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DNA Dan:

--- Quote from: Malenko on April 28, 2011, 03:45:19 pm ---@DNADan
as for $$$ for time; it was great on play choice 10 cabs, you could play like 4 or 5 games if you were terrible enough, $$ for health I believe Gauntlet started that circa 1985

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It's cool to check out multiple games, but if you're a regular player and you're good, it's just a ripoff on your skills. I think that's why I never really played play choice cabs.

Donkbaca:
 
--- Quote ---I didnt know R Type even was an arcade game for a very long time, I thought it an NES game like Life Force. 
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I just lost a little bit of respect for you on that one.  You mean life force released in the arcades as the sequel to Gradius, which was released also released in the arcades?

I suppose classic is in the eye of the beholder, so I won't push the point on arkanoid too hard.  Maybe that would be a good thread,  Arcade Classics.

If you want an arkanoid, they aren't hard to find, you can get the boards on ebay for 50 -60 bucks, and seeing as how they were mostly on generic cabs, you could have one pretty cheap if you want one. 

I guess the point is what killed arcades for you.  For me it was the gimicky cabs and redemption crap.  For people that say SF2, I just don't connect with that because arcades were pretty much dead in my town for a few years before SF2 came out.

Malenko:
Just cause you think Im bustin your balls today......


--- Quote from: Malenko on April 28, 2011, 03:45:19 pm ---And Arkanoid is one of my all time favorite games and I'd love to have a dedicated cab.

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--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 28, 2011, 04:33:05 pm ---If you want an arkanoid, they aren't hard to find, you can get the boards on ebay for 50 -60 bucks, and seeing as how they were mostly on generic cabs, you could have one pretty cheap if you want one. 

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dedicated....generic...whatev,lol  In time I prolly will make a bartop or spinner MAME cab.

As for R-Type, I was like 7 in a small town in the sticks and Al Gore didnt invent the internet yet, so cut me a little slack.

Bootay:
I knew R-Type, Gradius and Life Force were originally arcade games, but let's face it. These games were more popular in Japan. I never seen a Gradius cab before, nor have I ever seen a Life Force. R-Type I seen here and there, but it really wasn't a very popular choice. I am not saying that I didn't like them, I am saying that most ops didn't carry those games in my area. Not sure about the rest of the USA. But in my part of Michigan they were pretty scarce to non-existent, which is probably the case where Malenko is from.

As for PBJs comments on Vs.: Yea I never understood why people even bothered. Back in those days EVERY person I knew owned a NES. If I ever felt the need to play Duck Hunt or Super Mario Bros. I would just go to their house and play for free/unlimited time.

scofthe7seas:

--- Quote from: Malenko on April 28, 2011, 12:54:16 pm ---like I said , subjective. I actually pulled Rygar off the list and while Karnov was the first boss in Bad Dudes, I dont really think his game was "classic" =). Im not worried about adding games to the list, the original poster said name ONE game, as if there werent any.

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Hahaha I absolutely was not being serious about suggesting Karnov as a classic game.

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