

[StressMonkey]

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[IronCharles]

Am I the only one who never got all the Pac Man hype? Ok, there's a little.... whatever that eats dots in a maze while being chased by ghosts... and then what? There were never any explosions or machine guns, the earth was never threatened by aliens or asteroids - nothing. Just dots and ghosts.. :confused:

I didn't like PacMan, either, but I loved Burgertime! It was the first game I bought when the 8-bit Nintendo came out.

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[mikieson]

cant imagine not liking pacman or mspacman? crazy..:D

[desslok]

Almost forgot about one of my favorites...Moon Patrol. A new commercial for some Vegas casino hotel reminds me of the game because the song is almost the same.

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