Favorite Old School Arcade game

[BigRay]

Can't forget Donkey Kong .

[China]

This was my all-time fav...disappointed that it never came out for the Atari 2600. It was supposed to but never happened.

I liked that one. I also liked Qix.

[Cherick]

Since I'm "only" 28 my favorite arcade games are Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I would even "steal" coins out of my mom's purse and go to the arcades with friends to spend the day playing. When we ran out of money we would watch the other guys play, and there were competitions and a few hardcore players that everyone tried to beat with little or no luck.

Ahhh, those beautiful times

[JdoubleU]

Missle Command!!!

[Redd]

A thread like this begs for pictures. I was born in 1979, so my prime arcade days were in the 1987-1992 timeframes. Here's what I remember most from my arcade trips.

Double Dragon - Taito Arcade version. Best Double Dragon graphics of any of the series, this was the one where the guys were named "Hammer" and "Spike" instead of Billy and Jimmy Lee. Hammer wore blue and had yellow hair, Spike was Red with Red. Awesome, awesome game.

Next, we have a more obscure game called Crime Fighters, which was four player. You could be the Blue guy, Red guy, Yellow Guy, or Green guy. This game sucked down so many quarters. Because I'm at work, a lot of images are blocked, so the only one I can use right now is the marquee.

One of the best wrestling graphic games ever, and already mentioned, was WWF Wrestlefest.

And of course, TMNT The arcade game, which was adapted poorly on the NES.

Those were my big 4 that I played so much in my youth. But I'm also going to throw a shout out to two older favorites, they were phasing out a little by the time I started getting into arcade games, but I purchased both on the Sega Genesis and enjoyed them for hours.

Thanks for this thread, it's making me smile.

You sir have great taste. God I miss good old Co op beat em up games.:applause:

[SkinzFoLife]

The origianl Star Wars "vector" Arcade standup was my fav of all times. Top 3 scores are hard written to the rom, so even if you unplugged it, the high scores would not reset, that was pretty rare in 1983.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayw6LbAWIk4

[Switchgear]

I loved Mat Mania, even though I'm not into wrestling.

Shinobi was a favorite as well:

Tron was big when I was a kid, but I was never very good at it.

[Forehead]

You know what else ruled...Final Fight!

What, Jessica was kidnapped, the Mad Gears MUST PAY!!!

[Disco Dave]

that's right, bubble hockey. Man I wish I had a bubble hockey machine.

I love that game as well. I still play it every once in a while.

I also loved to play:

Tempest

Galaga

Spyhunter

Tron

[MSB 21]

I used to go to Time Out in the mall and waste all my cash on Pole Position.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUU_F9TvXco

[sellyoursol]

[HogNose]

I'll throw in Joust and Defender.

Ahh to be a kid again with a pocket full of quarters. :cloud9:

[PokerPacker]

anyone else grow up with this game?

[cjcdaman]

[Henry]

Gauntlet was my favorite. Getting three buddies to play that with you was the best.

"Warrior needs food ... badly!"

"Wizard, your life force is running out!"

Good call on Golden Axe, though. I always played the dwarf too. His reverse move where he summersaulted backwards and hit the guy behind him was my bread-and-butter. Neither of the humans' move worked nearly as well.

[Kosher Ham]

That Kiss pinball game was great.

I just wanted to add on this one as well, Battlezone.

[Forehead]

anyone else grow up with this game?

I did. Homer's jumping scissors kick where his legs went back and forth really fast was funny as hell, like Petr Korda on speed.

BTW, we should all be giving shout outs to where we grew up playing these. I was in TILT arcade in the basement of Ballston Common Mall most Saturdays. Where was everyone else?

[Kosher Ham]

I did. Homer's jumping scissors kick where his legs went back and forth really fast was funny as hell, like Petr Korda on speed.

BTW, we should all be giving shout outs to where we grew up playing these. I was in TILT arcade in the basement of Ballston Common Mall most Saturdays. Where was everyone else?

Depended on what mall we were at.

Golden Dome, Alladin's Castle, Jerry's Subs and Pizza, Woolworth's, the little local place in downtown Silver Spring (across the street from where that crappy mall is now), You name the place and I probably played there.

[ldysknzfn1]

Centipede! Best game ever!

[China]

No love for Asteroids?

[PokerPacker]

I did. Homer's jumping scissors kick where his legs went back and forth really fast was funny as hell, like Petr Korda on speed.

BTW, we should all be giving shout outs to where we grew up playing these. I was in TILT arcade in the basement of Ballston Common Mall most Saturdays. Where was everyone else?

various ice rinks with mini arcades in 'em.

[Skins PR]

You know what else ruled...Final Fight!

What, Jessica was kidnapped, the Mad Gears MUST PAY!!!

Oh yeah... Final Fight was beast. Another good one that nobody has mentioned yet was Bad Dudes.

[LouDogIX]

Too many come to mind but here are a few that I don't think have been mentioned:

Sprint, Lunar Lander, Sea Wolf, Gorf, Zaxxon, Choplifter, Paragon Pinball.

Used to play at The McLean Community Center & Shakey's Pizza at Tysons Corner. Also the Woolworth's and Peoples Drug Stores inside Tysons. And every summer at the arcades in North Myrtle Beach

and for the home system - Intellivision NFL Football

[Heidenreich]

No love for tapper? A game that is solely an advertisement for Budweiser, yet is strangely addictive. Played it the other night & still as fun as I remember.

Out Run is another favorite. Just thought of it now, and now I have to play it. It might look exactly like the arcade on my Saturn, but it wont be the same. Close, but not the same......

[Destino]

Tron

Rampage