Author Topic: Top 5 Arcade Games.GO (Read 9940 times)

RayB · « **Reply #40 on:** July 17, 2009, 11:10:05 am »

a couple people almost got it right...

These game represent the epitome of perfect game design:

1. Robotron
2. Centipede
3. Ms Pac Man (with props to her husband, Pac Man)
4. Galaga
5. Donkey Kong

Truecade · « **Reply #41 on:** July 17, 2009, 01:37:32 pm »

1) SF2
2) Gauntlet
3) TMNT
4) Tron
5) Magician Lord

garnerb350 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 17, 2009, 01:46:57 pm »

1)Donkey Kong
2) Street Fighter 2
3) Metal Gear
4) X-Men Vs Street Fighter
5) Hot Memory

Todd H · « **Reply #43 on:** July 17, 2009, 02:04:48 pm »

Gotta go with the five that started it all...

Pong
Space Invaders
Asteroids
Pac-Man
Defender

torez · « **Reply #44 on:** July 18, 2009, 05:45:39 pm »

In no particular order:
Ms Pac-Man
Defender
Galaga
Omega Race
Asteroids

That's assuming no pinballs...

AMDman13 · « **Reply #45 on:** July 18, 2009, 07:40:44 pm »

1. Galaga
2. Defender
3. Shinobi
4. Ms Pacman
5. Golden Tee all years.

Paul Olson · « **Reply #46 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:03:25 pm »

I made a list of all of the games mentioned so far. Have fun trying them all out.

Galaga (15)
Donkey Kong (9)
Street Fighter II (9)
Ms. Pac-Man (8 )
Pac-Man (7)
Robotron 2084 (7)
Metal Slug (6) (Series grouped together, Individual: 1:1, 2:1, 3:2, 5:1, Series:1)
Asteroids (6)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (6)
Defender (5)
Joust (4)
Simpsons Arcade (4)
Tron (4)
Star Wars (4)
Double Dragon (3)
Sunset Riders (3)
Rastan (3)
Omega Race (3)
Puzzle Bobble / Bust a Move (3)
R-Type (3)
Mortal Kombat (3)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (3)
Tempest (2)
MK II (2)
Area 51 (2)
Moon Patrol (2)
Terminator 2 (2)
Outrun (2)
Black Tiger (2)
Popeye (2)
Dodonpachi (2)
Popeye (2)
Bubble Bobble (2)
Tetris (2)
Centipede (2)
Mortal Kombat 2 (2)
Killer Instinct (2)
Shinobi (2)
Third Strike
Mr. Do!
Mat Mania
Time Crisis series
DDR series
Rampage
Robocop
Hydro Thunder
Guilty Gear XX ^ Core
Melty Blood(any version)
Zero Gunner 2
Galaga 88
Golden Axe
1944
Darkstalkers
Juno First
Dig Dug
Phoenix
Aliens
Virtual On
Missile Command
Kid Niki
Space Dungeon
Ivan Stewart's Super Offroad
Jungle King
Xybots
Ghosts'n'Goblins
1943: Battle of Midway
Puzzle Bobble 2
Targ
Spectar
Sinistar
Warlords
Crystal Castles
Elevator Action
Karate Champ
Land Maker
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Gyruss
Arkanoid
Samurai Shodown 2
Afterburner II
Ghouls and Ghosts
Donkey Kong Jr
Marvel Vs. Capcom
Galaga 3
Super Burger Time
1942
Virtua Tennis
Soul Calibur
Gauntlet
Magician Lord
Metal Gear
X-Men Vs Street Fighter
Hot Memory
Pong
Space Invaders
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 4
KOF 2001
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tekken 2
Tekken III
Super Street Fighter II
Golden Tee all years

IG-88 · « **Reply #47 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:08:57 pm »

Dude, I've just spent the last 30 minutes doing the exact same thing! That is fricken spooky!

Paul Olson · « **Reply #48 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:14:50 pm »

So what are you hiding from today? It is 102 degrees today, so I am waiting for it to cool off a bit before I go out and work on my games. Let me know if I messed anything up on the list.

IG-88 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:28:35 pm »

I'm supposed to be mowing. It's actually very nice out. I should be working....

The list looks great. I was thinking while I was typing them in that I wished you had asked for a top 10. We could have maybe got a bigger variety of games. Oh well, it's still pretty neat seeing all the games you do have.

I don't think there has ever been a top 25/50 BYOACer's list

Did you do this in a spreadsheet?

Paul Olson · « **Reply #50 on:** July 18, 2009, 08:30:35 pm »

Nope, that would have been way too efficient. I just pasted everything into a text file and used find to count how many of each, then delete as I went.

quarterstringer · « **Reply #51 on:** July 19, 2009, 01:22:10 am »

Quote from: IG-88 on July 18, 2009, 08:28:35 pm

I don't think there has ever been a top 25/50 BYOACer's list

Here's a list from 5 years ago.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=19363.0

tcleary · « **Reply #52 on:** July 19, 2009, 12:43:25 pm »

1. defender
2. ultimate mk3
3. ghosts n goblins
4. street fighter 4
5. ikaruga

emerica · « **Reply #53 on:** July 19, 2009, 01:34:50 pm »

1) 720
2) Star Wars
3) Ms. Pac-man
4) Gyruss
5) Phoenix

Although, as like many have said, there are many more...

kagaden · « **Reply #54 on:** July 19, 2009, 04:39:52 pm »

1. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
2. Super Street Fighter II: Turbo
3. Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp
4. Killer Instinct
5. Cadash

IG-88 · « **Reply #55 on:** July 19, 2009, 07:56:26 pm »

Quote from: quarterstringer on July 19, 2009, 01:22:10 am

Quote from: IG-88 on July 18, 2009, 08:28:35 pm
I don't think there has ever been a top 25/50 BYOACer's list

Here's a list from 5 years ago.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=19363.0

Wow, never saw that one.

Should be a way to integrate the two...

I still don't understood the love for Galaga. Don't get me wrong it's a classic for sure, just never appealed to me for some reason.

Paul Olson · « **Reply #56 on:** July 19, 2009, 08:18:30 pm »

Quote from: IG-88 on July 19, 2009, 07:56:26 pm

Quote from: quarterstringer on July 19, 2009, 01:22:10 am
Quote from: IG-88 on July 18, 2009, 08:28:35 pm
I don't think there has ever been a top 25/50 BYOACer's list

Here's a list from 5 years ago.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=19363.0

Wow, never saw that one. Should be a way to integrate the two...

I still don't understood the love for Galaga. Don't get me wrong it's a classic for sure, just never appealed to me for some reason.

The old original post is updated with the top 100, it would probably take quite a bit of work to list the other 220 though.

When I was a kid, I really liked Galaxian, and didn't care much for Galaga. Now it is reversed and Galaxian jut seems really slow and boring to me. Gyruss may be even better than Galaga, I haven't quite made a decision on those two yet.

dekar24k · « **Reply #57 on:** July 20, 2009, 02:24:13 am »

No particular order:

Rastan
Rampart
Missile Command
Rodland
Cameltry

It's too hard picking only 5 games, next time my list might look completely different.

iscariot · « **Reply #58 on:** July 20, 2009, 03:07:51 am »

Dig Dug
Space Harrier
Double Dragon
Ikari Warriors
SFII
Ridge Racer

Give me another 5 and I can do a better list.

These are in no particular order.

markc74 · « **Reply #59 on:** July 20, 2009, 04:48:09 am »

This week I've been mostly playing...

Tempest
outrun
pacman
ghouls n ghosts
bombjack

It'll be different by tomorrow tho!

njay · « **Reply #60 on:** July 20, 2009, 07:40:11 am »

here is my list:

1. Killer Instinct 2 (ultraaa comboo )
2. MK3
3. SFIII : 3rd strike
4. Puzzle Bobble 2
5. 1944: The Loop Masters

Truecade · « **Reply #61 on:** July 20, 2009, 10:54:08 am »

I'm actually surprised more people didn't have Gauntlet in their top 5. For me, that game was incredible when it was released....

bkenobi · « **Reply #62 on:** July 20, 2009, 11:09:51 am »

Camaltry is AWESOME! I play it with my 360° steering wheel which works quite well. I sometimes wonder what it would play like with an actual spinner...but then I would likely have to get one and the wife wouldn't like hearing about a CP rebuild

Falkentyne · « **Reply #63 on:** July 22, 2009, 09:52:39 pm »

1) Gauntlet/Gauntlet II (if of course you knew the trick to survive food starvation with 4 credits).
2) Street fighter 2 series (Super SF2 Turbo).
3) Probably Ms. Pac-man (since pacman is all about pattern memorization unless you don't follow patterns (impossible on 9th key+).

Of course, the problems on MAME with *all* of the unthrottled SF2 games still haven't been fixed. (SF2 hyper fighting, Super SF2 turbo and Hyper SF2 (Anniversary) all run too fast.

I have to check on #capcom to see what the tournament setting for Alpha 3 was....

nickynooch · « **Reply #64 on:** July 22, 2009, 11:55:42 pm »

Quote from: bkenobi on July 16, 2009, 12:16:30 pm

I'm surprised noone said:

MK
MKII
MK3
UMK3
MK4

HAHA I almost posted that, but UMK3 is the greatest game ever.

chrisdfw · « **Reply #65 on:** July 24, 2009, 01:20:06 pm »

Space Wars
Rip Off
Armor Attack
Space Duel
Eliminator

I guess I really prefered the vector games that I could play with or against another live person. I wasn't much for single player...other than Major Havoc, Lunar Lander, and a little Asteroids mixed in...those would be next on my list.

MaximRecoil · « **Reply #66 on:** July 24, 2009, 02:03:42 pm »

1. Super Punch-Out
2. Punch-Out
3. Street Fighter II
4. Ikari Warriors
5. Super Dodge Ball

That isn't an objective list of course; those are just my personal favorites. An objective list would probably be more like:

1. Pac-Man
2. Donkey Kong
3. Defender
4. Space Invaders
5. Street Fighter II

That would be judging from sales/popularity/impact (on the industry and cultural). I don't happen to find any of those games particularly fun however (with the exception of SFII of course).

dekar24k · « **Reply #67 on:** July 24, 2009, 02:27:14 pm »

Quote from: bkenobi on July 20, 2009, 11:09:51 am

Camaltry is AWESOME! I play it with my 360° steering wheel which works quite well. I sometimes wonder what it would play like with an actual spinner...but then I would likely have to get one and the wife wouldn't like hearing about a CP rebuild

Indeed Cameltry is kick-ass! I play it with a regular 2 1/4" trackball and it works perfectly. I'd never played it (neither heard of it) until I randomly stumbled across it a couple of months ago. It's awesome and has great replay value trying to beat your own times.

mwong168 · « **Reply #68 on:** July 24, 2009, 02:38:44 pm »

1. Street Fighter II World Warrior/Champions Ed./Hyper Fighting
2. Shinobi
3. Gauntlet
4. Double Dragon
5. X-Men (6 player cabinet version)

Frigo · « **Reply #69 on:** July 24, 2009, 04:50:08 pm »

1) Street Fighter II Series.
2) Mortal Kombat II
3) Killer Instinct
4) Simpsons Arcade
5) Ka-Ge-Ki (a guilty pleasure, to be sure)

Those are the ones I immediately remember from my childhood (b.1980)

getnate · « **Reply #70 on:** July 24, 2009, 05:09:27 pm »

Marble Maddness
Guntlent
TMNT
Daytona USA
Track & Field

chiLLbiLLy · « **Reply #71 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:30:05 pm »

Wow...so incredibly hard to limit to just 5, not to mention most of us have favorites from different eras, but the top 5 games I still like to play today, as much as I did back in the day are:

1) Crazy Climber
2) Gravitar
3) I-Robot
4) Tempest
5) Stargate

Honorable mentions: Tron, Mario Bros., Robotron, Joust, Venture, Rampart, Qix, Rolling Thunder, Sinistar, Combat, Rally-X, Atari Mini-golf, Toobin, Warlords and on and on and on...

Texasmame · « **Reply #72 on:** July 24, 2009, 06:40:34 pm »

Defender
Spy Hunter
Battlezone

From there, it changes from time to time. Right now, I tend to MAME Centipede and Warlords quite a bit.

jeremymtc · « **Reply #73 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:03:22 am »

1. Strider
2. Vs. Excitebike
3. Galaga
4. Tempest
5. Gravitar

splunkett · « **Reply #74 on:** July 25, 2009, 04:51:50 am »

This is more based on the games I played the most back in the day:

1942
BombJack
Scramble
Donkey Kong
~~Commando~~ Choplifter

Klingbeil · « **Reply #75 on:** July 27, 2009, 04:16:38 pm »

Donkey Kong
Ms. Pacman
Dig Dug
Centipede
Frogger

i know.. i'm old school and those are my top 5, but i can't just stop there. here's the rest i'd like to have in my own private arcade.

Pengo
Gauntlet
Crystal Castle
Jungle King
Moon Patrol
Missile Command
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Q-Bert
Defender
Popeye
Kangaroo
Vanguard
Scramble

slapaham · « **Reply #76 on:** July 27, 2009, 04:25:02 pm »

Mushihime-Tama
Mortal Kombat 2
Bang Bead
Metal Slug X
Frogger

- not necessarily in that order!

Turnarcades · « **Reply #77 on:** July 27, 2009, 07:48:43 pm »

1) Too
2) hard
3) to
4) make
5) choices!

No way I could name a favourite, as if you took any away I'd lose too many memories. Up there would definitely be though:

Killer Instinct (Only the first, not the cack sequel)
Every 4-player co-op brawl (Turtles, Simpsons, Vendetta et al)
Every 2-player co-op brawl (Final Fight, Golden Axe, Double Dragon etc.)
Most vs. fighters (SF2, MK series, though strangely I know not the KOF series)
WWF Wrestlefest

Nope soz, can't even narrow this down...

Vebbo · « **Reply #78 on:** July 29, 2009, 01:10:04 am »

Bomb jack
Metal slug
Gyruss
Track n field
Crystal castles

Si the Sigh · « **Reply #79 on:** July 29, 2009, 04:23:38 am »

Changed my mind...

1) Tumble Pop
2) Bombjack
3) Street Fighter II
4) Pac Man
5) Knights Of The Round


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