Game suggestion needed: Peaceful, predictable, fast-paced arcade game?

[krutknut]

I need some examples of peaceful, predictable, and fast-paced arcade games.


Peaceful: Nobody dies, not even a fluffy pet or a vegetable.
Predictable: Things unfold in the same way each time the game plays, for instance items show up and enter the screen at the same place and same time each play.
Fast-paced: The game moves on all the time, you have to act all the time to win.

I have one good example of a violent arcade game that fits the two last criteria (predictable, fast paced), but is not peaceful: 1943 the battle of midway.

What are your arcade favourites that are both peaceful, predictable, and fast-paced?

[Howard_Casto]

Well that's certainly an odd-ball question. 

You've just described tetris and virtually any puzzle game.

[drventure]

Smash TV 

Seriously, though. The "nobody dies" restriction is a bit ambiguous. For instance, Targ and spectar are both maze games where you shoot little abstract pixelated ships. If they're robots, then nobody dies. Except of course if you're also talking about the player himself, which can get "nabbed" so to speak.

Pacman? He shrivels if caught.

I think Howard's right. Majong and puzzle games are about it, and maybe some of the sports games like track and field.

[Frigo]

Professor Pac Man:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?letter=P&game_id=9135

You just die a little inside each time you play it. Fun for the whole family.

[HaRuMaN]

Arkanoid

[Howard_Casto]

Arkanoid

No way dude!  Your murdering those poor multi-colored block people!!!
 

[hyiu]

first thing comes to mind is ms. pacman...

the same ghosts comes back, so you just send it back home...
the game play is very much the same...

or something like tetris...

there is also a game.... a japanese game... I think...
where you move a puzzle....
like that a big puzzle is break up into little squares...
(and 1 square is missing... so you can move the puzzle sq by sq...)

and then a train is moving, and you have to keep moving the puzzle so that the train does not run out of tracks...
that one is kinda fun also...

[RayB]

How's this for an answer: All the boring ones.

(Sounds like the OP has had a debate with his significant other over the merits of video game, and must now prove it's not all about violence and random BS  )

[Ed_McCarron]

QIX?  It's pretty abstract when it comes to 'dying.'

[krutknut]

Thank's so far!
Let's loosen up the restriction a bit then: No military violence allowed, and no horrible death of humans or beloved pets.

The game is to be used by students in an analysis exercise, and some students are peace loving people who don't like military associations.

[Howard_Casto]

"some students are peace loving people who don't like military associations."

Translation:  Some of my students are too stupid to be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality and therefore get "a scarded" when they shoot things on the screen.   

[massive88]

No horrible death is pretty abstract as well.  Any early game should be ok I would think by that definition.

[AtomSmasher]

I think Zoo Keeper is my top choice for what you describe, although Klax would also probably fit the bill.

[Frigo]

Just have them play Polybius and be done with it. 

[SteveJ34]

How's this for an answer: All the boring ones.

(Sounds like the OP has had a debate with his significant other over the merits of video game, and must now prove it's not all about violence and random BS  )

Burger TIme....teaches you the art of stacking a burger.

[Generic Eric]

Money Idol exchanger.  
Bubble Bobble
Shuuz

Is this limited to mame?  
Wetrix (dreamcast)
Lumines (steam)

[SavannahLion]

"some students are peace loving people who don't like military associations."

Translation:  Some of my students are too stupid to be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality and therefore get "a scarded" when they shoot things on the screen.   

That's called political correctness. It screws everyone over every time.

[Ed_McCarron]

Try Gal's Panic.  Unlike your class, I don't think there are any actual vaginas in it.

Zing!

[krutknut]

I haven't actually met the students yet and probably no one will care that it's a military game. But just in case someone would have an issue with that, however unlikely that is, I'd like an alternative game. Incorrect politics (or correct politics) are not a part of the course. I have some much more engaging and interesting points to get across 

Thank's for the suggestions so far  Keep  them coming!

"some students are peace loving people who don't like military associations."

Translation:  Some of my students are too stupid to be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality and therefore get "a scarded" when they shoot things on the screen.   

That's called political correctness. It screws everyone over every time.

[hyiu]

I think Mortal Kombat and Time Killers might not make your list...
lol...

[Thenasty]

forget what's suggested above.

The only game that matches your requirement is " Speed Coin"  

[MonMotha]

Most of the music based arcade games (e.g. DDR and others) would meet these criteria, but I'm guessing that's not what you're after.

Puzzle De Pon is pretty close.  The only thing that varies is the order of the pieces you're given to play.  The game board layout is the same for each level every time you play the game.  Bust A Move ala Puzzle Bobble is similar.  Magical Drop and Money Puzzle Exchanger don't have these properties (though the first few levels of Magical Drop 2, at least, are always the same).

Pac Man would qualify, but I guess the ghosts and Pac Man himself can "die".

The Laserdisc games definitely qualify as predictable and are generally at least somewhat fast-paced, but people die in most of them (though often in comical, rather than "gruesome" ways).

A lot of racers might qualify.  Daytona USA, for example, has scripted AIs for the computer players, and the courses are always the same.  If you drive exactly the same way every time, you should get exactly the same results.  I believe Hard Drivin' and Race Drivin' would also meet the stated criteria.

[TOK]

Neo Mr. Do.

I think its a perfect kids action game. I didn't reply at first because you crush monsters with apples and stuff. Its about as innocuous as you can get though. It even has a built in spelling lesson -smoosh the letters spelling EXTRA for a free Mr. Do.

[mpm32]

Klax

[krutknut]

Nice, nice, I'll have a look at the games, hopefully it will keep any extra peace loving students happy.
(These peace-loving students still only exist in my imagination, but it's better to be prepared if they decide to materialize.)

[Blanka]

Q*Bert  
You don't HAVE to kill the snake and bouncing ball in it.
What do I say... you can't kill them. They can just fall off the board to another Q*bert dimension.

[Ninten-doh]

Cameltry

[Q*Bert_OP]

Q*Bert  
You don't HAVE to kill the snake and bouncing ball in it.
What do I say... you can't kill them. They can just fall off the board to another Q*bert dimension.

But Q*Bert can easily commit suicide 

Try Gal's Panic.  Unlike your class, I don't think there are any actual vaginas in it.

[protokatie]

Marble Madness.