What were your favorite arcade games you liked playing ?

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"Boody Bandit" <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >> I don't know the name, but there was a side-strolling Superman game I
>> >> that LOVED as a kid.
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>> > I think it was just Superman. It was kind of lame, IIRC, but for some
>> > reason it was addictive.
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>> > Is this it?
>> > http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9977
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>> Not a 100% sure - I seem to recall a much better looking game... but the
>> description seems to be the same, so it's probably just my memory playing
>> tricks on me. Ahhhh to be a kid again - maybe it's time I return to the
>> arcades...
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> Good luck finding one.
> Arcades no longer exist in my area or any place I travel.
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Here in columbus we have 2 several thouseand square feet arcades, Dave and
Busters and also Gameworks

 

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"massivegrooves" <massivegrooves@massivegrooves.net> wrote in message

>>>Not a 100% sure - I seem to recall a much better looking game... but the
>>>description seems to be the same, so it's probably just my memory playing
>>>tricks on me. Ahhhh to be a kid again - maybe it's time I return to the
>>>arcades...

>> Good luck finding one.
>> Arcades no longer exist in my area or any place I travel.

> We have 2 left here, one is part of a pizza/laser tag place. The other is
> with a minature golf course and go-cart track. None left in the malls or
> anything like it used to be though...not even sure how many games even
> have arcade versions anymore since it has been so long since I really
> stopped in one. After they left the malls here that was about it for me,
> and only then as it was just in the proximity and to see what was new.
> With the consoles getting so much better over the years it made less and
> less sense to waste money at the arcades, for what you could spend in
> there on a visit you could buy a cheap game for home.

Blame that on the industry not listening to Bill Gates. MS tried their
darndest to save the industry before the industry even knew it was doomed.

 

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Nick Vargish <nav+posts@bandersnatch.org> wrote:
> "SDP81" <@wowway.com> writes:

> > Here in columbus we have 2 several thouseand square feet arcades, Dave and
> > Busters and also Gameworks

> We have a D&B in Rockville, MD. The selection can be summed up thusly:
> Drive or Shoot. *yawn* As far as I can tell, innovation in arcade
> games is dead. Hopefully, console gaming will not go this way.■

That sums up the D&B by me as well, for the most part.

There's a place not too far from me called 'Nickel City' which is as close
to a good old fashioned arcade as you'll find. You pay an entrance fee of
$3, and then get nickels because the games take 1-5 nickels, not quarters or
tokens. However, that's only for the newer games. The older games are
free. The only downside is - as you can imagine - that the place is
usually swarming with little kids (I'm talking 3-5 years old here!) I
swear this one mother just dropped off her 2 year old(!) with a baggie of
animal crackers, and a juice box, while she went to the bar nearby.

Then there's a putt-putt place nearby that supposedly has a good selection
of the newest machines. It's the only place where folks go for the games
instead of putt-putt. The other putt-putt places I've seen in the area had
really old or lame games.

Then there's the Board Walk, which sports a sizable arcade area, but most
of the games are either old, gun-games, or DDRs.

 

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> Steeeeam <steaaam@steeeeam.cam> wrote:
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>> SideArmz
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>> Anyone else remember that?
>
> Was that the 2D shooter where you could use one of two different 'mechs'
> that could transform? My friend loved that game, but I could never find a
> machine to try it.

Yup - that's the one...What a fantastic game it was too! There are some
emulations kicking around if you look hard enough

 

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Time Pilot. Phoenix. Scramble. Ladybug. Venture. Turbo. Bosconian.
Berserk.

 

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"Bozo" <bozo@sdfhgsefjdgsdhfgahdgsfajsdgfjasghdfjsfg.jsehg> wrote in message
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> "Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
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>> Steeeeam <steaaam@steeeeam.cam> wrote:
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>>> SideArmz
>>
>>> Anyone else remember that?
>>
>> Was that the 2D shooter where you could use one of two different 'mechs'
>> that could transform? My friend loved that game, but I could never find
>> a
>> machine to try it.
>
> Yup - that's the one...What a fantastic game it was too! There are some
> emulations kicking around if you look hard enough
>
'

Sounds like one of my favorite PS1 games called Einhander or something like
that.

 

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In article <1113475722.307268.71640@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, lav111@hotmail.com wrote:
> What were (or still are) your favorite arcade games you liked playing
> and please say why, whether you played them in an arcade, or played
> (or still play) them at home on your PC occasionally.

Tempest
Super Breakout
Ms. Pac Man
Dig Dug
Crystal Castles

Arcade & home, although Tempest just isn't the same without the Knob.

....Sean.

 

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CheetoDust wrote:
> In article <1113475722.307268.71640@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, lav111@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>What were (or still are) your favorite arcade games you liked playing
>>and please say why, whether you played them in an arcade, or played
>>(or still play) them at home on your PC occasionally.
>
>
> Tempest
> Super Breakout
> Ms. Pac Man
> Dig Dug
> Crystal Castles
>
> Arcade & home, although Tempest just isn't the same without the Knob.
>
> ...Sean.

I forgot about Dig Dug...add that one to my previous list