Derek Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nobody's all time faves have an 'I'm 13 and a girl is paying attention to me' bend, so my favorite is, and would otherwise be, Ms. Pac-Man. I remember the first time I saw this machine, and thought one joystick, I can probaby get my 25 cents worth, as I was on a $2 a week allowance:) Then Linda came along, cuddled close, arm around my neck as I played. Being 12, that was big female attention...such simple times. I still love that game, on MAME, the atari version, the coleco tabletop. It doesn't matter, it still takes me back to that time. Put on some appropriate 80's tunes and you are almost back there. Nuff said. Ms. Pac does it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornpipe2 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 (edited) Used to be Rampart, now it's Galaga [when I am feeling old-school] or Outrun [when I feel middle-school]. Edited July 28, 2008 by Hornpipe2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cephallus Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Nothing can top the simplicity of Berzerk for me. ed It wasn't a bad arcade game but it was very hard and unforgiving I had a Berzerk arcade game local around 82 83 Didnt play it that much though I have to say Battlezone. Park yourself next to a tall cube and be protected from the missiles. Get enough points and get a free game. (over & over & over) I could play for 30 minutes on a quarter. Battlezone was cool I played it mainly on the cabaret cabinet but got a couple of chances to play it on the full upright cabinet on holidays My people! Battlezone was (is!) the ish. It's hard to pick a favorite, but if the amount of money I spent playing games is any indication, the list would probably look like this: 1. Pac Man 2. Kangaroo 3. Popeye 4. Tempest 5. Golden Axe 6. Rolling Thunder 7. Rampage 8. Toobin' 9. Outrun 10. (some other driving game who's title I forget, but the seat zapped you in the butt if someone shot you from behind) I'm sure I'm not alone here, but I probably 'invested' more money in arcades than I did in my college education... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablum Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 I had so many favorites and so few opportunities to play some of them back then. In no particular order. TRON Time Pilot Street Fighter II Star Wars - sit down version U.N. Squadron R-Type Spy Hunter Shinobi Assault Galaga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I was living in a very small town (under 1000 people). There were always one or two arcade store. Plus, some of the restaurant had a few arcade and pinball. Within 100 meters around my house, there were 3 bars….yeah 3 !!!!! So every Saterday and Sunday morning, I woke up earler and went around the bars to pick up the empty beer bottle!!! Also there were 3-4 other bars in the town. Do you image, there were more bars then restaurant !!!!! Anyway, all this to say that with the money from the bottle, I was playing arcade/pinball game and buying atari game. At around the age of 12-13 years old we move to a big city (Ottawa) and the highschool was just beside an arcade store LOL so when my mother was giving me $$ to buy lunch, I was going to the arcade an play during lunch !!! I had a chance to play probably over 100-150 different games if not more. It's pretty hard to choose THE TOP arcade game.....baybe track field? Gyruss? Kung fu master Kangoorou Gyruss Joust Karate champ Cheyenne Time Pilot Contra Track and field Hypersport Sinistar Rally X Moon Patrol Ghost and goble Bag man Mappy Burgertime Galaga Bank panic Pac man Ms Pac man Arabian 1942 Amidor Arkanoid I had a joust arcade game for around 2 years but I decided to sell it and built a mame. Now I play with it 2 or 3 time a week. It's the best toy that I ever bought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee9977 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 the dimensions, the music. oh the glory that is marble madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 My alltime Arcade coinop favorites would have to be: Gauntlet 2 Quartet Centipede A.P.B. 720 Dragon's Lair Rampage Crystal Castles Mappyland Ms.Pac-man Pac-man Plus Mr.Do's Castle Bust-A-Move (the puzzle game not the dance one) Street Fighter 2:Championship Edition Darkstalkers Killer Instinct San Fransisco Rush T-Mek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Most of my coins went to 'Daytona USA'. Other favorites where: Pooyan, Hyper Olympics, Pacman, Yie Are Kung-fu. Most of them where just the arcade versions of games I liked to play at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillenterprises Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 The small, local bowling alley up the street from our house when I was a teenager had the 1981 cops n' robbers game "THIEF" and after school, I would walk up there and play the heck out of it! It's still one of my favorites, and I now have one in my basement! I now also own many of my other favorites, but I agree that the ambience and the settings of our memories plays a large part in naming our favorites! -Like Going to a Bonanza restaurant (long gone now) with my parents and seeing a Centipede for the first time. I was instantly hooked, and that still may be my all-time favorite... -Playing Galaxian on the cocktail version at the local Pizza Hut while waiting for our pizza -Seeing a Pac-Man for the first time at an army base in Indiana -Playing Battlezone for the first time at a local bowling alley -Playing Moon Patrol for the first time at a little mini-golf place in Georgia with my family Just way too many great memories... the 80's were just awesome- life was simpler, the music was fun, the fashions and style was cool, and we had a great president! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 The small, local bowling alley up the street from our house when I was a teenager had the 1981 cops n' robbers game "THIEF" and after school, I would walk up there and play the heck out of it! It's still one of my favorites, and I now have one in my basement! I now also own many of my other favorites, but I agree that the ambience and the settings of our memories plays a large part in naming our favorites! -Like Going to a Bonanza restaurant (long gone now) with my parents and seeing a Centipede for the first time. I was instantly hooked, and that still may be my all-time favorite... -Playing Galaxian on the cocktail version at the local Pizza Hut while waiting for our pizza -Seeing a Pac-Man for the first time at an army base in Indiana -Playing Battlezone for the first time at a local bowling alley -Playing Moon Patrol for the first time at a little mini-golf place in Georgia with my family Just way too many great memories... the 80's were just awesome- life was simpler, the music was fun, the fashions and style was cool, and we had a great president! I hear ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Just way too many great memories... the 80's were just awesome- life was simpler, the music was fun, the fashions and style was cool, and we had a great president! Same here....I don't know if we (the old fart that are between 30-40) feel but I do feel like that. My kid are exposed to all my gaming life (arcade, atari, NES.....with the new N64, wii, PC gaming...etc) and I hope that when they will be older they will reminber the nice time they had playing MAME with daddy or Mario cart with daddy 2 years ago I have started a music collection of all 80'. Now I listen to that all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicgreg Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 PAC-MAN!! pac man is the best arcade game ever!!! It's so good that there are tons of clones like munchman, kc munchkin, hangly man, epoch man, pirahna, new puck-x, puc one, muncher,............... it's been on almost every console known to man thats concrete proof that pac man stands on a great game foundation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I probably spent the most quarters and tokens on Galaga. But if I could go back and play any game, it would probably be Tron. That's a game best played in the arcade, whereas Galaga works just fine even playing it on a home console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Galaga. I've owned one for 5+ years and still can't get enough. Still have yet to see level 40. It still kicks my ass and gives me a rush. (Tempest is a close second I though for the same reasons.) therealred5, Are you using the "no-fire" cheat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 A short list of my faves: Dig Dug Donkey Kong Astro Blaster Ms. Pac Man Mr. Do Spectar Scramble Phoenix Track And Field Gyruss Pac-Land Kung Fu Master Kicker Yie Ar Kung Fu Street Fighter II CE Fatal Fury Special Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) My #1 is unquestionably Ms. Pac-Man. (Speedy version only!) It's the game I've spent the most time playing, the game I'm best at, and the game I enjoy the most. The pizza place in my home town where we went all the time when I was a kid had one for many years and I played the heck out of it. They also had a Centipede, and that's probably my 2nd favorite. The game I most wish I'd had more chance to play is Baby Pac-Man. Only one place around here ever had it, and they didn't have it for very long. And it's one of the few games that you can't really emulate the feel of. Edited February 20, 2009 by pinball22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'd say it's a tossup between Rastan, Off Road Rally (4 Player) or Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I'd say it's a tossup between Rastan, Off Road Rally (4 Player) or Turbo I have an Off Road Rally 4 player, seem to attract relatives in the 13-25 age group, the 25 year olds think it's nostalgic. Fun game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I'd say it's a tossup between Rastan, Off Road Rally (4 Player) or Turbo I have an Off Road Rally 4 player, seem to attract relatives in the 13-25 age group, the 25 year olds think it's nostalgic. Fun game! Nitro! Love that boom sound : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I'd say it's a tossup between Rastan, Off Road Rally (4 Player) or Turbo I have an Off Road Rally 4 player, seem to attract relatives in the 13-25 age group, the 25 year olds think it's nostalgic. Fun game! Nitro! Love that boom sound : ) Hope you all like this.. many of my faves are in this video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisaperfectdayelise Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Diet Go-Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Tempest is #1 for me (I got hooked on that game way back when at what was then called showbiz pizza place when I went to a friend's b-day party) #2 is wizard of Wor( got hooked on that game when I was waiting for my ride at bowling alley when I got out of school(come on who here didn't crack up when the voice said "insert one gay coin") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Savage Quest!!! See the video Chelnov Joust Double Dragon Super Mario Frontline Edited March 11, 2009 by Blackjack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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