Top 5 - ARCADE games of all time

BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
edited August 2006 in Strut Central
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  • 1) Street Fighter II (turbo championship edition)
    2) Bust A Move (2 player setup)
    3) Pinball (no magnets or cheap shit)
    4) Dance Dance Revolution
    5) Crazy Taxi

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Gyruss
    Home Run Derby
    Thundercade
    Spy Hunter (sit down version only please)
    Karate Champ

  • paulnicepaulnice 924 Posts

    Gyruss


  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    Gyruss


    The CRAZY shit was after beating it once, reaching Earth -
    when the second time around starts and it's like 5x faster...




    then it was literally

  • street fighter two
    Mortal Kombat one and two
    and NBA JAMS

  • paulnicepaulnice 924 Posts


    The CRAZY shit was after beating it once, reaching Earth -
    when the second time around starts and it's like 5x faster...




    then it was literally



    Did you ever reach the Sun?
    Or is that a bullshit level my friend came up with?

  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts


    Galaga/Ms. Pacman combo table




    Super Off Road




    X-Men




    Lethal Enforcers




    Rampage!!!

  • CahootsCahoots 378 Posts
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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts



    Did you ever reach the Sun?
    Or is that a bullshit level my friend came up with?

    LOL ... I don't think I did...

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    yeah, SUPER OFF ROAD was a pretty cool game,
    especially with multiple players.


  • the star wars vectorized green line shit that you sat inside
    street fighter ii
    mortal kombat like right when it came out
    congo bongo
    jungle hunt
    crystal castle even though it gets hatted on alot
    galaga
    ms pac-man

  • Terminator 2 Pinball Machine.

    Does that count?

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    gyruss
    pleadies
    phoenix
    SF2 (changed the game)
    double dragon


    ahhh... wasted youth.

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Streetfighter - game was decent enough but it was all about the pressure punch button
    Final Fight
    Streetfighter 2
    Super Hang On
    Track & Field

  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,332 Posts
    I was never really good at Streetfighter....


    Virtua Cop (One of the bright spots for SEGA during this time. And a genre that would later spark Time Crisis, etc.)


    Virtua Fighter 2 (A sentimental pick. But nonetheless, one of the first and best 3D polygon fighters. Another classic by SEGA.)



    Samurai Showdown (Another classic from the long forgotten SNK. Real Headz know the one slash where it takes away like half the life of the opponent!)


    Daytona USA (damn, how could I forget! ANOTHER classic by SEGA.)


    Sega Rally (Yet another racing game, during the same time as Daytona USA. Bringin' back good memories...)

  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    this list is incomplete without the x-men and aliens vs predator sidescrollers

  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,947 Posts
    Defender
    Robotron 2084
    Track & Field
    Hypersports
    Xevious

  • The Raise UpThe Raise Up Golden Years... wah wah wah 452 Posts
    I only hung out in the arcades in the early 90's so for me:
    Windjammers
    Vendetta
    The Punisher
    SF 2
    Outrun

    actually still play some of these from time to time with the mame emulator.

  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,332 Posts
    One of my favorite 2D shooters of all time, Raiden (so damn tough to beat in the arcade though! you need like 30 quarters)

  • paulnicepaulnice 924 Posts



    That's right!
    Back around '94 I picked up a used Neo Geo gold system in Akihabara, Japan.
    Brought it back home and I was video game God for a good minute.
    Just sucked because the games cost like $200. on average.

    But let me tell you.... Samurai Showdown 1 & 2, King of Fighters '94 (or was it '95)??





    Some classic, all-out war sessions went down at 103rd and Central Park West by God.
    And NO ONE was fucking with me. Not Jamal. Not Silq. Not 8-Off. Not U God. Not Chris. None of 'em.




  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts

    double dragon

    Yeah that makes my list,

    Along with

    Spyhunter
    Shinobi
    SF2
    & The beat 'em up where you have to fight Ninjas and could hang off lamp posts to do super kicks. EDIT: Just came to me - Shadow Warriors & apparently Americans would know this as Ninja Gaiden

    Honoury mention, Rolling Thunder & the 2p / 10p machines that in my younger days never had a shake alarm, so were always good for a quick shoulder barge and a few more goes.


  • Ghosts & Goblins
    Mooncresta
    Bubble Bobble
    Scramble
    Galaxians

  • 1 : Tempest

    2 : Battlezone

    3 : Gauntlet

    4 : Mr Do!

    5 : Defender

    Aah the 80s...

  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    Terminator 2 Pinball Machine.

    Does that count?


    oh man good call, what a great pinball game.

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts

    Ghosts & Goblins
    Mooncresta
    Bubble Bobble
    Scramble
    Galaxians

    OH HELL YES!!!!!

    and Raiden, how could i forget!, and Xevious, and virtua fighter kicked ass, drunken master style.

    Ghosts and Goblins...



    awww shit,

  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts

    Bubble Bobble

    Good Call! I am more of a Pinball person ( tales from the cript is my shit! ) but

    I use play this game alot :



    Also another favorite ( before I knew that is what I'd actually do in ''real'' life_)



    I usually went with the puzzle and driving games. Pole Position...that California Drivin one. Mortal Combat WAS especially dope.

    What about PUZZLE FIGHTER THOUGH!!!

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts

    Bubble Bobble

    Good Call! I am more of a Pinball person ( tales from the cript is my shit! ) but

    I use play this game alot :



    Also another favorite ( before I knew that is what I'd actually do in ''real'' life_)



    I usually went with the puzzle and driving games. Pole Position...that California Drivin one. Mortal Combat WAS especially dope.

    What about PUZZLE FIGHTER THOUGH!!!

    where were you when i needed you most dream girl?


    i remember one time a girl came to our local row of arcade machines, much foot shuffling and ground staring ensued.

    [sigh]man, we could have been so sweet... [/sigh]



    p.s as far as pinball went, it was all about the Addams Family for this kid.

  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    First arcade game I remember being excited about. I used to always play it at Tally Hall (R.I.P.) after my grilled cheese with ranch dressing:



    The only arcade game I ever pumped enough quarter in to beat:



    I remember this one being fun as shit:


  • leolyxxxleolyxxx 446 Posts

    p.s as far as pinball went, it was all about the Addams Family for this kid.
    Pinball rules, i used to like arcades in the 80s/90s aswell and spent lots on Turtles in time, Street Fighter II etc. we even made fake coins out of old swedish 5 ??ringar that we wrapped tape around and cut so they were as thick as the 5 kronor (which was what you could pay with)..

    But regarding pinball, favourite games are (no particular order)

    Star Wars (not the videopinball but the one with a nice plastic deathstar and one ramp..)
    Fish Tales
    Whodunnit (only for the penthouse party mission )
    Monster bash
    Addams family

    Also the "new" lord of the rings pinball ain't bad at all..

    peas
    L
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