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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: AGGIEZ on May 25, 2004, 01:38:55 am
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Just got a free Pentium II 233 mhz 64MB PC. I'm thinking about making a mini Arcade Classics cab for it. What "classics" would you put on this PC?
This is what you've given me so far:
VERTICAL:
- 1942/1943
- Arkanoid
- Burgertime
- Centipede
- Dig Dug
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Frogger
- Galaga
- Galaxian
- Gyruss
- Mr. Do!
- Ms. Pacman
- Pac man
- Phoenix
- Q*Bert
- Qix
- Scramble (??)
- Sinistar
- Tempest
- Time Pilot
- Tron
- Vanguard
- Xevious
- Zaxxon
HORIZONTAL:
- Asteroids
- Berzerk (??)
- Bubble Bobble
- Commando
- Crazy Climber
- Defender
- Elevator Action
- Gauntlet
- Gradius
- Joust
- Marble Madness
- Mario Bros.
- Missile Command
- Moon Patrol
- Popeye
- Robotron
- Space Invaders
- Star Castle
- Stargate
- Tapper
- Tetris
Am I missing any? I'm assuming all these older games will run on this PC. Is this a correct assumption? Will a game like Ghosts and Goblins or Gunsmoke run on this PC?
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For the last three games -
Asteroids
Tron
Tempest
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For the last three games -
Asteroids
Tron
Tempest
Yep, definite musts. Anything else?
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gyruss
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I'd add (my personal favorites):
Space Invaders
Tapper
Double Dragon
Golden Axe
Spy Hunter
1942/1943
Gradius/Salamander/Nemesis
Thunder Cross
Pooyan
Wonder Boy
Mario Bros.
Popeye
Some of these are from the late 80's so not really considered from the "classic" era, but since I've spent my time in Arcade halls well into my 20's, they are classics to me :)
I am sure there are plenty more that I am forgetting. I haven't worked on my list yet.
- barvaz
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How could you omit Galaxian !?
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Scramble
Timepilot
Pengo
Bubble Bobble
Bombjack
R-type
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What "classics" would you put on this PC?
Look at the BYOAC Top 100 thread. Plenty of good ones there.
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What "classics" would you put on this PC?
Look at the BYOAC Top 100 thread. Plenty of good ones there.
Yeh, but which ones will run on this PC? That's the big question for me....
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You might have trouble with the vector games, otherwise they will scream.
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I note you've combined vertical and horizontal games.
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everything from The Golden Age folder in MAME32.
There were two arcades within biking distance when I was a kid (Fun Spot and Egads) and I think they had most of those games between them in '82-'83. I was 12 and life was grand.
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golden age folder? you mena a specific folder or a span of years cause my version of mame32 .82u5 doesnt have that ;)
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You can't forget the ground breaking Journey game.
Ahead of it's time sound track, digitized photos of the band :)
It's good for a laugh.
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golden age folder? you mena a specific folder or a span of years cause my version of mame32 .82u5 doesnt have that ;)
If you go under the "Custom" folder, you will see the "Golden Age Folder".... I think it's about 90 games listed there.
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You can't forget the ground breaking Journey game.
Ahead of it's time sound track, digitized photos of the band :)
It's good for a laugh.
Is that "ground breaking" as in "let's dig a hole and bury this sucker"? ;D
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I note you've combined vertical and horizontal games.
Do you know off hand which ones are vertical and which ones are horizontal. I'm going to go with a horizontal PC monitor for these games.
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Here's a list of all the vertical games:
http://mame.joymonkey.com/vlist.html
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.82u5
May I borrow your time machine, please?
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Here's a list of all the vertical games:
http://mame.joymonkey.com/vlist.html
DAMN! It's like 50/50 vertical/horizontal. I think I'll be going vertical with this one thought. The vertical games look alot better...
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Track and Field
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Kangaroo!
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Bombjack!
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(now for the lesser known game intonation...)
Make Trax/Crush Roller!
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What, no Gorf?
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You can play certain horizontal games just as well on a vertical monitor, you just need to set the controls so left is up and right is down. Works perfectly for games like Asteroids, Gauntlet and Super Sprint; though you will have to tilt your head to the side to read your score. :P
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What size monitor are you going to use?
I also have a p2 and I set mine up to be vertical but now I'm wishing I went horizontal an just had the vertical games play smaller since they are not streching to the full size of the vertical monitor anyways. It's a bar top so having tapper on it would have been nice and if it was vertical I could have made it smaller.
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What size monitor are you going to use?
I also have a p2 and I set mine up to be vertical but now I'm wishing I went horizontal an just had the vertical games play smaller since they are not streching to the full size of the vertical monitor anyways. It's a bar top so having tapper on it would have been nice and if it was vertical I could have made it smaller.
Wellm considering it's going to be a mini for my nephew and the fact that I have an extra one, I'll probably be using a 17" CRT monitor...
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You have to get Michael Jackson's Moonwalker in there somehow, it is one of the moest classic arcade games ever, making 1990 the year for arcades. It fits in perfect with your other classics such as pacman and galaga, Dont forget MOONWALKER!!!
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Stargate (Defender "sequel") and Space Duel
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Hello people! Missing a classic: Pengo
Need Star Force as well.
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Might take some ingenious control mapping, but the 1 player Karate Champ is a fun vertical game that'll run on a 266 no problem. I play it with one joy and 4 butons fairly naturally now.
Are you going to have a spinner or trackball? Kids like Bomb Bee (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7179) and Cutie-Q (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7462&letter=C). Both verts, both crosses between pinball and breakout, both designed by the guy who designed PacMan.
Speaking of whom: Jr. Pacman and Pacman Plus (both verts).
Capcom Bowling (trackball, not particularly classic, vert)
Gorf! (vert)
Bosconian (?)
Racer X (?)
Joust II is vertical with the same basic gameplay as the original.
Kick(man) (?)
That's all i can think of right now...
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Are you going to have a spinner or trackball?
I don't think I'm going to have either. I'm going to make it a mini-MAME for the kids and I'll probably only put 2 sticks and a few buttons on the CP. Maybe a stick and 2-3 buttons per player.
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You can't forget the ground breaking Journey game.
Ahead of it's time sound track, digitized photos of the band :)
It's good for a laugh.
Thaty game's fun. i played it so much the songs became permanantly stuck in my head and I actually bought a journey album.
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Thanks for the input fellas. I'll put the thing on the Project Announcement board and let you know how it turns out...