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They had Donkey Kong in the lobby at the drive in. I was killing it and never got so far but my girlfriend let me play for a few more minutes then said lets go.  Her name was deep throat Becky so I had no choice.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by joepa510:

I was obsessed with Super Mario Bros and would play for hours till I saved the princess.. Donkey Kong was great.  Loved playing Burger time as well..

Burger Time  
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Kurshka:

They had Donkey Kong in the lobby at the drive in. I was killing it and never got so far but my girlfriend let me play for a few more minutes then said lets go.  Her name was deep throat Becky so I had no choice.

 
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As a teen-used to puff a little weed with friends and spend an hour playing frogger & Galaga. Those arcades were dark & like mini Casinos for teens. Those games were addicting.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Kurshka:

They had Donkey Kong in the lobby at the drive in. I was killing it and never got so far but my boyfriend let me play for a few more minutes then said lets go.  His name was deep throat Brian so I had no choice.
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Oh man...

Choplifter

Kung Fu Master

Rastan

Tron

Tank Battle (name might be wrong)

Any baseball game, especially Home Run derby - there was even a 2 player table top one where you could throw knuckleballs

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What was the one where you were driving and you had to run over the green balls in the road to increase your play time? You pulled up into the back of a semi I think.

 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:

I remember Gauntlet and sometimes there would be 3-4 people playing at the same time..


"Little Elf is about to die...", I still remember that phrase from Gauntlet.

 
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The game I was good at was "Defender". The best game I had lasted for hours and you couldn't beat that value with just a quarter.
 
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Oh, Space invader, too.
 
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Double Dragon
 
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Donkey Kong

Commando

Galaga

Star Castle

 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Dutch1976:

What was the one where you were driving and you had to run over the green balls in the road to increase your play time? You pulled up into the back of a semi I think.

 


Are you thinking of Spy Hunter?   Vertical driving game and you could pull into a semi and change/power up cars
 
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For the Intellivision, you couldn't beat Dungeons & Dragons, Burger Time or Astrosmash.
 
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Sinistar was always loud and annoying

Battle Zone was one of the first I remember playing 


 
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Joust
 
Donkey Kong (can't believe I missed that)

Pole Position

Forgot about Defender as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUlS_cSMoE

And Q-Bert.  

Always sucked at centipede, but played if plenty.  

I still play Ms. PacMan and Galaga when I see a machine at a bar or wherever.  

Tempest was also another I sucked at but played reasonably often. Talk about simple graphics.  

 
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Nothing better than the "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" that came out of Q-Bert when he jumped off the side or back of the pyramid.  

 
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Quote Originally Posted by AGMJ:

For the Intellivision, you couldn't beat Dungeons & Dragons, Burger Time or Astrosmash.

If you are going to count Intellivision - Contra & the Baseball game

Arcade: Asteroids, Defender, Missle Command, & Pole P were my top 4

 
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Quote Originally Posted by AGMJ:

For the Intellivision, you couldn't beat Dungeons & Dragons, Burger Time or Astrosmash.


I had intellivision, the horse racing game is what I think introduced me to odds and gambling initially. I think I was about 10 when I got it.

Most are mentioned Asteroids, Defender, Joust, Tron, Missile Command, Dig Dug, Dragons Lair and Space Ace (I was in awe when those first came out), Frogger, Centipede, Jungle King, Contra, Beserk, loved Battle Zone so many others.
 
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intellevision was the best game console ever, better than this complicated XBOX and PS15 garbage.  baseball, soccer and football were great. 
 
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Intellivision baseball is the greatest console game ever.

Galaga and asteroids will be played a hundred years from now
 
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The Simpsons arcade game was a classic. Loved that game 
 
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Missile Command and Pitfall 
 
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I know you kids wouldn't remember or probably even heard of it but the one that started it all was absolutely addicting with it's simplicity yet impossible mastery . PONG.

They put one in clubhouse at golf course and there was always line-ups to play

 
 
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Toros,

Yeah, Pong was a great game!

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