Classic Arcade Games

[Pellaz]

oooh, speaking of tables....anyone remember those 'cocktail table' arcade games?
They were fairly scarce -- I can only remember seeing them at, say, Pizza Hut restaurants -- but it'd be insanely cool to have some of those.

Play for a while, dump a pizza and some Dew on it and scarf it up, play some more....the indolent lifestyle of the inveterate gamer.

 

[Magius]

oooh, speaking of tables....anyone remember those 'cocktail table' arcade games?
They were fairly scarce -- I can only remember seeing them at, say, Pizza Hut restaurants -- but it'd be insanely cool to have some of those.

Play for a while, dump a pizza and some Dew on it and scarf it up, play some more....the indolent lifestyle of the inveterate gamer.

They were quite common on the Marine bases on Okinawa around 1982-84. There were also more than a few around south Florida at that time. A man I new who made a living renting video games to establishments once asked a teenaged me to help him move one, which I agreed to. We went way back into a warehouse district to a particularly run down looking building, and I wondered why the Hell he'd place one around there. To my surprise the inside was a plushly decorated brothel. Unfortunately for the ladies the table Pacman wasn't earning enough for some odd reason, so out it went.

 

[KingsGene]

+1 on Tempest, Moon Patrol, Crystal Castles, Galaga. Also loved pinball....especially Eight Ball Deluxe and and oversize one called Space Invaders (looked like the monster from Alien on the backglass). Someday I'll have a pinball game in my house....

 

[booB]

oooh, speaking of tables....anyone remember those 'cocktail table' arcade games?
They were fairly scarce -- I can only remember seeing them at, say, Pizza Hut restaurants

They were pretty popular at bars too. You could set your drink on them while you played -- hence, the name "cocktail table".

 

[Force10]

2. Xevious

Wow, I had completely forgotten about that game! That was a cool game.

I played alot of Defender, but never got very good at it. I was decent at Galaga though. I found a decent version of Joust online that I played for a good 2 month stretch awhile ago.

 

[DAVETHEMETALGUY]

and no one has mentioned 'Track and Field' or 'Dragon's Lair' yet? i remember you could knock lights out with the javelin in Track and Field....ooohh

 

[nailz]

and no one has mentioned 'Track and Field' or 'Dragon's Lair' yet? i remember you could knock lights out with the javelin in Track and Field....ooohh

Serveral times.

 

[spag]

How about a pile of friends, beer, huge pile of quarters and a Gauntlet machine. "Warrior needs food badly!"

 

[Pellaz]

Ahh, Gauntlet.



"Welcome, Valkyrie!"

"Elf shot the food!"

"Players' shots do not hurt other players. --Yet."


And then, when the last player is left to fight on alone and everyone else has been killed off, the game would declaim loudly, "I've not seen such bravery!!"