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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:05 PM Original message |
What was your favorite 80's or so arcade game? (& pls help - going crazy trying to remember one...) |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. That would be Asteroids |
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blockhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Galaga |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Oh yeah, those crazy space bees. Loved that game too. nt |
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blockhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I only played vids if there was no pinball machine available. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Ditto, although Gauntlet was a close nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I was the bomb at Galaga... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. +1 |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Paperboy |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Xevious |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. I loved Joust, and 25 years later James Cameron made it into a movie. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I kicked ASS in Joust! |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. i just downloaded "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" on my Wii today. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dig Dug, Centipede, and Frogger. n/t |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Star Wars |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Pac Man |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. Zaxxon! |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Space Fury? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Wow, thatnks. I did play that one, but I think I was remembering Sinistar... |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yeah, Sinistar was one of Williams' games best. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. #3 on Cracked.com's The 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies of All Time |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. BEWARE!! I LIVE!!! |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Wow. Sit-in cabinets were amazing ways to experience the game. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Yeah, I was going to post Sinistar if no one had said that... |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. ...a vector graphics remake of Sinistar would look awesome. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Cut out from work more than once to play Burger Time |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. 720 was a great skateboarding game |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Asteroids. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. Asteroids, Tron, Star Castle, Dig Dug, Frogger |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. Spy Hunter |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. +1 |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. A really weird, obscure game called Bubble Bobble. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Mine was Frenzy - I could play well into the all-reflection-wall levels. |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Pitfall. Actually the arcade game was Jungle Hunt. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. I got really good at Ring King |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. I loved Yie-Ar Kung Fu |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Qix and Asteroids were my games. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. centipede |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Me too |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. My favorite! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wizard of Wor |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I posted the same down thread. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. So many quarters down the tubes.... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. My quarters went to the mobster using the arcade to launder money |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Shit, I just got free sub sammiches from my pizza place owners.... |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. One of my favorites for the Commodore 64 |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Elevator Action |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. Gauntlet |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Joust |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wizard of Wor |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. My husband liked Punchout. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
45. They were all good, but I came from the pinball days, and then when... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
48. Spy Hunter |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
49. Berzerk |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. Galaga |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. Galage, Centipede, Pole Position |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. Altered Beast |
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