wow I haven't been here for quite a while, kinda feel like Marty at the cafe 80s in 2015...
I just heard they're making a movie out of 80's arcade game 'spyhunter' with that classic method actor The Rock what kinda games did eveyone used to play back in the day and which ones would make for good movies today?...I always remeber those movig subs of 'AfterBurner', Chase HQ and though I was no good at it: the classic and oh so cool 'Out Run', always Guy in 'Final Fight' or Streethawk in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 2 classic, btw I began loading 'odd job eddie' in 1989 and I think it's just about done Posted by Ali_with_an_i (Member # 27) on :
I played Mrs Pac Man. Wow you haven't been here forever! Welcome Back! Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
I liked the more unusal ones: Paperboy is my all time fave, one called Tapper, Kung Fu Master, Super Mario Bros, and of course, the grandfather of them all, Pac Man.
Actually went nuts this weekend trying to download some 80s games. All the sites want money or registeration for two hours or have cheap knock offs. Found a cool Pac Man one which was pretty authentic, the music, the splat noise when he died, the graphics.
Amazing what they can do to emulate nowadays.
Posted by sara (Member # 1697) on :
i was christmas shopping at best buy the other day , and as i was strolling threw the vidio game section i noticed that they now have a box set of evey classic attari game. i'm not sure what game system it was for but i dont think it was an atari. thought it was kinda cool.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
It's a PC game, it's really not that great, the games aren't the good ones.
there is an Activision version though that is fairly good.
We are DEVO
Posted by Jaymi (Member # 1434) on :
Ok, remember Pitfall?
Posted by Bobby Keller (Member # 2129) on :
Double Dragon, Mario, Duck Hunt, Paperboy and Donkey Kong.
Posted by materialgirl347 (Member # 2194) on :
i still love mrs. pacman and all the nintendo games like super mario brothers 3. i don't kno if that one was around in the 80's tho
Posted by Missie (Member # 2186) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jaymi: Ok, remember Pitfall?
Oh, that was my game! I loved Pitfall!
And Centipede (I can still feel the edges of my hands getting pinched in the seam of the rollerball)...and Tempest...and TRON!
Know which one used to tick me off? Friggen Q- Bert. Stupid thing would always fall off. Hmph.
Tron would make a good movie.
::waits::
I'M KIDDING PEOPLE! I did hear that Disney was threatening to remake Tron. Just know, if that happens, y'all are going to see me on the six o'clock news. I'll be the one with my foot being surgically removed from Eisner's bum.
Missie
Posted by sifuhall (Member # 2227) on :
I really loved Venture.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
OH MY GOD!!! Venture! can you say Colecovision?
We are DEVO
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
too many to list..
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
Defender!!!!! Still gotta be the most addictive game of all time... Not to mention the SOUNDS.. Just love 'em.
Who remembers the very early rewind with a link to play Defender online..? Now that IS going back.. Right back.. Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
I've mentioned this before.. but a friend and I would ride our bikes to a local arcade almost daily as kids. The arcade was called Cheap Thrills and we spent every quarter we had there. We later graduated to the arcades at the malls.. those were fun times. And even though I have owned numerous gaming systems throughout the years.. nothing compares to those arcade days.
I will occasionally still visit places like Dave & Buster's just to get that arcade feel.
Well, I've played many arcade games over the years, but my favorite will always be:
Galaga
Here a few more to remember...
Star Castle - not as popular, but I could play on a single quarter for quite awhile.
Asteroids - simplistic graphically, but tons of fun.
Tempest - a must for any "Night of the Comet" fan or if your initials are DMK.
Donkey Kong - extremely popular and coined the phrase "it's on like Donkey Kong".
Joust - who doesn't dream of being an ostrich flying knight?
Defender - mainly because Nick mentioned it ... I prefer Space Invaders and Missile Command though the spaceship in Defender did have a "Star Wars" look to it.
Pac-Man - never my game, but I donated a few coins at times.
Space Invaders - great game, but Galaxian and Galaga were both better.
Dig Dug - I had some skills for this game and enjoyed it, but there was a threshold of pain that I could not get past.
Paperboy - fun game that was later turned into a movie called "Better Off Dead".. ha
and finally:
Centipede - every good arcader knows about this game... but the great arcaders know it is really all about your skills at Millipede .. because that is where most of the cute arcade girls can be found.
[ 01. May 2010, 09:13: Message edited by: Valley ]
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
First, step away from the shovel
Had Superdog locally where my brother could always be found, then the Sega Center was at the mall. Straight up pinball for me, the local pizza place had an awesome Terminator one until just a few years ago.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Bamersy.. I love pinball! .. it was really about two pinball machines for me though:
All-time fav:
FunHouse
Close 2nd:
Addams Family
Playing pinball with 80's tunes in the background is a must!
And you?
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Terminator was the best because not only was it super fun to play, you could get three plays for $1 and it would match you often. Also the manager would put quarters in to play it during downtime, so sometimes you could get a free game Posted by kingcain (Member # 6644) on :
Man I used to skip out of school early (shhh don't tell my mom) take the bus to the arcade it was called boulevard fever. I remember I used to save my lunch money for the games and they had a high score board with all the games in the arcade. And if you beat one of the high scores you would win a hot dog and drink so if I wanted luch I would have to play my butt off. Here are the games I loved. Bubble Bobble Gauntlet Arm wrestling Battle Zone Stat wars
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
ok..maybe I can list some of my favorite machines now that I'm a little more sober..:\
I loved almost every single pinball machine i got my hands on..my favs of those were:
T2 Addams Family Elvira's haunted Party Gilligan's Island ...ect.
Some of my favorite standard arcade games were:
Dragon's Lair Street Fighter Tekken Outrun Punch-Out TMNT Splatterhouse Golden Axe..(all) Gauntlet Cheyenne Tapper Elevator Action Karnov KungFu Master Lethal Enforcers NARC
...ect..ect
k..i can go on and on
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
Pyro-
Are you from the US? I think we only had Splatterhouse (the first one) on a wonderful system called TurboGrafx. Looks like a remake is in the works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterhouse
We were most familiar with Splatterhouse 2 & 3 for Sega Genesis.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
arcade games-are you kiddin me. i didnt know any kid other than my best friend who played arcade games more than us. we were the best in our area by far. the amount of money spent, the amount of hours . . .i think i had about 40-50 games on atari. Karate champ - started with this at age 10 and became addicted very quickly. shinobe - finished it maybe 50 times after months of playing it every weekend maybe $10 every satuarday for months and months money. probably about $400 wonderboy - hundreds of dollars double dragon - maybe about $300. finished it loads of times - over a hundred easily elevator action - spent about $100. My friend and i cracked into how to get credits with a fishing line and a coin after spending so much money. We had a coin drilled at school in manual arts class just so we could play a game....better than drugs/alcohol at any age. Ghost and goblins super mario bros space ace galaga bomb jack ladybug pacman asteroids defender mariana kungfu master - the list is endless really I had a colecovision, atari 1500, atari2600, commodore 64, sega master system, nintendo.
if anyone knows where i can get my hands on wonderboy/shinobe/super mario/double dragon original arcade game let me know coz i want to buy one.
Posted by xchazx (Member # 7158) on :
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Valley: I've mentioned this before.. but a friend and I would ride our bikes to a local arcade almost daily as kids. The arcade was called Cheap Thrills and we spent every quarter we had there. We later graduated to the arcades at the malls.. those were fun times. And even though I have owned numerous gaming systems throughout the years.. nothing compares to those arcade days.
I will occasionally still visit places like Dave & Buster's just to get that arcade feel.
Well, I've played many arcade games over the years, but my favorite will always be:
Galaga
Here a few more to remember...
Star Castle - not as popular, but I could play on a single quarter for quite awhile.
Asteroids - simplistic graphically, but tons of fun.
Tempest - a must for any "Night of the Comet" fan or if your initials are DMK.
Donkey Kong - extremely popular and coined the phrase "it's on like Donkey Kong".
Joust - who doesn't dream of being an ostrich flying knight?
Defender - mainly because Nick mentioned it ... I prefer Space Invaders and Missile Command though the spaceship in Defender did have a "Star Wars" look to it.
Pac-Man - never my game, but I donated a few coins at times.
Space Invaders - great game, but Galaxian and Galaga were both better.
Dig Dug - I had some skills for this game and enjoyed it, but there was a threshold of pain that I could not get past.
Paperboy - fun game that was later turned into a movie called "Better Off Dead".. ha
and finally:
Centipede - every good arcader knows about this game... but the great arcaders know it is really all about your skills at Millipede .. because that is where most of the cute arcade girls can be found. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face=""Century Gothic", Verdana, Arial">
this is a very good list, but it's missing the best game from the 80's, ROBOTRON. that was my favorite game along with pac man.
the video game 720 was really fun to play too.
there was this store by my house that had a game called Congorilla, which was basically donkey kong, it just looked a little different and the order of the boards was different. i was much better at that than the original donkey kong.
also, the indiana jones game was fun.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
xchazx.. I remember ROBOTRON: 2084, but never played it. Since you loved it.. let's give it some 80's arcade respect:
ROBOTRON: 2084
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
galaga was just ok in my books.. .and i really never liked pinball at all too expensive aswell and it never lasted long enough for me so i just never bothered with them. these arcade games have evolved and improved faster than the 80s movies did...look at the arcade games at the begginning of the decade and at the end...completely different. Such a shame they make games like they do now. i wish there was an 80s arcade just round the corner, id spend my whole salary there probably. Riding my skateboard or bike to the shop across from the beach with no worries other than the smell of the ocean, the sound of the games beeping, then doing tricks on the way home to impress girls...damn i miss that time...things were too simple.
Posted by Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bamersy: Pyro-
Are you from the US? I think we only had Splatterhouse (the first one) on a wonderful system called TurboGrafx. Looks like a remake is in the works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterhouse
We were most familiar with Splatterhouse 2 & 3 for Sega Genesis.
yes, I live in the US. And to be totally honest, It doesn't suprise me that you never saw the original Splatterhouse Arcade machine..I only found it in obscure. typically privately owned, businesses. Though i had friends back east who said there were more of them there. It seemed pretty hard to find public places that actually had the game. I suppose it could be because of all the violence and gore in the game. Considering this was years before Mortal kombat, Splatterhouse was easily one of the most gruesome and bloody games around at that time. So no suprise that very few arcades worldwide would actually allow it to be in their establishment. But yeah, most people I talk to never played it..but had the ones on Sega to play.
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
I rememember the excitement when they opened the "big" mall in my area in the early 80's. They had the "Starcade" and I loved going there with friends to spend our allowance...after feathering our hair of course! There quite often as it was only a 10 minute walk from my house...always a rush to get home before dark, cause you had to walk through a graveyard. I think I was always "arcadely challenged", meaning I was never really good at most games, but loved all the classics, including pinball. I still have an Atari with approximately 30 games...Berzerker, Pacman, Space Invaders, Asteroids, ET, Missle Command, Frogger, etc...I still occasionally play a few rounds....kind of a "nostalgia injection"....
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
quote:Originally posted by kevdugp73: I rememember the excitement when they opened the "big" mall in my area in the early 80's. They had the "Starcade" and I loved going there with friends to spend our allowance...after feathering our hair of course! There quite often as it was only a 10 minute walk from my house...always a rush to get home before dark, cause you had to walk through a graveyard. I think I was always "arcadely challenged", meaning I was never really good at most games, but loved all the classics, including pinball. I still have an Atari with approximately 30 games...Berzerker, Pacman, Space Invaders, Asteroids, ET, Missle Command, Frogger, etc...I still occasionally play a few rounds....kind of a "nostalgia injection"....
you stll have and play atari games....your a legend!!
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
We had an Atari up until a few years ago. ET was the worst game ever!
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
To clarify "still play Atari"...we're talkin' once or twice a year tops...but still nice to have the experience once in a while. And ET....still don't know how to play it!
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
quote:Originally posted by kevdugp73: And ET....still don't know how to play it!
LOL
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
Some of you might like the Angry Video Game Nerd who reviews some of the very bad video games that existed when we were younger.
We are DEVO
ET is the pits.
Posted by Bamersy (Member # 8808) on :
ET is the pits.
Most of that game was spent being in a pit! I think ET was the downfall of Atari. Didn't they go out of business shortly after?
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Anybody remember a game called Phoenix. Always liked that one. Found a PS2 game the other day for $4 called Atari Anthology. It has alot of games, some which are absolutely horrible but comes with some classics like Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, Millipede, Crystal Castles and others. Was a blast playing those games again.
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
terdnthepoolggb i have an atari 2600 console(this is the version i have above) in my bedroom and the game that is slotted into it at the moment is guess what?
- phoenix.
i have 24 atari games in total such as - pole position,solar fox,jungle hunt,moon patrol,dig gug,crystal castles,the smurfs,donkey kong,keystone capers,chopper command,millipede,popeye,ms pacman,etc.
atari 2600 featured some great games.
i still enjoy playing these games as much as i did many years ago,o.k i do spend most of my time playing games on the xbox 360 but my atari still gets quite a bit of playtime.
i also own a couple of plug n play controllers with the games built in,i have this one (above)with ms pacman,xevious,galaga,pole postion & mappy and i have another one with ghosts n goblins,1942 and commando on it.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
WO!! That is wild TYW. Not only the fact that that game was in your 2600's slot but also that I posted that today and you just happened to be on here the same day to respond to it. Kinda freaky. How close are the 2600 games to the arcade games? Also is that plug n play any good?
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
that's what i was thinking terdnthepoolggb,phoenix was one of the last atari 2600 games i purchased on ebay,it's a decent little game,i paid only 3 uk pounds for it so the equivalent of about 4.5 us dollars,so i'd say well worth it,it's more or less stayed in my console since i purchased it which was about 3 months ago.
the atari 2600 games mostly stay quite faithful to there arcade counterparts,the big differences normally being the superior graphics found on the arcade version and the other odd minor differences here and there.
the plug n plays,well the 2 i have are in my oppinion well worth a purchase and i do recommend them,but only on the condition that you can pick them up cheap,i picked both of mine up online for a reasonable price but i do see some people out there trying to get top dollar for them at times. the only downside to the plug n plays is neither of the 2 i own stores your highest score which is a bit of a bummer but apart from that they are both a lot of fun to play from time to time.
http://youtu.be/vad4qMkRAYs - the other one i own - capcom plug n play featuring 1942,commando and ghosts n goblins.
Posted by Pyro (Member # 7658) on :
I didn't have an Atari 2600 to play when I was a wee one like most of my other friends had. Instead, I had my dad's Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer to play. But honestly, when I would go over to my friend's houses to play their Atari and I compared those games to the games on my Dad's Radio Shack computer. I didn't really see much of a difference between them. In fact, I think I found the games on my Dad's Tandy computer to be much better.
Now since my dad was a big-time computer geek and hi tech wiz and he had a very good paying job in that field, he had access to quite an extensive library of games for this thing. I know he must have had at least 1,000+ games for it. He had both standard cartridge games, and also games he saved onto old 8" floppy disks.
Here's a good youtube video I found on it that happens to have pretty much the same exact set-up my father had. Even down to the old Canyon Climber game which I remember playing alot as well.
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what kinda games did eveyone used to play back in the day and which ones would make for good movies today?...I always remeber those movig subs of 'AfterBurner', Chase HQ and though I was no good at it: the classic and oh so cool 'Out Run', always Guy in 'Final Fight' or Streethawk in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum + 2 classic, btw I began loading 'odd job eddie' in 1989 and I think it's just about done ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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