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Whats the all time classic arcade game
#31
You can but the ROMS are subject to copyright. Try MAME the best emulator there is.
http://www.mame.net/
http://www.mame.net/
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Phoenix - I could stay on it for ages.
Defender - I could stay on it for about 1 minute.
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Check out issue 50 for the top 50 shooters.
Defender - I could stay on it for about 1 minute.
Informed opinion here:
www.wayoftherodent.com
Check out issue 50 for the top 50 shooters.
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Originally Posted by andypugh2000
Pac Man, can't believe it wasn't on the list
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CLub GTi is the only currentish one that gets me sat down to play
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to me an arcade game would be the ones that you played in pubs with two control buttons & a joystick. Earlest memory of these for me would be pac-man. So that would rank high as a favorite.
Another favorite which i actually came across two months ago in a blackpool b&b was a classic rally game that was a 3d perspective and you drove a castrol celica.
I forgot all about this, but this was the one that swallowed my cash.
cant remember what it was called though.
Classic console games for me would be sonic, streets of rage afterburner etc, i never went down the nintendo road i was a sega fan.
Another favorite which i actually came across two months ago in a blackpool b&b was a classic rally game that was a 3d perspective and you drove a castrol celica.
I forgot all about this, but this was the one that swallowed my cash.
cant remember what it was called though.
Classic console games for me would be sonic, streets of rage afterburner etc, i never went down the nintendo road i was a sega fan.
#42
Has to be defender for me. Still one of the best games ever IMO. Before I discovered I had to work for a living, I got so good at it I didnt just clock the score I also clocked the screen numbers!
Poor machine could only count up to 99 then went to : 0 (thats colon zero - not a smiley).
Ahhh the good old days....
Poor machine could only count up to 99 then went to : 0 (thats colon zero - not a smiley).
Ahhh the good old days....
#43
Out of that list, I'd go for Galaxians as a single player game and Gauntlet for multiplayer laughs.
A few other favourites were Buggy Boy and Operation Wolf.
R-360 was fun as well!
A few other favourites were Buggy Boy and Operation Wolf.
R-360 was fun as well!
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GO with Defender from that list, cant believe nobody has not sampled the start up music in a song. Superb sound even now.
What about GORF?
Or Mortal Combat as a more modern alternative? FINISH HIM!!
What about GORF?
Or Mortal Combat as a more modern alternative? FINISH HIM!!
#45
Gorf was just a rip of Space Invader, Galaxians and a couple of other levels with some poor quality speech thrown in.
I remember thinking how great it was at the time but it's really just a lame pastiche of other games.
Defender easily tops the list here as an all time great.
I remember thinking how great it was at the time but it's really just a lame pastiche of other games.
Defender easily tops the list here as an all time great.
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Out of that lot I'd say Outrun. Played it quite a bit as a kid. What a game Ferrari Testarossa, with a nice blonde bird thrown in The moving cabnit was a good novelty at the time as well
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Defender
Bubble Bobble
Outrun
Pac Land (side-scrolling platformer with loads of hidden secrets)
Double Dragon
Wonder Boy
New Zealand Story
Outrun
There is a regular industry night in London I go to that has all these old machines on free-play (not to mention free drinks )
Bubble Bobble
Outrun
Pac Land (side-scrolling platformer with loads of hidden secrets)
Double Dragon
Wonder Boy
New Zealand Story
Outrun
There is a regular industry night in London I go to that has all these old machines on free-play (not to mention free drinks )
#48
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I voted for Space Invaders as it was my first experience of video games whilst staying at a holiday camp too many years ago. I then pestered my parents to buy me a "Grandstand" video console that was quite advanced for the time: With a gun and a special controller for the motorcycle game.
I probably most enjoyed a simple game on my Atari 800, Miner 2049'er. I downloaded it for my X-Box the other day and it's still a good game!
Steve.
I voted for Space Invaders as it was my first experience of video games whilst staying at a holiday camp too many years ago. I then pestered my parents to buy me a "Grandstand" video console that was quite advanced for the time: With a gun and a special controller for the motorcycle game.
I probably most enjoyed a simple game on my Atari 800, Miner 2049'er. I downloaded it for my X-Box the other day and it's still a good game!
Steve.
#49
No-body has mentioned the ultimate arcade game:
Super Mario Brothers
I used to be able to make 10p last for at least half an hour...
Bubble Bobble was another one you could make last a long time...
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Track N Field
If I had to pick one from the list it would be Outrun
Can't remember the name of the bike one you can to swing from side to side
Super Mario Brothers
I used to be able to make 10p last for at least half an hour...
Bubble Bobble was another one you could make last a long time...
1942
Track N Field
If I had to pick one from the list it would be Outrun
Can't remember the name of the bike one you can to swing from side to side
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Asteroids.
Asteroids for me too.
Max. number of ships was 99, so used to rack up say extra 80 ships then sell them on for 10p/10 ships. Paid for many a lunch in the Student's Union that way Max score was 99990(9?) as well IIRC, bloody hard to stop at that stage without overclocking back to 0.
Max. number of ships was 99, so used to rack up say extra 80 ships then sell them on for 10p/10 ships. Paid for many a lunch in the Student's Union that way Max score was 99990(9?) as well IIRC, bloody hard to stop at that stage without overclocking back to 0.
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>Super Mario Brothers
>I used to be able to make 10p last for at least half an hour...
I could finish it every time, took a bit more time than the chap in this link.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/smb3.php
>I used to be able to make 10p last for at least half an hour...
I could finish it every time, took a bit more time than the chap in this link.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/smb3.php
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Where's Missile Command or BattleZone ??? Missile Command with the trackball was a whole new way of playing way back then and BattleZone with it's bright green 3D outline graphics and the BOOM!! which nearly gave me black eyes when the periscope bounced off my nose after getting blasted ! Great games !
Many years ago Micro$haft brought them back on a floppy disk called "Arcade"...but my copy got corrupted and has long since been sent to the great recycle bin in the sky.
(Psst - anyone got a copy they want to mail me?)
Many years ago Micro$haft brought them back on a floppy disk called "Arcade"...but my copy got corrupted and has long since been sent to the great recycle bin in the sky.
(Psst - anyone got a copy they want to mail me?)
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yep m$ arcade was cool faithful repro's, they also did return of arcade too and williams did an arcade one with defender, joust robotron which Im sure I still have.
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