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I could finish Arkanoid and Street Fighter 2 with one quarter no problem. Logged a few hours on those machines to say the least.


 
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Ikari warriors
 
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I used to get blisters from playing Defender at the local arcade
 
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I liked Mike Tyson's punchout a lot and I was also a fan of the Track and field game for nintendo that came with the powerpad. It was a 3 game cartridge that had Mario bros, duck hunt and track and field.  I used to jump off to the side of the powdrpad for long jump and I would hop back on after about 5 seconds or so and that would give me a huge jump
 
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Quote Originally Posted by timbaland99:

I liked Mike Tyson's punchout a lot and I was also a fan of the Track and field game for nintendo that came with the powerpad. It was a 3 game cartridge that had Mario bros, duck hunt and track and field.  I used to jump off to the side of the powdrpad for long jump and I would hop back on after about 5 seconds or so and that would give me a huge jump


Track and Field with the NES Advantage controller = unstoppable
 
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Contra 


I have few retro collections for xbox360, a sega and a midway, they're fun for about half an hour, that's about it..
 
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Quote Originally Posted by chaloots:

Missile Command and Pitfall 




jesus,  i kinda got choked up seeing this.............
 
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The original Nintendo Super Tecmo Bowl? Anyway, I loved playing the 1991 Houston Oilers. The run & shoot, awsome. In my world of neerdyness, I would keep track of my stats (still have the notebooks). I would run the kick-offs & punt returns backwards as close to the goal line as possible to have more yardage for the offense to rack up. by the time the playoffs & super bowl came around my players were spent and I would always lose to the Giants. No matter though, I ony gave a do-do about regular season stats. Neat!!
 
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Dig Dug as someone said

Paperboy was awesome as well with the bike handlebar

sports wise: I like the Olympic game (don't remember the name)

 
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Quote Originally Posted by ClubDirt:

intellevision was the best game console ever, better than this complicated XBOX and PS15 garbage.  baseball, soccer and football were great. 


It's been like 30 years and I still remember the old 9-4-1-3 quick pass to the wideout.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Frank_Da_Tank:

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

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



Never had Contra, but you're right - that baseball game kicked behind.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Nut_Flopper:



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.


i would always stiff one of the horses by cracking him with the whip leaving the starting gate and betting on the others. Was a decent game. Also liked the poker and blackjack game with the shifty-eyed dealer.
 
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I was actually mid-west regional Pole Position Champion back in 86.
 
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Joust, Tecmo Bowl, RBI Baseball, Galaga, and Ms Pac Man (fast version) all still kick my brain's neurotransmitters into high gear.  

And a good game of heavy is also enjoyable, as I used to love playing the WWF pinball game.  
 
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Download an emulator (mame) and get all the roms for it. I grew up in the 90s when arcades were hot. I remember feeding that MK2 machine with quarters, along with killer instinct. Does anyone here play street fighter 3 third strike?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by wizardofroz:

Joust, Tecmo Bowl, RBI Baseball, Galaga, and Ms Pac Man (fast version) all still kick my brain's neurotransmitters into high gear.  

And a good game of heavy is also enjoyable, as I used to love playing the WWF pinball game.  

His real fun came by feeding the machines with slugs........

Crazy Climber, quix, paperboy, zookeeper and NBA Jams TE(90'sgame)
 
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My favorite arcade games of the '80s were Dig Dug, Space Invaders, Breakout, Ms. Pac Man, Asteroids, and Carnival.

I have my own tribute to Dig Dug:  https://www.edcollins.com/digdug
 
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Joust, Missile Command, Donkey Kong, and my all time favorite Atari game Adventure
 
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Epic Intellivision battles at baseball, hell it TALKED!..."yerrrr out"
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose:


Asteroids

Goose and Zimbo showing their age!!! 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by vanzack:

I saw something on TV that had Tecmo Bowl (for Nintendo) on it.

Brought me right back to the 80's.

I remember there was an unstoppable play (I think it was the broncos) and a few other quirks.

Funny....


It was Bo Jackson you are talking about Van.

I swear to you, this was the most dominant player in any sports game ever.

You take the Raiders and Bo and you will win the game!!!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TRAIN69:

Not from the 80s (cuz I wasnt very old then), but my 2 favorite are mortal Combat and NBA Jam Session
NBA Jam was one of the greatest and funnest games of all-time, especially for someone who loves the NBA.


At the time, the graphics were cutting edge.

Clyde Drexler looked exactly like...Clyde Drexler!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:



I was thinking about some of these older games and am going to see if any arcades still have them around here.  I'd love to go spend a couple of hours.  

Rampage.....Track and Field.  A couple of others.  

Dragon's Lair

That puppy was tough, but the graphics were awesome for the times.  

Dragon's Lair was the hardest game I ever played (outside of perhaps Contra for Nintendo with only 3 lives and Defender, which I lasted 35 seconds on per quarter).
 
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Quote Originally Posted by bizkilla:

My mom would always drop me off at the arcade with about $5-10 while she went shopping. I blew through the cash pretty quick and spent the next hour or so looking on the floor and under the machines for spare change.

But games that come to mind from that era are the Michael Jackson MOONWALKER. That game seemed like you got your money's worth.

The other was the Simpsons arcade game, although I don't think that came out until 1991. That was another one that you got your money's worth.

As far as old school I go with Pac-Man.


I've been in and out of arcades my whole life and I thought Moonwalker was an awful overhyped game.
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by i8thehink:

The original Nintendo Super Tecmo Bowl? Anyway, I loved playing the 1991 Houston Oilers. The run & shoot, awsome. In my world of neerdyness, I would keep track of my stats (still have the notebooks). I would run the kick-offs & punt returns backwards as close to the goal line as possible to have more yardage for the offense to rack up. by the time the playoffs & super bowl came around my players were spent and I would always lose to the Giants. No matter though, I ony gave a do-do about regular season stats. Neat!!

You weren't the only 'nerd' who kept stats in the blue marble notebooks!

I did this as well with Bases Loaded and Baseball Stars.

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