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01-10-2003, 20:46
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The Rude Monkey
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When I was young and at college studying computer studies (zzzzz) at college ... I used to skip class and go play games at the arcade (stories on matilda street) ... incidently I failed my college course !!!
Anyway.
What are your top 3 favorite arcade games ?
Mine are:
Starforce.
Krull.
Gauntlet.
(I also used to love flicky and mad-planets).
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01-10-2003, 20:47
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Gauntlet
Elite
Driller
... all on the Spectrum.
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01-10-2003, 21:08
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Chief Boggwoppit
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I never got this?? Must have been my grandad's fault. I have never ever played arcade games.
I just don't get it! 
Moon Maiden
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01-10-2003, 21:16
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Psychenaut
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Arcade games
Asteroids - Atari
Defender - Williams
1942 - Can't remember who, Bally? (edit - it was actually called 19xx by capcom)
Arcade style
defender - bbc micro
monsters (space panic) - bbc micro
xenon II - amiga
Best ever games
Elite - BBC Micro (wow!)
Carrier Command - Amiga (wow)
Starglider II - Amiga (double wow)
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Last edited by Phanerothyme; 01-10-2003 at 21:31.
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01-10-2003, 21:34
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The Rude Monkey
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Some really cool games there Phan ...
Such a buzz playing anything like defender / starforce ... no over the top power-ups complicating the issue ... just pure skill and WOW at the adrenlyn of it all ...
Mind you ... I love some new arcade games ... esp the ones where you can get in to the cabinet and it vibrates (kinky!) ... u know the ones ... big racing games in sit down cabinets !?
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01-10-2003, 22:02
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I so still love pac man LMAO
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01-10-2003, 22:04
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01-10-2003, 23:20
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all in
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Yeah Xenon II was a great game,cool music,and super nashwan power ruled.As for old arcade games goes,some of these aint really that old,but i played them as a kid,so i think there old,and yes i know theres more than 3 here!
Outrun
Chase HQ
Operation Wolf
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
Final Fight
Street Frighter II (one game i am truely unbeatable on)
If i think of anymore i'll let you know.
Last edited by mr craig; 01-10-2003 at 23:42.
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02-10-2003, 00:53
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pacman - of course
then two that were on the computer dad would bring home from work in the holidays - no idea what they were called
one was a basic shooting game
the other was a precurser to the nokia snake game now
they were all fab!
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02-10-2003, 07:27
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Tottyrator
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It has to be the original
Space Invaders - maybe showing my age here, but used to play it all the time around 78-80 ish - just simple skill needed - you didnt need a degree to understand the functions.
Remember the Glass table ones in pubs and stuff - they were ok until someone spilt beer or flicked fag ash all over. You couldnt see anything after that.
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02-10-2003, 07:47
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Double Dragon
Street Fighter II
Mortal Combat
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02-10-2003, 08:41
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Psychenaut
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Quote:
Originally posted by JamieW
Some really cool games there Phan ...
Such a buzz playing anything like defender / starforce ... no over the top power-ups complicating the issue ... just pure skill and WOW at the adrenlyn of it all ...
Mind you ... I love some new arcade games ... esp the ones where you can get in to the cabinet and it vibrates (kinky!) ... u know the ones ... big racing games in sit down cabinets !?
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Remember Space Harrier? Great cabinet, but if you ever played the game on a standard arcade (no flying seat) then it was pretty dull, same with Firefox and some others - as often happens, gimmickry to cloak less good games.
Last time I spent any serious money on an arcade game it was called virtua racing, and very good it was too, that was back in 94 - two racing car cabinets with FF steeringwheels racing against one another, and a choice of tracks, very competitive, and expensive at 50p a pop.
Did I mention:
Spychaser? That was also top.
I remember playing Defender on the BBC micro, an almost perfect clone of it at least, called something else, planetoid maybe?
That was a game that demanded lightning quick reflexes and good hand/eye coordination. Still remember that very unfamiliar feeling of playing a game for something like 30 minutes and then having to stop because my pulse was racing and my hands shaking from the adrenalin (aged 12) - a whole new vista of discovery of different states of mind opened up there...
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02-10-2003, 09:46
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Ah the memories. Some great games mentioned 
Defender and missile command are favourites of mine.
My best game ever would be between Elite (on the Archimedes) or Civilisation on the PC.
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02-10-2003, 11:26
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Golden Axe was great when I were a lad! Incidentally, the music for Xenon II was written by Bomb the Bass - who have done many other, equally great tunes.
Other Classics: Double Dragon, Shinobi (sat in the foyer of a hotel in Spain for 2 weeks!!), Street Fighter II
Modern Classics: Time Crisis II, Soul Caliber, Sega Rally...
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02-10-2003, 11:27
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Also - mr Craig, I will take you up on your SFII challenge any time you wish!! I'm damn good at that series!!!
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02-10-2003, 11:46
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Quote:
Originally posted by purplepippa
pacman - of course
then two that were on the computer dad would bring home from work in the holidays - no idea what they were called
one was a basic shooting game
the other was a precurser to the nokia snake game now
they were all fab!
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They sound like the games you got free with GWBASIC on older PCs. Did the shooting game involve two monkeys on buildings throwing bananas at each other?
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02-10-2003, 12:02
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The Rude Monkey
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Defender on the BBC was ace ... and called Planetoid (for legal reasons) ... and all the Acornsoft games in them days were just miles ahead of the competition ...
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02-10-2003, 12:08
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Defender had the tendency to knacker your Space Bar on your BBC keyboard.
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02-10-2003, 15:13
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all in
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Quote:
Originally posted by Agent Dan
Also - mr Craig, I will take you up on your SFII challenge any time you wish!! I'm damn good at that series!!!
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Bring it on!!!
I better go and get the PS2 fired up and get some practice in.
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02-10-2003, 15:19
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Lefty DoGooder
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Here is a story for you
Back in 1980 I had this cool boyfriend who had just passed his driving test and his mum sometimes let him drive her car.
Every Saturday morning we would drive to Redcar and go to the arcades where he would play Space Invaders for hours and then we would go home. He was obsessed with it, totally, beating his personal best score week after week.
I met him online through Friends Reunited about 18 months ago and now he is a rich man who is semi-retired at the age of 40 having made a fortune writing video games and games for playstation etc.
So, I think Space Invaders has a lot to answer for.
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