Shmup Lover Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Having a hard time picking either Fire Truck (front and back 2 player) or Gravitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheObscureGamer Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Food Fight no question.Why,because you can beat the shit out of angry chefs with food AND watch a replay video of it all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashbackmatt Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Another vote for Vector games. I have an Asteroids that needs some TLC, it is timeless. I want a Tempest, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Missle Command!! Plays smooth, all the fire buttons, and makes it look like you are working at a missle defense station. Best of all. Greatest Game Over screen in the history of video games IMHO. "THE END!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I don't relish the thought of having an arcade video game in my home...I'm trying to get RID of stuff! But....Food Fight, cocktail table version. (Cocktail table so that it could also be used as a table...if I'm getting more furniture, by gum it'll multitask!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Due to lack of space, I would only want one video game machine. The problem is, even though I could give it a nice clean and loving home, I doubt I'd be able to afford a model in pristine condition. My favorite video machine game of all-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Another vote for Vector games. I have an Asteroids that needs some TLC, it is timeless. I want a Tempest, too. Awww, what about Lunar Lander? That game needs some love too! I don't remember where I got it, but it appears it's on my PC... The attached is a screen shot from my PC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Greatest Game Over screen in the history of video games IMHO. "THE END!" Nope, either Ryu vs. Buzzsaw or GREEN ALIEN LAUGHING AT ME AAAAAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Missile Command sit-down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Dot-e and assault. But I'm trying to get rid of stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrownd Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 As much as I loved Red Baron, I have to go with Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo-Torch Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Missile Command. Favorite when I was a kid, first game I bought 17 years ago and it'll be the last game I get rid of (if ever). That game is more hardcore 80s than a Fiero made out of Rubik's Cubes. Also have an Asteroids Deluxe. Never a favorite back in the day because a quarter lasted about 25 seconds. Like it now because it still kicks my ass so it never gets boring. I do hate the cabinet...oddest, ugliest thing to come from Atari. I also owned a Crystal Castles for several years. Really like the game back in the 80s but got burned out on it quickly as an owner. I sort of wish I kept it as it was one of the coolest looking cabinets ever made by any company. I see Moon Patrol posted above (NOT ATARI) and I owned one of those too. That was one of my ultimate favorites as a kid...I could get through both courses on one quarter. Burned out on that one just as fast as Crystal Castles and it got sold too. I think the ability to Continue indefinitely didn't help either as it takes all the mystery out of the game. I love games that I can't seem to master and can get angry at. Asteroids Deluxe and Defender are at the top of the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshollingsworth Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 If it was any machine i'd go for smash tv or tapper, but for the atari machine i'd have to say a gutted pole position with an emulator so i wouldn't have to deal with it's glitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshollingsworth Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Missile Command. Favorite when I was a kid, first game I bought 17 years ago and it'll be the last game I get rid of (if ever). That game is more hardcore 80s than a Fiero made out of Rubik's Cubes. Also have an Asteroids Deluxe. Never a favorite back in the day because a quarter lasted about 25 seconds. Like it now because it still kicks my ass so it never gets boring. I do hate the cabinet...oddest, ugliest thing to come from Atari. I also owned a Crystal Castles for several years. Really like the game back in the 80s but got burned out on it quickly as an owner. I sort of wish I kept it as it was one of the coolest looking cabinets ever made by any company. I see Moon Patrol posted above (NOT ATARI) and I owned one of those too. That was one of my ultimate favorites as a kid...I could get through both courses on one quarter. Burned out on that one just as fast as Crystal Castles and it got sold too. I think the ability to Continue indefinitely didn't help either as it takes all the mystery out of the game. I love games that I can't seem to master and can get angry at. Asteroids Deluxe and Defender are at the top of the list. U should got the sit-down missile command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 If it was any machine i'd go for smash tv or tapper, but for the atari machine i'd have to say a gutted pole position with an emulator so i wouldn't have to deal with it's glitches. The shifting doesn't work right in MAME as I had a Pole Position cabinet running Pole Position II in MAME. What would happen is during the game your shifter would at times get reversed somehow so if the shifter was in low the game would think you were in high and vice versa. There was a guy that documented a Pole Position MAME cabinet and I looked him up when I did my cabinet. He sent me a version of MAME called "Shifter MAME" but I could never get it to work. So I just used WolfMAME and just dealt with the shortcomings. I sold the cabinet a few months ago. I would say, if you want a Pole Position cabinet get the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nshollingsworth Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Dis one right here. http://imgur.com/gallery/hYnFGOj/new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 There is lots of love for vector games, but nobody else seems to want Space Duel. It's like Asteroids, but better (and in colour)! I have it on my PC, PS 2, and phone as part of the various Atari compilations. I can only remember ever seeing it in one place -- the front entrance to the big Eaton's store, alongside Ms. Pac Man. No local arcade had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I love Space Duel when I'm in the mood for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Atari licensed Rolling Thunder so I'm going with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zookeeper Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Maybe I, Robot for rarity and coolness factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Either I, Robot or Beavis and Butt-Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Either I, Robot or Beavis and Butt-Head I though that one was a Sega Genesis game not an arcade game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The home console games are totally different. Atari did an arcade prototype around 95. It's like the Simpsons, as in its a beat em up. The similarities end there. I just played this at MGC, and it's one of the most fun games I've ever played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseradish Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 If we're counting licensed definitely dig dug. Otherwise tempest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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