OK, top 5 favorite Arcade Games (1 Viewer)

[TheFanatic]

1) My fave all time was probably Joust. Loved that game.

2) My second fave was Black Tiger. I actually beat this game once. I want this game in a basement one day

3) Gallaga

4) The original Mario Brothers that you could play two player. Being able to impact the other player was the best part. The game in single player mode was OK, but the two player was awesome.

5) Gotta go with the Ms. Pacman here.

 

[The Noid]

1. Star Wars

2. Looping

3. Tetris

4. Tron

5. Police Trainer

 

[Moe Green]

Black Tiger.I actually beat this game once. I want this game in a basement one day

Loved this game -- practiced it enough where I could find all the hidden items and beat it consistently on a single quarter. It would be fun to try this out 20 years later and see if I could remember anything. I wish they'd go back to making more games like this one. Ahh, the good old days. ldfart:

 

[Andy Dufresne]

1. Galaga

2. Gyruss

3. Star Wars

4. 1942

5. Mach 3

 

[=Smackdown=]

Spy Hunter

I can almost hear the music now

 

[YSR]

I make it my goal to set the high score on every Ms. Pacman standup arcade game I encounter. Only the fast ones though, where I can get into my rhythm.

 

[mon]

Tetris

Battle Zone

Pacman Series

10 Yard Fight

Duck Hunt

Joust

Gauntlet

Track and Field

HydroThunder

Missile something

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I make it my goal to set the high score on every Ms. Pacman standup arcade game I encounter. Only the fast ones though, where I can get into my rhythm.

Super speed Ms. PacMan is awesome.

 

[Moe Green]

1) Spy Hunter

2) Cliff Hanger

3) A.P.B. ("All Points Bulletin")

4) 720

5) Toobin'

 

[cjack]

In no particular order...

Donkey Kong

Pac Man

Galaga

That game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line.

not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.

Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

 

[jonessed]

Joust

Ikari Warriors

Pac Man

Asteroids

Dig Dug

 

[jonessed]

In no particular order...

Donkey Kong

Pac Man

Galaga

That game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line.

not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.

Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

Missile Command

 

[Nick Vermeil]

1. Crystal Castles

2. Gallaga

3. Joust

4. Tron

5. Defender

 

[Moe Green]

*Honorable Mentions

Paperboy

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Gauntlet

Xenophobia

Crossbow

 

[urbanhack]

Spy Hunter

I can almost hear the music now

you still can

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Defender

Tron

Cyberball

Contra

Tempest

Track and Field

 

[Nick Vermeil]

JoustIkari WarriorsPac ManAsteroidsDig Dug

Ooo. Dig Dug. Very good game. That would push Defender for slot 5.

 

[Dexter Manley]

Gauntlet

Street Fighter 2

Golden Tee

Ms. Pacman

Double Dragon

 

[T Bell]

Big fan of Ikari Warriors. I couldn't get out of my summer school class fast enough 21 years ago to go play that game at the local liquor store that had it.

 

[nightmare]

In no particular order...Donkey KongPac ManGalagaThat game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line. not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

Qix

 

[cjack]

In no particular order...

Donkey Kong

Pac Man

Galaga

That game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line.

not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.

Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

Missile Command

No it wasn't Missile Command. It was a game where you had to draw boxes or rectangles until you filled up at least 75% of the screen. While you were drawing your lines, little sparks would begin trailing your lines and you only had so much time to finish before they would reach you. At the same time, there were these wavy figures that would fly around the screen. If they hit your unfinished line, you would lose a life. I can picture the screen in aqua and light brown colors, but I can't recall the name.

 

[cjack]

In no particular order...Donkey KongPac ManGalagaThat game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line. not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

Qix

Yea, that's the one. Pretty boring in concept, but I liked that game.

 

[oddball]

Centipede

Zaxxon

Defender/Stargate

Punch-Out

Street Fighter II

Honorable mention: Air Hockey

 

[snitwitch]

In no order:

Ms Pac Man (high speed enabled)

Galaga

720

Star Wars (the old one where you had to fly down the trench)

Gauntlet

Best pinball game evar: Adams Family

 

[TheFanatic]

1) Spy Hunter

2) Cliff Hanger

3) A.P.B. ("All Points Bulletin")

4) 720

5) Toobin'

That was a really cool game. Totally forgot about that one.

 

[Baconator]

Can't believe Defender / Star Gate isn't listed so far. (maybe I missed it) One of the best IMHO.

Let's see, if I HAD to choose 5 - no order:

Stargate/Defender

Star Castle (God, that rattled my nerves!)

Dig Dug

Bezerk ("Intruder alert! Intruder alert!")

Spy Hunter (uber cool)

These are probably my top five.

However, THE definitive top five listing would have to include Asteroids & Pac-Man the two that really kicked it off.

 

[TheFanatic]

What was that ninja game? Started with a K I thought. Had your guy running thru some trees and every once in a while a guy straight out of Big Trouble in Little China would jump out and whip ###....

 

[cjack]

CentipedeZaxxonDefender/StargatePunch-OutStreet Fighter IIHonorable mention: Air Hockey

Forgot about Zaxxon, that would be in my top 5.

 

[urbanhack]

Spyhunter

Paper Boy

Rush-n-Attack

Gallaga

Track & Field

 

[H Jass]

*Honorable Mentions

Paperboy

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Gauntlet

Xenophobia

Crossbow

Some good ones here...especially Crossbow and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.Mine were:

Double Dragon

Rampage

Street Fighter 1 & 2

Rolling Thunder

And this wrestling game I can't remember the name of for the life of me. (Lil' help?) Very basic, always clotheslines people off the ropes, early on you wrestled a guy in Super Fly Snuka cheetah outfit. I loved the pins: One...TWO...THREEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

[snitwitch]

1) Spy Hunter

2) Cliff Hanger

3) A.P.B. ("All Points Bulletin")

4) 720

5) Toobin'

That was a really cool game. Totally forgot about that one.

SKATE OR DIE!!!!!

 

[The_Hoser]

JoustCyberballQixRampartGalagaand a close #6 -- Time Pilot

In no particular order...Donkey KongPac ManGalagaThat game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line. not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

See #3 above.

 

[s_ezy]

TMNT

X-Men

NFL Blitz

 

[Tough As Nails]

Gallaga

You are very lucky that machine was broken...shattered dreams would be tough for you to live with.

 

[The Noid]

TMNT

X-Men

NFL Blitz

You can't be more than 25 years old, right?Much like the discussions about things like SNL favorite skits, this thread is really going to show our age groups.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Tron

Track & Field

Mad Dog McCree

Daytona USA

The old Star Wars game where you had to blast tie fighters

 

[jonessed]

In no particular order...

Donkey Kong

Pac Man

Galaga

That game where you have to draw off sections of the screen before the little electrical sparks hit your unfinished line.

not sure what would be five, maybe Defender or Joust.

Dumped a lot of quarters in those machines in my youth.

Missile Command

No it wasn't Missile Command. It was a game where you had to draw boxes or rectangles until you filled up at least 75% of the screen. While you were drawing your lines, little sparks would begin trailing your lines and you only had so much time to finish before they would reach you. At the same time, there were these wavy figures that would fly around the screen. If they hit your unfinished line, you would lose a life. I can picture the screen in aqua and light brown colors, but I can't recall the name.

I don't believe I recall that one then.Someone mentioned Golden Tee. Forgot about that. I played that a lot more in college since there was one in tbe bar I worked at. Great game. Big Game Hunter is another mid-modern game that's very good.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Karate Champ and Rampage were two other faves from my youth. Spy Hunter too.

 

[s_ezy]

TMNT

X-Men

NFL Blitz

You can't be more than 25 years old, right?Much like the discussions about things like SNL favorite skits, this thread is really going to show our age groups.

i am 28i found that x-men game in a hotel about 4 years ago, got me a bucket of beers and played that game for hours, still fun

 

[Moe Green]

1) Spy Hunter

2) Cliff Hanger

3) A.P.B. (All Points Bulletin)

4) 720

5) Toobin'

That was a really cool game. Totally forgot about that one.

SKATE OR DIE!!!!!

Those damn bees.

 

[Red Herring]

In no particular order:

NFL Blitz - i played tournaments at the local Putt-Putt

All the Soul Caliber games + Mace: The Dark Age (playing as Pogo the chicken rocked)

Double Dragon

Golden Axe

Dungeons & Dragons "Sticks to Snakes!"

honorable mention:

Area 51

Street Fighter II - I remember putting up your quarter in line with 3-4 other people's at the bottom of the screen to hold your place "in line"

Mortal Kombat II (they got stupid after II)

 

[H Jass]

Karate Champ and Rampage were two other faves from my youth. Spy Hunter too.

Awesome, Karate Champ...I was actually just scrambling my brain to remember the name of that one too. FFA comes through again! Loved that one....FIGHT!

 

[Moe Green]

The old Star Wars game where you had to blast tie fighters

I would slap a nun if I could have that in my house.

 

[jonessed]

Karate Champ and Rampage were two other faves from my youth. Spy Hunter too.

Awesome, Karate Champ...I was actually just scrambling my brain to remember the name of that one too. FFA comes through again! Loved that one....FIGHT!

I had forgotten how much time I spent on that. We should break this down by eras.

 

[eoMMan]

Street Fighter 2

 

[EYLive]

Cabal

Super Street Fighter II

Bad Dudes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Operation Wolf

also:

Golden Axe

Afterburn

NBA Jam (& Tournament Edition)

 

[Moe Green]

Karate Champ

Forward flip and reverse round kick every time.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

FULL POINT !

 

[mr. peanut]

1. Wrestlefest - Earthquake and Sgt. Slaughter. Awesome!!

2. NBA Jam - great 4 player game.

3. Double Dragon

4. NFL Blitz

5. Rampage

 

[Evilgrin 72]

PunchOut was another great one when it first came out.