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Title: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: Agent Davis on May 17, 2004, 02:33:06 pm
Special Thanks to FractalWalk for his macros.  Without them, I would not be able to keep this updated.  Please read the guidelines below.

I believe I'm not alone when I say that it's difficult sorting through those thousands of arcade games (of which I own an actual board of every one,  ;)) to find something new and fresh to play.  On top of that, I think it would be nice to see what everyone's favorite games are.  So, this is my attempt to compile a top 100 list:

Guidelines (PLEASE READ):

1.  Rank your top 20 favorite games in order (with #s please).  You may rank less than 20.  However, if you want to finish it later add it in a new post (do not modify the current one).
2.  Games receive points based on their rank.  i.e. #1 gets 20 points, #2 gets 19, etc...
3.  Honorable mention to be added back later.
4.  The game must be in the current mamelist.txt: http://www.mame.net/gamelist.html  
If one of your favorites is a clone, just pick the original game instead.
5.  Please type the name exactly as it appears in mamelist.txt.  This makes it much easier for me to sort everything in Excel.  See exceptions below.
6.  I will update the scores regularly in this post.
7.  Feel free to test some of the numbers out to make sure there are no errors.  Look for games that are duplicated due to spelling, etc.

Game Exceptions
All games should be listed individually, just as they appear in mamelist.txt except:

SFII WW, Turbo, and Super are combined as - Street Fighter II
Metal Slug 2 and X are combined as - Metal Slug 2/X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is - TMNT

Have fun!

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The BYOAC Top 100
Current as of - jerryjanis
# of Lists - 55
Unique games voted - 320
Most popular - Coming Soon!
Most #1s - Coming Soon!

  Rank                           Game                          Points
   1    Galaga                                                  467
   2    Robotron                                                307
   3    Joust                                                   258
   4    Ms. Pac-Man                                             236
   5    Star Wars                                               225
   6    Street Fighter II                                       222
   7    Donkey Kong                                             186
   8    Centipede                                               166
   9    TMNT                                                    161
   10   Gyruss                                                  152
   11   Tempest                                                 152
   12   Defender                                                150
   13   Tron                                                    145
   14   Dig Dug                                                 140
   15   Gauntlet                                                135
   16   Shinobi                                                 135
   17   Smash T.V.                                              133
   18   Pac-Man                                                 116
   19   Asteroids                                               110
   20   Arkanoid                                                108
   21   Karate Champ                                            108
   22   Galaxian                                                106
   23   Missile Command                                         106
   24   Time Pilot                                              103
   25   Metal Slug 2/X                                          100
   26   Raiden                                                   99
   27   Marble Madness                                           96
   28   Double Dragon                                            95
   29   Mortal Kombat                                            95
   30   Frogger                                                  92
   31   Mortal Kombat II                                         88
   32   Super Sprint                                             88
   33   Elevator Action                                          85
   34   NBA Jam                                                  85
   35   Scramble                                                 82
   36   Spy Hunter                                               82
   37   Pole Position                                            81
   38   Tetris                                                   81
   39   Donkey Kong Junior                                       79
   40   Moon Patrol                                              76
   41   Mr. Do!                                                  76
   42   Star Castle                                              73
   43   X-Men                                                    72
   44   Simpsons, The                                            71
   45   Tapper                                                   70
   46   Discs of Tron                                            69
   47   Track & Field                                            69
   48   1942                                                     67
   49   720                                                      66
   50   Metal Slug 3                                             66
   51   1943                                                     65
   52   Gorf                                                     65
   53   Phoenix                                                  64
   54   Rygar                                                    63
   55   Metal Slug                                               62
   56   Qix                                                      62
   57   Puzzle Bobble \  Bust-a-move                             61
   58   WWF Wrestlefest                                          61
   59   Berzerk                                                  60
   60   Burger Time                                              60
   61   Out Run                                                  60
   62   Yie Ar Kung-Fu                                           59
   63   Asteroids Deluxe                                         56
   64   Ghosts 'n Goblins                                        56
   65   Millipede                                                56
   66   Stargate                                                 56
   67   Battle Zone                                              54
   68   Rampage                                                  54
   69   Bank Panic                                               52
   70   Xevious                                                  50
   71   Dragon's Lair                                            48
   72   Mario Bros.                                              48
   73   Sinistar                                                 46
   74   Strider                                                  45
   75   Kung-Fu Master                                           42
   76   Commando                                                 41
   77   Gaplus                                                   41
   78   Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo                             41
   79   Zaxxon                                                   41
   80   Alien vs. Predator                                       40
   81   Gradius                                                  38
   82   Championship Sprint                                      37
   83   STUN Runner                                              37
   84   Total Carnage                                            35
   85   Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3                                 35
   86   Bad Dudes                                                34
   87   Marvel vs. Capcom                                        34
   88   Neo Turf Masters                                         34
   89   Street Fighter Alpha 2                                   33
   90   Gauntlet II                                              32
   91   Rampart                                                  32
   92   Afterburner                                              31
   93   Contra                                                   30
   94   Final Fight                                              30
   95   Q*bert                                                   30
   96   R-Type                                                   30
   97   Space Invaders                                           30
   98   Street Fighter Alpha 3                                   30
   99   Gravitar                                                 29
  100   Super Basketball                                         29




Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Agent Davis on May 17, 2004, 02:38:19 pm
To save space, do your top 20 like this.  I will fill it in with mine shortly. :)
1.                                       11.
2.                                       12.
3.                                       13.
4.                                       14.
5.                                       15.
6.                                       16.
7.                                       17.
8.                                       18.
9.                                       19.
10.                                     20.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: JoyMonkey on May 17, 2004, 03:12:42 pm
Are you thinking of taking everyones scores and manually putting them into a spreadsheet or something? Sounds like a headache.

You could set up a nice web-based voting system like MAWS has ( http://www.mameworld.net/maws/ ). It's similar to the good old mame.dk ranking system.
Or you could just get everyone to vote on MAWS, its current 'Hall of Fame' is a little bare seeing as it doesn't get the huge traffic that mame.dk had.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: RacerX on May 17, 2004, 03:17:36 pm
1. Robotron                             11. Moon Cresta
2. Star Wars                            12. Mappy
3. Gaplus (Galaga 3)               13. Dig Dug
4. Joust                                   14. Crazy Climber
5. Centipede                           15. Gorf
6. Missile Command                16. Tempest
7. Asteroids                            17. Out-Run
8. Galaga                                18. Alpine Ski
9. Afterburner                         19. Donkey Kong
10. Astro Blaster                     20. Shuffleshot

I know Shuffleshot doesn't really go with the rest of the games in my list, but I just found it a few weeks ago, and it's a hoot, especially playing it with a few friends while drinking beer.   ;D
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: patrickl on May 17, 2004, 04:15:59 pm
Yeah you really need a website for this. But here is my list:

1  Galaga                 11 Donkey Kong
2  Stargate              12 Alien vs. Predator
3  Moon Patrol           13 Supersprint
4  Out Run                14 Star Wars
5  Arkanoid              15 Afterburner
6  Terminator 2          16 Area51
7  Operation Wolf      17 Ms PacMan
8  1942                    18 Iron Man
9  Pacman                19 Space Harrier
10 Metal Slug             20 Scramble
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: NoBonus on May 17, 2004, 04:19:10 pm
He's my list. This was like picking your favorite child, very difficult to say the least... NoBonus

1. Shinobi                           11. Dig Dug
2. WWF Wrestlefest           12. Pang 3
3. Tron                               13. Donkey Kong, Jr.
4.  Rampage                      14. Empire Strikes Back
5.  Mortal Kombat 2           15. The Simpsons
6.  Tempest                       16. X-Men (4 player)
7.  Street Fighter 2 Turbo  17. Rival Schools
8.  Altered Beast                18. Baseball Stars 2
9.  1943                             19. Tekken 2
10. Discs of Tron                20. Waku Waku 7
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Buddabing on May 17, 2004, 04:31:22 pm
Quote

2.  Games receive points based on their rank.  i.e. #1 gets 20 points, #2 gets 19, etc...
I'd give a bonus for #1, say 25 points for #1, 20 for #2, 18 for #3, 17, 16, etc.

1. Robotron                   11. Gorf
2. Red Baron                 12. Star Castle
3. Ripoff                        13. Phoenix
4. Rygar                        14. Gyruss
5. Time Pilot                  15. Xevious
6. Galaga                      16. Dragon
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: flampoo on May 17, 2004, 04:47:57 pm
01. Shinobi                              11. 1943              
02. Street Fighter Alpha 2       12. Mario Bros.
03. Super Street Fighter II      13. Alien Vs. Predator
04. Double Dragon                  14. The Super Spy
05. Strider                               15. Golden Axe
06. Tetris                                 16. X-Men
07. Garou MOTW                     17. Baseball Stars
08. The Fallen Angels              18. Bad Dudes
09. Sengoku 3                         19. Captain Commando
10. Metal Slug                          20. P.O.W.

Looking at everyone elses has reminded me of some that I forgot! Gauntlet, XMVSF, Ghosts'n Goblins, Police Trainer, D&D: Tower of Doom, Smash TV, Gun.Smoke, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Stun Runner
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Lilwolf on May 17, 2004, 04:50:34 pm
There are some issues on the default 'best' when dealing with cabinets.

1) What are your favorite games.

2) What games play like as#@! if you don't have the original controls.


Defender for one.  I don't like playing it with a joystick...

720 by far my favorite all time game.  But it sucks with all other controllers... And the 720 controllers out there are expensive and only really useful with 720 (ie, no other games)

Fighter games are fun, but not as much without other people around.... And I can't get my wife to play...  (because I put the whoopass down on her... and she leaves...sigh)

And after all that... I'm amazed at some of the games I come back to all the time... which I never played in the arcade...

IE, some games aren't fun with infanite coinage...



So all in all...  my favorites....

Anything with boobs! ;D

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: hulkster on May 17, 2004, 04:57:16 pm
1.  Street Fighter 2 Turbo           11.  Bad Dudes
2.  WWF Wrestlefest                  12.  Altered Beast
3.  Mortal Kombat 2                    13.  Alien  
4.  TMNT                                      14.  P.O.W.
5.  Simpsons                               15.  Frogger
6.  Golden Tee                             16.  Pole Position
7.  Mortal Kombat 1                    17.  Spiderman
8.  Donkey Kong                          18.  X-men
9.  G.I. Joe (awesome!)              19.  Tecmo Bowl (loved it)
10.  Final Fight                            20.  NBA Jam

and yes I'm old enough to have experienced classic 80's games, i just didnt like them much compared to 90's games...so chill
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: quarterstringer on May 17, 2004, 07:49:43 pm
1. Robotron                          11. Dig Dug
2. Millipede                           12. Tube-It
3. Missile Command                13. Galaga
4. Super Puzzle Fighter 2        14. Stargate
5. Jr. Pac Man                      15. Tron
6. Block Out                          16. Defender
7. Asteroids                          17. Gauntlet
8. Tetris                               18. Joust
9. 720                                  19. Q-bert
10. Super Sprint                     20. Smash TV

This was easy thanks to MameWah's Most Played and
Longest Played features.

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Tilzs on May 17, 2004, 08:47:09 pm
1. Ralley Bike              11. TMNT
2. Mr. Do!                   12. X-Men
3. MK2                        13. Tapper
4. Tetris Plus              14. Elevator Action
5. Ms. Pac-Man           15. Smash TV
6. Gun Smoke             16. Rampage WT
7. Metal Slug 2           17. Total Carange
8. Macross Plus          18. Donkey Kong
9. Raiden                   19. Tetris Plus 2
10. POW                    20. 1944
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FractalWalk on May 17, 2004, 09:37:33 pm
1. Robotron                  11. Mappy
2. Galaga                      12. Mario Bros.
3. Xevious                     13. Joust
4. Super Sprint              14. Tail Gunner
5. Smash TV                  15. Space Wars
6. Arkanoid                    16. Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters
7. Scramble                    17. Mr. Do!
8. Pole Position               18. Phoenix
9. Omega Race               19. Death Race
10. Galaxian                   20. Centipede
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Paul Olson on May 18, 2004, 12:34:56 am
1.  Donkey Kong       11.  Gauntlet  
2.  Pole Position       12.  Dig Dug
3.  Galaxian               13.  NFL Blitz
4.  Yie Ar Kung-Fu    14.  NBA Jam
5.  Karate Champ    15.  Spy Hunter
6.  Kung-Fu Master  16.  Legend Of Kage
7.  Tekken 3              17.  Track & Field
8.  Bust-A-Move        18.  Indiana Jones Temple of Doom
9.  Hydro Thunder    19.  Centipede  
10. Area 51                20.  Road Blasters

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: JAZ on May 18, 2004, 02:13:24 am
1.Elevator Action            
2.Defender                      
3.Heavy Barrel                
4.Smash TV                      
5.Shadow Warriors          
6.Bad Dudes                    
7.Double Dragon              
8.Puzzle Bobbl                
9.Gauntlet (4 player)          
10.Pacman                          
11.Final Fight                      
12.Shinobi              
13.TMNT (4 player)              
14.Forgotten Worlds            
15.Combat School          
16.Ghost 'n Goblins
17.Robotron
18.Midnight Resistance
19.Kung-Fu Master  
20.Roc 'n Rope
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Surgeville on May 18, 2004, 02:15:14 am
1. Karate Champ          11. Dragon's Lair
2. Dig Dug                    12. Frogger
3. STUN Runner           13. Joust
4. Arkanoid                    14. Rampage World Tour
5. Bank Panic               15. Escape from the Planet of the
                                            Robot Monsters
6. Q*bert                       16. Star Wars Arcade
7.  MS Pacman             17. Penguin Brothers
8. Bagman                    18. Vs. Super Mario Bros.
9.  Donkey Kong Jr.      19. Bonanza Bros
10. Wonder Boy            20. Ikari Warriors
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: TalkingOctopus on May 18, 2004, 02:26:25 am
1. Galaga                                                   11. Bubble Bobble
2. Robotron                                                12. Smash TV
3. Metal Slug X                                           13. X-Men
4. Metal Slug 3                                           14. Garou MOTW  
5. Marvel vs Capcom                                  15. Gun Smoke
6. Joust                                                      16. DoDonPachi
7. Street Fighter Alpha 3                            17. Final Fight
8. Bust A Move Again                                 18. Cadillacs and Dinosuars
9. Do! Run Run                                           19. TMNT
10. Centipede                                            20. 1943
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: GGKoul on May 18, 2004, 02:48:55 am
1. Karate Champ
2. Gaunlet
3. Track & Field
4. Ring King
5. 10 Yard Fight
6. Rampart
7. Pengo
8. Mat Mania
9. Donkey Kong Jr
10. Arch Rivals
11. Galaga
12. Rampage
13. Star Wars
14. Championship Sprint
15. The Simpsons
16. 1942
17. Bagman
18. Tetris
19. Baseball Stars 2
20. Mikie
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Agent Davis on May 18, 2004, 07:05:39 am
Thanks for all the great responses.  Keep em coming!  Don't forget, if you want to add up to 10 additional games you may do so in subsequent "honorable mention" posts.

I want to leave the voting like it is.  After all, this is the best community on the net and I'd like to leave it right here.  I think its great for people to discuss their votes and debate certain games.  It's also a great way to get to know the community members better, by seeing what games are their favorites.  No flaming of course, but teasing in good fun over someone putting Gals Panic (Lilwolf...) in their top 20 is something you can't see in a web poll.

Lilwolf-  vote for YOUR favorites... that is the point.  Vote based on the game itself, not its special controls needs.  Most people that have a cab and love a game enough for it to be in their top 20 will in most cases (with a few exceptions) have the controls necessary.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: maraxle on May 18, 2004, 08:20:17 am
1.  Joust                                     11.  X-Men            
2.  Ms. Pac-Man                          12.  Donkey Kong
3.  Galaga                                  13.  Centipede
4.  Gladiator                               14.  Double Dragon
5.  Gauntlet                                15.  Frogger
6.  Capcom Bowling                    16.  Tetris
7.  Qix                                        17.  Growl
8.  Rampage                              18.  Track & Field
9.  T.M.N.T.                                 19.  Golden Axe
10.  Dig Dug                               20.  D&D: Tower of Doom

Edit:  My order isn't perfect, but it's good enough.  I'm a moody guy, so my favorites change a lot.  Also, here's some honorable mentions:

Paperboy
Bubble Bobble
Rastan
Rygar
Terra Cresta
Golden Axe II
Police Trainer
NARC
STUN Runner
Road Blasters
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Magnet_Eye on May 18, 2004, 08:35:34 am
1. Galaga                          11. 720
2. Joust                             12. Road Blasters
3. Star Wars                     13. Rastan
4. Tron                              14. Jungle Hunt/King
5. Championship Sprint     15. Pole Position
6. Tempest                        16. Excitebike
7. Spy Hunter                    17. Centipede
8. Arkanoid                        18. Golden Axe
9. 1942                              19. Dokey Kong
10. Marble Madness           20. Frogger


Ok, this is too hard to decide! YIKES!  :o
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: captainpotato on May 18, 2004, 09:00:25 am
Okay, this seems like an appropriate time to sign up and post my first message - after all, I'm just setting off into the wonderful world of MAME cabs :)

1. Gauntlet
2. F1 Dream                        
3. Pac-Man
4. Pole Position
5. Gauntlet II
6. Galaxian
7. Championship Sprint
8. 1942
9. Star Wars
10. Yie Ar Kung-Fu
11. Ghost 'n Goblins
12. Out-Run
13. Rampage
14. Green Beret (Rush'n Attack)
15. Donkey Kong
16. Spy Hunter
17. Double Dragon
18. Qix
19. WEC Le Mans
20. Bubble Bobble
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: ArcadeMaze on May 18, 2004, 09:38:22 am
1. Tempest      11. Mario Bros
2. Battlezone      12. Dig Dug
3. Galaga      13. Burgertime
4. Asteroids Deluxe   14. Star Castle
5. Donkey Kong      15. Zaxxon
6. Ms. Pac Man      16. Missle Command
7. Star Wars      17. Frogger
8. Empire Strikes Back   18. Elevator Action
9. Centipede      19. Rally X
10. Pac Man      20. Defender
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: blue on May 18, 2004, 09:50:54 am
1.Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey        11.Tron
2.Star Wars                                  12.X-Men: Children of the Atom
3.Raiden Fighters 2                        13.Bubble Bobble
4.Magic Sword - Heroic Fantasy      14.Pang
5.Gauntlet II                                 15.Chase H.Q.
6.2on2 Open Ice Challenge             16.Kung-Fu Master  
7.NBA Jam                                    17.Off Road Challenge
8.Dragon's Lair                              18.Galaga
9.Alien vs. Predator                         19.Dig Dig
10.Space Gun                                20.Frogger
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: JamIt on May 18, 2004, 10:58:28 am
1. Mr. Do                   11. Bomb Jack
2. BurgerTime            12. Roc n Rope
3. Ms. PacMan           13. Donkey Kong
4. Donkey Kong Jr.    14. Track n Field
5. Time Pilot               15. Marble Madness
6. Tapper                   16. Super Mario Brothers
7. Karate Champ       17. Galaga
8. QBert                     18. Defender
9. Tron                       19. Pengo
10.Missile Command  20. Dragon
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: JamIt on May 18, 2004, 11:05:11 am
Honorable Mention:
21. Money Exchanger (2 player)
22. Puzzle Bobble (2 player)
23. Joust (2 player)
24. XMen vs Streetfighter (2 player)
25. Vampire Savior (2 player)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: maraxle on May 18, 2004, 11:36:12 am
I'm just curious as to how you're calculating your rankings.  Rygar, for example, appears 4th on someone's list and once on my Honorable mentions.  Therefore it makes sense to me that it would get 16 points for 4th, and 1 point for honorable mention, for a total of 17.  It has that.  However, Gladiator is 4th on my list, which I would expect to get it 16 points, but I don't see it in with the others with 16 points.  Is there a trick to the rankings that I'm not picking up on?
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Buddabing on May 18, 2004, 12:36:00 pm
Quote
Buddabing listed Gorf twice so I counted the top ranked one and moved everyone else up one slot.  

D'oh! Please put Gravitar #20.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: DarkKobold on May 18, 2004, 12:36:26 pm
1.  TMNT                                    11. Tetris
2.  The Simpsons                       12.  Outrun
3.  Street Fighter 2: WW           13. Tecmo Bowl
4.  Robotron                              14.  Double Dragon
5.  Tapper                                  15.  Ghouls and Ghosts
6.  Return of The Jedi                 16.  Ghosts and Goblins
7.  Joust                                     17.  Mortal Kombat II
8. Burger Time                            18.  World Class Bowling
9.  Ms. Pacman                            19.  Centipede
10. Star Wars                              20.  NBA Jam

This was mame only, so I avoided Baby Pacman. That would have made my top five!  :-[

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: hyiu on May 18, 2004, 02:02:40 pm
very hard to decide !!!...

depends on my mood... and depends if my friends are here or if I'm playing alone...
but more or less... this is the list...

01 Phoneix
02 Ms Pacman
03 Metal Slug (all versions)
04 Robotron
05 Neo Turf master
06 Track and Field
07 Galaga (fast shoot)
08 Time Pilot
09 Gaplus
10 Mario Bros
11 R-Type
12 Burning Rubber
13 New Rally X
14 Super SF2
15 Xmen vs SF
16 Cyberball 2072
17 Puzzle Bobble
18 Arkanoid
19 Lady Bug
20 Guantlet

Additional list
Tron
Frogger
Ikari Warriors (it would make top 20 if I have the ctrls...)
1942
Dig Dug

(ok.... that's it for now...)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Lilwolf on May 18, 2004, 02:21:46 pm
01 Time Pilot
02 Rygar
03 Robotron
04 Dig Dug
05 Gyrus
06 Zaxxon
07 Yie Ar Kung-Fu
08 Blasteroids
09 Elevator Action
10 Ghosts 'n Goblins  

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: KevSteele on May 18, 2004, 03:56:54 pm
 1. Robotron
 2. Tempest      
 3. Millipede      
 4. Asteroids Deluxe                   
 5. Frenzy         
 6. Mr. Do!      
 7. Joust         
 8. Galaga      
 9. Asteroids      
10. Ms. Pac Man      
11. Frogger
12. Berzerk
13. Marble Madness
14. Centipede
15. Snake Pit
16. Smash TV
17. Donkey Kong
18. Battlezone
19. Tron
20. Reactor

Kevin
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: bionicbadger on May 18, 2004, 04:16:57 pm
1.  Wizard of Wor                     11. Spy Hunter
2.  STUN Runner                       12. Star Wars
3.  Tron                                     13. Yie Ar Kung Fu
4.  Discs of Tron                        14. Rygar
5.  Gauntlet                              15. Black Dragon /(Black Tiger)
6.  Mortal Kombat                     16. Super Sprint
7.  Joust                                    17. Asteroids
8.  NBA Jam                               18. 720
9.  Wonderboy in Monsterland  19. Arkanoid
10. Super Puzzle Fighter II        20. Dance Dance Revolution

Honorables:
Paperboy
Berzerk
Toobin
Atari Football
Venture
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Knoxximus on May 19, 2004, 02:35:41 am
1.   The Speed Rumbler       11. Metal Slug 2
2.   Strider                           12. Great 1000 Miles Rally
3.   Rygar                            13. Smash TV
4.   Super Punch Out!!        14. Shinobi
5.   Windjammers                15. Motocross USA
6.   Street Fighter Alpha 3   16. Atomic Robo Kid
7.   City Bomber                  17. KOF '98: The Slugfest
8.   Bank Panic                    18. Robotron
9.   Gunbird 2                      19. Kuri Kinton
10. Commando                    20. Puzzle Bobble

MAN, that was hard.....and if you're not playing "The Speed Rumbler", you sure ought too....like, NOW!

Honorables:
Radiant Silvergun
Up N' Down
Bump N' Jump
Arm Wrestling
Mat Mainia

Oh yeah, and I am the best Strider player on the planet!
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Thenasty on May 19, 2004, 09:35:48 am
I am not gonna list mide cuase its already been listed by all of you but, I am adding this to my list cause seems like you guys all forgot the most Quarter Sucking games ever made.

A. Space Invaders
B. Pong

I can't belive none of you have this in your list...SHAME..SHAME...ahh what a SHAME....  :P
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: SuperRabbit0 on May 19, 2004, 10:37:22 am
1. Super Sprint / Chamionship Sprint        
2. NBA Jam                                                
3. 720                                                      
4. Robotron                                              
5. Hyper Sports                                      
6. Track and Field                                    
7. Super Basketball                                
8. WonderBoy in MonsterLand                                            
9. Donkey Kong Jr.                                  
10. Tron
11. Galaga
12. Ghosts and Goblins
13. Karate Champ
14. Gauntlet
15. Asteroids
16. WWF Wrestlefest
17. Super Punch-out
18. Hat Trick
19. Ms. Pacman
20. Cameltry
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: patrickl on May 19, 2004, 11:53:11 am
I am not gonna list mide cuase its already been listed by all of you but, I am adding this to my list cause seems like you guys all forgot the most Quarter Sucking games ever made.

A. Space Invaders
B. Pong

I can't belive none of you have this in your list...SHAME..SHAME...ahh what a SHAME....  :P
He, he, I was wondering about that too, but I assumed the I was supposed to list games I actually play. I tried Space Invaders and well ...  :-\
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: ButeLegz on May 19, 2004, 12:16:03 pm
Very cool topic, nice one.

1. Galaga                          11. Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
2. Elevator Action             12. Alien vs. Predator
3. Raiden                          13. Galaxian
4. TMNT                              14. X-men vs. Street Fighter
5. Mortal Kombat II             15. 1942
6. Zaxxon                            16. Marble Madness
7. R-Type                             17. Frogger
8. Raiden                              18. Shinobi
9 Street Fighter II Turbo    19. NBA Jam
10. Puzzle Bobble               20. Chase H.Q

Edit: Re-thought tail end of list... again.

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Knoxximus on May 19, 2004, 12:16:43 pm
He, he, I was wondering about that too, but I assumed the I was supposed to list games I actually play. I tried Space Invaders and well ...  :-\

....kinda dry, eh? ::)

Besides the spirit of Space Invaders lives in in Galaga and it's ilk (i.e. improvements on the formula) so it's coo.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: tripppsk on May 19, 2004, 12:41:07 pm
1.  Missile Command         11.  Centipede
2.  Lady Bug                      12.  Asteroids
3.  Donkey Kong                13.  Mouse Trap
4.  Robotron                      14.  Mappy
5.  Ms. Pac Man                  15.  Tapper
6.  Phoenix                         16.  Zaxxon
7.  Dig Dug                         17.  Galaxian
8.  Scramble                       18.  Mr. Do!
9.  Satans Hollow               19.  Pac Man
10. Tron                             20.  Moon Patrol  
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Knoxximus on May 19, 2004, 01:37:55 pm
This is great!  It really helps narrow the list on what's hot and what's not on a list of games that's some 4,500 or so titles deep.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FoX on May 19, 2004, 01:51:39 pm
1. SmashTV                                               11. Super Sprint
2. Joust                                                     12. Metal Slug X
3. Mortal Kombat                                       13. NBA Jam
4. Samurai Showdown                              14. Rampage
5. King of the Monsters                             15. Iron Man Stewarts Super Off Road
6. Star Wars                                              16. Asteroids
7. Gauntlet                                                 17. 1943
8. TMNT                                                      18. Ikari Warriors
9. XMen                                                      19. Alien vs Predator
10. Street Fighter II                                   20. Galaga

Honorables:
Total Carnage
Simpsons
Bomberman World
Cabal
Operation Wolf
Rampart
WWF Wrestlefest
Xenophobe

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: maraxle on May 19, 2004, 02:56:35 pm
I am not gonna list mide cuase its already been listed by all of you but, I am adding this to my list cause seems like you guys all forgot the most Quarter Sucking games ever made.

A. Space Invaders
B. Pong

I can't belive none of you have this in your list...SHAME..SHAME...ahh what a SHAME....  :P

They may be "classics", but I wouldn't consider either particularly fun.

Personally, my biggest surprise is seeing Smash TV listed so many times...
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: hyiu on May 19, 2004, 03:04:06 pm
Ohhh !!!... yes...

Please add

Pang3

to the honorable list !!!...

I like playing the continuous falling mode !!!....
 ;D ;D ;D

as for space invader.... I do play it once in a while...
but its not "as fun".... I think galaga / gaplus / pheonix... a "more fun" game....
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Thenasty on May 19, 2004, 04:51:16 pm
I am not gonna list mide cuase its already been listed by all of you but, I am adding this to my list cause seems like you guys all forgot the most Quarter Sucking games ever made.

A. Space Invaders
B. Pong

I can't belive none of you have this in your list...SHAME..SHAME...ahh what a SHAME....  :P

They may be "classics", but I wouldn't consider either particularly fun.

Personally, my biggest surprise is seeing Smash TV listed so many times...


it will get intense once you do the "Wall of Death".
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: maraxle on May 19, 2004, 07:37:51 pm
I am not gonna list mide cuase its already been listed by all of you but, I am adding this to my list cause seems like you guys all forgot the most Quarter Sucking games ever made.

A. Space Invaders
B. Pong

I can't belive none of you have this in your list...SHAME..SHAME...ahh what a SHAME....  :P

They may be "classics", but I wouldn't consider either particularly fun.

Personally, my biggest surprise is seeing Smash TV listed so many times...


it will get intense once you do the "Wall of Death".

I'm not sure what that means, but if it refers to any of the three games mentioned above, it's really a lost cause for me.  No matter how intense any of the above games get, it won't make them any more fun for me.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: garyh on May 20, 2004, 08:23:02 am
1. Galaxian
2. Galaga
3. Scramble
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: ChadTower on May 20, 2004, 09:21:36 am
I'll have to fill this out as I think about it more, but...

1. Berzerk
2. Ms Pac-Man
3. Star Wars
4. Donkey Kong
5. Virtua Fighter 2
6. Joust
7. Galaga
8. Space Invaders
9. 1943
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Zakk on May 20, 2004, 07:04:28 pm
/excel script error  :)


1) pac-man
2) galaga
3) joust
4) asteroids deluxe
5) ms pac
6 gyruss
7) moon patrol
8)  donkey kong
9)  missile command
10) defender
11) commando
12) spy hunter
13) Tempest
14) dig dug

that's all I can think of at the mo!

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Agent Davis on May 20, 2004, 08:09:04 pm
Quick Note:  hyiu - The Metal Slug games are unique separate games (except X and 2 which I've combined), so anyone who wants to vote for these games should vote on them separately.  If you love all 3, then vote for all three.  For your top 20 I made MS1 3rd, MS2/X 4th, and MS3 5th and slid every other game down two slots.

On the other hand, I feel that the SFII games are just updates or tweaks of other versions, so the SFII games are counted as the same game.  My logic is this:  I want someone to be able to grab this top 100 list and just plug the 100 games in.  In the case of the Metal Slug games, I feel they are unique enough that someone may want all three.  However, in the case of the SFII games I feel someone is more likely to just find the best of them and play that game, probably never playing the other versions.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: patrickl on May 20, 2004, 08:26:06 pm
I thought about automating this and it wouldn't be hard to do in HTML/PHP/MySQL, but I think it needs to be done in Java because the game list is so big. I don't do Java though.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: telengard on May 20, 2004, 08:56:35 pm
Cool topic, tough to say just 20 but here goes:

1.  Defender                             11. Galaga
2.  Robotron                             12. Star Wars
3.  Joust                                  13. Centipede
4.  Space Invaders                    14. Elevator Action
5.  Berzerk                               15. Marble Madness
6.  Asteroids                            16. Time Pilot
7.  Star Castle                          17. Karate Champ
8.  Moon Patrol                        18. Tapper
9.  Tron                                   19. Tempest
10. Missle Command                 20. Rolling Thunder

Honorable Mention

Warlords
Crystal Castles
Gauntlet
Omega Race
Spy Hunter
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FractalWalk on May 25, 2004, 11:03:05 am
According to my calcs, here is the top 50 so far:


Rank     Points       Game
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Chris on May 25, 2004, 01:03:19 pm
When I fire up the cab, it's usually for one of the following:

1 Champion Baseball
2 Gravitar
3 Donkey Kong
4 Battlezone
5 Marble Madness
6 Super Basketball
7 World Class Bowling
8 Krazy Bowl
9 Shuffleshot
10 Sinistar
11 Gorf
12 Centipede
13 Track and Field
14 Sharpshooter
15 Tailgunner
16 Tron
And if my daughter is playing, it's:

17 King Of Fighters '98
18 Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
19 Zero Point
20 Trivial Pursuit

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: darktemp on May 25, 2004, 02:54:28 pm
1.    Raiden (no mentions yet?)                                
2.    Raiden 2                                  
3.    Street Fighter 2                                
4.    Metal Slug 2                              
5.    TMNT                                  
6.    NBA Showtime                                  

These are off the top of my head, I haven't finished my cab yet and it's been a while since I've been to the arcade.              
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: barvaz on May 26, 2004, 03:52:42 pm

This is a very cool idea. This should be up on a website with an online submit form and results calculated on the fly.

Technically, it isn't very hard to do. The challenge would be to come up with a good UI for submitting games ranking (just choosing 20 games from a list of 5000 isn
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: patrickl on May 26, 2004, 04:04:21 pm
You could look at the wat MAWS does it. That site just lets you give each game a score. Much easier to do than entering a selection of 20 (+added bonus games)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: barvaz on May 26, 2004, 04:17:46 pm
You could look at the wat MAWS does it. That site just lets you give each game a score. Much easier to do than entering a selection of 20 (+added bonus games)

Ahh...well...duh me. There is already an online ranking table. I didn't know that.  :-[
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: patrickl on May 26, 2004, 04:21:35 pm
You could look at the wat MAWS does it. That site just lets you give each game a score. Much easier to do than entering a selection of 20 (+added bonus games)

Ahh...well...duh me. There is already an online ranking table. I didn't know that.  :-[
He, he, sorry bout that. It was mentioned in the third post of this thread though  :P

Anyway, I thought the idea was to make a BYOAC ranking page.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: barvaz on May 26, 2004, 04:41:59 pm
He, he, sorry bout that. It was mentioned in the third post of this thread though  :P

*writes 1000 times*

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Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: ButeLegz on May 27, 2004, 08:36:12 am
1.    Raiden (no mentions yet?)                                

I've got it listed at 8! Good to see this thread isn't dead... Go Galaga!
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Daniel270 on May 27, 2004, 09:19:14 am
Here's my list...


1) Galaga                                        11) Defender
2) Gyruss                                        12) Roc n' Rope
3) Galaxian                                     13) Ghosts n' Goblins
4) League Bowling                          14) Jr Pac- Man
5) Centipede                                   15) Missile Command
6) Sinistar                                       16) Ms. Pac-Man
7) Asteroids                                    17) Dig Dug
8) Galaga 3 (GaPlus)                       18) Millipede
9) Frogger                                       19) Pac-Man
10) Star Wars                                 20) Donkey Kong


Honorable Mentions:

Star Trek                                         Donkey Kong Jr
Galaga '88                                      Donkey Kong 3
Cameltry                                         Asteroids Deluxe
Altered Beast                                 Pole Position
Metal Slug 2                                   Phoenix
Tapper
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Richy on May 27, 2004, 01:19:45 pm
1 Neo Turf Masters        11 Lode Runner
2 Irritating Maze            12 Pitfall 2
3 Galaga                        13 Super Pang
4 Rampart                      14 Cameltry
5 Metal Slug 3                15 Journey
6 Metal Slug 2                16 Peggle
7 Metal Slug 1                17 Donkey Kong
8 Super Puzzle Fighter   18 NBA Hangtime
9 Blood Storm                19 Marble Madness
10 Joust                         20 Tapper

Not really in definative order. A few underdogs though.
Mentions to
Revolution X
Riding Fight
Mr Do's Wild Ride

And for cheesy japanese games I found randomly
Cotocoto Cottong
Sokonuka Taisen Game
Mad Donna (For being the easist adult game where you can see everything)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FractalWalk on May 27, 2004, 02:47:26 pm
AgentDavis:

If you end up having to do this in Excel, I've written a macro that will parse the data copied from the webpage into columns by ranking number and game. It will also let you add a member name if you want.

It saves a lot of time trying to manually extract this data from the string.  

Let me know if you want it.


Edit: I've also added functionality to do a fuzzy match on game names so that you can easily change incorrect spellings (missing periods, commas etc.)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Richy on May 28, 2004, 02:37:32 pm
This is a better way than ranking each game i think., because some games people either love or hate, and that brings down their averages.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Agent Davis on June 04, 2004, 11:25:55 pm
Fractal, please send me this macro.  Once I receive I will update the list and hopefully we can get more submissions.  I don't want this thread to die.

moell.2@<NOSPAM>osu.edu
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: microwrx on June 05, 2004, 01:20:44 am
1.  Gyruss                          11. Video 8 Ball
2.  Galaga                          12. Scramble
3.  Tetris                            13. Rally-X
4.  Space Invaders II         14. City Connection
5.  Moon Cresta                 15. Gun Dealer
6.  Hyper Olympics             16. Simpsons
7.  Hyper Olympics '84       17. TMNT
8.  Bank Panic                    18. Crush Roller
9.  Moon Patrol                  19. Elevator Action
10.Pacman                         20. Frogger  
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: tep0583 on June 05, 2004, 09:05:46 am
1) SFII                             11) Gauntlet
2) Star Wars                     12) Smash TV
3) Marvel vs. Capcom       13) Battle Zone
4) Star Blade                     14) Avengers
5) Star Castle                   15) Sky Soldiers
6) Indiana Jones               16) Strider
7) Defender                       17) Pac-man
8) Cruizen Usa                   18) Time Soldiers
9) Virtual On                       19) MACH3
10) Choplifter                      20) Rastan


 
Honerable Mention
Afterburner
SAR
Dig Dug
Galaga
In the Hunt
Contra
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FractalWalk on June 05, 2004, 01:41:49 pm
AgentDavis:

I'll try to get the macro to in the next few days. I need to write up a quick tutorial on how to use it.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: danny_galaga on June 06, 2004, 07:03:43 am
1.   commando               11. bank panic
2.   galaga      12. asterix
3.   defender             13. tetris
4.   raiden      14. simpsons
5.   exciting soccer   15. karnov
6.   dig dug      16. donkey kong 3
7.   centipede      17. burning rubber
8.   berserk      18. burger time
9.   scramble      19. acrobatic dog fight
10.   gyruss      20. stocker

some of them come and go out of the top twenty. exciting soccer is one ive just discovered recently.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: danny_galaga on June 06, 2004, 11:07:04 am
MAN, that was hard.....and if you're not playing "The Speed Rumbler", you sure ought too....like, NOW!

just got speed rumbler. thanks for the tip! i dont remember this one but its pretty cool (",)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: FractalWalk on June 07, 2004, 12:11:36 pm
AgentDavis:

I just sent you the macro. Let me know if you get it.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Deinonych on June 09, 2004, 12:20:08 am
Here's my list.  It's tough to nail it down to just 20.   :)

1. Stargate           11.  Spy Hunter
2. Tempest           12.  Sinistar
3. Gorf                 13.  Victory Road
4. Qix                  14.  Xenophobe
5. Millipede            15.  NARC
6. Omega Race      16.  Major Havoc
7. Star Castle        17.  Marble Madness
8. Xevious            18.  Ghosts N Goblins
9. Food Fight        19.  Frenzy
10. Gyruss            20.  Rolling Thunder
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: REBIRTH on June 09, 2004, 12:47:55 am
My top 20 changtes often, but here would be my best shot right now (top 5 would never change)

1. Defender                   11. Stargate
2. Robotron                   12. Smash TV
3. Galaga                       13. Pac-Man
4. Gyruss                       14.  Donkey Kong
5. Asteroids                   15.  Tac/Scan
6. Tempest                     16.  Asteroids Deluxe
7. Joust                          17.  Missile Command
8. Donkey Kong Jr.         19.  Dig Dug
9.  Centipede                 19.  Arkanoid
10.  Mario Bros.              20.  Galaxian

How can Defender be #26 so far... Come on people!  I realize it is my favorite game so I am biased, but that thing was one of the biggest sellers of all time!  Respect the Defender!!!!! 8)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: Zero_Hour on June 09, 2004, 01:13:54 am
Great Idea. Here's Mine:

1. Crazy Climber           11. Cyberball2084
2. Time Pilot                  12. Marble Madness
3. Robotron                   13. R-Type
4. Tempest                    14. Super Mario Bros.
5. Puzz Loop                 15. Tron
6. Puzzle Bobble           16. Burgertime
7. Cheyenne                 17. I, Robot
8. Arkanoid                   18. Ms. Pacman
9. Star Wars                 19. Berzerk
10. Shinobi                   20. Time Pilot 84
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100
Post by: krick on June 09, 2004, 09:42:34 am

 1. Smash TV                  11. Marble Madness
 2. Total Carnage             12. Tempest
 3. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3  13. Qix
 4. Mortal Kombat 3           14. Tetris
 5. Mortal Kombat II          15. Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-a-move)
 6. Mortal Kombat             16. Ladybug
 7. Centipede                 17. Venture
 8. Mr. Do                    18. Ms. Pac-Man
 9. Robotron                  19. Defender
10. Sinistar                  20. Joust
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: Agent Davis on September 24, 2004, 09:09:13 am
Updated - 9/24!!  I'm back and ready to keep this post alive!  I've finally gotten around to testing out some macros that FractalWalk sent me, so thanks to his work I'll be able to keep this post updated.  Let's get this thing going again and see some new top 20's.

If you haven't done so, please take a minute to read the first page that has the updated guidelines and new top 100.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: SNAAKE on September 24, 2004, 09:29:24 am
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs(still kickin ;D 3 players is just..AWSOME !)

Street fighter alpha 2

Marvel vs capcom

Xmen vs SF

Marvel vs SF

Street fighter alpha 3

Super street fighter 2 turbo(old school !!)

Pocket fighter(mini street fighter..coolness :D)

The punisher

Mars matrix

Captain comando

19XX

Saturday night slam masters

Busta move neogeo

U.N Squrdon(spelling?)

Carrier air wing

Alien vs predator

Sunset riders(....DRAW !)

Street soccer(this game is weird but fun)

super pool(try it..nice game)



 

Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: Gunstar Hero on September 24, 2004, 09:30:24 am
To "keep it honest" I just took my favorites list (which is a lot of games) and did a most played re-sort on it. Here goes!

1. Shinobi                           11. Kid Niki
2. Killer Instinct                  12. Bubble Memories
3. WWF Wrestlefest           13. Pac-Man
4. Ultimate MK3                  14. Pac-Mania
5. Mortal Kombat                15. TMNT - Turtles in Time
6. Elevator Action               16. Strider
7. Street Fighter Alpha 2    17. WWF Wrestlemania
8. Sonic the Hedgehog       18. Killer Instinct 2
9. Punch-Out!!                    19. Bubble Bobble
10.  Vs. Castlevania            20. Twin Eagle II
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: Agent Davis on September 24, 2004, 09:36:05 am
Snaake, can you please modify that post and reformat your list, with numbers and capitals in correct places?  Comments are fine, but put them in a paragraph at the end.  I have to plug these lists into excel and if they aren't formatted then its a lot more work.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: cjb on September 24, 2004, 12:50:02 pm
1. Galaga
2. Raiden
3. Gyruss
4. Ms. Pac Man
5. Street Fighter 2
6. Gradius 3
7. Gradius
8. Joust
9. Frogger
10. 1943
 
11. X-Men
12. TMNT
13. Contra
14. Bionic Commando
15. Donkey Kong
16. Donkey Kong Jr.
17. Burgertime
18. Dig Dug
19. Pigskin 621 AD
20. Arch Rivals


This is based on what I can run on my old computer...and would probably be different if I had a wheel or a rotary stick to work with...
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: Captain Rotundo on September 24, 2004, 04:35:08 pm
1 TMNT
2 Street Fighter 2
3 Karate Champ
4 Spy Hunter
5 Contra
6 Defender
7 Frogger
8 Smash TV
9 Simpsons, The
10 Ms. Pac-man
11 Double Dragon
12 Donkey Kong
13 Burger Time
14 Qix
15 1941
16 Pole Position
17 Gradius
18 Galaga
19 Mortal Kombat
20 Asteroids

The order is arbitrary, and most likely misses a few, I tend to be streaky in my likes, I'll play nothing but one or two games for weeks, or months, and then stop playing them for a long time.  so I had to just start listing games I liked, and then quickly put them in a rough order. Which is hard, because there are games of different genres that I would say I like equally, depends on my mood.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/24)
Post by: jerschwab on September 24, 2004, 04:50:02 pm
1. Kung Fu Master
2. SFII CE
3. 1942
4. Metal Slug 3
5. Ms. Pac Man
Super Sprint
Galaga
Willow
Shinobi
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
Frogger
Arkanoid
TMNT
Double Dragon
Ivan Stewart's Super Offroad
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Golden Axe
1943
Tetris
SF Alpha 3
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Agent Davis on September 26, 2004, 03:25:23 am
Updated!

Wow, look at Galaga!  Far and away the clear front-runner right now.  Keep those top 20s coming and please check out the guidelines before you post.  Formatting, spelling, and official name of game are very important.
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: cdbrown on September 26, 2004, 09:53:47 pm
1. NBA Jam                             11. Tapper
2. Snow Bros                          12. The Simpsons
3. Roadblasters                      13. Metal Slug
4. TMNT                                  14. Bomberman World
5. Cabal                                 15. Bad Dudes
6. NARC                                  16. Final Fight
7. Galag                                  17. Pole Position
8. Double Dragon                   18. Rolling Thunder
9. 1943                                  19. Super Sprint
10. Aliens                               20. Outrun
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Robopede on September 27, 2004, 12:35:35 am
1.  Centipede                     11. Joust
2.  Robotron                      12. Defender
3.  Gyruss                          13.
4.  Arkanoid                       14.
5.  Galaga                          15.
6.  Mortal Kombat              16.
7.  Street Fighter                17.
8.  Afterburner                    18.
9.  Total Carnage                19.
10. Galaxian                       20.

There is one more game that I used to love to play, which I only saw one machine ever. It was in a restaurant across the street from my high school. I hadn't thought of this game since then (1984), but now that you've gotten me thinking about my favorite games, I can't remember what it was called! This is going to drive me nuts! I'm going to have to read through that 2,800 game list till I find it. Curse you Agent Davis!!!  ;)
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: quarterstringer on September 27, 2004, 01:44:19 am
1.  Centipede                    
2.  Robotron                    

Shouldn't your username be Centitron instead of Robopede? ;D
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Dexter on September 27, 2004, 08:09:18 am
Apologies, formatting got messed up!

1. Gradius
2. Shinobi
3. Phoenix
4. Gorf
5. Discs of Tron
6. Scramble
7. Star Wars
8. Star Castle
9. Pole Position
10. Spy Hunter
11. Lock'n'Chase
12. Pac-man                                
13. Out Run
14. Battlezone
15. Robotron
16. Terra Cresta
17. Paperboy
18. Karate Champ
19. Punch Out!!
20.  Pocket fighter

Had to think about Paperboy cause it's one of my all time favourites but controlling it in mame makes it fairly unplayable!

Dexter
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Robopede on September 28, 2004, 12:53:31 am
1.  Centipede                    
2.  Robotron                    

Shouldn't your username be Centitron instead of Robopede? ;D

Very good point - but "Robopede" is going to be the name of my very own video game that I'm working on, which will be Centipede with new robot-insect graphics. Hopefully it won't suck...
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Agent Davis on September 28, 2004, 02:09:55 pm
Dexter, can you format that into either one column of 20 or two columns of 10?  That thing is all screwed up.

C'mon Robopede I know you got 8 more games in ya!

Once I update tonight we'll have hit over 50 lists and 1,000 game votes.

Keep 'em coming!  I promise to keep it updated (which I will do again tonight)!  What are all you vets waiting for?  Howard, JM, PJ, saint, etc.????
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: Afghanwhig on September 28, 2004, 09:59:29 pm
1. Galaga                   11. Star Wars
2. Dragon's Lair         12. Return of the Jedi
3. Moon Patrol           13. Tempest
4. Tron                       14. Joust
5. Time Pilot               15. Popeye
6. Zoo Keeper            16. Indiana Jones
7. Street Fighter II     17. Jungle Hunt
8. Xevious                  18. 720
9. Discs of Tron          19. Rygar
10. Black Tiger           20. Crystal Castles


There are many more so here is my honarable mentions:

21. Robotron
22. Smash TV
23. Roadblasters
24. the Simpsons
25. Ghosts and Goblins
26. Contra
27. Karnov
28. Marvel vs. Capcom
29. Mortal Kombat 4
30. Space Harrier
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 9/26)
Post by: jerryjanis on September 28, 2004, 10:22:39 pm
1.  720                               11. X-Men
2.  Marble Madness            12. Yie Ar Kung Fu
3.  Street Fighter II            13. Irritating Maze
4.  Ghouls N Ghosts           14. Gauntlet
5.  Double Dragon              15. Contra
6.  Rastan                           16. Karate Champ
7.  Shinobi                          17.  Robotron
8.  Discs of Tron                 18.  Arkanoid
9.  Outrun                          19.  Mr. Do!
10.Tapper                           20.  Track and Field
Title: Re:The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: Agent Davis on October 04, 2004, 04:31:35 am
Updated 10/04
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: bleemus on April 25, 2006, 12:06:16 am
1. Mario Bros.                           11. Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
2. Street Fighter II                     12. Q*Bert
3. Klax                                  13. Golden Axe
4. Robotron                              14. Rampart
5. Marble Madness                        15. Road Blasters
6. Smash T.V.                            16. Final Fight
7. Ms. Pac-Man                           17. Pengo
8. Rush'n Attack                         18. TMNT
9. Dig Dug                               19. Asteroids
10. Mortal Kombat II                     20. Frogger
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: pointdablame on April 25, 2006, 12:40:16 am
you realize that this thread is over a year and a half old right??  :banghead:   Your list isn't likely to be added to anything since the thread starter hasn't logged in since 2004.
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: bleemus on April 25, 2006, 12:48:01 am
you realize that this thread is over a year and a half old right??  :banghead:   Your list isn't likely to be added to anything since the thread starter hasn't logged in since 2004.

Didn't even notice...  :laugh2: guess it is time for bed!  :banghead:
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: missioncontrol on April 25, 2006, 05:31:14 am
so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: pointdablame on April 25, 2006, 10:33:15 am
so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?

no.. YOU should just keep on going.  Let's go, get some work done!   :P
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: leapinlew on April 25, 2006, 10:44:04 am
I'm in .... here's my list!

1.  Galaga
2.  Street Fighter 2
3.  Operation Wolf
4.  Mario Bros.
5.  Marble Madness
6.  Frogger
7.  Battlezone
8.  Pengo
9.  Ms. Pacman
10. Tron
11. Gorf
12. Space Ace
13. Donkey Kong Jr.
14. Astro Blaster
15. Robotron
16. Forgotten Worlds
17. Star Wars
18. Robocop
19. Paperboy
20. Gauntlet

and yes, I realize this won't be added to anything. I just know everyone was dying for my list...
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: Jeff AMN on April 25, 2006, 11:32:17 am
Keep voting everybody. I'll create a new list from the new (and old) info and I plan on making a web site dedicated to the BYOAC top 25 games.
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: missioncontrol on April 25, 2006, 02:44:19 pm
so does this mean I should put down my pen and paper and quit pretending to be making a list?

no.. YOU should just keep on going.  Let's go, get some work done!   :P

cool now I learned how to pronounce Galaga in an EE thread... now I just need to learn how to spell it...
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: Jeehemdee on April 25, 2006, 05:31:09 pm
That would be nice if someone could combine this in a database...to have the real average top 10 ;-)
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: psychopanda on April 26, 2006, 10:27:53 am
Argh...only my top 20?! Decisions, decisions...

1. Xenophobe                           11. Dig Dug
2. Yie Ar Kung-Fu                      12. Joust
3. Mat Mania                             13. Defender
4. Ataxx                                    14. Q*bert
5. Phoenix                                15. Moon Patrol
6. Robotron 2084                     16. Centipede
7. Black Tiger                            17. Double Dragon
8. Berzerk                                 18. Gauntlet II
9. Galaga                                  19. Jail Break
10. Gun.Smoke                         20. Street Fighter II
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: IG-88 on November 03, 2009, 08:46:39 pm
Keep voting everybody. I'll create a new list from the new (and old) info and I plan on making a web site dedicated to the BYOAC top 25 games.

Jeff, did you ever make a website for this?
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: Ummon on November 05, 2009, 08:51:19 pm
This is a good one to keep stickied so that other, lesser, similarly themed threads aren't perpetrated. I notice Robotron was number 2. Gyruss was number ten.
Title: Re: The BYOAC Top 100 (Updated - 10/04)
Post by: opt2not on November 05, 2009, 11:16:57 pm
This is a good one to keep stickied so that other, lesser, similarly themed threads aren't perpetrated. I notice Robotron was number 2. Gyruss was number ten.

As it should! Robotron is nearly the most perfect game.  ;D