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Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 19, 2011, 12:39 pm
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[CENTER]What is your Top 5 Classic Arcade games of all time?
For this poll, I will leave it open for multiple choices as this
relates to what you played the most as a kid. You can vote for 5
choices, so make them count. If you want to tell us what you
consider to be the best ever in your eyes, please do so.
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 19, 2011, 12:51 pm
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For me, I still think the greatest Arcade game ever is Pac-Man,
just because of the phenomenon that the game brought with it.
Donkey Kong was a close 2nd. I only managed to get to the Pie
Factory a few times, but only got past it once. Bah!! Dragon's
Lair and Space Ace were revolutionary and I spent the most time
and money on those 2 games. It was a whopping 50 Cents per
play!!! But the one game that I absolutely dominated on and was
somewhat of a "celebrity" here with the kids was Ghost N
Goblins. I found and created so many patterns for the game that
had the other kids scratching their heads in how I could just
obliterate any scores that were put up in the morning. Thinking
back on those Saturday mornings when I would stroll into the
Yellow Brick Road Arcade, the kids parting like the Red Sea as I
made my way to the Ghost N Goblins Cabinet was a rush to say the
least.
One quarter on that game would last me anywhere from 4-6 hours,
non-stop. I would simple quit because I would never lose at all.
I flipped the game 6x's on average. As for Pac-Man, the most
Keys I ever got in one sitting was 24 Keys. That took about what
seemed like 4 hours. Maybe it was 3. Can't remember exactly. I
pretty sure it was 4 because of what time my Mom dropped me off
at the Arcade. Only reason I stopped playing this particular
session was because my Mom came into the arcade and dragged me
off the game because it was late at night. Bah!!
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 19, 2011, 12:56 pm
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[CENTER]KISS Pinball Machine
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDotCHd6uEY
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXk0DFcVQHI
I forgot to mention a little game that I use to play and once
tried to get my friends to help me carry it out of the arcade in
broad daylight. We never really were going to steal it because
we knew it was physically impossible. But boy, did we ever like
to talk about doing just that. ;D Currently reading KISSTORY II
which highltes all the promotional stuff the band has released
over the years. If and when I ever come across a KISS Pinball
Machine, I will gladly buy it.
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Mac Date: October 19, 2011, 1:55 pm
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I was mildly entertained with those early games. I played
because a lot of my friends did. Peer pressure. The ones I
played the most were Frogger and Space Invaders. But even more
so I loved Qix and Centipede.
For those that might have forgot Qix
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCJD9Ka2wo
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 19, 2011, 2:10 pm
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Space Invaders was the absolute first cabinet game I ever
played. We were on a school field trip to a roller rink and off
in the corner of the Cafe was this..."thing". We all went over
to investigate it. It was so cool. Gimme a quarter!!!! That's
was what we would be saying to each other while we waiting to
play next. I went first and immediately picked it up. But the
thing I remember clearly as it was yesterday was the "thump,
thump, thump, weeeehooooweeeeehoooo...."
Good times.
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 19, 2011, 2:12 pm
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=414.msg2943#msg2943
date=1319050500]
For those that might have forgot Qix
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Whoa! That brought chills to me! I haven't seen that in
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeears! I forgot all about that one.
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 1:06 pm
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[CENTER]Gorf
Gorf Arcade Game (1981 Midway Mfg.) - Overview & Gameplay
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0l97gmZ1pU
When I was in Jr. High, I went to Mission Bay Liquor every
morning before school started to play this. EVERY morning for
about a year. It was a pretty good game and made going to school
bearable because I had something more to look forward to each
day.
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 1:11 pm
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[CENTER]Scramble
Scramble Gameplay
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i31eRva3E
Then along came Scramble to replace Gorf at MBL. I became
OBSESSED with this game. Love, love, loved this one for the
longest time. The gameplay seems to simplistic but it's very
deceiving if you had a over sensitive joystick which would cause
you to veer widly off path, crashing into the ground or
mountains or into the line of fire. I wasn't the only kid that
had to play this game. It literally was a race down to MBL to
get there first because there would be too many kids waiting to
get their turn. The game wasn't there for more than a few months
though. Grrrr!!
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Re: Top 5 Classic Arcade Games Of All Time
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 1:23 pm
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[CENTER]Donkey Kong
Gameplay and Overview
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfzPpc6-Kwc
Another obsession of course was Donkey Kong. I played this one a
lot at Mr. G's Pizza. But it was kinda scary going down there to
play because it was in the back of the joint near the pool
tables which were usually populated by Bikers. So, I had to pick
and choose when I would go when I knew the place would be
"empty" of "Hell's Angels". Well, I just always assumed they
were Hell's Angels.
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