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Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

Another one I couldn't quite place, so I had to look it up:
  • Ivan Stewart's Off Road
That was loving classic, and a lot of fun

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WinnebagoWarrior
Apr 8, 2009

I eat Rotheseburgehergh's like you for breakfast

Prettz posted:

Another one I couldn't quite place, so I had to look it up:
  • Ivan Stewart's Off Road
That was loving classic, and a lot of fun

I was gonna post this. And then I went to the next page and there it was. Awesome game. I had Super Off Road on the SNES too

ghost squad is another cool one

Prettz
Sep 3, 2002

WinnebagoWarrior posted:

I was gonna post this. And then I went to the next page and there it was. Awesome game. I had Super Off Road on the SNES too
After I posted this I went back and played the NES port of it, and it was... simple, but fun. The arcade, with the 4 steering wheels, was a lot more fun.

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax

Prettz posted:

Another one I couldn't quite place, so I had to look it up:
  • Ivan Stewart's Off Road
That was loving classic, and a lot of fun

i posted it on the very first page. "connoisseur" my rear end

President Kucinich
Feb 21, 2003

Bitterly Clinging to my AK47 and Das Kapital

Read about soviet era arcade games, idiots.

http://35summers.org/2010/01/05/the-museum-of-soviet-video-games/

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
crystal castles justifies the existence of trackball controllers

yes, even moreso than marble madness

coolskull
Nov 11, 2007


hello new friend

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Horniest Manticore posted:

remember time traveler? that hologram game? i do



I do to :( Did you ever see or play the fighting game version? Also, gently caress yeah Robotron is extremely my poo poo! Twin stick arena shooter before everyone started trying to do it.

Prettz posted:

Another one I couldn't quite place, so I had to look it up:
  • Ivan Stewart's Off Road
That was loving classic, and a lot of fun

I liked building up a bunch of nitro and blasting them all at once. You're little truck would go flying across the track!

Lots of good opinions in this thread :)

Now for my (crappy) opinion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtlOTTz_Xc

One of the successors to Robotron. Go in as ultimate American Heroes Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem. You go in and fight Not Saddam in Not Iraq. Also, if the thumbnail is loaded right, you fight the head of Hitler! What's not to like?

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

its time to gently caress

lonesomedwarf
Mar 22, 2010

BKPR posted:

hello new friend

hi hows is it going? im haveing a terrible day but now i am off, to do a fucks good bye

Izumi Konata
May 4, 2012

by Ralp

El Estrago Bonito posted:

Motherfucking Windjammers

qft

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free
Blazing Lazers, Viewpoint, Last Resort, Pulstar, drunk playing House of the Dead, NFL Blitz,

El Estrago Bonito posted:

Motherfucking Windjammers

, Initial D 4th Stage, Wangan Midnight 3, Street Fighter Alpha 2 because I used to be able to beat it on one credit


but as far as music games

Stuntman posted:

beatmania is a p obvious one

also pop'n music

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free
I used to work next to Ground Kontrol in Portland and I used to play Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball on my breaks, it ruled

pinball is good


Tarquinn
Jul 3, 2007

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Hell Gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVWtI0426mU

R-Type

Fagmaster
Aug 21, 2004

all arcade games are old and that makes them bad

RadioactiveKid
Aug 12, 2005

Gato Rebelde
Arcades are for old people, that's why Dave & Busters is a thing.

Cruisin USA was my fav arcade racer it was awesome when you could get a bunch of people t race

DanAdamKOF
Feb 11, 2007

I'll mention a few of my favorites I don't see here that I love. You guys have good taste.
King of Fighters 98 (steam port just came out I might add)
Neo Turf Masters (same developers as Metal Slug by the way)
Karnov's Revenge (best poverty fighter)
Daytona USA
Magical Drop 3
Tetris the Grand Master (any)
Gradius III (good luck beating it, it has no continues)

Most of what I play these days is either actual arcade titles or similar skill based twitch action games.

FuriousGeorge
Jan 23, 2006

Ah, the simple joys of a monkey knife-fight.
Grimey Drawer
Motherfuckin' Rastan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdOIMkXotw


And it's more RPG-ish brethren, Cadash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajL8HAj8dYU

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

abraham linksys posted:

crystal castles justifies the existence of trackball controllers

yes, even moreso than marble madness

Crystal Castles was my poo poo.

gently caress bees.

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe
Tempest, hands down. For the time it was way beyond any others.

Battlezone worth mentioning as well.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Ghaz posted:

4+ not as good but all of them are collectiely the nicest looking games... possibly... ever...

Fucken amazing

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe

Fagmaster posted:

all arcade games are old and that makes them bad

Counterpoint: since graphics were so stoneaged, gameplay had to be good. Now it's all graphics and poo poo for gameplay.

gigawhite posted:

gorf is a good game

GORF was pretty awesome.

Blackchamber
Jan 25, 2005

Windjammers and pipe mania.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

gauntlet is aight until it gets old

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe
Joust


But yeah, Battlezone and Tempest were fed the most quarters.

boethius
Jul 10, 2001

Space bunnies have three ears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BPtn6_vhNQ

Black Tiger.

DJ Fuckboy Supreme
Feb 10, 2011

And when you stare long into the abyss, you become aggressively, terminally chill

The Alien Vs. Predator arcade game was awesome

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.
Quiz & Dragons

Sunset Riders

Black Tiger

Splatterhouse

Raiden II

cthulusnewzulubbq fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Jan 10, 2015

Fog Tripper
Mar 3, 2008

by Smythe
Are there actually arcades anymore (outside of Japan)? A lot of these "arcade" games sound like they were put out long after arcades were a thing.

burritolingus
Nov 6, 2007

by Ralp
That huge six-player X-Men arcade machine. Those Pac-Man table arcade machines. Also PlayChoice-10, the arcade machine that played ten different NES games and was one of the only way to play The Goonies in North America (the other way being the Nintendo VS. System arcade machines).

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe

Fagmaster posted:

all arcade games are old and that makes them bad

Now they're being re-imagined and sold as smartphone apps because apparently smaller is better.

I remember being on tour with a band late 80s/early 90s and every time we found Xenophobe (local arcade, bar, gas station) everything else came to a halt so we could get in some games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xufEm7-JgwY

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.

Fog Tripper posted:

Are there actually arcades anymore (outside of Japan)? A lot of these "arcade" games sound like they were put out long after arcades were a thing.

Currently, the last bastion of the arcade is the seaside boardwalk. Before malls started to die off, you could find one in just about any large shopping complex or kids amusement center. So really, not that long ago.

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

Fog Tripper posted:

Are there actually arcades anymore (outside of Japan)? A lot of these "arcade" games sound like they were put out long after arcades were a thing.

There is a resurgence of Arcade/Bar hybrids in a lot of big cities, not to mention the usual mini-golf gokart family centers. Dave and Busters.

Most MAME emulated titles were release pre-2004. Our small town of 14k had a dedicated mall arcade all the way until 2002.

MAME cabinets can be built for <$600 these days so there is really no reason anyone that likes arcade games can't make one. Most cities have some prefab shops or places that will gut an old broken cabinet and rebuild it for a multicade setup.

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.
Ground Kontrol in Portland, Oregon ain't bad.

http://groundkontrol.com

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

I used to make Multimedia Fusion game for play on my cabinet back in high school. It's kind of a really cool thing to play your own arcade game on an upright machine. The games were garbage, but who cares.


Bro Nerd Alpha posted:

Dave and Busters sucks. I want a real arcade, not a ton of ticket games.

root of all eval fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jan 10, 2015

Bro Nerd Alpha
Aug 27, 2012

going on pussy patrol
Dave and Busters sucks. I want a real arcade, not a ton of ticket games.


ALIENS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mBlo390CI

This game was the poo poo.


Ninja Gaiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_d6Sjv7-TE

"HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO"

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.

Bro Nerd Alpha posted:

Dave and Busters sucks. I want a real arcade, not a ton of ticket games.


ALIENS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mBlo390CI

This game was the poo poo.


Ninja Gaiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_d6Sjv7-TE

"HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO"

I see your Aliens and raise you Alien Syndrome

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9C0gBbzOT4A

FIX SIGNS
Aug 29, 2006

You're fucking great,
just do what you can.
Assault was extremely my poo poo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6buBpXy6uUQ

Top down shooter game with a tank controlled by twin sticks. one for each tread. Push both sticks forward and your tank movers forward. opposite directions to turn, both to the left or right to flip in that direction. Fire buttons on the top of the sticks, and the entire playing field rotated around your vehicle all Mode-7 like.

poo poo was absolute zen.

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
Q-Bert is the best.

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Bro Nerd Alpha
Aug 27, 2012

going on pussy patrol
How could I forget MERCS !? That flame thrower was the poo poo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcp6zjQzzc

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