There was one I recall called Phoenix. It was a 3 stage game where
you'd go through a wave of killing bird like creatures. The second had
these eggs going across the screen that would hatch to larger birds.
The third was a spaceship you had to break through and destroy.
What are your arcade memories?
Did you ever go to the arcade as a kid? Penny slots? Space Invaders? PacMan?
What were some of your favorite games to play?
Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Games?
By: nelgin to Agoranet.AGN_GEN on Wed Jul 17 2024 01:53 pm
What are your arcade memories?
Defender. I got too good at that, to the point that the machine would overflow and the world below would go away for a couple of levels. I
think I got a score of 1.6 million?
I had to quit after that.
Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Games?
By: nelgin to Agoranet.AGN_GEN on Wed Jul 17 2024 01:53 pm
Did you ever go to the arcade as a kid? Penny slots? Space
Invaders? PacMan?
What were some of your favorite games to play?
I went to arcades fairly rarely, and I played arcade games more often
at restaurants that sometimes had a few arcade games set up in the restaurant. Some of my favorite arcade games were Joust, Ivan
"Ironman" Stewart's Super Off-Road, Centipede, and pinball.
Nightfox
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I admit I'm more into rhythm games than retro arcade games, but my
*favorite* retro arcade game is probably /Galaga/. I blame my dad for
that. :P
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Later on in teenaged years (ca. 1990-1998) I loved going to the WalMart with a friend and beefing on SFII, MK and MKII. Wasted the allowance for the week right there on Monday nights.
I like Root Beer Tapper. It's a cool game, and my local arcade has it.
the cabinet design is really "Old-Fashioned", complete with the wood
grain. I also enjoy Q-Bert. I have an animation cel of the Pac-Man tv
show by Hanna-Barbara. It's of the cat that chases Pac-Man's dog. It's
not really one of my favorite games, but I enjoy owning animation cels
of animation.
My brother loves Pinball. At one of our local arcades, there is a place called Ironblast Game Zone in Washington, PA. He loves going there,
There is also a place called PA Pinball nearby in Cranberry Township.
I have a buddy that has one of those full cabinet arcade games that has over 1000 games on it. Still kinda has the old feel to it, but you can select from a huge menu what games you want to play.
I've always wanted a pinball machine, but could never get myself to fork over thousands of dollars for one. :)
I like Root Beer Tapper. It's a cool game, and my local arcade has it. the cabinet design is really "Old-Fashioned", complete with the wood grain. I al enjoy Q-Bert. I have an animation cel of the Pac-Man tv show by Hanna-Barbar
the cabinet design is really "Old-Fashioned", complete with the wood
grain. I also enjoy Q-Bert. I have an animation cel of the Pac-Man tv
show by Hanna-Barbara. It's of the cat that chases Pac-Man's dog. It's
not really one of my favorite games, but I enjoy owning animation cels
of animation.
I have a buddy that has one of those full cabinet arcade games that has over 1000 games on it. Still kinda has the old feel to it, but you can select fro a huge menu what games you want to play.
I've always wanted a pinball machine, but could never get myself to fork ove thousands of dollars for one. :)
I like Root Beer Tapper. It's a cool game, and my local arcade has
it. the cabinet design is really "Old-Fashioned", complete with the
wood grain. I also enjoy Q-Bert. I have an animation cel of the
Pac-Man tv show by Hanna-Barbara. It's of the cat that chases
Pac-Man's dog. It's not really one of my favorite games, but I enjoy
owning animation cels of animation.
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What are your arcade memories?
...beefing on SFII, MK and MKII.~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I did have to cross my arms though, I liked to do left and right with
my left hand and fire with my right, so left hand on ZX and right on
Return. I don't know if I could even do that these days.
We have a place called Free Play, which has a bunch of retro games all set > on free play. You just pay a $10 (I think it's gone up a bit) and you can
play all day.
We have a place called Free Play, which has a bunch of retro games all set > on free play. You just pay a $10 (I think it's gone up a bit) and you can
play all day.
Beats the Hell out of $22.
Mortar wrote to nelgin <=-
It wasn't a huge place, but there was plenty of games to go around.
They had all the current favs: Donkey Kong, Centepede, Frogger, etc.
My favorites were Star Wars, Star Trek, Frogger, Centepede, Joust...and
my best scoring game, Tempest; never got enough Tempest.
Mortar wrote to nelgin <=-
We have a place called Free Play, which has a bunch of retro games all set
on free play. You just pay a $10 (I think it's gone up a bit) and you
can
play all day.
Beats the Hell out of $22.
...beefing on SFII, MK and MKII.~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was shocked that some of the VR shooter games were $7/play.
Some of the games are ancient, keeping them up and running is a chore.
'Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, and Mortal Kombat II.
Re: Re: Favorite Retro Arcade Games?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mortar on Tue Jul 30 2024 06:23:00
I was shocked that some of the VR shooter games were $7/play.
Know the feeling. I paid a fiver and that was many years ago when VR
was still in it's infancy. The graphics were crude and the framerate
was about 15/sec. On top of that, the headset wasn't made for people
wearing glasses. From what I can tell, that situation hasn't changed
any.
Did you ever go to the arcade as a kid? Penny slots? Space Invaders? PacMan?
What were some of your favorite games to play.
Defender. I got too good at that, to the point that the machine would overflow and the world below would go away for a couple of levels. I
I've always wanted a pinball machine, but could never get myself to fork over thousands of dollars for one. :)
You can now build virtual pinball machines. It basically consists of a large flat screen display, in a pinball fashion table...
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