Old school gamers: Favorite ARCADE Games

[PapaJupe2k]

All right I'm making myself look old.:) I know video arcades are kind of a thing of the past, but anybody who remembers, what arcade games did you used to take a pocket full of quarters and play for hours?

My favorite was the original "Punch Out" game. This is before anybody even knew who Mike Tyson was. Same concept as Tyson's Punch Out, your still the little green guy fighting the huge monsters. It was much, much, harder than the Tyson version, and it only had six boxers that you recycled through, but awesome for the time!

Some other old school favorites include:

Pole Position
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Tapper (This game was the shit! You actually had a beer tap to dispense beer to thirsty bar patrons.:) If they made it to the end of the bar before you gave them a beer you lost.)

[RogueSpear]

I love arcades. I went to them all the time when I was younger. I still play arcades every so often at the movie theatre but they're no longer just a quarter.

I remember playing the Punch-Out arcade game once. It was pretty cool.

Some of my favorites:

Contra
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Street Fighter 2

I also remember that Tapper game your talking about but I think I played it on my computer. It was fun but I remember it being damn hard.

[The Handeman]

Arcade game definetly

THE SIMPSONS!

[El Bracamonti]

Originally posted by The Handeman
Arcade game definetly

THE SIMPSONS!

i may sound studpid, but are you talking about the one where you go around beating upp guys with weapons. for example, bart has the skateboard, and marge has the vacuum. is that the one? if so, hell ya!!!!!

[Tom Samborski]

Pac-Man
Paperboy
Roadblasters
Galaga
Ms.Pac-Man
:D

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

OUT RUN
AFTERBURNER
STAR WARS (THE 80'S ONE)
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
WRESTLEFEST
THE SIMPSONS
STREETFIGHTER ONE

I used to love those games.

[7 Zark 7]

I remember palying the vector Star Wars game from the 70'I remember playing:
Spy Hunter
Q-Bert
Galaga
Galaxian
Popeye
Return Of THe Jedi
Discs Of Tron
Tron (The other one)
Mappy
Asteroids
Pac Man Jr.
Baby Pac Man
Chiller
Tutankhamen
Mr. Do
Wild West and countless others!!
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3


Arcades were a lot of fun back in those days!!

My faves were Joust and Spy Hunter

[Dr Martin Luther Loomis]

I used to love that old skateboarding game, 720. I remember going to Disney world back in 1990, and the only damn thing I wanted to do was play that game in the arcade. I would twitch them knobs every chance I got... but enough about my woman :D

I later got it for the NES, but I don't recall it being quite as good. Hell, I may actually go and dig that fucker up...

[kubotakhan01]

MY favorite old skool arcade games are:

1.Double Dragon(Also one of the best games ever. Period.)

2.Forgotten Worlds(Came out on the genesis as well, but an awesome game nonetheless)

3.After Burner(who could forget the first time they got in that huge machine and to rolled and twisted as they played? Pure Bliss.)

4.Karate Champ(Remember the two guys, fighting on the log crossing a cliff?)

5.720 (the first and best skateboarding game)

6.Centipede(arguably one of the most fun games ever. Still fun as hell today.)

7.Galaga(I spent countless quarters on this one. Caught myself at a bowling alley recently, tossing dozens of quarters into this game.)

There are many other games, but these are my favorite throwbacks.

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

Originally posted by kubotakhan01
Double Dragon(Also one of the best games ever. Period.)

Fuck yeah, how could I have forgot that one. Me and my mates huddled round that one for hours.

[The Handeman]

Originally posted by El Bracamonti
i may sound studpid, but are you talking about the one where you go around beating upp guys with weapons. for example, bart has the skateboard, and marge has the vacuum. is that the one? if so, hell ya!!!!!


Yes that godsend

[moby is still alive]

Centipede -- While waiting for a checkup at the dentist office, I`d play it...

[KcMsterpce]

Centipede

Narc - Does anyone remember this game?

TMNT

Zaxxon - Does this mean that I'm really old?

Ninja Gaiden

[Wildbilld]

Originally posted by El Bracamonti
i may sound studpid, but are you talking about the one where you go around beating upp guys with weapons. for example, bart has the skateboard, and marge has the vacuum. is that the one? if so, hell ya!!!!!

That is awesome! I could play that all day! :p :p

[James Logan]

Originally posted by El Bracamonti
i may sound studpid, but are you talking about the one where you go around beating upp guys with weapons. for example, bart has the skateboard, and marge has the vacuum. is that the one? if so, hell ya!!!!!

Second that. :D

[Wildbilld]

Originally posted by Tom Samborski
Pac-Man
Ms.Pac-Man
:D

Does that game ever end? I play it and play it and play it, but the levels never end...:p :p :p

[Jason Vorhees]

the simpson's

[Wildbilld]

Originally posted by Jason Vorhees
the simpson's

they should make that for the systems today! :eek: :D

[Eleanor Rigby]

what else then... PACMAN!!!

[Square Eyes]

what about Pacland, where you pushed fire hydrants to get bonus items. Also loved Out Run, Shinobi, Bomb Jack, Rastan Saga, Forgotten Worlds, Kung Fu Master, Green Beret and I'm sure there was a cowboy version of this too. There's another one I can't remember the name of, you played a musician and you "fired" musical notes from your guitar at the baddies. The background music included Like A Virgin and Rock Me Amadeus so I'm talking late '80s game. I didn't dream this, does anyone else remember it?

[Wildbilld]

Originally posted by Eleanor Rigby
what else then... PACMAN!!!

Horray for Pacman, although I'm not that crazy for the one for N64....:p

[Jewbo]

im now bigtime into old arcade games thanks to mame and fettdog (thanks again buddy).

so many to pick
simpsons
1941
720
badlands
metal slug
street fighter 2
eswat

and many many more.

[Wildbilld]

Originally posted by Jewbo
street fighter 2

I like the first street fighter better though, but still good!:)

[bankholdup]

The Simpsons was definately fun...good times, good times. Thanks to whoever mentioned it for bringing back memories of beating the hell out of people with a vacuum cleaner.

[CriticalBill6966]

Originally posted by KcMsterpce
Centipede

Narc - Does anyone remember this game?

TMNT

Zaxxon - Does this mean that I'm really old?

Ninja Gaiden


Those are all great and YES I do remember Narc it was kinda like another great....SMASH TV!

I forgot what it was called....Beastmaster? Where each leval you changed into diffrent beast like a wolf and more orbs you got the bigger a wolf you became. That game ruled. It came to a console.

Another I can't remember was with a little Ninja that looked like he was from Dragon Ball Z that threw a weird little star. Also came to a console.

Excitebike
Operation Wolf
Q Bert
Golden Axe
Dig-Dug
Astroids
Street Fighter
Donkey Kong 1 & 3
Rad Racer

[Tony Montana 83]

Mine would definitly have to be Marball Madness.

PS: Mike Tyson's Punchout Best Boxing GAME EVER!

[POLYDISTORTION]

Pole Position
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Tapper (This game was the shit! You actually had a beer tap to dispense beer to thirsty bar patrons.:) If they made it to the end of the bar before you gave them a beer you lost.) [/B][/QUOTE]

yep..i remember tapper, one "bar version" and root beer tapper for the kids, (the light version)

1- satan's hallow (bally/midway)

2- kangaroo (atari)

3- dig dug (atari)

4- disc of tron (bally/midway) cool graphics even for today
standars

5 - berzerk (stern)

6 - robotron (williams)

7 - joust (williams)

8 - tempest (atari)

9 - zaxxon (sega)

10- popeye (nintendo)

[robman795]

the simpson's(The game was pure gold)

[Nightmare10880]

While I liked games like Afterburner, Spy Hunter, and Pac-Man the ones that I really loved were the team games like

The Simpsons
The X-Men
Captain America and the Avengers
Alien Vs Predator
Sunset Riders
I can't remeber the exact name of this game but it feature Spider-Man, The Black Cat, Hawkeye, and someone else I cna't remeber who but the game was set up the X-Men and The Avengers games
and of my personal favorite of all time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[Boba Joe]

WWF WrestleFest
Spy Hunter
Moon Patrol

[uncle_el]

damn, this thread is making me want to hurry to the arcade!!!!

paperboy
x-men
afterburner (even though i sucked at it)
the simpsons
and gauntlet!!

[Jewbo]

im currently addicted to track and field and the superb 10 yard fight. i will score a touchdown 1 day i swear i will.

[radikill]

Asteroids
Dig Dug
Star Castle
Ikari Warriors
Smash TV
Alien Syndrome

and the best one of all....

FOOD FIGHT!

[Professor Steve]

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[XCoRyX]

man oh man where do i start...the obvious ones,street fighter,mortal kombat,the simpsons,double dragon,even cowboys of the moo mesa...the old school WWF arcade games with the big bossman and demoliton and such....

[teenkiller]

I miss playing the old arcades so I thought this thread deserved a good bump. It's pretty hard to remember what games I was playing at WOW or Chucky Cheese fifteen years ago but these games stand out:

THE SIMPSONS ARCADE - Dammit was this game fun as hell!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game
Marvel vs Capcom
Raiden 2
Golden Axe
The Avengers
Some Spiderman game. Can't remember the name of it. There is a long distance view in some sections and then it scrolls up for close up fighting in others. Venom is the main enemy. Anybody?

Probably some others that I'm forgetting but it's been a long time.

Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Drewza89]

They had a Galaga at the neighborhood pizzeria that shut down about a year ago. I miss that place soo much. Galaga was totally addictive. I also liked the Simpsons arcade game and the similar X-Men game.