Arcade games are not as popular as they used to be. Growing up, I remember wishing I had tons of quarters to feed into the game machines. Now that I do have some disposable money, I rarely go to an arcade anymore. However, I do have fond, nostalgic memories of my favorite games. My top three are:
1. OutRun--Driving cross-country in a red Ferrari while listening to a killer soundtrack along with your blond girlfriend has never been some much fun (or fast!).
2. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition--Man, I used to spend my bus fare money on this one; I'm glad the bus driver was my friend. There was nothing more satisfying than finishing off your opponent with Ryu's Shoryuken uppercut.
3. Daytona USA--"Daaaytonaaaaaaaaaa! Let's go away!" I liked racing against other people in this game. Simply fun.
What are your favorite arcade games?
Great topic...
Xmen: was a favorite of mine, I always played Storm and would kick butt
Tempest: I always loved that game.. I could play that for hours on end
And my most favorite of all time Arcade games..
Tron, I would love to have my own Tron game in my house.
I'm more a fan of the classics: remember Qix ? What was the one with "INTRUDER ALERT"! Missile Command but I couldn't handle the smart bombs.
We had a place in college called Pinball Petes - I spent way too much time there.
Quote from: markinro on July 10, 2008, 01:36:25 PM
I'm more a fan of the classics: remember Qix ? What was the one with "INTRUDER ALERT"! Missile Command but I couldn't handle the smart bombs.
We had a place in college called Pinball Petes - I spent way too much time there.
"Intruder Alert" was Berzerk.. I use to love that game as well.
"Tron" rocked, Kenny. I used to play that a lot.
Metal Slug I
Super Street Fighter II
Donkey Kong
Star Wars Arcade (1983)
Virtua Fighter (series)
Lethal Enforcers
Bump and Jump
Burgertime
1942
Ok
Defender
Star Wars
Astroids
Yes, I am a child of the 80s
Ahhh - Asteroids. Nothing comes close to the original.
I've never played Star Wars Arcade but it certainly looks cool.
You can buy it here... :)
http://www.voyagerarcade.com/product_info.php?products_id=1073 (http://www.voyagerarcade.com/product_info.php?products_id=1073)
Here's a place to download a version of it.
http://www.minionsoft.com/starwars/starwars.htm (http://www.minionsoft.com/starwars/starwars.htm)
Quote from: moyer777 on July 10, 2008, 09:54:23 PM
Ok
Defender
Star Wars
Astroids
Yes, I am a child of the 80s
OH! I lived Defender when I was growing up! It was my favorite game.
I also liked these Atari games:
Dodgem
Warlords (can still spank Dave at this game)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Probably for me:
Star Wars Arcade,
Galaga,
Donkey Kong
But there were many others....
I have a sweet spot for "Dragon's Lair" too.
Dragon's Lair was soooo hard!
for me:
Golden Axe
X-Men
Afterburner
Dang Rico you beat me to Dragon's Lair! I used to ride my bike for miles as a twelve year old with my pockets stuffed full of quarters to get to the mall to play and watch that game. Dragon's Lair was probably the first game that was as fun or more fun to watch than it was to play.
So anyway, my top three are hard to narrow down, so as I always do in these situations, I am going to cheat:
1. Dragon's Lair/Space Ace/Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp
2. Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr.
3. Star Wars (the original)/Star Trek
I know number three is a stretch but I included them together because they are both vector graphics based space shooting games with similar mechanics. Star Trek is the bit more complicated of the two, with a complex control scheme that included a spinner to turn the ship, and multiple buttons to access photon torpedos, warp speed, and phasers. The voices in that game were so cool though, with Spock and Scotty lending their talents to the game making it easy to let your imagination soar as you play. Both Star Trek and Star Wars are about 1000 times better if you played them in the sit down cockpit versions instead of the standup traditional arcade units.
Asteroids
Galaga
Tetris
:)
Star Wars
Galaga
Street Fighter 2