Author Topic: Your Top Five Arcade Games of ALL TIME! (Read 1348 times)

Andy @ Allerton · « **on:** March 14, 2007, 03:08:40 PM »

If you could pick 5 arcade games of all time that you loved - what would they be.

The only rules are; You must have played it in an Arcade;

I'd plump for;

1. Outrun
2. Galaga
3. Pheonix
4. Discs of Tron
5. Nemesis

iSmiff · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2007, 03:15:29 PM »

1. Double Dragon
2. Final Fight
3. Black Tiger
4. Gauntlet
5. WWF Royal Rumble

Rob K · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2007, 03:35:29 PM »

The only ones i remember playing in an arcade are:

Daytona USA, 8 of us on one of these at Drayton Manor:

Virtua Cop 2
Sega Rally
Mortal Kombat 2
Street Fighter 2
and that Turtles one where 4 people can play at once.

Dublin Red · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2007, 03:43:09 PM »

In no particular order:

Phoenix
Galaxian
Wardner
Shenobi
Gorf

BazC · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2007, 03:49:47 PM »

I've never really played that much Arcade games, but Ridge Racer and Street Fighter (on a really old machine!) are my favourites.

Okkervil · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2007, 03:59:37 PM »

In no particular order these 5 fondly spring to mind!

Double Dragon
Streets of Rage
Shenobi
Outrun
Sega Rally

Marcus6 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2007, 04:05:45 PM »

THe old Alien vs Predator one was class, where you kid be 1 of 2 humans, or 1 of 2 predators.

Rox · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2007, 04:09:29 PM »

Here's where my 10p's used to go...

Galaxian
Phoenix
Double Dragon
Outrun
Track & Field

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2007, 04:10:48 PM »

Asteroid
Battlezone
Galaxians
Pole Position
That footy one with a track ball that would leave you with blisters on your fingers from continually trying to outpace your mate's defender

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2007, 04:14:17 PM »

Mrs VdM had an educational conference in London a few years back and being the loafer that I am I decided to go with her and have a few days down there taking the air (vaguely smelt of rats piss as I recall).

Anyway I occupied myself for a whole morning at the Game On exhibition at the Barbican. The complete history of arcade and video games - and the best bit, you could play all the exhibits, for free. Happy days.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2007, 04:18:19 PM »

Phoenix (we had an afternoon of free games on a buggered machine once, until the bloke realised we hadn't put any money in for hours)
Defender
Gauntlet
Track and Field (the proper one with a joystick, not the crap one with buttons)
Mr Do!

I haven't played a game in an arcade for years, but the worst one has to be Dragon's Lair- 50p a shot and you'd usually die within seconds.

bradigor · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2007, 07:12:38 PM »

Daytona
Defender
Metal Slug
King of the Fighters
Double Dragon

Was an arcade in Romford (not sure if it is still there) that has/had Daytona for 20p a go

Rob K · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2007, 11:28:59 PM »

Quote from: bradigor on March 14, 2007, 07:12:38 PM

Was an arcade in Romford (not sure if it is still there) that has/had Daytona for 20p a go

Sweet

When i was in Newquay a few years ago i found Virtua Cop 2 for 50p a go as opposed to £1 everywhere else,spent a fair few hours of my holiday on it i tell ya.

seanoevil · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:23:03 AM »

Defender
Gorf
Galaxian
Pheonix
Asteriods
Track & Field

?

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:39:43 AM »

Bubble Bobble
Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter 3
and then another go on bubble bobble!

edit.. scratch that last one.. I'll say Super Pang instead

Fat Tony · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:42:08 AM »

Tekken when it first came out was the shiznit. We used to have little tournaments for money on it, in the Hollywood Bowl on Edge Lane. Those were the days.

mikek1984 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:53:17 AM »

strighter fighter
amazing
virtua cop
amazing
4 player turtles game haha amazing

buttt what abouttttt
wonderboy

and

1942 OH YEASSSS WHAT A GAME 1942 BABYYYY

Fat Tony · « **Reply #17 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:55:39 AM »

Haha 4 player Turtles was fucking quality. Remember playing it in the arcades in Rhyl as a kid. Never, ever clocked it though

Mikeebee · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2007, 06:13:17 AM »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on March 14, 2007, 04:10:48 PM

That footy one with a track ball that would leave you with blisters on your fingers from continually trying to outpace your mate's defender

Loved that game (apart from the blisters), still not sure how scotland were one of the top teams though.

Anyway here's my list
Phoenix
Mr. Do
Gauntlet
World Cup ( see above)
NBA Jam

JoeH · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2007, 06:35:56 AM »

1) Space Invaders
2) Choplifter
3) Ghost & Goblins
4) Chase H.Q
5) Crystal Castles

Still play them on mame! Fantastic Games.

In the Las Vegas Arcade on Skelhorne Street.

callyno3 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2007, 06:44:17 AM »

the best has to be shinobi.
1942
after burner
streetfighter 2
xain d'sleensa was another classic.
brings back some good memories wasting away my summers in the arcade
there was another one where you were a knight killing dragons and upgrading shields etc can't remember the name of it tho

bradigor · « **Reply #21 on:** March 15, 2007, 07:33:55 AM »

Shame there aren't arcades like there used to be

Personally I think you could majke a killing by bringing them back

JoeH · « **Reply #22 on:** March 15, 2007, 08:42:15 AM »

Quote from: bradigor on March 15, 2007, 07:33:55 AM

Shame there aren't arcades like there used to be

Personally I think you could majke a killing by bringing them back

I dont think it would work as well now as there is no huge gap in graphics and wow factor as it was in the mid to late eighties. An Xbox 360 and PS3 now are not going to show the difference compared to a Spectrum and C64 computer did then.

Mavis Cruet · « **Reply #23 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:15:10 AM »

Pong
Breakout
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Lunar Lander

Not the best maybe but the ones that bring back the memories for me

Kage · « **Reply #24 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:18:30 AM »

Quote from: Fat Tony on March 15, 2007, 12:55:39 AM

Haha 4 player Turtles was fucking quality. Remember playing it in the arcades in Rhyl as a kid. Never, ever clocked it though

Is available for £3.80 for the 360 from Xbox Live Arcade.

My 5 are:

Double Dragon
Bubble Bobble
Rastan Saga
Football Champ
Kick & Run

NickoH · « **Reply #25 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:21:41 AM »

Phoenix
Space Invaders (but not the glass table one, where there was finger prints and ale all over the glass)
Donkey Kong
Manic Miner
Outrun

iSmiff · « **Reply #26 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:28:55 AM »

i was playing manic miner at the weekend

Andore · « **Reply #27 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:31:23 AM »

Can't quite decide on the order but my top 5:

Final Fight (hence my username)
Sega Rally
Outrun
Golden Axe
Euro League (wasn't great, but played it a lot at school)

There's one other game I don't know the name of that I spent 2 summer holidays playing. Sort of like pacman but you get chased by these octupus things. By dropping fish, the baddies grow until they get get stuck between the walls and you can catch them. Anyway, if i could remember what it was, it'd make my list.

Kop4 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 15, 2007, 09:56:15 AM »

Quote from: bradigor on March 14, 2007, 07:12:38 PM

Defender

Quote from: Mudface_ on March 14, 2007, 04:18:19 PM

Defender

Quote from: seanoevil on March 15, 2007, 12:23:03 AM

Defender
Gorf

I declare DEFENDER to be the unanimous winner amongst the knowledgeable, truly discerning oldies of RAWK.

Anyone who says otherwise is only jealous because it was too hard for them to play.

I used to play defender in the Old Swan 'ice cream parlour' and in town. It was a privilege to watch legends such as 'EGO' and 'CARLOS' play. Superb.

AthaElvis · « **Reply #29 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:27:51 AM »

1. Star Wars (in cabinet)
2. Operation Wolf
3. Street Fighter II
4. Kung Fu Master
5. Combat School (like Track and Field but training for Army).

Currently my PC running emulators for Amiga (30 games and counting), Spectrum (20 games and counting), C64 (15ish games), and have just downloaded emu's for SNES and MegaDrive.

Got the bug again after reading magazine called retroGamer...next issue due out 29th March.

Hazzak · « **Reply #30 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:52:04 AM »

1) Double Dragon
2) Golden Axe
3) World Cup (Top down with ball for control version?)
4) Operation Wolf
5) Super Mario

Tam · « **Reply #31 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:53:27 AM »

Did anyone ever play Die Hard Arcade?

Was a class game! You could get aerosol and a lighter and set people's hair on fire then knock em to the floor and handcuff them! Hours of fun

NickoH · « **Reply #32 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:54:27 AM »

forgot about Battlezone......used to love this -

iSmiff · « **Reply #33 on:** March 15, 2007, 10:59:50 AM »

is that high def?

kitster · « **Reply #34 on:** March 15, 2007, 11:03:35 AM »

Star Wars
Double Dragon
Gauntlet
Super Sprint
Splatterhouse

iSmiff · « **Reply #35 on:** March 15, 2007, 11:10:28 AM »

ah the steering wheel on super sprint

20000 degrees to the right, then 14000 degrees to the left, spin you c*nt, spin

Andore · « **Reply #36 on:** March 15, 2007, 11:40:50 AM »

Quote from: Tam on March 15, 2007, 10:53:27 AM

Did anyone ever play Die Hard Arcade?

Yeah, played it a fair bit at uni. An enjoyable game, it had lots of cool touches like ott weapons like antitank guns, mops and the lighter/aerosol combo, and decent range of moves and some laughable cut scenes. The only downer was the graphics were so blocky, the characters looked like lego men

I downloaded a torrent of the PS2 conversion (part of the Sega Ages collection) - still good fun though.

Quote from: AthaElvis on March 15, 2007, 10:27:51 AM

5. Combat School (like Track and Field but training for Army).

Was just discussing the Spectrum version of this on another forum - did you ever make it past the penultimate level where you have to fight the instructor? That was bloody tough.

Rob K · « **Reply #37 on:** March 15, 2007, 12:39:52 PM »

Quote from: JoeH on March 15, 2007, 08:42:15 AM

I dont think it would work as well now as there is no huge gap in graphics and wow factor as it was in the mid to late eighties. An Xbox 360 and PS3 now are not going to show the difference compared to a Spectrum and C64 computer did then.

I think it would work. I mean prices for old consoles such as Mega Drive and Snes are higher than second hand PS ones now and i think that shows lots of people are interested in 'retro' gaming. And as good as games are now, this thread shows that we all look back fondly at the first games we played as kids.

I'd love to play some of these games again.

PaulV · « **Reply #38 on:** March 15, 2007, 01:20:01 PM »

My top 5 in no particular order

Joust
Mr Do
Phoenix
Tron
Cavelon

All from the early to mid 80s. Not really played games at the arcade since.

theCanadian · « **Reply #39 on:** March 15, 2007, 01:20:56 PM »

70's Pinball machines can't be beat.