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If you could own one Arcade Machine?
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Torrent of Pork
Banned
Hard Drivin'
I have many memories of my grandmother giving me a quarter to play the game on the way out of the Food Lion if I behaved while she was shopping.
I have many memories of my grandmother giving me a quarter to play the game on the way out of the Food Lion if I behaved while she was shopping.
Nixonomics
Member
Probably MvC2 or that 4 player Gauntlet Dark Legacy cabinet.
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
This thread is torturing me with all the cool possibilites XD
Neo Geo MVS and MVC 2 and Time Crisis 2 and After Burner Climax are all interesting choices...yet if I were to stick with just one...hmm...probably Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the nostalgia and great memories. I was beating my friend so good in MVC2 that he must've put in 8 tokens or so in order to try to get his revenge...good times
Neo Geo MVS and MVC 2 and Time Crisis 2 and After Burner Climax are all interesting choices...yet if I were to stick with just one...hmm...probably Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the nostalgia and great memories. I was beating my friend so good in MVC2 that he must've put in 8 tokens or so in order to try to get his revenge...good times
newtypepilot
Member
nuff said
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
or
Aerosmith Pinball (This would be my first choice)
or
Aerosmith Pinball (This would be my first choice)
Bullet Club
Banned
WWF Wrestlefest
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I occasionally google for this but can never find anything given how many general terms are used for all kinds of things the search brings up. Does anyone remember a relatively old coin-operated arcade flight "sim" game where, I believe but could be remembering wrong, the first or easiest level asked you to land on water in a lake or something with a small (yellow?) plane, then there was a harder jet fighter landing on a carrier level and, I think, the hardest was a large airline plane landing at night (maybe rain too) with having to first do a turn to get in position? Back then I thought it was cool and enjoyed it but perhaps it wasn't. It was proper 3D, not some top down thing, and the cabinet was a little sit down thing with joystick and throttle controls, I think. It's not my pick, I already said my pick, but maybe some people here have seen it so that's why I ask.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
The six player X-men arcade game would be amazing. That was so much fun back in the day.
DunDunDunpachi
Banned
Guessing you either played Landing High Japan (timestamped below) or Top Landing, both by Taito.
The Alien
Banned
YES!!! Old School
I'd probably go with Ice Cold Beer.
Came here to say the same. Great, fun game.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
It doesn't seem to be either of those but in the related videos I saw this.
It resembles what I played a lot more closely, I think the control tutorial is basically identical with the chunky 3d models of the stick and throttle, but watching playthroughs I don't see any of the 3 levels I recall playing through so perhaps they had many more of these done. Wiki doesn't help...
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Going old school games and variety. One of these kinds of cabinets.
The Game Time 1000-1 is an amazing upright multi-game arcade machine which plays a whopping 1000 top arcade games including many classics spanning the ages. This machine is packed full of top games to provide great enjoyment whether at home, in a games room or at a venue.
The Game Time 1000-1 is an amazing upright multi-game arcade machine which plays a whopping 1000 top arcade games including many classics spanning the ages. This machine is packed full of top games to provide great enjoyment whether at home, in a games room or at a venue.
alabtrosMyster
Banned
Hey I was here to post that!Sega coin ops come to mind. After Burner II would be at the top of the list, followed by Thunder Blade.
The fucking imagination and creativity Sega had back in the 80s... to experience that era...
Little known fact. If you unplug and plug the After Burner II cabinet, it would generate about 20 seconds of diagnostics, including testing the flight stick out. Cheap, mindless fun when we ran out of tokens back in those days.
molasar
Banned
Are any games on it even legal? If not then my PC is a better arcade machine.Going old school games and variety. One of these kinds of cabinets.
The Game Time 1000-1 is an amazing upright multi-game arcade machine which plays a whopping 1000 top arcade games including many classics spanning the ages. This machine is packed full of top games to provide great enjoyment whether at home, in a games room or at a venue.
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DigitalScrap
Member
For me, Top Skater. I loved that thing.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Going old school games and variety. One of these kinds of cabinets.
The Game Time 1000-1 is an amazing upright multi-game arcade machine which plays a whopping 1000 top arcade games including many classics spanning the ages. This machine is packed full of top games to provide great enjoyment whether at home, in a games room or at a venue.
While I get what you mean in theory it doesn't have any soul (if that makes sense).
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Likely not.
The only ones that are legit are the ones with 40 or 50 games from cabinets that says Atari or Taito greatest hits with actual corporate artwork.
The 1000 game machines are awesome, but the one key problem with all of them (I've played some) is sorting. None of them seem to put the games in proper chronological order A - Z. Some game lists are random. Some are kind of in order. It's like the UI doesn't have a sort function (or maybe they do but the shop doesn't sort it in a hidden interface). And most don't have genre filters.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I’m sorta shocked by my answer, but I played it a lot. I took my N64 memory card to the arcade just so I could see if it would work with it.
NFL Blitz 99
The lights, sounds, and easy to play game mechanics. I’m not even into football, but the cabinet is awesome.
NFL Blitz 99
The lights, sounds, and easy to play game mechanics. I’m not even into football, but the cabinet is awesome.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I hear ya. I was on purely gameplay. If I had to choose one machine with a dedicated game, it would probably be this:
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Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I hear ya. I was on purely gameplay. If I had to choose one machine with a dedicated game, it would probably be this:
NOW THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! (And Operation: Thunderbolt)
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Another fav. Looking back, repetitive as fuck, but awesome soundtrack (1 looping tune), and surprisingly hard later on.
When I got good at the game, I could roll over Earth consistently, but the second wave of planets was tough as shit.
On a similar note, Time Pilot was another great game. Which I say is even harder than Gyruss. Time Pilot's game mechanic was very deceiving as your ship actually moved super slow and enemy bullets seemed to track you. The clouds whizzing by made it look like you were going fast, but you weren't.
When I got good at the game, I could roll over Earth consistently, but the second wave of planets was tough as shit.
On a similar note, Time Pilot was another great game. Which I say is even harder than Gyruss. Time Pilot's game mechanic was very deceiving as your ship actually moved super slow and enemy bullets seemed to track you. The clouds whizzing by made it look like you were going fast, but you weren't.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Its been ages since I’ve seen a Crazy Taxi machine. I think the last time was early 00’s at a Buffalo Wild Wings. Crusin World or Off Road Challenge were so common at arcades and restaurantsI'll take the stand-up/lean back version of Crazy Taxi High Roller.
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bronk
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I alot of people have never played it. An absolute classic.YES!!! Old School
Came here to say the same. Great, fun game.
backloggamer
Neo Member
It's weird. Thinking about how long ago the arcades were for me, I didn't think I'd be able to come up with a single machine. Yet, when I sat and thought about arcade machines that left an impression on me and came to mind without much thought...
It'd be either Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time or The Simpsons arcade machine. Something everyone could get in to, that'd tickle my nostalgia right and I think would hold up fairly well.
- Mortal Kombat (I'll never forget having my head ripped off as a 9 year old knowing jack shit about the game)
- Street Fighter 2 (it gave me a love for fighting games, though certainly not enough to git good at any of them)
- Time Crisis (that stupid pedal just elevated the whole genre to my little mind)
- Dragon's Lair (just beautiful at the time)
- Daytona (so much time with friends, accessible yet challenging)
- Mad Dog McCree (I doubt this would hold up at all, yet...)
It'd be either Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time or The Simpsons arcade machine. Something everyone could get in to, that'd tickle my nostalgia right and I think would hold up fairly well.
Potato Chip PRO
Member
Daytona USA... With 3 more connected to race each other.. miss those arcade times during the Mall.
TindalosPup
Member
I saw this thread earlier and decided to think on it for a bit. I like a lot of arcade games, some of my earliest memories are playing Namco Museum Vol. 1 on the PS and going to arcades with my older brother who always made fun of how trash 5 year old me was at fighting games
But then this episode of Seinfeld came on
I want this Frogger, I'd even make GLC the top score
But then this episode of Seinfeld came on
I want this Frogger, I'd even make GLC the top score
Whitesnake
Banned
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Great music, great visuals, and enough characters, combos, and tech to spend a lifetime mastering.
Great music, great visuals, and enough characters, combos, and tech to spend a lifetime mastering.
mild sriracha
Member
Permitted by spouse, you say ?
Astro City + Puzzle Bobble 2 (neogeo)
or
if spouse is not a issue,
Vewlix (2 cabs side by side) + Guily Gear 2020 Strive
Astro City + Puzzle Bobble 2 (neogeo)
or
if spouse is not a issue,
Vewlix (2 cabs side by side) + Guily Gear 2020 Strive
Elektro Demon
Banned
None. But I would like to own one of those pinball machines.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
If pinball counts:
I was always terrible at pinball.
Only time a quarter went faster was playing Asteroids.
Bigrx1
Banned
If pinball counts:
That's my favorite pinball machine! God I've spent hours playing that at a local dive over the years. Beaten the regular mode only twice, it's a damn hard game the fucking trolls can really screw you over.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
But if we’re talking specifically for cabinets I’ll go for Halo: Fireteam Raven
That looks amazing.
wondermega
Member
Moving into a house with a garage shortly, so yes - at 45 years of age, I can finally fulfill my destiny as That Kind of Nerd and have enough space to get my very own legit arcade machine. And also yes, I will likely only get a couple at most, so this thread is a very real issue for me to grapple with. WHAT MACHINE? I still love going to the local barcade-type places here in SoCal, and my #1 go-to is still Ms Pacman, I still getthat much enjoyment out of it after all of these years. But as much as I enjoy it, I can't say that that game is one I'd want to know I had on hand that I could chill out and just play anytime. That distinction is harder to consider. An amazing-looking cabinet (with decent, but unspectacular gameplay) like Tron? A weird, beautiful vector game like Asteroids or Tempest? Something my girlfriend would enjoy, like Centipede? A hard-as-balls game with a flight yoke which is forever burned into my brain as being eccentric in so many ways, like Zaxxon? The guy up there who posted Rampart had the right idea... Smash TV? Robotron? GahhhHHhHHhh
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