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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: knave on May 02, 2007, 12:54:36 pm
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I've gotten nothing but rolled eyes and even a few stern words about paying bills for the past two months. But now with this simple $30 MVS cart I have her hooked. >:D
We've played every night since it came in the mail.
Boy do I love that game now...She now likes (to a degree) my hobby.
(Actually I like the game anyway it's just a bonus that she wants to play all the time.)
Now I just need to find room for a four player cab! (Just don't tell her that...ok) ;)
:laugh2:
We'll have to see what she thinks of Magical Drop II.
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Games that my wife bugs me to play with her:
-Puzzle Bobble (and all its variants)
-Puyo Puyo
-Magical Drop
-Columns
-TMNT (and all other 4-player beat 'em ups like the Simpsons, etc.)
-Sunset Riders
-Bubble Bobble
-Rampage
-Any light gun games
There are a lot of games she'll play alone, but the ones listed above she's always pulling me over to the cabinet to play with her.
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What are other games that meet the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor)?
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Puzz Loop with spinners.
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Two non-MAME games that come to mind:
Feeding Frenzy (http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=FeedingFre&navpage=downloadgames&AID=)
Luxor (http://www.gamehouse.com/gamedetails/?game=Luxor&navpage=downloadgames&AID=) (Puzzloop ripoff)
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Yeah, Puzz Loop/ Zuma and the oodles of clones pretty much meet the WAF requirements, but, for me, nothing beats Puzz Loop with spinners, since a spinner is so perfect a controller for the turret.
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My wife likes Galaga, Frogger and Donkey Kong - and Bust-a-move, of course.
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All I can remember my wife every playing was Nibbler and Ms Pacman.
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my best memories of playing the arcade was a couple of thanksgivings ago,
when my wife and i played bubble bobble to the last level. it probally took
over 100 dollars in credits and a couple of hours, but we did it.
try bubble bobble. its a fun game especially with two players.
you play as a team instead of opponents which the wife
really seemed to enjoy.
- the worst experience was playing 'you dont know jack'
she still hates me for winning.
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Yep, Puzzle Bobble is my wife's favorite too. In fact, most females seem to love it. It's the first game I show them. A female friend of my wife likes to play Ms.Pac Man when she's here.
Puzz loop, indeed another one my wife plays, but I've got no spinner yet so it's a nightmare to play...
I've read that Centipede also scored well with women, but I don't really understand why. Apart from the fact that it was the first game (co)created by a woman, which most playing women obviously know nothing about.....
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And they always insist on Ms. Pacman even though the only difference they notice is the bow on her head.
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My wife loves Gauntlet - been playing some variant of it with her since the original NES. In fac, that was a date night for us back in our poorer, younger days! Don't have it running on a Mame cab yet - thats my next project.
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What game is Zuma?
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Puzzle games and rhythm games (on consoles) are usually the ones my wife gets into.
If you like Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble, check out Puzzle de Pon on MVS too. Pretty much the same thing as Bust-A-Move, but you have to break shapes free of the bubbles. I'd call it a clone, but it was developed by Taito too. While my wife never got into them too much, Pop N Pop and Landmaker are other fun Taito puzzle games. As weird as it sounds, Pop N Pop is like a combination of Bust-A-Move and Space Invaders.
Also, Uo Poko is a great puzzle game.
My biggest battle is to get her to stand at the MAME cabinet for any time. I finally put MAME on the XBox to fix that hurdle.
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Mine likes Bombjack and Pacland and all the Tetris type games :applaud:
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What game is Zuma?
It wasn't in the arcades, it's on PC/XBox Live Arcade/iPod etc. See here:
http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=zuma
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My wife and I ocassionally resolve disputes with a game of Money Puzzle Exhanger. Loser of best of 5 has to wash the dishes. She also likes trying to kill me in Mario Bros.
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*sigh*
Wish my wife were at least somewhat like all yours... :-\
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My wife thought my first MAME machine was stupid until she saw she could play Ms Pac-Mac. Now, I think she does finds it mildly annoying
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I don't really see "mildly annoying" as an improvement over "stupid." Try showing her some of the games recommended by the other posters. She might like them.