What was/is your favourite arcade game?

Sega Rally, Daytona, Tekken are probably my top 3.

I hate to think how much money I've spent in arcades over the years.

There was an awesome arcade in Paris, circa 2002. I spent so much money in there playing Virtua Fighter.

Some others.

Aliens
Star Wars Arcade
The Simpsons
TMNT
 
Battle Zone!

(I discovererd that if you get the high score high enough instead of starting with a "Sitting Duck" standard tank, It starts instead with a "super tank" which smartly turns and shoots you in the face! Then it gets hard!)

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Asteroids.
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Nerdy question ;)

What shape (Topography) is the Asteroids Universe??

(If you know the answer, keep quiet for now. If you don't, think about it)
 
Pitfall, Shinobi, world cup 1990, altered beast. An helicopter game which I played to death but I've forgotten what it was called.
 
Orionaut said:
Nerdy question ;)

What shape (Topography) is the Asteroids Universe??

(If you know the answer, keep quiet for now. If you don't, think about it)
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I know ;)

Star Wars has to be my favourite arcade game. I remember there used to be a proper sit down cabinet in an arcade where we used to go on caravan holidays.
 

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I liked S.H. as it was on a movable seat and the only arcade game I actually 'beat' and finished all the levels! :D
 
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Outrun, Chase HQ, Bubble Bobble.

I have an old 1970s cabinet with MAME - so much nicer playing games on a proper joystick/flickery old monitor!
 
Star Wars sit down, Return of the Jedi, Moon Cresta, Bubble Bobble, 4 player Kick n Run, Pole Position, Bomb Jack, Paperboy, Phoenix, Out Run, Super Sprint, Galaga, i could go on!

It was a wonderous time when a new machine came into the arcades.

I have a little arcade on mame with every game that was in arcades of my youth (early-mid 80's).
 
A lot, I absolutely loved the arcades as a kid.

Some faves off the top of my head in the 80's/early 90's were/are :

Special Criminal Investigation
Pacman
Pacland
Paperboy
Missile Command
Space Invaders
Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
Double Dragon
Vigilante
Kung-Fu-Master
Hydraulic Afterburner
Hydraulic Space Harrier
Sit-on Hang-On
Forgotten Worlds
Star Wars
Return of the Jedi
Shinobi
Aliens
Wonder Boy
The Simpsons
Starblade
Track N Field
Gauntlet 1 & 2
Pole Position
Tempest
Galaga
Zaxxon
Spy Hunter
Rolling Thunder

Like most others, now playing on a Mame cab when I get the chance (not very often!)
 
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Loads of classics mentioned above but I remember the huge crowd around Street Fighter 2 at the arcade when it was first out.

Playing that especially in 2 player was EPIC!
 
SF2

There was also a dirt bike game that you sat on and had to do wheelies to jump over hay bails as you raced. Used to play it every time I was on holiday at an arcade in Ballycastle.
 
Wish I could remember the name of the arcade game I played back in the late 80's. Was a side scrolling shoot em up, you controlled a little guy that would do summer saults as you jump, was set in a sci-fi location.

I can picture it in my head but can't for the life of me think of its name. It was the game that got me started in computing and games, shortly after I bought an Amiga 500 and several years later an A1200 :)
 
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