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shardian:


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--- Quote from: TOK on January 20, 2007, 05:26:39 pm ---Perhaps the arcade scene was a little more lively by me, or maybe it's just because I'm old  :o
First someone mentioned Robotron, now these four, all which I'd consider pretty commonly known Golden Age games. Time Pilot was about the only one which was only in one of the four local arcades.

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No kidding ... some very well known games being mentionned.

* CheffoJeffo  grumbles about the damned kids
Cheers

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Sorry Chef, but to us youngsters, anything classic other than Pacman is pretty unknown to us. Our arcades were full of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and NeoGeo. We only played Pacman because it happened to be at Pizza Hut, and there was nothing else to play.

However, if I had a choice I would much rather have grown up in the arcades you did.

It will be even worse for the next generation - they will have fond memories of crappy redemption games (can you believe they got rid of skeeball at the local Chucky Cheese's??? :o) and $2 a pop bloated gimmick games. I feel REALLY sorry for them.

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: shardian on January 21, 2007, 03:28:41 pm ---Sorry Chef, but to us youngsters, anything classic other than Pacman is pretty unknown to us. Our arcades were full of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and NeoGeo. We only played Pacman because it happened to be at Pizza Hut, and there was nothing else to play.
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I guess maybe I am too old and need to be put out to pasture.

Nice run while it lasted.

Cheers

Chris:

You did miss out, I think.  We were right there at the beginning.  We were amazed by Space Invaders; we'd play Pong for hours at home.  Sure they're nothing compared to Super 3D Blood-soaked Slugfest IV, but no other kids in history had seen the things we were seeing!  And since the standard arcade cabinet shape and controls hadn't developed yet, we got a lot of really unique cabs.  Starship 1 is a great example: play it in MAME and you'll laugh at how basic it was.  But play it in an arcade, with the original cabinet and controls, and it's an experience.  Tail Gunner, Battlezone, Lunar Lander, Sea Wolf, Sprint, Death Race (I loved that one!)... the cabs and controls made these games far more than the sum of their parts to an 8-year old kid who hasn't been jaded by all the 3D computer wizardry of modern movies and games.  All that was lost with JAMMA and Neo-Geo making all the cabinets interchangeable...

Unholyknight:

Smash TV and Total Carnage.

I've found lately that a LOT of people have no idea what these games are, and I played these for hours when I was younger.

MaMeNnO:

I haven't seen "In the Hunt" alot. Very cool and nice looking game. Spent alot of dutch "guldens" on that game.

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