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Author Topic: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight  (Read 1671 times)

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Chunce DeLeone

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6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« on: February 21, 2008, 09:47:13 am »
This is a very general question and probably has been answered in other posts that I can't find because my mind ain't workin right now.  Butt had my cousin visit over the weekend.  We played Tiger Woods for hours, and with our wives.  Pretty cool.  But then it comes time when all my talk about thousands of games to choose from falls all over itself because I just can't weed through the myriad of games that two 30 year old's will like to play.  We skipped around and I used the random button in Mala and Gun Fight came up, said what the hell.  We played gun fight for a half hour.  It was the most intense and enjoyable arcade time I have had in years and never would have seen that coming. And I realized the reason Gun Fight worked.  1: Its 2 player Simultaneous(Alternating games like Arkanoid are great but people don't want to wait and I end up not wanting to do well while my guest waits) 2: Its undercomplicated and Charming.  3: The Gameplay is 100% tight and simple yet unlimited in its possibilities especially when playing agianst a human opponent (difference between button mashing and say the spiral technique of Robotron) 4:  Its quick intense and to the point.

If you are still reading here is the question:

In all of your arcade party expieriances what games have had sucess?  What are some guaranteed winners that 2 or more people can play in a drinking smoking butts situation and have a blast,  and Golden Tee and Shuffleshot are already 2 of my top favs for this.  Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!   

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2008, 10:30:23 am »
Shuuz!

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2008, 11:02:01 am »
Some other good ones in my experience:

Gauntlet, Tetris, World Class Bowling Deluxe, Boot Hill (same as Gun Fight), Trog, Rodland (for kids), Bubble Bobble, Super Space Invaders '91, Puzzle Bobble (Bust a Move)

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2008, 11:37:15 am »
Warlords (with 2-4 spinners/paddle controls).


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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2008, 12:38:12 pm »
on the topic of Tetris - I highly suggest checking out the Tetris Grand Master series of games.  Theres 3 or 4 of them I believe.

But they have a really good Head to head mode, as well as a REALLY interesting Co-op mode.  The playfield is 1.5 or 2x as wide as normal, and each player has a block dropping.  It gets pretty frantic trying to to not block each other out on the way down to your holes and what not, but its quite fun.  And i'm sure if you had a partner you played with often it would get to be an almost telepathic experience.

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2008, 12:45:02 pm »

2 player pipe dream is pretty fun...

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2008, 01:13:31 pm »
It gets pretty frantic trying to to not block each other out on the way down to your holes and what not, but its quite fun.  And i'm sure if you had a partner you played with often it would get to be an almost telepathic experience.
Knock it off.  This is a family site!

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2008, 01:19:40 pm »
Lol

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2008, 04:25:50 pm »
Neo Geo Super Dodge Ball --  Trust me on this.

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2008, 04:33:44 pm »
House of the Dead on the Xbox with LCD Topguns 10 feet away.

Robotron -> Can be very competitive.
Space Duel -> Great way to work co op.
Ikari Warriors -> End up having a fight after your buddy gets you killed towards the end.
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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2008, 06:48:04 pm »
Part of the answer to that would depend on who comes over to my place.

The most played games at my house are shooting games.
Zero Point
Bang!
Police Trainer
Area 51
etc...

Those are followed by puzzle games.
Puzzle Bobbles
Tetris Plus 1&2
Puzzloop

The next would be the golf/sports games.
Golden Tee
Neo Turfmasters
Capcom Bowling
etc...

For parties, I usually set up my PS2 with one of the Point Blank games, my JAMMA cab with a Neo-Geo board in it playing Puzzle Bobble, and my MAME cab set to play Quantum.
I will swap out games if there's a specific request, but that setup seems to keep everyone well occupied, when set up in addition to my dedicateds and my one pin.

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2008, 07:36:09 pm »
Oh, How could I forget - one of the best head to head puzzle games ever

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo!!
quick, intense matches that can completely change back and forth in a matter of seconds

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2008, 10:57:19 am »
Dudes thanks for the replys,  you completely got what I was saying and just want to thank this very special and rewarding community that I am pround and fortunate to be a part of.   :applaud: :cheers:


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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2008, 11:36:37 am »
Here are two more to add to the list...

Marble Madness

Atari Football

Both great 2 player games.

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2008, 11:46:22 am »
The 2 player simultaneous games that get the most play by myself, my son and his friends...
Joust and Mario Brothers
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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2008, 11:50:02 am »
i like to play "puzzle bobble" with my wife.

another great and simple two player game is "rip off".

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Re: 6000 Channels and nothing on. Except Gun Fight
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2008, 05:48:03 pm »
My 5 cents

Windjammers (NEO GEO) - pong but updated
Joust - seriously, who doesn't like joust
Track and Field - If your cab can take the pounding
TMNT - 4 player goodness
Simpsons Game - 3 player goodness - No one ever wants to play Lisa