Ferret75 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Then which would you have? I think it would be cool to have Mortal Kombat machine personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telengard Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Then which would you have? I think it would be cool to have Mortal Kombat machine personally. My friend has an empty MK cabinet sitting in his garage. I think he plans on restoring it someday (going on 2 years now though). I'm not sure I could just have 1. http://home.comcast.net/~bsturk/mame.html If I had to choose 1 though it would probably be Defender. ~telengard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'm not sure I could just have 1. http://home.comcast.net/~bsturk/mame.html Grrr, I get jealous every time I see that modular control panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Then which would you have? I think it would be cool to have Mortal Kombat machine personally. I am working on the Sit down Star wars that I bought, that was my dream machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If I could only choose one, it would have to be Dragon's Lair. I love that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kripto Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Is it cheating to say Galaxian 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 DEFENDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Is it cheating to say Galaxian 3? That would be fine if the question was "If you could have any house in your arcade machine..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'd have "Bombs Away" (because that's the one I actually do have in my house). Other than that, there was an electromechanical race game called "Speedway" that I played at a classic video game exhibit and found fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Marble Madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Wow, only one? Are multi-games allowed? If so, I'd have to pick my Ms. Pac-Man with the 96-in-1 MulitPac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Tempest is a very close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theking21083 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'd have "Bombs Away" (because that's the one I actually do have in my house). Other than that, there was an electromechanical race game called "Speedway" that I played at a classic video game exhibit and found fascinating. Did you ever get that fixed up? I would choose the arcade that I already have in my house, Donkey Kong 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I have several but if I could only have one it would be Q bert, which I actually do not currently own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Personally I'd like a Black Knight 2000 pinball, but if you're not counting pinballs I'll say Mappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'd pick the hand assembled Pong that Al Alcorn wired and Nolan set up at Andy Capp's place....Al has it in his office (I think Nolan still technically "owns" it) and I have heard the offer of $10K passed around on it...its not for sale Other than that, maybe one of the Stanford University Galaxy terminals that Computer History Museum has (that would entail a PDP mainframe to make it work...yeah, thats gonna happen) or the white Computer Space featured in Soylent Green (or the yellow one in Jaws). Still not sure that one on ebay a few years ago was the real deal. As for general production machines, they are all "fairly affordable" and available, its just a matter of searching. I would say the Vectorbeam Speed Freak machine that I played as a kid at Six Flags over Texas would be pretty sweet to have. CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Death Race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Hehe, I had a Death Race. It just wasn't working so I gave it to Chris Wilkson. That's the problem with owning a coinop. Even if it works, if you don't know how to fix it, what will you do when it invariably breaks down? If you don't know how to fix coinops it's probably better to just build a MAME cab. Edited January 5, 2009 by mos6507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have a Galaxian but it doesn't work and I have no idea how to fix it. But if I could have just one it would be a Battlezone or Tron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) If you don't know how to fix coinops it's probably better to just build a MAME cab. I can fix coinops (more or less) and a MAME cab is still a better idea in several ways. I know it's heresy and all, but I've cut down on my dedicated cabs for time/maintenance alone in that respect. Edited January 5, 2009 by remowilliams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 For childhood nostalgia, it's gotta be the rare Taito Space Invaders Pt 2 mirrored upright However, that being said, for pure gameplay purposes, I need an arcade game that I've been playing for the past 20+ years and can still re-play again and again and still not tire of it.. and that list is very very short So for that I say DEFENDER (a game I still am getting better at 20+ years later). Robotron, and Donkey Kong. All are easy enough to get, and I think I will this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar302b Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 So many greats to choose from. I would have to go with Thayers Quest completed. If not, Matmania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'd have "Bombs Away" (because that's the one I actually do have in my house). And Klov still hasn't added the pictures you sent (still pending, along with the pictures someone else submitted.) They do atleast have this mention for you: http://www.vaps.org/members/member_detail....ember_id=397020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'd have "Bombs Away" (because that's the one I actually do have in my house). And Klov still hasn't added the pictures you sent (still pending, along with the pictures someone else submitted.) They do atleast have this mention for you: http://www.vaps.org/members/member_detail....ember_id=397020 I was assured in a followup e-mail that they'd get to it. That was so long ago that I have given up on it completely. I might update my project status on there when I eventually get back around to working on it, but I won't waste my time trying to post any pictures of any machine there again. I respect that it's a volunteer effort, that's why I went through the work to create the sized/cropped/white background/etc. pictures per their stated specifications . . . time wasted, lesson learned. (It's generally a great reference site though and I recommend checking there when anybody is looking for information on old video games.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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