Classic arcade games

[sadaist]

Fuck X-box or PS2. Anyone remember Missile Command & Lunar Lander? Remember when 7-11's had 2 or 3 games in them and pizza places had mini arcades? What other great ones did you guys like?

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/M/yMissile_Command.png

http://www.klov.com/screens/L/vLunar_Lander.png

[fryingdutchman]

The Classics still hold up....

ASTEROIDS

http://spyhunter007.com/Images/asteroids_game_screen.jpg

MOON PATROL

http://www.mulchpuddl.de/pages/pics/screenshots/Moon_Patrol_shot2.png

And one of the coolest of all time because of how innovative it was when it came out....

DRAGON'S LAIR!!!!

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_1/images/game-dragons-lair-2-dirk.jpg

I don't know how many thousands of quarters I dropped on that game, but it was GREAT!!!

Excellent thread! Lots of fun to reminisce...

[ThrillsNSpills]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
The Classics still hold up....

ASTEROIDS

http://spyhunter007.com/Images/asteroids_game_screen.jpg

MOON PATROL

http://www.mulchpuddl.de/pages/pics/screenshots/Moon_Patrol_shot2.png

And one of the coolest of all time because of how innovative it was when it came out....

DRAGON'S LAIR!!!!

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_1/images/game-dragons-lair-2-dirk.jpg

I don't know how many thousands of quarters I dropped on that game, but it was GREAT!!!

Excellent thread! Lots of fun to reminisce...

Dragon's Lair's on DVD and you can play on the remote.
I was pretty suprised when I found out. If only we had that in the 80's.

[VanHalener]

Asteroids was the shit!(The Best)

Defender, Joust, Missle Command and Hang On were a few of my favorites.


Can't forget the pinball game action. PARAGON was my favorite pinball game. One quarter = one full day of 7-11 ownage.

[Jimmy Jingles]

Dragon's Lair was the tits! I used to LOVE that fucking game!

I also remember games like Burger Time, Zaxxon, Ghost N Goblins...

To bad the arcade is pretty much a thing of the past.

[Hardrock69]

I have a MAME Atari emulator on my PC at home.

Battlezone is my fave.

Kinda cool, cause it only needs 1.5 Mhz of CPU power to run, so I can play it while encoding video.
:cool:

[m_dixon1984]

MAME is the shit!!!

I have over a thousand arcade ROMs (no consoles, only the arcade versions).

My favorites: Time Pilot, Frogger, 1942, Kung Fu Master, Karate Champ, Punch Out!, Galaga, Joust , Defender, Super Pac Man, Dig Dug, Popeye, Donkey Kong.

I play then all the time. It's not only the nostalgia but the time required to play. I like to play these games when I've got a few minutes to kill. Hard to get into GTA when you've only got 10 minutes to spare.

M

[sadaist]

This website has every game ever made listed. It includes cabinet & screen shots along with year released, manufacturer and game play.


www.klov.com

[svrwthr]

Mr. Do and Mr. Do's Castle.

[Seshmeister]

As an arcade junkie in the 80s/early 90s I'm surprised at people saying they liked Dragons Lair.

To me it was a way of charging you tons of cash to watch a shitty cartoon. Very little gameplay or skill just a money pit IMHO.

The big innovation fuck me moment I think was the first Star Wars game.

Cheers!

:gulp:

[chi-town324]

GORF

[WARF]

Here's a brief list of my favorites from the atari era.

BURGERTIME

POPEYE

KANGEROO

Miner 2049er

Frogs & Flies

Venture

Mousetrap

Elevator Action

Tapper

Donkey Kong Jr.

[Ally_Kat]

Dad had one of these

http://www.imarshall.karoo.net/handheldpics/entexinvaders.jpg

and I played the crap out of it. I would sit on the bed for hours and just mash buttons. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

[svrwthr]

lol speaking of classic hand helds remember merlin? I also seen football and basketball at walmart last year and snatched them up. classic stupid led games fuck ya

[VanHalener]

There was another game I loved , but I cannot remember the name.

Little help...:confused:

Objective:
Destroy ship surrounded by two spinning defensive force fields in the center of the screen.

Destroy outer and inner shields, exposing target ship to weapons fire.:confused:

The shields and target ship remain in the middle of the screen until destroyed: all the time, you're flying around, somewhat like Asteroids, trying to whoop ass.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by WARF
Here's a brief list of my favorites from the atari era.

BURGERTIME

Elevator Action

Tapper



Fuckin' A! Remember Tapper started with Budweiser taps, but they had to change it to root beer. The originals are worth big bucks now.

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by vanhalener
There was another game I loved , but I cannot remember the name.

Little help...:confused:

Objective:
Destroy ship surrounded by two spinning defensive force fields in the center of the screen.

Destroy outer and inner shields, exposing target ship to weapons fire.:confused:

The shields and target ship remain in the middle of the screen until destroyed: all the time, you're flying around, somewhat like Asteroids, trying to whoop ass.

Spacewar?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar%21

[Coyote]

Chase HQ (plus other various driving games), and a shitload of pinball machines ate my loose change as a kid

[BITEYOASS]

Centipede and space invaders. Although it's a pain in the ass to play em on the PC seeing that Atari made a shitty compilation.

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
Spacewar?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar%21

No, but thanks Ally_Kat :)

I've been racking my brain over this since yesterday. I'm going to figure it out...

[Antman]

I love all those old school games. I got that Arcade Legends machine and has about 100 games on it-a lot I never heard of until I got it but they're addictive as hell. The only thing that sucks is that it's in storage since my divorce. I can't wait to break that out again.

[VanHalener]

I got it now.

Star Castle
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=S&game_id=9754



Tempest is another great game.

[cMb]

It'll leave skid marks on your soul!

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[sadaist]

Anyone remember TRON? Came out just after the movie. Ran into this at an arcade in Mission Beach last week.

http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124218423.gif

http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124218432.png

http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124218431.png

[ODShowtime]

Here's a game that totally kicked ass.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/VEscape_From_The_Planet_Of_The_Robot_Monsters.png


wow, now the graphics kinda suck.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/SAM_Coup%C3%A9_EFTPOTRM.png

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
The big innovation fuck me moment I think was the first Star Wars game.

I will always remember that being the first video game I ever played.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Star_wars_arcade.PNG/255px-Star_wars_arcade.PNG


Fuckin' badass.


And this game was the shit back in the day and still is now:

DISCS OF TRON

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Dotron.png/225px-Dotron.png

[sadaist]

Originally posted by ODShowtime

wow, now the graphics kinda suck.


No way! I'll take the classics over the new shit any day. (With the exception of Pong)

You can buy real arcade games starting at about $100, sometimes less. Of course Galaga, Ms. Pac & other popular games are more expensive. I bought a 1942 for $120 & a Ring King for $85.

[amadeus]

GALAGA!!!!!!!!!

[Terry]

Galaga rules, agreed.

Defender.

Galaxian.

Battlezone.

Tempest.

[ALMOSTsaved]

I have many of these on my Playstation 1. Great shit.

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Terry
Galaga rules, agreed.

Defender.

Galaxian.

Battlezone.

Tempest.

Fuck yeah! Defender was hard. Tempest rules.

Ever play Robotron?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=R&game_id=9347
http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124215734.png

[Terry]

Originally posted by sadaist
Fuck yeah! Defender was hard. Tempest rules.

Ever play Robotron?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=R&game_id=9347
http://www.klov.com/images/11/118124215734.png

Played it, didn't get into it too much.

Liked one that was kinda similar called either Beserk or Bezerk

[Terry]

BTW, LOVE those two chicks in your sig. 'Specially the one on the right.

[ODShowtime]

I don't think anyone mentioned Joust yet.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Joustarcadegame.png

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Terry
BTW, LOVE those two chicks in your sig. 'Specially the one on the right.

Here is a link to another pic where her hands aren't covering her breasts.

http://cdn-36.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/bhusers1/flavaflav/default/msg-11566358395.jpg

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Terry
Played it, didn't get into it too much.

Liked one that was kinda similar called either Beserk or Bezerk

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!


http://www.klov.com/images/11/1181242060237.png

[Nitro Express]

I ruled at Defender!. Amazing we used to pay quarters to play this shit.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by Terry
BTW, LOVE those two chicks in your sig. 'Specially the one on the right.

What's appealing is they are the girls nextdoor. You could be fucking someone just like them tonight or tommorrow night. It's real. Not like saying you want to doink Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jollie.

[Terry]

Originally posted by sadaist
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!


http://www.klov.com/images/11/1181242060237.png

That game fucking RULED!

[Terry]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
What's appealing is they are the girls nextdoor. You could be fucking someone just like them tonight or tommorrow night. It's real. Not like saying you want to doink Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jollie.

Doubt either of them are going to be beating my door down tonight (or any other night) begging me to fuck them, but I see your point.

So young...so tender.

[Terry]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
I ruled at Defender!. Amazing we used to pay quarters to play this shit.

Actually got so good at Galaga that I could flip a million points on a quarter, which took quite a while to do in terms of play time - local pizzeria owner back in the day banned me from playing it because he wasn't making as much money off it as he could be.

[Terry]

Originally posted by sadaist
Here is a link to another pic where her hands aren't covering her breasts.

http://cdn-36.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/bhusers1/flavaflav/default/msg-11566358395.jpg

Me likey linky!

[Redballjets88]

Originally posted by Terry
Me likey linky!

yeah top notch shit

[sadaist]

Originally posted by Terry
Actually got so good at Galaga that I could flip a million points on a quarter, which took quite a while to do in terms of play time - local pizzeria owner back in the day banned me from playing it because he wasn't making as much money off it as he could be.

Yeah, I could do that with 1942. The 7-11 hated us. My buddies & I would ditch 8th & 9th grade to hang out all day, smoke, play arcade games, eat pizza. We were riding our bikes to school, so we thought we were independent...& hot shit. Sadly, we were neither.

[bastardog]

I really was addicted to Double Dragon and Rygar at the time.
I even skip clases to play them......the good times

[PETE'S BROTHER]

super mario brothers at the pdq, shoplift candy, smoke cigs, and hang out at the video game for hours.

[Terry]

Originally posted by sadaist
Yeah, I could do that with 1942. The 7-11 hated us. My buddies & I would ditch 8th & 9th grade to hang out all day, smoke, play arcade games, eat pizza. We were riding our bikes to school, so we thought we were independent...& hot shit. Sadly, we were neither.

Even though I play some of the newer games at home, am partial to most of the classic games, especially if I'm out and about and find a stand-up version in a sports bar or something...

...In fact, the only classic game I just didn't care for was Q-Bert.