Author Topic: Score! Wife likes Bust-a-move! (Read 3675 times)

knave · « **on:** May 02, 2007, 12:54:36 pm »

I've gotten nothing but rolled eyes and even a few stern words about paying bills for the past two months. But now with this simple $30 MVS cart I have her hooked.

We've played every night since it came in the mail.

Boy do I love that game now...She now likes (to a degree) my hobby.
(Actually I like the game anyway it's just a bonus that she wants to play all the time.)

Now I just need to find room for a four player cab! (Just don't tell her that...ok)

We'll have to see what she thinks of Magical Drop II.

Jeff AMN · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2007, 01:31:16 pm »

Games that my wife bugs me to play with her:

-Puzzle Bobble (and all its variants)
-Puyo Puyo
-Magical Drop
-Columns
-TMNT (and all other 4-player beat 'em ups like the Simpsons, etc.)
-Sunset Riders
-Bubble Bobble
-Rampage
-Any light gun games

There are a lot of games she'll play alone, but the ones listed above she's always pulling me over to the cabinet to play with her.

ringram · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2007, 01:49:43 pm »

What are other games that meet the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor)?

KenToad · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2007, 02:04:46 pm »

Puzz Loop with spinners.

ahofle · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:24:56 pm »

Two non-MAME games that come to mind:
Feeding Frenzy
Luxor (Puzzloop ripoff)

KenToad · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:47:57 pm »

Yeah, Puzz Loop/ Zuma and the oodles of clones pretty much meet the WAF requirements, but, for me, nothing beats Puzz Loop with spinners, since a spinner is so perfect a controller for the turret.

javeryh · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:52:14 pm »

My wife likes Galaga, Frogger and Donkey Kong - and Bust-a-move, of course.

(+_+) · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2007, 03:57:34 pm »

All I can remember my wife every playing was Nibbler and Ms Pacman.

michelevit · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:10:41 pm »

my best memories of playing the arcade was a couple of thanksgivings ago,
when my wife and i played bubble bobble to the last level. it probally took
over 100 dollars in credits and a couple of hours, but we did it.

try bubble bobble. its a fun game especially with two players.
you play as a team instead of opponents which the wife
really seemed to enjoy.

- the worst experience was playing 'you dont know jack'
she still hates me for winning.

Level42 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2007, 06:22:17 pm »

Yep, Puzzle Bobble is my wife's favorite too. In fact, most females seem to love it. It's the first game I show them. A female friend of my wife likes to play Ms.Pac Man when she's here.

Puzz loop, indeed another one my wife plays, but I've got no spinner yet so it's a nightmare to play...

I've read that Centipede also scored well with women, but I don't really understand why. Apart from the fact that it was the first game (co)created by a woman, which most playing women obviously know nothing about.....

Glaine · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2007, 06:37:11 pm »

And they always insist on Ms. Pacman even though the only difference they notice is the bow on her head.

AnalogKid · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:00:12 pm »

My wife loves Gauntlet - been playing some variant of it with her since the original NES. In fac, that was a date night for us back in our poorer, younger days! Don't have it running on a Mame cab yet - thats my next project.

fjl · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:49:31 am »

What game is Zuma?

Crowquill · « **Reply #13 on:** May 03, 2007, 01:52:33 am »

Puzzle games and rhythm games (on consoles) are usually the ones my wife gets into.

If you like Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble, check out Puzzle de Pon on MVS too. Pretty much the same thing as Bust-A-Move, but you have to break shapes free of the bubbles. I'd call it a clone, but it was developed by Taito too. While my wife never got into them too much, Pop N Pop and Landmaker are other fun Taito puzzle games. As weird as it sounds, Pop N Pop is like a combination of Bust-A-Move and Space Invaders.

Also, Uo Poko is a great puzzle game.

My biggest battle is to get her to stand at the MAME cabinet for any time. I finally put MAME on the XBox to fix that hurdle.

langdoguk · « **Reply #14 on:** May 03, 2007, 04:29:44 am »

Mine likes Bombjack and Pacland and all the Tetris type games

Oddfeld · « **Reply #15 on:** May 03, 2007, 09:50:10 am »

Quote from: efjayel on May 03, 2007, 12:49:31 am

What game is Zuma?

It wasn't in the arcades, it's on PC/XBox Live Arcade/iPod etc. See here:
http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=zuma

JamIt · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2007, 10:10:43 am »

My wife and I ocassionally resolve disputes with a game of Money Puzzle Exhanger. Loser of best of 5 has to wash the dishes. She also likes trying to kill me in Mario Bros.

hypernova · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:23:46 pm »

*sigh*

Wish my wife were at least somewhat like all yours... $:-\$

campbelldave · « **Reply #18 on:** May 03, 2007, 09:20:54 pm »

My wife thought my first MAME machine was stupid until she saw she could play Ms Pac-Mac. Now, I think she does finds it mildly annoying

fjl · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2007, 01:35:16 am »

I don't really see "mildly annoying" as an improvement over "stupid." Try showing her some of the games recommended by the other posters. She might like them.


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