Top ten Arcade machines

LoGiE

To get the ball rolling...

1 Killer Instinct :cool:
2 Mortal Kombat 2
3 X-Men COTA
4 Puzzle Bobble
5 New Zealand Story
6 Street Fighter 2
7 Sega Rally
8 Virtua Fighter 2
9 Pac-Land
10 Primal Rage

You may notice theres a bit of a beat'em'up trend



So what are other peoples favorite arcade games of all time
??

Lemming

New Zealand Story
Puzzle Bobble
Eswat
Hammerin' Harry

Sega Rally 2
Silent Scope 1/2
Time Crisis 2

Clinical Waste

1. Galaga
2. Phoenix
3. Police Chase
4. VirtuaFighter2
5. AfterBurner
6. Star Wars

Kairo

The local arcades have ****ty games...so heres my 'wish' list

1. Street Fighter Alpha 3
2. Last Blade 2
3. Soul Caliber
4. Silent Scope 2
5. Metal Slug 3
6. Pac-Man
7. Street Fighter 2
8. Crazy Taxi
9. Virtua Tennis
10. That Korean game with the finger and poo.

LoGiE

Primal rage has just been kicked out of my top ten and been replaced with Marvel Vs Capcom!! Just been playin it in final Burn Alpha.....Sweet..:D
Clinical Waste which starwars game in particular? There's the sega one and then theres the one from Atari i thing that was all done in wire frame and you had to sit into a cockpit of an X-wing.[ remember it being in a old arcade in skerries, cabinet came complete with cigerette burns and nasty old smell]

mofu

Killer instint shouldent be no.1...................................

TinCool

1. Bubble Bobble
2. Puzzle Bobble
3. Super Sprint
4. OutRun
5. NBA Jam
6. King of the Fighters '94
7. Gauntlet II
8. Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back
9. Double Dragon I
10. Strider

amp

The first Ridgeracer holds a special place in my heart, when it came out on the PS I almost soiled myself. "Ridgeracer" I thought "Anytime I want, wow"

Played a lot of Chase HQ, starfox, time crisis, operation wolf, and R-type oh and Nemesis. Tekken also.

But my all time favourite arcade game has to be Galaxian. I remember playing it and being so impressed with the fact that it had more colours than Space Invaders, better sound and the fact that the sprites could follow curved paths.

And the gameplay, where the yellow leader ship took a couple of reds for a wee patrol and if you killed him on the way down you got more points. It really involved skill which made Space Invaders seem like a lawn mowing excercise.

Washout

hmmm toughie

1> R-Type
2> Street Fighter
3> Super SideKicks
4> Tekken
5> Bubble Bobble
6> Shinobi
7> Double Dragon (gotta love that elbow)
8> Sega Rally
9> Dragon Ninja
10> Golden Axe

LoGiE

Killer instint shouldent be no.1...................................

Err...Thanks but i asked what everyones top ten was and i also listed mine. I was not nessesarily talking about how good the game was as much as how much you enjoyed playing it down in the local arcade.

BLITZ_Molloy

>Virtua Fighter 4
>Out Run
>Altered Beast
>Shadow Dancer
>Soul Calibur
>Time Crisis
>Datona
>Hot Rod (Sega system 24)
>Virtua Fighter 3
>Tekken 2

Are their any sites that do good Arcade game reviews?

serenacat

Hey do you know of anywhere in town (Dublin) that have good arcade games?

Mr. Presentable

Galaxian, yes!

and GORF

bombjack2

1 Bombjack
2 Wonderboy
3 Bubble Bobble
4 Arkanoid
5 Metro-cross
6 Burnin Rubber
7 Mario Bros
8 1942
9 Ms Pacman
10 Bogey Manor

Retr0gamer

Mortal Kombat 2 not only in a top 10 but ahead of street fighter 2? I'm very disappointed logie.

Run_to_da_hills

Pole Position
Space Invaders
Pacman
Astroids
Frogger
Mario Bros
1942
Donkey-Kong
Tetris
Red Baron

LoGiE

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Mortal Kombat 2 not only in a top 10 but ahead of street fighter 2? I'm very disappointed logie.

I'm a fanboy what can i say! MK2 basically took more change off me then SF2

brianon

Crikey. Impossible to remember enough games to get an accurate top 10.

Twin Cobra
Kung Fu Master
Track & Field
Legend Of Hero Tonma
Neo Turf Masters
Pro Gear No Arashi
Tetris Grand Master (inc. TGM2/TGM2+)
Bubble Bobble
Dangun Feveron
Pnickies


... sure I'm leaving loads out.

BLITZ_Molloy

Man, my old list sucks.

1. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (can't fuppin' wait for HD Remix)
2. Bombjack
3. Robotron
4. Scud Race
5. Joust
6. Strikers 1945: II
7. Daytona
8. King of the Fighters '98
9. Virtua Fighter 5
10. Space Harrier

Probably forgotten loads there. I don't have MAME on my comp at the moment so I've forgotten which ones I played most.

Retr0gamer

Hmm... might as well put up my list, order subject to change:

1. Street Fighter 2 Turbo
2. R-type
3. Radiant Silvergun
4. Bubble Bobble
5. Ghouls n' Ghosts
6. Metal Slug 2
7. G-Darius
8. Daytona USA
9. Puzzle Bobble
10. Time Crisis

10 just isn't enough

turly

Hmm, I must be a bit of an old-schooler I think.

1. Space Invaders (honorary first place)
2. Moon Cresta
3. Galaxian
4. Robotron
5. Tempest
6. Red Baron and/or BattleZone
7. Missile Defence
8. Gorf
9. 1942
A. Zaxxon

Retr0gamer

Can't believe I left out robotron, for shame.

Duggy747

In no particular order:

1. Chase H.Q
2. Mortal Kombat II (It was huge!)
3. The Simpsons (The 4-player cab)
4. Hard Drivin' (Loved the whole turn the key ignition to start the car)
5. WEC LeMans (Old psuedo 3D sprite racer with force-feedback steering wheel that was hard as fùck!!)
6. Fatal Fury 2 (Any of the Neo Geo cabs I was obsessed with but this the most.)
7. Virtua Racing
8. Afterburner II (Can't believe this monster machine wasn't mentioned!)
9. Street Fighter II rainbow (The pirate version that was always more fun)
10. Time Crisis II (The only arcade game I've cleared on 1 credit)

Too many great ones left out in this list. Brings back memories playing all those classics in the arcades, Bundoran and Seapoint in Galway were the only 2 that had a ton of cabs before they chucked them all out

*wipes tear from eye* Ah, the days when arcade games were only 10p a pop for the regulars and 50p for the big or new cabinets instead of the incredibly reasonable €1.50

CiDeRmAn

Robotron
Star Wars
Bubble Bobble
Super Sprint
OutRun (sit down)
Virtua Racing (sit down)
Puzzle Bobble
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
StarBlade
StunRunner

IanCurtis

Sully

Cant think of 10 but to name a few..

1. Outrun
2. Packman (tis the one where you can win money on, class game)
3. Fruit Machine (another money winning game, you gamble on what fruits are gonna come up - handy money until you keep clearing the machine and its "fixed"!)
4. Fast and Furious
5. Silent Scope
6. Cant think of the name, think its "Ghost" something. Your part of a SWAT team and get your own sub-machine gun to save hostages. You also get to be a sniper, defuse bombs etc. Not a bad game.

Doctor DooM

For shame people. you are all wrong!

The list IS-

1. Street Fighter 2
2. Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition
3. Street Fighter 2 Turbo
4. Super Street Fighter 2
5. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
6. Street Fighter Alpha
7. Street Fighter Alpha 2
8. Street Fighter Alpha 3
9. Street Fighter 3
10. X men vs Street Fighter

But in seriousness,

1. Street Fighter everything edition
2. Marvel Vs Capcom series
3. Final Fight
4. Golden Axe
5. Raiden
6. Pang
7. Mercs
8. Superman
9. Alien Vs Predator ( the ultimate 2 d scroller, if you haven't played it)
10. Virtua Fighter 2

TBH, these are listed in order of how good a memory they evoke... Playing them again, some of them dont stand up.

o1s1n

Sticking to stuff that's eaten lots of my change. No MAME.

1. Metal Slug (They all count as one )
2. Street Fighter 2
3. Puzzle Bobble
4. After Burner
5. Aliens Versus Predator (The side scrolling beat em up)
6. Operation Wolf (First light gun game I ever played. Blew my mind)
7. Mercs
8. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
9. Rastan
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Bomb Jack


Honorary mentions go to:

Time Crisis
NARC
Thunder Blade
Mortal Kombat 2

LoGiE

Oh dear lord.... I hate NARC! :eek:

Retr0gamer

Narc is one of those horrendous Midway games that were only popular because they were filled with gore and awful digitised graphics (I'm looking at you as well Mortal Kombat series).

Doctor DooM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Narc is one of those horrendous Midway games that were only popular because they were filled with gore and awful digitised graphics (I'm looking at you as well Mortal Kombat series).

Yeah, the original Mortal Kombat especially was an extremely poor example of the genre, with one or two patterns overcoming 80% of the enemies.

2 was alright, although simple compared to what it was facing in the arcades, and 3 was boring because it relied way to heavily on memorised chain combos instead of skill (I'm looking at you as well, Killer instinct- although it wasn't as bad there.
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