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| 1UP:
OOH, they all look so good, I don't know where to start! Tempest gets my vote if you're talking about actually playing. I think Pac-Man is probably the most instantly recognizable classic, but I can think of a few games that are more interesting to play (which should also be on the list BTW...) How about Asteroids, Battle Zone, Missile Command, or Frogger? |
| spidermonkey:
#1 Galaga (The game is over two decades old and still makes money in the arcades today ! ) #2 Space Invaders (didn't age very well but none the less a heavyweight as far as classics go.) #3 Ms. Pac-Man Not one of my personal favorites but this isn't about me. Also brought more chicks into the arcades :D #4 Pac-Man (Quickly overshadowed by Ms. Pac-Man but was the pioneer of maze games) #5 Asteroids (Never saw an 80s" arcade without one) #6 Donkey Kong (Even 20 years later if you're are lucky enough to find one you will probably still find yourself waiting for someone else to finish his game first.) #7Defender. (This game is higher in my personal list but this a general list. #8 Robotron (Not only was it fun to play but it was one of the first sounds I would hear when entering my favorite arcade. Because of its difficulty it probably rates much higher if this was a list of quarter eating games. By the time you got good at this game you probably made the owner/operator a hundred bucks richer. #9 Centipede (Got me hooked on the world of trackball games.) #10 Joust (More of a cult favorite rather then a mainstream favorite but still earns the right to be on this list.) It's sooo hard to list only ten games but I would think this would be somewhat accurate. I can sit here and say that I was impartial when ranking these games but the fact of the matter is I was the one who wrote it so it really doesn't mean $h1t and is ultimatly still just an opinion. Still had fun writing it though. ;D P.S. Pong used discrete circuitry and ain't no videogame in my book although it was a major breakthrough. Kudos to Ralph Baer Willy Higinbotham and Nolan Bushnell. Oh... and of course Eugene Jarvis later on. |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: spidermonkey on February 28, 2003, 01:25:38 am ---P.S. Pong used discrete circuitry and ain't no videogame in my book although it was a major breakthrough. Kudos to Ralph Baer Willy Higinbotham and Nolan Bushnell. Oh... and of course Eugene Jarvis later on. --- End quote --- video game n. An electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen. Source: The American Heritage |
| Generic Eric:
I liked pheonix. Popeye was one I looked for each time I went to an arcade after I played it edit "poof" sorry i don't know what i was thinking I turned on a friend to MAME, and the first one he asked about was gyruss. then tutkhanhumum (spelling?) |
| JayTea:
errr, Pole Position is already one of the selections.... Asteroids is an obvioous ommission...and the more I think about it, Star Castle could have been thrown in there...The steady background hum used to fill the whole arcade! maybe there will be a part deux to this poll in a couple of weeks... |
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