Classic Arcade Games

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I have recently "rediscovered" the classic arcade games I loved as a kid. Games like Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Jungle Hunt, Joust, Defender, and many others. I am ADDICTED to Donkey Kong though. Anyone else love em? Heres my top 5:


1. Donkey Kong: One of the hardest and most challenging platfoem style arcade games on the planet.
2, Ms. Pac Man: Much better than Pac-Man in my opinion. Even though its just pac-man with a red bow on his head.
3. Tapper- The game that made beer fun.
4. Galaga- The first totally addictive space shoot em up I played.
5. Joust- Such a weird concept that translated into a real addictive game.
 
My favorite ever was Time Pilot... I spent a lot of quarters on that very simple yet addictive game.

Some other favorites were Elevator Action, Gyruss, and Galaga.
 
The games that I most played in the arcades were The Simpsons & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There was also some X-Men game I played a lot. Most others mentioned someone in my family had on Atari, NES, or Genesis.
 
I think my very favorite oldy is Satan's Hollow. I always thought that was a cut above Galaxian, and Galaga.

As for my favorite computer game of all-time ... gotta be Exodus: Ultima III. I played that game continually for the better part of a year when I was a youngin'.

Britt

 
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Ah Satans Hollow. I have that on PC. Anyone have MAME? Check these out!:


[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=N9E7MnsZYIE[/ame]

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=0N30jHXuENU&feature=related[/ame]

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=hUoUIE7NaTA[/ame]
 
My quarters were most spent on:

1. Galaga
2. Xevious
3. Scramble
4. Defender
5. Ghosts N Goblins

My dad got my kids one of these $20 tv plug-in boxes from Target that has Ms Pac Man, Galaga, Xevious, Mappy, and Pole Position on it. I had never heard of Xevious or Mappy. Once I figured out how the hell to play Xevious, it became pretty fun. Your link helps with more information, thanks!

FWIW, my all time #1 arcade favorite was Tempest. That game rocked.

Ken
 
I always liked Defender. I put tons of money into that game.

I also played a lot of Robotron 2084.

Someday I will build a MAME cabinet.

You can get Satan's Hollow on one of those collections for the PS2. We've got it.

I was always more of a pinball guy though.
 
Whew, where to start?

1978 or so. :)

My dad had passed and my mom took us kids out to Austin TX to be with my uncle. He was cool....and when we went to a mall with an arcade (video arcades were just coming into existence then), he handed me and my sisters about $20 in quarters.
It was THE beginning.
The arcade had Lunar Lander (with that big ol' engine-throttle handle) and Space War (one of the ships looked a leeeetle bit like the USS Enterprise).......and my journey toward the dark side was complete. :)

Later, I played the hell out of Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe, Defender, Scramble, Xevious (lord I loved that game), Galaxians and Galaga, Tempest, Colony 7, Gyruss, Boskonian, Missile Command, Omega Race, Rip-Off, Vanguard (with music from Flash Gordon, or maybe Queen got it from the game?), Star Trek (that cool sit-down version), the first and second Star Wars coin-op games....shit. Lots of 'em.
Remember the kid in the Rush "Subdivisions" video who hung out at arcades? That was basically me. :lol:

I never got too much into 'pattern' games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong.
I liked watching some of the laser-based games like Space Ace and Dragon's Lair, but never really felt a desperate need to play 'em. (They were always kinda expensive for what you got. :))

I was particularly good at Battle Zone, which I could play for about four hours on a single quarter (or two). :kickass:

And then there was this really cool sit-down game called Space Tactics, where you had to defend five missile bases in the foreground from waves of ships approaching from the distance, which would then drop bombs on your bases. You had a shield that you could erect over your bases, and falling bombs would take a 'chink' out of it.....two bombs in the same place would penetrate, so it got tricky. As a last-ditch defense you could launch the base's missile and destroy any infalling bombs, but in the heat of panic you'd usually hit two or three of those buttons at once. :heh:

It had a complex gymbal-mounted screen and control yoke and was found only in the largest arcades (usually in malls, like Gold Mine here). I could play it for two hours or more.....but for the last 90 minutes of that, this loud klaxon horn would sound, indicating that you were down to one base. (This was actually a good thing, since now you only had to defend the airspace directly over it.) Let's just say it tended to draw a crowd. :)

I actually have one of these games -- possibly the only one in Georgia -- out in the garage. Sadly, it isn't playable. It's lonely and depressed and needs some company...so I wanna open an arcade in my garage or something. :lol:

My dad got my kids one of these $20 tv plug-in boxes from Target that has Ms Pac Man, Galaga, Xevious, Mappy, and Pole Position on it. I had never heard of Xevious or Mappy. Once I figured out how the hell to play Xevious, it became pretty fun. Your link helps with more information, thanks!

Oooh, Galaga and Xevious? Me wants!

I already have one of those with Galaxians and -- be still my heart! -- Boskonians on it. I love how they use the original ROMs. (Proof? When you nail the flagship in Galaxians, the falling ships STILL quit firing in shock. :kickass: )


FWIW, my all time #1 arcade favorite was Tempest. That game rocked.

Ken

Oh, hell yes! I almost won one from an arcade that was giving theirs away to the highest scorer....not that I was that great at it, but it wasn't getting too much play at the time. I did win an Omega Race game at that arcade with a high score. :saint:
 
Whew, where to start?

1978 or so. :)

My dad had passed and my mom took us kids out to Austin TX to be with my uncle. He was cool....and when we went to a mall with an arcade (video arcades were just coming into existence then), he handed me and my sisters about $20 in quarters.
It was THE beginning.
The arcade had Lunar Lander (with that big ol' engine-throttle handle) and Space War (one of the ships looked a leeeetle bit like the USS Enterprise).......and my journey toward the dark side was complete. :)

Later, I played the hell out of Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe, Defender, Scramble, Xevious (lord I loved that game), Galaxians and Galaga, Tempest, Colony 7, Gyruss, Boskonian, Missile Command, Omega Race, Rip-Off, Vanguard (with music from Flash Gordon, or maybe Queen got it from the game?), Star Trek (that cool sit-down version), the first and second Star Wars coin-op games....shit. Lots of 'em.
Remember the kid in the Rush "Subdivisions" video who hung out at arcades? That was basically me. :lol:

I never got too much into 'pattern' games like Pac-Man or Donkey Kong.
I liked watching some of the laser-based games like Space Ace and Dragon's Lair, but never really felt a desperate need to play 'em. (They were always kinda expensive for what you got. :))

I was particularly good at Battle Zone, which I could play for about four hours on a single quarter (or two). :kickass:

And then there was this really cool sit-down game called Space Tactics, where you had to defend five missile bases in the foreground from waves of ships approaching from the distance, which would then drop bombs on your bases. You had a shield that you could erect over your bases, and falling bombs would take a 'chink' out of it.....two bombs in the same place would penetrate, so it got tricky. As a last-ditch defense you could launch the base's missile and destroy any infalling bombs, but in the heat of panic you'd usually hit two or three of those buttons at once. :heh:

It had a complex gymbal-mounted screen and control yoke and was found only in the largest arcades (usually in malls, like Gold Mine here). I could play it for two hours or more.....but for the last 90 minutes of that, this loud klaxon horn would sound, indicating that you were down to one base. (This was actually a good thing, since now you only had to defend the airspace directly over it.) Let's just say it tended to draw a crowd. :)

I actually have one of these games -- possibly the only one in Georgia -- out in the garage. Sadly, it isn't playable. It's lonely and depressed and needs some company...so I wanna open an arcade in my garage or something. :lol:



Oooh, Galaga and Xevious? Me wants!

I already have one of those with Galaxians and -- be still my heart! -- Boskonians on it. I love how they use the original ROMs. (Proof? When you nail the flagship in Galaxians, the falling ships STILL quit firing in shock. :kickass: )




Oh, hell yes! I almost won one from an arcade that was giving theirs away to the highest scorer....not that I was that great at it, but it wasn't getting too much play at the time. I did win an Omega Race game at that arcade with a high score. :saint:

Hey Paul, I never knew anyone but me that knew about Omega Race! It was like asteroids but in a circle with walls. Check it out:

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=HAI4S4-9doA[/ame]
 
Speaking of arcade games... I've been trying to find one on the internet for years. This is probably a long shot, but can anyone here help me? I don't know the name of the game, but it was a top-down POV action game, in some sort of military setting. You had to either set explosives in certain places, or defuse them (I can't remember which), and then reach the exit to the level. It had some sort of stealth element to it (like Metal Gear), where you had to avoid enemies in certain places. I can't remember if you could kill enemies or not. I absolutely CANNOT think of the title, but it probably came out in the very late 80s or early 90s.
 
BLACK TIGER!!!!!!! That game was awesome. A little bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Black Tiger was actually the follow up game to Ghosts And Goblins?

Didn't know. I do know that it was called Black Dragon in other parts of the world. I also know I'd like to find a PC version of it.
 
Hey Paul, I never knew anyone but me that knew about Omega Race! It was like asteroids but in a circle with walls. Check it out:


* sniff *


I had one of those games lurking in the corner of my living room at the old apartment for about a decade; it was the game I won at an arcade for having the highest score on it.
Really brings back memories! That was the only game I know of that had a direct-rotating controller: You didn't press a button to rotate the ship; the knob you twisted -- a complicated 32- or 64-pin beastie -- WAS the ship.

The video on my particular Omega Race game got pretty bad after about 8 years and I traded it for the rare Space Tactics game I mentioned earlier...which I was told was in "playable" condition.
It wasn't.
It still isn't.
It just needs some video work.
Anyone want it? :)
 
Speaking of arcade games... I've been trying to find one on the internet for years. This is probably a long shot, but can anyone here help me? I don't know the name of the game, but it was a top-down POV action game, in some sort of military setting. You had to either set explosives in certain places, or defuse them (I can't remember which), and then reach the exit to the level. It had some sort of stealth element to it (like Metal Gear), where you had to avoid enemies in certain places. I can't remember if you could kill enemies or not. I absolutely CANNOT think of the title, but it probably came out in the very late 80s or early 90s.

Could you be talking about the original Castle Wolfenstein? It doesn't sound quite right. Actually, Metal Gear does, but since you mentioned that, it can't be the game you mean. CW is the only thing similar I can think of.
 
I have recently "rediscovered" the classic arcade games I loved as a kid. Games like Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Jungle Hunt, Joust, Defender, and many others. I am ADDICTED to Donkey Kong though. Anyone else love em? Heres my top 5:


1. Donkey Kong: One of the hardest and most challenging platfoem style arcade games on the planet.
2, Ms. Pac Man: Much better than Pac-Man in my opinion. Even though its just pac-man with a red bow on his head.
3. Tapper- The game that made beer fun.
4. Galaga- The first totally addictive space shoot em up I played.
5. Joust- Such a weird concept that translated into a real addictive game.

Damn, I grew up in an arcade! (Only slightly a figure of speech). I remember tons of addictions. To this day, it remains why I can't play casino slot machines

Joust was great.
Golden Axe I could finish on one quarter, if all went well.

Some others:

Track and field
Mat Mania Challenge (wrestling fun)
Forgotten Worlds (could finish that one on a quarter)
NBA Jam
Street Fighter 2 (I liked Guile)
Dragon's Lair (Urk!)
Spy Hunter
etc
etc
etc

Between the arcade, my C-64, and my friend's Apple IIe, I had games covered. I keep meaning to get back into MAME and play some of those ROMs, but I haven't had the time.

Steve in Philly