Your Favorite Arcade Game(s)

Yeah I have visited Mame about 5 or 6 times in my life and it only lasted a few days and I deleted it all. This time with the authentic controls I am totally addicted. As we speak I am forming a spread sheet for games I like and the list is getting so long I will never run out of games to play.

So many games I never knew about. A full on cabinet is even more authentic but hey im comfortable sitting on my bed and at my computer (and being on the computer is quite convenient to look up things & download things) My 37" monitor is great too, its almost just like a full cabinet minus the cabinet

 

Much of my money when i was a teenager was spent on

Sega rally 1 and 2

daytona usa

Scud race (dunno what the name in the us is)

time crisis

point blank

house of the dead

Tekken


another shooty game that had sensors to sense movement so you had to actually move about to duck behind things.

 

Metal Slug and Gauntlet Legends

 

Metal Slug series
19XX series
Macross
Ikaruga (Amazing game, try it)

 

Metal Slug
The Last Blade
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millenium
Aerofighters

 

Tried Ikaruga, man its hard have any hints? From what I can tell you have 2 forms and you ant to try to use the opposite form to kill enemies, but the same form gives better defense?

It reminds me of a really good game on playstation called Einhander

 

Anything resembling street fighter.

Also, I want one of those IV arcade machines.

 

I entered that contest to win one, man how cool would that be to have one? I give it 2 months max before I rip it open and mod it though

 

You absorb shots that belong to the same color you currently have, and deal extra damage to the other color.

So if you were in white mode, you would do more damage to black peeps, but also be vulnerable to them.

When you get hit by shots of the same color, you absorb the energy to be used as a special.

I can't really explain tactics, but the youtube videos might give you a clue.

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I have some other cool games you need to check out dtwn83

Also a Naomi game like Ikaruga is Bangai-O (made by same company too, Treasure)

I also found an old arcade game thats really cool: Brave Blade.

Think AeroWings meets gundam or something. Your a fighter but you can go into "battle" mode and use a sword at any time, you also have a shield semi similar to Ikaruga.

 

well good luck, i looked it up to see how much they would cost and it will cost $22,000 for one but the thing is you can't just order one you have to buy 4 and then import it.

 

The gamestop contest? I just read the FAQ and i thought it was like a raffle(however you spell it) I didn't know it was a tournament. I thought i might have a chance

 

marvel vs capcom 2 by far!

lol i remember going to the arcades and that was all people use to play there would be huge tournaments and stuff.

Then i'd go and start owning them.

I hear Street Fighter IV is really popular in the arcades now

 

I have MVC2 so far engraved into my head from playing it so much on my dreamcast that I will hear those crappy intros and that horrible char select music till the day I die.

"get ready to kick butt"

"Im gonna take you for a ride"

MVC2 is so important to me that its the entire reason I went through the trouble and cost to make this arcade setup modular. I wanted to use my dreamcast on it, however I got MVC2 emulating really well so it was not really necessary when I think about it.

Dreamcast was one of the best systems anyways there are a lot of good games I never played for it like Gigawings 2 and Ikaruga that I will want to play now.

Its also what started me on Phantasy Star Online, I loved that game so much back then.

 

Yeah thats what I meant a raffle contest

 

ive posted this before on another thread but as this one is still active ill post them here again.
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i cant believe no one has mentioned the game that started the ball rolling.
Space Invaders and also my all time fave Asteroids.
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for all you old timers out there (including me) here are a few game to take you down memory lane.

you dont need any fancy graphics card or 8gb ram to play them.

just enjoy the simplicity of gaming how it used to be. (all links are safe)

the game that started it all off. the first ever real video game.
SPACE INVADERS

my fave game. highest score of 999,999,999 for only 10p
ASTEROIDS

another classic. (sorry guys and gals. for some reason the arrow keys are not working. if anyone manages to get this to play please let us know.

DONKEY KONG

the sound of this one done my head in.
PACMAN

another one for the girlies
FROGGER

simple, follow what simple simon says.
SIMON SAYS

first ever real game on a nintendo handheld.
TETRIS 2

the nearest i got to COD4 in days gone by.
STRESS RELIEF PAINTBALL


ENJOY

 

have you heard about tatsunoko vs capcom? I think its gonna be better the MVC2!! Its also a wii exclusive.

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King of Figher FTW!!!

 

The Metal Slug series are the best arcade games ever.

 

ah! good ol' metal slug..they kinda ruined the game
in later iterations though :/

 

Aliens vs Predator.

 

OMG...brings back memories!

Punisher was great too

 

Yep I have heard of it. Looks interesting to say the least. I plan to import it probably soon as I find out how to run it easily.

I heard rumor that MVC3 is going to be used on the same engine, and that TvC is actually running in the arcades on a modified Wii, so its a direct port to the wii.

This means now I have to buy & hack 2 wii classic controllers to use my arcade controls with the game, thats no easy task.

 

what about Cadillacs and Dinosaurs? used to play a LOT at some point of time...

 

I remember the name but dont remember the game. I will have to youtube it.

 

If you import it DEFINITELY let me know how it is i would love to here someones first person view.

MVC3? I wish, ive been waiting for that and powerstone 3 forever haha this is the year of capcom though........Get me AT LEAST MVC2 for Live Arcade!

 

I have MVC2 running great on NullDC and its using my arcade controls its just like the arcade almost. I just got some VGA cords today so I can play it on my dreamcast instead to see if its better, but I have not got around to hacking the DC controllers yet to use my arcade controls.

As for Wii imports I have to get TvC for sure, and while not looking like the greatest game I may get Bleach vs Crusade just because I like the anime.

Speaking of power stone, since I was replaying my DC games I was just playing part 1 & 2 yesterday!

 

Beach vs Crusade? Ive never even heard of that before.

Heh what a coincidence about powerstone i thought capcom may have made an announcement about it today but they ended up anouncing Lost Planet 2 which is ok........Dreamccast had some really memorable games i feel like hooking mine up maybe playing some MVC1 hah.

 

Bleach* typo..

Looks like i need to play some more typing of the dead to get better

I just hooked my my dreamcast for the first time in years, besides the fact I have to wiggle the video out port some to get a perfect picture its working great. Just tossed soul caliber in there. Brings back memories. Sega made great systems, shame the dont anymore.

 

I know but i havve a feeling on day WE WILL see another Sega system thinking back they are actually making some rlaly good games now like condemed, total war and there is actually quite alot of games thaey have tat is great now. Maybe someday when they have enough money they will get back into this thing

 

I doubt it they announced they were done and they do not have there hardware manufacturing sites anymore. With big dogs like Sony & Nintendo & Microsoft already owning so much ground I do not think they have much a chance even with a good system.

A 4 way fight is just too much of a fight to come out with any decent chunk of profit. Speaking of sega, omg I saw something that looks cool. A new sonic game.

Sonic & the Dark Knight.

I love swords, I love sonic. Its a perfect merge of the two ^^

 

yeah the games is pretty good the people who have played so far seemed to have enjoyed it so thats good. Its actually a sequel to sonic and the secret rings