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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Yeong on October 11, 2011, 09:23:49 am
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You can list it too
My personal Favorites:
1. Metal Slug
2. Strikers 1945 Plus
3. King of the Fighters
4. Marvel vs Capcom series!
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Dig dug
Space invaders
Galaga
VS. Super Mario Bros.
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are we talking oldschool stand up arcade style games or are we including modern day console games ? Happy to participate, but my lists are very different depending on the reply :w00t:
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old school arcade list:
1~ Astroids
2~ Battlezone
3~ Golden Axe
4~ Galaga
5~ Streetfighter
if your including consoles and pc games then:
1~Madden
2~Guild Wars
3~Gran Torismo 5
4~UFC Undisputed 2010
5~ C&C Generals Zero Hour
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4: The only time double-posting is allowed (posting two messages in a row in the same topic) is either if there has been 6 hours since your last post, 3 hours if your thread has been bumped out of the New Posts page, 1 hour if it's a project update or immediately if you need to upload more than 10 file attachments at once. Otherwise, update the last post using the "EDIT" button. It will be marked as unread for all members (altough it won't bump the thread).
Don't worry, making mistakes is allowed as long as you learn from them (I'm speaking about in life, not only on the forums). ;)
Yes, you have to read the rules (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=ezportal;sa=page;p=2) :P
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Let's go with old school! XD
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ok no double posting, got it....sorry guys :hyper:
i had not read the rules, my fault, I have read them now
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Welcome, Ghost!
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thanks for the welcome, sorry for the double post, its a topic i am somewhat passionate about (is it wrong for a 40 year old college student to still love video games?)
back in the arcade days I also used to love Joust, but having gone back and played it more recently on a console I know longer have any idea why. there was another arcade game I cant remember the name of, I want to say Robotron followed by a future year.....it was in the grafics style of astroids or battlezone but it was you clearing mazes full of robots with a gun (think pac man but with guns instead of chasing and eating)...anyway loved that one back in the day too.
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Heya and welcome here Ghost :D. I personally was not much into arcade games since I was born in the Super Mario Bros era, but when i tried some old games I kinda liked space shooters a lot like Space Invaders. Besides that my favorite arcade games are mainly the racing ones and pinball type games.
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Futile attempt of me playing Strikers 1945 Plus. Awesome Game!
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thanks for the welcome, sorry for the double post, its a topic i am somewhat passionate about (is it wrong for a 40 year old college student to still love video games?)
back in the arcade days I also used to love Joust, but having gone back and played it more recently on a console I know longer have any idea why. there was another arcade game I cant remember the name of, I want to say Robotron followed by a future year.....it was in the grafics style of astroids or battlezone but it was you clearing mazes full of robots with a gun (think pac man but with guns instead of chasing and eating)...anyway loved that one back in the day too.
Do you mean Berzerk?
Berzerk is my favorite arcade game. :D
It was so advanced with its voice-synthesizing chip. "Chicken, fight like a robot!"
(http://spyhunter007.com/Images/bezerk_picture.jpg)
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Does Gauntlet Count?
Pinball is still one of my favorites.
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I know this is a pretty large necropost, but I have a few to add to the list. :P
- Ghosts 'n Goblins
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Simpsons Arcade
- Street Fighter II (and its variants)
- Pacman
- Ms. Pacman
- Galaga
- Golden Axe
- Final Fight
- Marvel vs. Capcom II
- X-men
- X-men vs Street Fighter
- House of the Dead (series)
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There was a Ms. Pacman + Galaga multicade in the arcade I went to. I only played one game of galaga because the fireworks show began short after.
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This is what we have in Quebec City at the arcade located in Mega-Parc, which is an indoor amusement ride park by the way:
http://www.recreatheque.qc.ca/games/
Several of those are from the mid 90's, but are still very fun, especially Sega Rally Championship. I'm unsure where House of the Dead went, though, but it was fun as well. :)
What sucks is that there was a second Recreatheque arcade in Old Quebec City (on St-Jean street, IIRC), but it closed years ago. Although it was smaller, I prefered that one since it took one less hour to go there.
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The only place I know of around here that has Arcade games anymore is Dave and Busters. It's actually a bar/resturaunt that also has an arcade section. I haven't been in there in quite a while , but last time I passed by they had a Marvel vs. Capcom game in visible sight and a Galaga/ Ms. Pacman machine as well.
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Is Dance Dance Revolution old enough to count? :P
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Yea, I think so. :D Though I think the orginal intent was older stuff. All arcade games are pretty much "Old School" now as they are a dying breed. :*( I actually don't know what the most recent (if any) arcade release was. ???
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Yeah in the 90's when I was kid and lived where I live right now, there was an arcade next to the Pizzeria restaurant where I live. However, it was shut down because it got overran by pedophiles and druggies. I think I only went there once with my bro, but we didn't play any game because we had no money. It seemed pretty fun, though, and I would sure go there today if it was still open. In the 70's there was one in the mall nearby too, which closed since then (I bet it was for the same reasons)
Nowadays the only arcades are the Mega Parc or Cineplex Odéon theaters (when Famous Player went out of business, I think they bought all the arcades that were there). There is also the La Planque store in St-Roch district, which got a MKII and Killer Instinct set of arcades and they're free (although I doubt the store owners would like if you spent hours playing them without buying anything)
I bet that some arcades shutting down was partly due to lower profits too, since we have been able to play much more advanced or the same games at home for a long time now. Back then, arcades usually had graphics way ahead of their time, because they were not limited by size and the technology was dedicated to running one game in particular.