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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: ultramagnus on August 08, 2005, 11:13:27 am
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why does everyone seem to have an obsession with ms pacman? everyone seems to want one....
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Ms. Pac man for 1 thing was the most popular game, and the new Ms,Pacman/Galaga combo machines are still top earners according to the operator survey conducted by replay magazine each month!
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At 16, I understand why you wouldn't get this one....
But it was/is a great game in the fact that it is easy to learn but difficult to master and still a ton of fun to play. That and the fact that is was the sequel to the most popular game of its time. Most of all it puts me back to when I was even younger than you, so it can't be all bad. :)
I suppose this begs the question, what will 16 year olds be nostalgic for in 20 years?
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I suppose this begs the question, what will 16 year olds be nostalgic for in 20 years?
Tekken series
Time Chrisis series
Crusin' Exotica....
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Those are too old.
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Those are too old.
What are too old?
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At 16, I understand why you wouldn't get this one....
But it was/is a great game in the fact that it is easy to learn but difficult to master and still a ton of fun to play.
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IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!
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IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!
Haha - that will bring back the days of Walmart shopping!
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IT's Big Buck Hunter 2006!!!
Haha - that will bring back the days of Walmart shopping!
Also, don't forget Target Terror Gold or Need For Speed GT
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Grand Theft Autos.
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Grand Theft Autos.
What??? Is that an arcade game also???
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Ms.Pacman was the hottest thing back then, and you pay only 25 cents to play with her. ;D
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Big women need love too.
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The sad thing is 16 year olds probably won't be nostalgic for ANY arcade games in 20 years.
I'm 21 and already get looks from friends when I talk about them... it carries a "yeah it was something to do when we were young, but it didn't mean a whole lot" feeling with a lot of people I talk to.
If anything, it'll be BEMANI games. Things like Tekken and Cruisin... they all had console ports that were played much more often by most people in that age range.
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You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it). That's why everyone wants one.
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You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it).
So true. My step son's step mom (follow that????) was over one day picking him up. She played for awhile on my cabinet simply because she could play Ms. Pacman.
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You can put a Ms Pacman in a bar location today and still make money (women love it).
So true.
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I guess i could understand why he can't figure it out, with a game with horrible graphics and made before he was born and then looking at all the great looking games out now....
Kinda like. who's this elvis guy everyones talking about. ;D
MS pac still plays and sounds better then alot of them. 8)
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter. :(
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They didn't have realistic graphics, so a lot of thought was put into gameplay, and the ability to easy play a game.
This is exactly why Intellivision, Atari and Nintendo still have such a hold on some people. They were cool then, and still are to some people, because they were fun to play despite the graphics.
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ultramangus, maybe this is the game that your mom and dad fall in love and made you later on. You are one lucky dude, better pay your respect to Ms.Pacman :D, without Ms.Pac, you won't exist today ;D
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They meet...
They fall in love...
Is that 5 completed boards in?
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Grand Theft Autos.
What??? Is that an arcade game also???
right like 16 year olds today go to arcades ::)
;)
if they are nostalgic for arcades well then it would be those silly DDR games.........
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Grand Theft Autos.
What??? Is that an arcade game also???
right like 16 year olds today go to arcades
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10 more years, newcomers will be asking what is an ARCADE ?
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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ya-ta!
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Us 16 year olds are too young for even the glory of Street Fighter.
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I think Street Fighter is the arcade equivalent of misheard songs. Check this out:
http://www.kissthisguy.com
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I am so freaking old (37), I remember playing a MECHANIC racing game, where the car you drove was a little plastic thing with a sticker representing a racing car, and other cars would swoowsh by, faster depending on your gas pedal....thing is....those machines were mechanic, no random factor and after a while, I discovered there was one pattern and I think I could still play it today blinded :)
Or there was this machine where a mechanic little bi-plane was going round in circles on an arm. You could go up and down and adjust the speed if I'm correct, and you needed to fly through a barn etc.
Those were the games (next to the pinballs with reel-scoring) in the "arcade" that was at our camping site in mmmmmm, end of the 70's ? So imagine all of a sudden there's a game with a TV screen....only thing I see is white blocks swinging left and right and there's a steering wheel (like on the mechanic game). So What the hell is this, pop in a quarter (of a guilder) and there I was, playing my first ever videogame (I now know it was Nightdriver, or probably a clone).
OK, so what has this to do with Ms. Pac Man I hear you say...well, it's the complete picture you need to have of that time. When you're 16, you grew up with at least Nintendo I guess....so unbelievably more sofisticated then the games I'm talking about.
Now Ms. Pac Man for me....well that brings me back to uhmmmm 1982-83
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The only game I have seen in the last couple of years I can invision talking about years from now is the Golden Tee series. That was the sole motivation for me stumbling into MAME. It is that single game that I know I can find at any bar and is fun for everyone to play. Now, I'm not sixteen, but it has been around for the last eight years, and I look forward to each new edition that comes out. I could play Tiger Woods untill I'm blue in the face, but you can't replace that machine.
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The only game I have seen in the last couple of years I can invision talking about years from now is the Golden Tee series.
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Here's something sad: I'm 15 and was playing Space Invaders on MAME for 2 hours yesterday. I have a top score of 250,000 on MAME Centiped. 75,000 on MAME Ms Pac Man.
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A score of just 75,000? You're right. That is sad. ;) j/k
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I went nots with mame yesterday since my broadband was out.
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The only game I have seen in the last couple of years I can invision talking about years from now is the Golden Tee series.
You're probably right. People are CRAZY for Golden Tee, something I have never understood.
I had never even heard about it until ~2001 when I was living in Chicago. I was looking for some music bar nightlife so I was flipping through some weekly rag and kept seeing bars with "We have Golden Tee!" in their advertising. I was like "WTF is Golden Tee?"
The only thing that confused me more was my discovery that it was a freaking golf video game.
I still don't get it, I mean golf? Maybe a couple of games, but not where's the golden tee!!!
They even have tournaments! I say it's cool though, keeps arcade games alive...
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I'm (literally) a card carrying Golden Tee fan. My stats follow me from one machine to the next. It really is a great game.
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I am so freaking old (37), I remember playing a MECHANIC racing game, where the car you drove was a little plastic thing with a sticker representing a racing car, and other cars would swoowsh by, faster depending on your gas pedal....thing is....those machines were mechanic, no random factor and after a while, I discovered there was one pattern and I think I could still play it today blinded :)
Holy crap.... I had that game too, I loved that thing! What was it called? That ranked right up there with my Mattel electronic handheld Classic Football game.
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I am so freaking old (37), I remember playing a MECHANIC racing game, where the car you drove was a little plastic thing with a sticker representing a racing car, and other cars would swoowsh by, faster depending on your gas pedal....thing is....those machines were mechanic, no random factor and after a while, I discovered there was one pattern and I think I could still play it today blinded :)
Holy crap.... I had that game too, I loved that thing! What was it called? That ranked right up there with my Mattel electronic handheld Classic Football game.
The oldest game I remember was the Odyssey - I remember having the plastic overlays you put on the tv, then play the game. Ah, the good old days!
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she is hot! lol
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For me, like so many others in my mid-20s demographic, it was Street Fighter 2. I had goofed around in arcades before but never really was blown away until SF2 hit the scene. It had 6 buttons! That was twice as many as any of the other games I'd ever seen. It was so complex too, there were special moves that required real skill to pull off. How many of you guys remember how tough it was to learn the dragon punch? Forward, Down, Down-Forward - it doesn't even make sense! Once you mastered it though, you were unstoppable. I spent my lunch money every day at the local convenience store, battling it out with all the other latch-key kids.
Once the SF2 craze wore off (got watered down with all the different versions?) there was Mortal Kombat. The graphics were unlike anything before. It looked so real! And the first time I saw Sub-Zero rip out a spinal column I knew this game was something special.
For me, MAME takes me back to those good ole' simple days. I think that's how it works for everybody, whether you cut your teeth on Street Fighter or Pac-Man.
-Ace-
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she is not my most favorite game, close but not the #1. Galaga has that rank for me.
My wife only liked ms pac. I have her playing galaga and klax.
I am building a Ms Pac for here.
1) seems most wanted game on ebay.
2) I found a original case ( drove like 10 hrs to get it but it was a mini vacation for my wife and I)
3) I promised my wife I would build her a Ms pac if I really built arcade cabs.
since I am putting 7 of them together I am living up to my word and trying to make this one the best I can do.
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Ms. Pac Man and Galaga are the first games that come to mind whenever I think of the old classic arcades. Also, they are the only two classic games that can still be found in arcades, bars, laundromats, etc.
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I'm not even 16 (15) and I'm already nostalgic about arcades.. and no not DDR, the arcades down here are dead now. Good old memories of playing classics in the arcade such as Outrun, and while the games I played may not be as old as Ms. Pac-Man or Galaga, I still love the classics of the early 90s that were incredibly common and popular back in the days.. sounds weird coming from a 15 year old, but they'll always be my favourites. I already own my "holy grail" that is terminator 2, and my megatech that lets me play great games like golden axe, streets of rage.. and am still on the lookout for the good old machines =)
Not all of us teenagers are the same, I'd much rather play outrun than the latest bog standard driving game.
A lot of those machines are still probably common in arcades around the US/rest of the UK, but arcades are dieing/dead around cornwall at least...
Very sad.. :(
Oh, and by the way, I spent years of my life playing a LOT of those old classics on my Amiga, so I love those too! I'm very much a retro gamer..