whats the obsession with ms pacman?

[ultramagnus]

why does everyone seem to have an obsession with ms pacman?  everyone seems to want one....

[Q*Bert_OP]

Ms. Pac man for 1 thing was the most popular game, and the new Ms,Pacman/Galaga combo machines are still top earners according to the operator survey conducted by replay magazine each month!

[Nailz]

At 16, I understand why you wouldn't get this one....

But it was/is a great game in the fact that it is easy to learn but difficult to master and still a ton of fun to play.  That and the fact that is was the sequel to the most popular game of its time.  Most of all it puts me back to when I was even younger than you, so it can't be all bad.   

I suppose this begs the question, what will 16 year olds be nostalgic for in 20 years?

[Q*Bert_OP]

I suppose this begs the question, what will 16 year olds be nostalgic for in 20 years?

Tekken series
Time Chrisis series
Crusin' Exotica....

[mahuti]

Those are too old.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Those are too old.

What are too old?

[Havok]

At 16, I understand why you wouldn't get this one....

But it was/is a great game in the fact that it is easy to learn but difficult to master and still a ton of fun to play.

[Q*Bert_OP]

IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!

[Havok]

IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!

Haha - that will bring back the days of Walmart shopping!

[Q*Bert_OP]

IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!

Haha - that will bring back the days of Walmart shopping!

Also, don't forget Target Terror Gold or Need For Speed GT

[missioncontrol]

Grand Theft Autos.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Grand Theft Autos.

What??? Is that an arcade game also???

[Thenasty]

Ms.Pacman was the hottest thing back then, and you pay only 25 cents to play with her. 

[AlanS17]

Big women need love too.

[pointdablame]

The sad thing is 16 year olds probably won't be nostalgic for ANY arcade games in 20 years.

I'm 21 and already get looks from friends when I talk about them... it carries a "yeah it was something to do when we were young, but it didn't mean a whole lot" feeling with a lot of people I talk to.

If anything, it'll be BEMANI games.  Things like Tekken and Cruisin... they all had console ports that were played much more often by most people in that age range.

[RayB]

You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it). That's why everyone wants one.

[Hoopz]

You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it).

So true.  My step son's step mom (follow that?) was over one day picking him up.  She played for awhile on my cabinet simply because she could play Ms. Pacman.

[Havok]

You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it).

So true.

[tommy]

I guess i could understand why he can't figure it out, with a game with horrible graphics and made before he was born and then looking at all the great looking games out now....

Kinda like. who's this elvis guy everyones talking about. 

MS pac still plays and sounds better then alot of them. 

[canoshiz]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.   

[Hoopz]

They didn't have realistic graphics, so a lot of thought was put into gameplay, and the ability to easy play a game.

This is exactly why Intellivision, Atari and Nintendo still have such a hold on some people.  They were cool then, and still are to some people, because they were fun to play despite the graphics. 

[Thenasty]

ultramangus, maybe this is the game that your mom and dad fall in love and made you later on. You are one lucky dude, better pay your respect to Ms.Pacman  , without Ms.Pac, you won't exist today 

[Hoopz]

They meet...

They fall in love...

Is that 5 completed boards in?

[missioncontrol]

Grand Theft Autos.

What??? Is that an arcade game also???

right like 16 year olds today go to arcades 

 

if they are nostalgic for arcades well then it would be those silly DDR games.........

[Q*Bert_OP]

Grand Theft Autos.

What??? Is that an arcade game also???

right like 16 year olds today go to arcades

[Thenasty]

10 more years, newcomers will be asking what is an ARCADE ?

[AlanS17]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[Havok]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[AlanS17]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[AlanS17]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[RayB]

ya-ta!

[Q*Bert_OP]

Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.

[Havok]

I think Street Fighter is the arcade equivalent of misheard songs. Check this out:

http://www.kissthisguy.com

[Level42]

I am so freaking old (37), I remember playing a MECHANIC racing game, where the car you drove was a little plastic thing with a sticker representing a racing car, and other cars would swoowsh by, faster depending on your gas pedal....thing is....those machines were mechanic, no random factor and after a while, I discovered there was one pattern and I think I could still play it today blinded

Or there was this machine where a mechanic little bi-plane was going round in circles on an arm. You could go up and down and adjust the speed if I'm correct, and you needed to fly through a barn etc.

Those were the games (next to the pinballs with reel-scoring) in the "arcade" that was at our camping site in mmmmmm, end of the 70's ? So imagine all of a sudden there's a game with a TV screen....only thing I see is white blocks swinging left and right and there's a steering wheel (like on the mechanic game). So What the hell is this, pop in a quarter (of a guilder) and there I was, playing my first ever videogame (I now know it was Nightdriver, or probably a clone).

OK, so what has this to do with Ms. Pac Man I hear you say...well, it's the complete picture you need to have of that time. When you're 16, you grew up with at least Nintendo I guess....so unbelievably more sofisticated then the games I'm talking about.

Now Ms. Pac Man for me....well that brings me back to uhmmmm 1982-83

[mccoy178]

The only game I have seen in the last couple of years I can invision talking about years from now is the Golden Tee series.  That was the sole motivation for me stumbling into MAME.  It is that single game that I know I can find at any bar and is fun for everyone to play.  Now, I'm not sixteen, but it has been around for the last eight years, and I look forward to each new edition that comes out.  I could play Tiger Woods untill I'm blue in the face, but you can't replace that machine.

[quarterback]

The only game I have seen in the last couple of years I can invision talking about years from now is the Golden Tee series.

[USSEnterprise]

Here's something sad: I'm 15 and was playing Space Invaders on MAME for 2 hours yesterday. I have a top score of 250,000 on MAME Centiped. 75,000 on MAME Ms Pac Man.