Author Topic: Coin-op games today (Read 1512 times)

-tronski- · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2005, 12:00:47 AM »

10 Yard Fight, 1942, Starwars, Elevator Action, Galaga, Gauntlet, Ikari Warriors were my favs...

Better I have those games on the puter...MAME32 is a wonder thing! (you even have to put credits in)
Its amazing that these games like Frogger was only about 64kb, Galaga 88kb...asteroids 27kb..

Tronsky

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2005, 12:08:59 AM »

Asteroids and Wizard of Wor were my favourites. Wizard of Wor never ceased to amaze me with its first speech synthesis.

rpm · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2005, 12:18:25 AM »

There was a helicopter game with movielike graphics. You had to fly thru New York turning between buildings with power, rudder and collective with a copilot telling you turns. It was a biatch. I could have bought a car with the money I pumped into that game, but I can't remember the name.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2005, 12:36:33 AM »

I forgot to add Mr.Do's Castle.

FiLtH · « **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:09:34 AM »

Another good one was Hard Drivin . I think that was the name. Big red seated game, some of the first 3d graphics I had seen in a video game.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #35 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:24:35 AM »

Anyone remember this one?

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #36 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:30:23 AM »

OR how about this

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #37 on:** March 25, 2005, 01:32:05 AM »

You can look up all your old favorites here
Coin Op Museum

Nath_____ · « **Reply #38 on:** March 25, 2005, 02:12:06 AM »

No gaming experience will ever match the intensity of competing in Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat in arcades. There's just something satisfying about being undefeated for hours on end as people keep putting up their quarters trying to defeat you, but you find yourself able to counter any style. Then they look at you, and you know they ask themselves, "how is this 12 year old punk beating the **** out of me?"

Oh, nostalgia.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #39 on:** March 25, 2005, 02:33:49 AM »

Umm.. was this experienced with substances or without?

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 25, 2005, 08:20:00 AM »

I was in Dave & Buster's last week and I agree. While they do have the Galaxian/Ms PacMan combo unit, most of the other games where all plastic gun shooters or fighting games. And all they had for pinball was South Park (Williams 2000 pinball doesn't count).

Anyone else have coin-op machines at home? I have:

Ms PacMan
Donkey Kong (DKII, DK Jr.)
Star Wars pinball (Sega)

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #41 on:** March 25, 2005, 08:22:14 AM »

Remember the excitement you used to get from the coin ops?

This puts a new perspective on it.

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/sexual-games/1.php

FiLtH · « **Reply #42 on:** March 25, 2005, 08:23:13 AM »

"...how is this 12 year old punk beating the **** out of me?"- Nath

Thats when you hip-check him into Mrs. Pacman and steal all his quarters!

tapakeg · « **Reply #43 on:** March 25, 2005, 09:04:17 AM »

Spy Hunter was the best, moon patrol was good too.

Tapakeg

indy007 · « **Reply #44 on:** March 25, 2005, 09:31:23 AM »

I think coin-ops are going the way of the dodo. The only games that really grab attention anymore are the Dance Dance Revolution series (got it for xbox, luv it!) and the MOCAP series (Police Trainer, Boxing). Other than those, PC's & consoles really are taking over the gaming market.

I'll make exception to the expensive, yet non-coin-op games.. NASCAR speedways, Battletech, and many of the motion simulator games. Just sucks they tend to come out to about $1/minute. Battletech, on the expert modes, can have a steeper learning curve than AH. Engage, cycle weapons, manage heat, manage generators, watch radar & manuver like crazy, route around damaged systems, all spread across 7 monitors. Definately my kinda game. Terrified to calculate how much I've spent on it over the years.