Classic Arcade Games

[Fox 6]

So at work they put in an arcade machine with something like 100 games on it. Its got Bubble Bobble, Joust, Street Fighter II, 1942 and the list goes on. I play it on my breaks and its quite fun. Anyone here have any stories or favorite games they want to share?



A few years back there was a Primal Rage arcade game at a near by ice arena. For those who dont know it is a fighter but with dinosaurs and monsters and junk. I got pretty good with the "Vertigo" snake monster thing. So good that I was taking challenges. Man those were the days. :P

[Typhoid]

My favourite arcade game is Marble Madness.


Okay, I don't know if it's actually an arcade game, but I have it for the NES, and it's fucking fantastic.

[Pylon_Trooper]

I can remember they had the following at the local Indoor Cricket center when I was in elementary school, and we used to crowd around them between innings. Man, those afternoons were fun.

Final Lap 3
Simpsons Beat-em up
Mortal Kombat
Snow Bros.
Street Fighter II

Awesome times.

[Swan]

Man I miss arcades. So much fun.

The Simpsons side scrolling beat-em-up
The Xmen beat-em-up
and there was this one other awesome robot game that I can't remember the name of it. Two robots fighting in an arena and you used two joy sticks to play. Best game ever

[Angrist]

The only real arcade game I ever played was a Die Hard game, together with my brother. I stole one of his 3 lives when I had spent all mine.

Ah, Marble Madness... I hadn't played that game in 20 years, I tried it again last week. Was nice.

[Pylon_Trooper]

Originally Posted by Swan

Man I miss arcades. So much fun.

The Simpsons side scrolling beat-em-up
The Xmen beat-em-up
and there was this one other awesome robot game that I can't remember the name of it. Two robots fighting in an arena and you used two joy sticks to play. Best game ever

You're talking about Virtual On, right? It was a brilliant game. I had it on Sega Saturn and played it to death!

[Vampyr]

My most memorable arcade experience was playing Marvel vs. Capcom (it might have been 2, I can't remember) one one of the arcade machines outside of Wal Mart. I loved being able to play as all the different comic book characters.

I now own the game for the ps2, which I was surprised to learn is selling on ebay for anywhere from $80 - $100, because of it's rarity and demand.

Another awesome experience was playing a Street Fighter game (can't remember which) in an arcade while on vacation in Tennessee. This was only a few years ago, but the machine was older and only cost 25 cents to play, and you could play for a very long time on that amount of money. I spent almost an entire night on it.