Remember the days of the arcade, or maybe you played them at a bowling alley, or even a 7-11? What ones do you remember dropping the most money on? Mine are:
- Golden Axe - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - X-Men - WWF Wrestlefest - Street Fighter 2 - Mortal Kombat - Outrun
Posted by combine_hunter (Member # 39526) on :
Street Fighter II, definitely.
The only other one I remember playing is NFL Blitz. Didn't really hit the arcades much; I always had a console (or three).
EDIT: I forgot Fatal Fury. Another great fighting game.
[ February 10, 2011, 02:04 PM: Message edited by: combine_hunter ]
Posted by LikesHippieGirls1971 (Member # 504) on :
SNK Vs Capcom 2 Ultimate Mortal Kombat as side scrolling version of AVP Golden Axe Yep!
Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Golden Axe, and The Simpsons!!! I absolutely love beat-em ups, can't you tell? But asides from those, there's Street Fighter II and III, Soul Calibur II, Time Crisis II, and DDR, among others.
Posted by diamond johny (Member # 27586) on :
First off, Patrick this sub-forum has got to be your idea! And a good idea at that. Anyhoo, I was a player in the 80s & have the Capcom, Midway, Namco & Atari collections. My faves:
Missile Command Galaga Joust Tempest Defender
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
quote:Originally posted by diamond johny: First off, Patrick this sub-forum has got to be your idea! And a good idea at that. Anyhoo, I was a player in the 80s & have the Capcom, Midway, Namco & Atari collections. My faves:
Missile Command Galaga Joust Tempest Defender
Actually, the comic book one was my idea. LOL... I think the idea for a gaming section has been thrown around for as long as I've been around. Wu made it happen though.
Patrick
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
Probably shows how old I am
- Xevious - Time Pilot - Amidar - Lady Bug - Pole Position - Ms. Pacman - Donkey Kong - Double Dragon (I remember a friend and I beat the game on our vacation in Italy ) - I agree with Bondo .. Dragon`s Lair was cool to watch - Zaxxon - Golden Axe totally blew me away - 194x - After Burner
-Hal-
Posted by FtLckr26 (Member # 13998) on :
Most of my money went into: Altered Beast Contra Kung Fu Raiden Street Fighter II Street Fighter II Champion Edition Afterburner Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Run Terminator Final Fight Spy Hunter F-Zero
Back in the late 80's or maybe early 90's, there was a game at the arcades that I loved. It was a side scrolling action game. You were a gladiator and when you shook the joy stick up and down, it created a force field the length of your body. Anyone ever play that game?
Man, I miss the arcades. That would have been my dream job, to work at an arcade when I was younger.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote: Back in the late 80's or maybe early 90's, there was a game at the arcades that I loved. It was a side scrolling action game. You were a gladiator and when you shook the joy stick up and down, it created a force field the length of your body. Anyone ever play that game?
I think you mean "Gladiator" from Taito Cool game! It is also on the Taito Legends 1 collection for the PS2.
-Hal-
Posted by LeDaemon (Member # 198) on :
Let me think by decade:
1970s: Pong (actually played this a lot when it was new and the only thing around mid 70s other than pinball) Space Invaders Night Driver Space Wars Asteroids
1980s: Crazy Climber Xevious Pole Position Gyruss Golden Axe Tempest
1990s: Mortal Kombat 1&2 House of the Dead
In the 90s I kind of lost interest in arcades. Anytime I go into one now there's barely any video games mostly things like "skee ball" and "wack-a-mole" for winning tickets for crappy prizes.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
^ Oh, I forgot Gyruss ... that was a great game. And also Robtotron 2084.
In the mid 90s I sometimes still played "Time Crisis" and "House of the Dead" in the arcades with my brother .. but at that time arcades were already very difficult to find.
-Hal-
Posted by FtLckr26 (Member # 13998) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hal:
quote: Back in the late 80's or maybe early 90's, there was a game at the arcades that I loved. It was a side scrolling action game. You were a gladiator and when you shook the joy stick up and down, it created a force field the length of your body. Anyone ever play that game?
I think you mean "Gladiator" from Taito Cool game! It is also on the Taito Legends 1 collection for the PS2.
-Hal-
Thank you! Now just got to try and find it for the PS2. Hopefully ebay has it.
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
Geeee didn't even know this section existed
Growing up I spent alot of my childhood at the local arcade, shops, laundrymats for gaming purposes which means I have so many faves I had to break it down into my top 30
30 - Champion Sprint A spin wheelin' frenzy
29 - Ironman Stewart's Super Off Road Similar to Champion Sprint but with terrain and quick fire nos boosts
28 - Legendary Wings Has stages of both in the air top view and on foot side veiw stages
27 - NBA Jam Limited sprint/turbo bursts
26 - Bosconian ALIVE ALIVE!!!! (I think that's what the voice is saying)
25 - 10 Yard Fight "Blah blah blah blah..... Hut...hut...hut...hut..." (Not too sure what he's saying)
24 - Boot Camp Obstical courses, training etc....
[ February 17, 2011, 04:34 AM: Message edited by: FootLongSub Zero ]
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
Oh shit, I forgot about NBA Jam. Yeah, I put a shit ton of quarters into that too.
And LeDaemon, every time I hear Pole Position, I think of the attic scene in Goonies where they read the date off the treasure map.
Chunk: Sixteen thirty-two. What is that? A year? Mouth: No, it's your top score on Pole Position.
Patrick
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
23 - The New Zealand Story Follow the birdy adventures
22 - Karate Champ No play buttons, just two handles/joysticks
21 - Golden Axe I liked using the Amazon chick coz of her powers with the magic potion bottles.
20 - Bobble Bubble Bubble blowing dragons
19 - Vigilante Save Madonna
18 - Karnov Fat bald guy does his magic to collect pieces of a torn treasure map.
17 - New Rally X Collect flags to pass stage with smoke screen at hand to blind enemies..... Has a catchy tune.
16 - Hyper Olympic aka Track and Field Various Events
[ February 17, 2011, 04:27 AM: Message edited by: FootLongSub Zero ]
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
15 - Gladiator Another 2 handled game. Sword and sheild skills apply
14 - Street Smart I always like using player 2. Kicks better.
13 - Street Fighter 2 World Warrior I like to use Guiles invisible throw
12 - Double Dragon Elbow can be the only move you can use throughout the entire game. (jump+punch buttons)
11 - Final Fight You can choose speed with low power GUY, power with low speed HAGGAR or A mixture of both CODY. I always hated the knife throwing dudes, one of them is called "HOLLYWOOD" and I think the other is called "EL GARDO"....
10 - Ninja Spirit Cool variety of weapons. I like the sword powerd up as it acts as sort of an attacking sheild....
9 - Moon Patrol Get from A to Z in a cool moon buggy that shoots forwar and up. Watch out for mines, trenches and alien ships.... AAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!
8 - Wrestlemania via Midway I like using the HITMAN and THE UNDERTAKER. The undertaker has a coffin' finishing move which I think is pretty cool and I like THE HITMANS combo... Posted by FtLckr26 (Member # 13998) on :
I forgot about NBA Jam and Street Smart. Spent a lot of time playing those two as well.
Nice list FootLongSubZero! I wanna see your final 7 games.
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote: 26 - Bosconian ALIVE ALIVE!!!! (I think that's what the voice is saying)
It was "Alert! Alert!" but since the game is so old it sounded really weird. I just played it yesterday on the Namco Museum collection for the Gamecube.
-Hal-
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by Patrick: Oh shit, I forgot about NBA Jam. Yeah, I put a shit ton of quarters into that too.
Patrick
Yeah, used to play it at a local 'Takeaway' (Fish & Chips + Chinese Food) back in the late 90s. Game was 50c for per game quarter. Use to like choosing the Chicago Bulls and play as Scottie Pippen...AWESOME DUNKING POWER... Sometimes I'd get a kick when the back board would shatter.....
My opponets would most likely be the Minnesota Timberwolves or Dallas Mavericks hating the name "IZZULINO" who use to almost always stuff my dunks on the 4th quater.... Grrrrrr ..... Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by FtLckr26: I forgot about NBA Jam and Street Smart. Spent a lot of time playing those two as well.
Nice list FootLongSubZero! I wanna see your final 7 games.
With Street Smart, I'd almost always make it up to the last dude on one credit as the rest have their own special way of being beaten.
Thanks for the complement on the list. I didn't finish it at that time because those posts took me way over an hour to complete and had to sleep for work the next day....
Sure thing FtLckr26, I'll finish the list later on today Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hal:
quote: 26 - Bosconian ALIVE ALIVE!!!! (I think that's what the voice is saying)
It was "Alert! Alert!" but since the game is so old it sounded really weird. I just played it yesterday on the Namco Museum collection for the Gamecube.
-Hal-
Thanks for the correction Hal There are also alot of songs I thought I knew lyrics to aswell but when you see the actual lyrics whether online or karaoke, it becomes a moment of clarity in sayin'... aaaaaaah
Now back to the list....
7. Wonderboy In Monster Land. Liked this one because of the sword, sheild, boots and armor uprages. Pretty cool adventure.
6. Mortal Kombat II I liked it because each character had more than one fatality, also a couple more stage fatalities than it's predecessor and fun moves with the added BABALITY and FRIENDSHIP finishers.
I liked using Shang Tsung due to his morphing capabilities as I got sick of using the same player and wanted to use a variety of finishing moves so just as it says "FINISH HIM", I'd morph into someone else and perform their fatality. I wagged school (hookie) to play this..... (Thinkin' in my own head "Sorry Mum").
5. E-SWAT The first 3 stages you start as a rookie cop catchin' wanted criminals working your way to SWAT where you get an AWESOME hi-tech heavily armored suit with a rapid fire machine gun arm attachment. This game is kick ass...
4. Shinobi An unmsaked ninja takin' out the bad guys and saving hostages guarded by swordthrowing boomerang style fat dudes. I liked the special move that can be used only onece on each stage. I can imagine the sound of it now.... whhaaaaauuuuu "HAI-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...."
3. TOKI aka JuJu
Set in caveman days as a Tarzan, some voodoo witch-doctor kidnaps your girl and turns you into a Mick-Jagger-Lipped ape which could spit some powerful weapons. Funny too as set in cavemandays, your power ups are a modernday grid-iron football helmet, and a pair of brand spankin' new running shoes... lol
[ February 18, 2011, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: FootLongSub Zero ]
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
2. Exciting Hour aka Mat Mania The very first wrestling game I really liked. I also liked other wrestling games that followed like WWF SUPERSTARS and WWF WRESTLEFEST... There was also a game called WRESTLE WAR which wasn't all that great but the finishing move was a 100+ ft pile driver which I thought was AWESOME...
All in all it's back to the roots of where my wrestling game days originated from. Koko Savage was the character which was always the hardest to pass with is shoulder barges, and wicked ear crash and leg swing moves.
1. Black Dragon aka Black Tiger Awesome chained weapon with ending attachment upgrades. I could play this game for hours. I have clocked this games so many times. And this completes my list.
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
Damn, forgot another one. Lots of people forgot about this SNK fighter, but I actually bought a Panasonic 3DO at a used game store for like $30 years ago just to get this game on disc (the SNES was SHIT). The game is called Samauri Shodown.
Posted by oneagain (Member # 35859) on :
...gads...this is showing some age here...but I can't belive you classic guys haven't stated 'Berzerk'...
Great robot voices there..."Chicken, fight like a robot"
"Intruder alert, intruder alert"
Posted by Patrick (Member # 1169) on :
The only Berzerk I played was on my dad's Atari 2600 as a kid.
Patrick
Posted by Crazy_Diamond (Member # 22956) on :
Root Beer Tapper
Posted by oneagain (Member # 35859) on :
Root Beer Tapper was cool...did you ever see the Budweiser version?
Zaxxon was another classic...Defender...
Joust...hmm...what else did I put alot of quarters into...
Jungle Hunt...
Posted by Toetapper (Member # 6473) on :
I've been mostly a pinball guy in the arcades dating back to the early 70's (yikes!).
Nevertheless, this thread does bring back some memories. While managing a restaurant in the 80's, I made arrangements with our local Amusement Park to keep some of their machines busy during the Winter.
Of course, Space Invaders took a lot of my Q's but I was better than ANYBODY at it; I could get to the screen where you blew up the moment it opened without losing a life (it was past the 10th screen, 11? 12?, I forget).
Other games were Pacman (naturally) and Ms. Pacman; Frogger was popular among the older folks so I had to become proficient at that. I think the one that took most of my money was Defender.
In the regular arcades, Missile Command vacuumed my pockets pretty well. There was also a boxing game - I forget the name - that I enjoyed. One that I found to be a real challenge was "Tank" in which the player maneuvered a tank across a battlefield - vision was limited and accuracy in firing was crucial.
Posted by oneagain (Member # 35859) on :
Talking about classic games...at one of the local dentists...they have a single stand up arcade game that has joystick, roller ball and various buttons and has a huge amount of actual arcade games on it to play.
Was pretty cool...would love to buy that if I had the cash for it...
Posted by Crazy_Diamond (Member # 22956) on :
I went down the cellar and found my Atari 2600 console. I went to Radio Shack and picked up a few cables and adapters. Now I'm playing my hearts content! 3-D tic tac toe, frogger, missile command, Donkey Kong, combat, video pinball, golf, defender, demons to diamonds, Jr. Pac Man, Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, bowling, adventure, asteroids, air sea battle, space war, superman, outlaw, pitfall, football, midnight magic, berzerk, space invaders, basketball, pole position, haunted house, dodge'em, circus Atari, street racer, home run, and my all time favorite - Yars' Revenge. After all these years, I can still roll Yars past 999,999 !
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
^ Cool. I just played some two-player games on my old 2600 yestrday, together with my daughter. We played Mario Bros, Joust, Air Sea Battle, Sky Diver, Dodge em and Maze Craze. I also still player my favourite Atari 2600 game: Pitfall II. ;-) Yar`s Revenge is cool. I only have the cartridge...IŽd love to have the comic that came with the original game in the 1980s.
-Hal-
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote:Originally posted by FootLongSub Zero:
quote:Originally posted by Hal:
quote: 26 - Bosconian ALIVE ALIVE!!!! (I think that's what the voice is saying)
It was "Alert! Alert!" but since the game is so old it sounded really weird. I just played it yesterday on the Namco Museum collection for the Gamecube.
-Hal-
Thanks for the correction Hal There are also alot of songs I thought I knew lyrics to aswell but when you see the actual lyrics whether online or karaoke, it becomes a moment of clarity in sayin'... aaaaaaah
There`s a really funny book over here in Germany where a guy collected mis-heard lyrics of songs --- the way people used to understand the song on the radio when they where children, and then only recognized the actual lyrics when they were grown ups.
I totally forgot about Wonder Boy and Moon Patrol. I loved those two games as well.
-Hal-
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote:Originally posted by Toetapper: I've been mostly a pinball guy in the arcades dating back to the early 70's (yikes!).
Nevertheless, this thread does bring back some memories. While managing a restaurant in the 80's, I made arrangements with our local Amusement Park to keep some of their machines busy during the Winter.
Of course, Space Invaders took a lot of my Q's but I was better than ANYBODY at it; I could get to the screen where you blew up the moment it opened without losing a life (it was past the 10th screen, 11? 12?, I forget).
Other games were Pacman (naturally) and Ms. Pacman; Frogger was popular among the older folks so I had to become proficient at that. I think the one that took most of my money was Defender.
In the regular arcades, Missile Command vacuumed my pockets pretty well. There was also a boxing game - I forget the name - that I enjoyed. One that I found to be a real challenge was "Tank" in which the player maneuvered a tank across a battlefield - vision was limited and accuracy in firing was crucial.
That is really interesting to read. I also started playing my first arcade games in the late 70s/80s. Frogger was great fun and I also remember the tank game you mentioned (it is probably "Battlezone" from Atari). But I was still really young, so I sucked at the tank game...the steering was kind of weird.
If you have a Playstation you can get the "Atari Anniversary Edition" -- it is a collection of 12 old Atari Arcade games. The conversions are very good...exactly like in the arcades.
-Hal-
Posted by FootLongSub Zero (Member # 19380) on :
Ones that didn't make my 30 list but I think is worth a mention....
Altered Beast - "POWER UP"
1943 Battle Of Midway - Cool coz of the various amo you can fire and you can get helpers/wingmen that increase your guns.
Gals Panic - Puzzle/strategy game to complete a picture by looping with a trail you leave to create your own pieces. Pictures vary Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
quote:Originally posted by oneagain: Talking about classic games...at one of the local dentists...they have a single stand up arcade game that has joystick, roller ball and various buttons and has a huge amount of actual arcade games on it to play.
Was pretty cool...would love to buy that if I had the cash for it...
Wow, your dentist has an arcade machine? Sounds great!
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