The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)

[cjb]

1. Galaga 2. Raiden 3. Gyruss 4. Ms. Pac Man 5. Street Fighter 2 6. Gradius 3 7. Gradius 8. Joust 9. Frogger 10. 1943

11. X-Men 12. TMNT 13. Contra 14. Bionic Commando 15. Donkey Kong 16. Donkey Kong Jr. 17. Burgertime 18. Dig Dug 19. Pigskin 621 AD 20. Arch Rivals

This is based on what I can run on my old computer...and would probably be different if I had a wheel or a rotary stick to work with...

[Captain Rotundo]

1 TMNT
2 Street Fighter 2
3 Karate Champ
4 Spy Hunter
5 Contra
6 Defender
7 Frogger
8 Smash TV
9 Simpsons, The
10 Ms. Pac-man
11 Double Dragon
12 Donkey Kong
13 Burger Time
14 Qix
15 1941
16 Pole Position
17 Gradius
18 Galaga
19 Mortal Kombat
20 Asteroids

The order is arbitrary, and most likely misses a few, I tend to be streaky in my likes, I'll play nothing but one or two games for weeks, or months, and then stop playing them for a long time.  so I had to just start listing games I liked, and then quickly put them in a rough order. Which is hard, because there are games of different genres that I would say I like equally, depends on my mood.

[jerschwab]

1. Kung Fu Master
2. SFII CE
3. 1942
4. Metal Slug 3
5. Ms. Pac Man
Super Sprint
Galaga
Willow
Shinobi
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
Frogger
Arkanoid
TMNT
Double Dragon
Ivan Stewart's Super Offroad
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Golden Axe
1943
Tetris
SF Alpha 3

[Agent Davis]

Updated!

Wow, look at Galaga!  Far and away the clear front-runner right now.  Keep those top 20s coming and please check out the guidelines before you post.  Formatting, spelling, and official name of game are very important.

[cdbrown]

1. NBA Jam                             11. Tapper
2. Snow Bros                          12. The Simpsons
3. Roadblasters                      13. Metal Slug
4. TMNT                                  14. Bomberman World
5. Cabal                                 15. Bad Dudes
6. NARC                                  16. Final Fight
7. Galag                                  17. Pole Position
8. Double Dragon                   18. Rolling Thunder
9. 1943                                  19. Super Sprint
10. Aliens                               20. Outrun

[Robopede]

1.  Centipede                     11. Joust
2.  Robotron                      12. Defender
3.  Gyruss                          13.
4.  Arkanoid                       14.
5.  Galaga                          15.
6.  Mortal Kombat              16.
7.  Street Fighter                17.
8.  Afterburner                    18.
9.  Total Carnage                19.
10. Galaxian                       20.

There is one more game that I used to love to play, which I only saw one machine ever. It was in a restaurant across the street from my high school. I hadn't thought of this game since then (1984), but now that you've gotten me thinking about my favorite games, I can't remember what it was called! This is going to drive me nuts! I'm going to have to read through that 2,800 game list till I find it. Curse you Agent Davis!!!  

[quarterstringer]

1.  Centipede                    
2.  Robotron                    

Shouldn't your username be Centitron instead of Robopede?

[Dexter]

Apologies, formatting got messed up!

1. Gradius
2. Shinobi
3. Phoenix
4. Gorf
5. Discs of Tron
6. Scramble
7. Star Wars
8. Star Castle
9. Pole Position
10. Spy Hunter
11. Lock'n'Chase
12. Pac-man                                
13. Out Run
14. Battlezone
15. Robotron
16. Terra Cresta
17. Paperboy
18. Karate Champ
19. Punch Out!!
20.  Pocket fighter

Had to think about Paperboy cause it's one of my all time favourites but controlling it in mame makes it fairly unplayable!

Dexter

[Robopede]

1.  Centipede                    
2.  Robotron                    

Shouldn't your username be Centitron instead of Robopede?

Very good point - but "Robopede" is going to be the name of my very own video game that I'm working on, which will be Centipede with new robot-insect graphics. Hopefully it won't suck...

[Agent Davis]

Dexter, can you format that into either one column of 20 or two columns of 10?  That thing is all screwed up.

C'mon Robopede I know you got 8 more games in ya!

Once I update tonight we'll have hit over 50 lists and 1,000 game votes.

Keep 'em coming!  I promise to keep it updated (which I will do again tonight)!  What are all you vets waiting for?  Howard, JM, PJ, saint, etc.?

[Afghanwhig]

1. Galaga                   11. Star Wars
2. Dragon's Lair         12. Return of the Jedi
3. Moon Patrol           13. Tempest
4. Tron                       14. Joust
5. Time Pilot               15. Popeye
6. Zoo Keeper            16. Indiana Jones
7. Street Fighter II     17. Jungle Hunt
8. Xevious                  18. 720
9. Discs of Tron          19. Rygar
10. Black Tiger           20. Crystal Castles


There are many more so here is my honarable mentions:

21. Robotron
22. Smash TV
23. Roadblasters
24. the Simpsons
25. Ghosts and Goblins
26. Contra
27. Karnov
28. Marvel vs. Capcom
29. Mortal Kombat 4
30. Space Harrier

[jerryjanis]

1.  720                               11. X-Men
2.  Marble Madness            12. Yie Ar Kung Fu
3.  Street Fighter II            13. Irritating Maze
4.  Ghouls N Ghosts           14. Gauntlet
5.  Double Dragon              15. Contra
6.  Rastan                           16. Karate Champ
7.  Shinobi                          17.  Robotron
8.  Discs of Tron                 18.  Arkanoid
9.  Outrun                          19.  Mr. Do!
10.Tapper                           20.  Track and Field

[Agent Davis]

Updated 10/04

[bleemus]

1. Mario Bros.                           11. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
2. Street Fighter II                     12. Q*Bert
3. Klax                                  13. Golden Axe
4. Robotron                              14. Rampart
5. Marble Madness                        15. Road Blasters
6. Smash T.V.                            16. Final Fight
7. Ms. Pac-Man                           17. Pengo
8. Rush'n Attack                         18. TMNT
9. Dig Dug                               19. Asteroids
10. Mortal Kombat II                     20. Frogger

[pointdablame]

you realize that this thread is over a year and a half old right??     Your list isn't likely to be added to anything since the thread starter hasn't logged in since 2004.

[bleemus]

you realize that this thread is over a year and a half old right??     Your list isn't likely to be added to anything since the thread starter hasn't logged in since 2004.

Didn't even notice...  guess it is time for bed! 

[missioncontrol]

so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?

[pointdablame]

so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?

no.. YOU should just keep on going.  Let's go, get some work done!   

[leapinlew]

I'm in .... here's my list!

1.  Galaga
2.  Street Fighter 2
3.  Operation Wolf
4.  Mario Bros.
5.  Marble Madness
6.  Frogger
7.  Battlezone
8.  Pengo
9.  Ms. Pacman
10. Tron
11. Gorf
12. Space Ace
13. Donkey Kong Jr.
14. Astro Blaster
15. Robotron
16. Forgotten Worlds
17. Star Wars
18. Robocop
19. Paperboy
20. Gauntlet

and yes, I realize this won't be added to anything. I just know everyone was dying for my list...

[Jeff AMN]

Keep voting everybody. I'll create a new list from the new (and old) info and I plan on making a web site dedicated to the BYOAC top 25 games.

[missioncontrol]

so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?

no.. YOU should just keep on going.  Let's go, get some work done!   

cool now I learned how to pronounce Galaga in an EE thread... now I just need to learn how to spell it...

[Jeehemdee]

That would be nice if someone could combine this in a database...to have the real average top 10 ;-)

[psychopanda]

Argh...only my top 20?! Decisions, decisions...

1. Xenophobe                           11. Dig Dug
2. Yie Ar Kung-Fu                      12. Joust
3. Mat Mania                             13. Defender
4. Ataxx                                    14. Q*bert
5. Phoenix                                15. Moon Patrol
6. Robotron 2084                     16. Centipede
7. Black Tiger                            17. Double Dragon
8. Berzerk                                 18. Gauntlet II
9. Galaga                                  19. Jail Break
10. Gun.Smoke                         20. Street Fighter II

[IG-88]

Keep voting everybody. I'll create a new list from the new (and old) info and I plan on making a web site dedicated to the BYOAC top 25 games.

Jeff, did you ever make a website for this?

[Ummon]

This is a good one to keep stickied so that other, lesser, similarly themed threads aren't perpetrated. I notice Robotron was number 2. Gyruss was number ten.

[opt2not]

This is a good one to keep stickied so that other, lesser, similarly themed threads aren't perpetrated. I notice Robotron was number 2. Gyruss was number ten.

As it should! Robotron is nearly the most perfect game.