OK, top 5 favorite Arcade Games (1 Viewer)

[shuke]

Gauntlet

Galaga

Tetris

USA Basketball (I think this was the name. Whichever one Herbert the Hippo has in his basement)

Paperboy

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Karate Champ

Forward flip and reverse round kick every time.

Yup, worked like a charm.

 

[Limp Ditka]

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

Damn straight it was. Creature From The Black Lagoon was a close secondAs for arcade games

Crazy Climber

Robotron 2084

Defender

Gyruss

Ms Pac Man

 

[Evilgrin 72]

GauntletGalagaTetrisUSA Basketball (I think this was the name)Paperboy

Gauntlet was another great one. Forgot about that. Also Commando.Does Chexx count? The Boo button was legendary

 

[Baconator]

Karate Champ

Forward flip and reverse round kick every time.

Seriously. That move was awesome. And the sound effects were great. You'd land that kick upside the haid of your opponent and it was lights OUT!

 

[Moe Green]

Mach 3

Out Run

Xevious

Lifeforce

Elevator Action

Frontline (one of my all-time favorites)

 

[Moe Green]

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Karate Champ

<br /><br />Forward flip and reverse round kick every time.<br />

<br /><br />Seriously. That move was awesome. <img src="http://forumimages.footballguys.com/style_emoticons/default/nerd.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="nerd.gif" /> And the sound effects were great. You'd land that kick upside the haid of your opponent and it was lights OUT!

Sounded like someone snapping a 2x4 in half.

 

[EYLive]

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

2. NBA Jam - great 4 player game.

3. Double Dragon

4. NFL Blitz

5. Rampage

Wrestlefest, was that the game with the white joysticks?I remember playing tag-team mode with a buddy at 7-11, I was Ultimate Warrior, he was Macho Man. That d-bag, never tagged me in and he got pinned within 2 minutes. I was pissed.

 

[oddball]

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

Damn straight it was. Creature From The Black Lagoon was a close secondAs for arcade games

Crazy Climber

Robotron 2084

Defender

Gyruss

Ms Pac Man

Forgot about Robotron. Also, Smash TV. Wow, gonna have to rethink my top 5...

 

[TheFanatic]

Mach 3

Out Run

Xevious

Lifeforce

Elevator Action

Frontline (one of my all-time favorites)

I was trying to think of the name of this one too. That was a great game...

 

[Red Herring]

P.O.W. and CombaTribes were another couple of great quartermunchers.

No need to slap a nun, you can buy the cockpit Start Wars game here.

 

[TheFanatic]

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)

I play this every year with my cousin in Michigan. We go up there in mid July for a week and 1 night we go to this mini golf/arcade/go kart deal and have a huge putt putt tourney and before we go out to play crash up derby with the karts my cousin and I drop about $20 in this machine. Still great...

 

[BroadwayG]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

 

[TheFanatic]

P.O.W. and CombaTribes were another couple of great quartermunchers.

No need to slap a nun, you can buy the cockpit Start Wars game here.

First it's not cheap and the shipping is going to be a bear from Europe:

Buy Star Wars Cockpit Original Arcade Machine

£4,995.00 £3,495.00

Click Here to see all of the machines we have listed on this site!

Can't See What You Want? Call us on 0845 345 2772

 

[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)

I play this every year with my cousin in Michigan. We go up there in mid July for a week and 1 night we go to this mini golf/arcade/go kart deal and have a huge putt putt tourney and before we go out to play crash up derby with the karts my cousin and I drop about $20 in this machine. Still great...

The wife loves Area 51. Has to play it anytime we find it in a bar.

 

[Red Herring]

P.O.W. and CombaTribes were another couple of great quartermunchers.

No need to slap a nun, you can buy the cockpit Start Wars game here.

First it's not cheap and the shipping is going to be a bear from Europe:

Buy Star Wars Cockpit Original Arcade Machine

£4,995.00 £3,495.00

Click Here to see all of the machines we have listed on this site!

Can't See What You Want? Call us on 0845 345 2772

Well, I suppose slapping a nun would be cheaper....

 

[greenf7cat]

Killer Instict 2

Street Fighter

Original Mortal Kombat

1942

spyhunter

 

[TheFanatic]

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)

I play this every year with my cousin in Michigan. We go up there in mid July for a week and 1 night we go to this mini golf/arcade/go kart deal and have a huge putt putt tourney and before we go out to play crash up derby with the karts my cousin and I drop about $20 in this machine. Still great...

The wife loves Area 51. Has to play it anytime we find it in a bar.

She's definitely a keeper!!!

 

[TheFanatic]

Looks like this is the way to go for the upright in the house!?!?!

 

[H Jass]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

 

[TheFanatic]

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)

I play this every year with my cousin in Michigan. We go up there in mid July for a week and 1 night we go to this mini golf/arcade/go kart deal and have a huge putt putt tourney and before we go out to play crash up derby with the karts my cousin and I drop about $20 in this machine. Still great...

The wife loves Area 51. Has to play it anytime we find it in a bar.

It can be yours for under $2K

 

[Darth Cheney]

http://www.tntamusements.com/frameset.htm

I think this guy has that Star Wars game for 1,799.00

 

[mojotech]

Asteroids

Spy Hunter

Galaga

Pac Man

Centipede

 

[The Noid]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

 

[urbanhack]

Gallaga

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

 

[BroadwayG]

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

I believe you're right, can't remember the name, but I'll find it on my Mame machine at lunch.

 

[The Noid]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

Has to be Mat Mania.

 

[urbanhack]

Pole Position

 

[baaloc1968]

Joust

Zaxxon

Golden Axe

Sinistar

Assault

And my friends loved Dragon's Lair

 

[jonessed]

A couple of others I haven't seen mentioned yet that I spent a lot of time playing: Moon Patrol and Frogger

 

[GSCGal]

Big Zaxxon fan here...

 

[BroadwayG]

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

Mat Mania may be the one Hugh is referring to, but it's not mine.

 

[urbanhack]

Off Road

 

[mr. peanut]

forgot about Super Dodgeball. Played that one a lot.

For pinball, Fishtales was easily the best.

Adams Family may have made the top 10. maybe.

 

[H Jass]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

YES!!! Thank you, kind sir!! Plunked many a quarter in that game!Coco Savage OWNS and the Pirania would gnaw on your head. Golden Hulk and his family are a ####.

Thanks again, these threads are the best.

 

[snitwitch]

Looks like this is the way to go for the upright in the house!?!?!

I'd much prefer to go the DIY route for something like this, I think it would be a super fun project.I'm curious though -- how would 720 work without the patented joystick they had that could only go in a circle?

 

[H Jass]

Oldest video game I remember playing in the arcade was Blue Print

Zaxxon

Super Off Road

Some generic wrestling game with fake Snuka, Andre the Giant, etc.

Raiden II

Ikari Warriors

ETA: I'm more of a pinball guy at the arcade

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

Has to be Mat Mania.

Arrgh. I think we may be talking about the same game. What is the name of that thing. Probably came out in 1985, you were just a generic looking wrestler in blue trunks. Nothing graphics, but a lot of fun. One...two....threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Grr. This is going to drive me nuts.

Tag Team Wrestling? Mat Mania?

Mat Mania may be the one Hugh is referring to, but it's not mine.

Hmmm...did you look at Tag Team Wrestling?

 

[TheFanatic]

Uh oh. Found Black Tiger. And cheap. How do I explain this to the wife?

Wife: What's that?

Me: What's what?

Wife: That 6 foot monstrosity with the joy stick

Me: Oh, you mean the arcade game I loved as a kid?

Wife: Yeah, that arcade game you loved as a Kid. What the hell is it doing in the Family Room

Me: I didn't have any place else to put it

Wife First, get it the hell out of the family room and how much was it

Me: Where am I supposed to put it

Wife: I don't give a get it out of the Family room. How much was it

Me: $1100 plus shipping

Wife:

Me:

 

[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 ###....

Legend of Kage

 

[snitwitch]

forgot about Super Dodgeball. Played that one a lot.For pinball, Fishtales was easily the best.Adams Family may have made the top 10. maybe.

I knew Adams Family. Adams Family was a friend of mine. Fish Tales, you're no Adams Family.

 

[Corporation]

Galaga

Ms. PacMan

Track and Field

Rolling Thunder

Spy Hunter

 

[Corporation]

Uh oh. Found Black Tiger. And cheap. How do I explain this to the wife?

Wife: What's that?

Me: What's what?

Wife: That 6 foot monstrosity with the joy stick

Me: Oh, you mean the arcade game I loved as a kid?

Wife: Yeah, that arcade game you loved as a Kid. What the hell is it doing in the Family Room

Me: I didn't have any place else to put it

Wife First, get it the hell out of the family room and how much was it

Me: Where am I supposed to put it

Wife: I don't give a get it out of the Family room. How much was it

Me: $1100 plus shipping

Wife:

Me:

You can build your own much cheaper, I will go play Black Tiger and report back.

 

[SkyRattlers]

NBA Jam

Joust

Bubble Bobble

1942

Guantlet

 

[Andy Dufresne]

PunchOut was another great one when it first came out.

"Kiiiiiiiiid Quick!"

 

[TheFanatic]

Uh oh. Found Black Tiger. And cheap. How do I explain this to the wife?

Wife: What's that?

Me: What's what?

Wife: That 6 foot monstrosity with the joy stick

Me: Oh, you mean the arcade game I loved as a kid?

Wife: Yeah, that arcade game you loved as a Kid. What the hell is it doing in the Family Room

Me: I didn't have any place else to put it

Wife First, get it the hell out of the family room and how much was it

Me: Where am I supposed to put it

Wife: I don't give a get it out of the Family room. How much was it

Me: $1100 plus shipping

Wife:

Me:

You can build your own much cheaper, I will go play Black Tiger and report back.

I've heard that. Someone posted on here how they built one of these. Bought a generic cabinet and generic controls and had a bunch of games installed...That would be pretty sweet....I need a bigger basement first....

 

[Copeman]

Ms. Pacman

Foodfight

Track and Field

Some racing game, can't remember the name. The machine was a standup, and there were three (maybe 4?) steering wheels on the front.

Some football game (tabletop) where the controller was shaped like a little football, and you can "steer" the passes while in midair. Quite comical.

 

[Red Herring]

Ms. Pacman

Foodfight

Track and Field

[some racing game, can't remember the name. The machine was a standup, and there were three (maybe 4?) steering wheels on the front.

Some football game (tabletop) where the controller was shaped like a little football, and you can "steer" the passes while in midair. Quite comical.

Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road? Off Road wiki

 

[rick6668]

This is tough. No particular order.

Monaco GP - the little stand up version. HI-LO shifter, mini steering wheel, extra car every 2000 points... Really great game. Used to play it while my Dad bowled. Wish I had one of these.

Pac-man - Classic

Elevator Action - Great game, very challenging. Beyond level 4/5 very tough.

Rastan - Had this game in the commons in my freshman year in college. Played this a ton. Could beat it on 1 quarter.

Donkey Kong - 3rd springboard/elevator board was always tough for me. Once you get past that 100,000 is no problem.

Honorable Mention:

Baby Pac-man - Pinball and arcade mix. Hard as hell, loved this game.

Super Basketball - By Konami, you'd put your initials in first and then play against High School, College, etc. Always on Offense with timer to score. Making baskets added to your time. "Nice Shot!", "Bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo"

Mr. Do! - Always liked this game. Get the Diamond for a free game!

 

[Copeman]

Ms. Pacman

Foodfight

Track and Field

[some racing game, can't remember the name. The machine was a standup, and there were three (maybe 4?) steering wheels on the front.

Some football game (tabletop) where the controller was shaped like a little football, and you can "steer" the passes while in midair. Quite comical.

Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road? Off Road wiki

No, that's not it. These were like indy cars, and each one was a different color. Red, blue, green, and yellow maybe. On each track, there would be obstacles, like walls opening up at certain intervals, etc...

 

[thatguythere]

1. Robotron

2. Zaxxon

3. Donkey Kong, Jr.

4. Track and Field

5. Sprint