How Often Do You (or Would You) Go To the Classic Arcade?

[How Often Do You (or Would You) Go To the Classic Arcade?]

I try to get out to Galloping Ghost about twice a year. Mostly play Track and Field and Ikaruga and mix in anything else that catches my eye. I will say their pinball games are a bit disappointing.

[Art of Atari - book in progress and need help]

I always appreciated the more understated art which used limited palettes. In particular, Grand Prix, Boxing, Barnstorming, Ice Hockey, Kaboom!, Pitfall, Skiing, Sky Jinks, Tennis, and the like. A simple drawing of what a screenshot would look like, add in some rainbows, and you have a unique look for the ages.

 

Edit: 100 posts!

[Top 100 2600 games of all time]

Only have a little over 100 2600 games, but my faves:

 

1-Warlords

2-Decathalon

3-Combat

4-River Raid

5-California Games

6-Vanguard

7-Haunted House

8-Raiders of the Lost Ark

9-Pitfall

10-Bowling

 

Most of my favorites are ones I played with my brother as a kid. Fond memories to this day and the reason I own a Warlords cabinet!

[Impulse X CD]

Is this game any good? Considering picking it up.

[Lynx Multi Cart]

Late to the party, but I'd totally be in on this!

[Zaku for the Atari Lynx: Official thread]

Just put my name on the mailing list. Way late to this party but it's worth a shot!

[Translucent RED Jaguar Console Shells - ORDER NOW]

I agree; with my earlier post too. Seeing a drawing at least of the red shell would prompt me to order one. Is this what we're looking at? Try to imagine a see thru version!

Holy crud, that looks terrible.

[Another World Jaguar Pre-Order]

Hope that's the case. Would love to give this game another (world) go!

[Atari Jaguar kiosk for sale]

Meh, I've only seen it on auction a couple times, and went well out of my budget on both occasions. Not in any rush to get it.

[Atari HQ CD]

so what features on this CD- thought I'd ask ahead of another coaster.

Like a roller coaster or something you lay a drink on?

[2048]

Nice job. First thing I thought when I saw the title was to go play Stinkoman 20XX.

[Another World Jaguar Pre-Order]

And apparently I am #262 on the list. Hoping they don't cancel it all before getting to me!

[Another World Jaguar Pre-Order]

Yes, the time back then had a lot of unforgiving games, and most part of those games you will never see.

Oh yeah, with my limited collection those days I was pretty much stuck mastering whatever games I was lucky enough to have on my shelf. When I picked up a copy of Fatal Fury for SNES recently, I couldn't believe there was a time I actually mastered that game on the hardest difficulty.

[Atari Jaguar kiosk for sale]

Playing Battlesphere on a kiosk must be one hell of an experience. Not for the ordinary collector so to speak.

I think just having an opportunity to play Battlesphere at all must be one hell of an experience given its rarity.

[What is the single-most factor that keeps you interested in the Jaguar?]

Admittedly the family friendliness of the SNES was a bit frustrating when looking at games like Mortal Kombat, but the system just had so many all-time, undisputed great games. Almost any top-25 list of games is bound to have Legend of Zelda-A Link to the Past, Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, and possibly even Donkey Kong Country. It's one of the few systems of almost any era where you could randomly pick any game off the shelf and wind up with something at least modestly enjoyable. I have every major console of that generation and, hands down, the SNES library grades out the best in my eyes.

[Skyhammer help wanted]

Duly noted, thanks for the tip!

 

...just the tip.

[The absolute essential Jaguar games!]

TG version plays much faster, but doesn't look nearly as good (mostly due to a washed out color pallette).

Duly noted. Can't wait to give it a try!

[Atari Jaguar kiosk for sale]

Wow, any left or current pics? I might have been interested in one had I noticed!

[Skyhammer help wanted]

I've seen Skyhammer available from multiple sources consistently listed at $90 CIB. Is the game worth the investment? I'll probably get around to it eventually, but not sure if I should prioritize it more.

[Down the rabbit hole. Here we go]

Hell with it...just put treads on it, a turret on top, and make it a tank game.

[What is the single-most factor that keeps you interested in the Jaguar?]

I just love doing retrospective comparisons to its contemporaries (SNES, Genesis, Turbografx-16) and see how it stacks up. In general, SNES tends to win most battles.

[Another World Jaguar Pre-Order]

Yes it was, especially with all the loading time I had on my Amiga 600 playing it. But today you can skip all the painful waiting on this Jaguar cart, and you also have play-throughs on youtube to help you proceed forward.

I've seen the YouTube walkthroughs. Still looks insanely hard.

[16/32 Systems - Issue with Alice Order]

I received mine about a month after ordering.

[Moon Patrol]

Good god, I had about forgotten about this classic! Make it happen! I should find the 2600 version while I'm at it...conspicuously absent from my collection!

[What's the story with raiden?]

It makes sense, really. Raiden was a big success in the arcades and had ready-made name recognition in the market. Also, Raiden II was in arcades by 1994, so proliferation of the series was probably considered good for business. Agree with Schmudde, you REALLY should check out Shinto's podcast, and not just for Raiden.