my non-definitive list of your opinions that only interests me

[Donkbaca]

This is what I should have named my last post.  Okay. RULES...

1) Post the game you play the most in MAME
2) Post the game that others like, but for the life of you, you can't understand why they like it
3) Post Most Overrated Game
4) Most underrated game

Got it?  4 games, favorite, least favorite popular game, most underrated game, most overrated game

I just want to know what you people think so I can possibly expand my horizons, so that Cheffo stops chastising me..

OK... Go

1) Street Fighter Alpha 3
2) Centipede
3) Golden Tee
4) Pigskin Football 621 AD

[opt2not]

Couldn't just pick one game, so here's a few:

1. Play the most:  Progear (absolutely amazing CAVE side-scrolling shooter), Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Ninja Baseball Batman (I load this one up all the time to show people how weird Japanese games are)
2. Least favourite popular game: any of the Mortal Kombats
3. Most overrated game:  any of the Mortal Kombats
4. Most underrated game: Windjammers, Hattrick. Both these games are incredibly fun when playing versus a friend, not as fun when playing against the CPU.

[emphatic]

Couldn't just pick one game, so here's a few:

1. Play the most:  Ketsui (absolutely amazing CAVE vertical shooter), Gemini Wing (Because my JAMMA PCB doesn't have a screen flip option)
2. Least favourite popular game: any of the Mortal Kombats
3. Most overrated game:  any of the Mortal Kombats
4. Most underrated game: Hacha Mecha Fighter. It will get crazy hard, but is very addictive for short sessions.

[opt2not]

Hehe emph, I like the cut of your gib.

[yotsuya]

1. Play the most: Probably a 6-way tie between Karate Champ, 1942, Burgertime, Tempest, Robotron, and Centipede.
2. Least favorite popular game: any of the Mortal Kombats
3. Most overrated game: any of the Mortal Kombats or Street Fighters after SFII Turbo.
4. Most underrated game: Empire City 1931

[CheffoJeffo]

I just want to know what you people think so I can possibly expand my horizons, so that Cheffo stops chastising me..

Oh, I'll still chastise you ... for example, why limit it to games played in MAME ? Some games can really only be enjoyed on original hardware.

1) Whodunit (dedicated)
2) MK
3) MK
4) Rygar

[Nephasth]

Some games can really only be enjoyed on original hardware.

Agreed. Gorf falls into that category for me.

[Donkbaca]

Nope, don't care about original hardware, I care about what I can play on my MAME cab for the purposes of this thread.

[Xiaou2]

I dont like rulez.

 Heres an ultra quick pick of some of the most popular/fun games from the 80s to 92 (as far as Ive gotten).. which should provide you with plenty of skoolin.   Most shooters and Fighters left out cause I dont have time for testin, and I cant remember all the great shooters -vs- the average and crappy ones.  Theres a lot missing, but as I said, it was done very quickly.

Asteroids (Deluxe)
Defender
Phoenix
Armour Attack
Tempest
GORF
KICK
Ms Pacman w/ speedup
Satans Hollow
Turbo
Bump N Jump
DK JR
Eyes
Gavitar (vector)
Joust
Jungle King
Loco-Motion (live train puzzle)
MR DO
Pole Position
Popeye
RESCUE
Robotron
SINISTAR
STAR TREK
SUPER PAC MAN
TAC SCAN
TIME PILOT
TRON
Xevious
Zektor - vector
ZooKeeper
CONGO BONGO
CROSSBOW - gun game
CRYSTAL CASTLES
Discs Of TRON
Donkey Kong 3
ELEVATOR ACTION
GYRUSS
IROBOT
JOURNEY
JUNO FIRST
MAD PLANETS
MAJOR HAVOK
MAPPY
MR DOs CASTLE
Pole Position II
ROCK N ROPE
SPY HUNTER
STAR WARS
Super Glob
Tapper
Track n Field
TX-1
Up n Down
CIRCUS CHARLIE
CRATER RAIDER
Do RUN RUN
Excite Bike
FLICKY
KARATE CHAMP
MARBLE MADNESS
MR DOS WILD RIDE
OFF THE WALL (tennis / spinner game)
PAPERBOY
RETURN OF THE JEDI
Speedcoin - proto
TIMBER
TWO TIGERS
Buggy Boy
Choplifter
GAUNTLET
GHOSTS AND GOBBLINS
Sega Ninja / Ninja Princess
Teddyboy Blues
Arkanoid
Championship Sprint
ENDURO RACER
HALLEYS COMET
OUTRUN
QUARTET
RAMPAGE
SUPER SPRINT
TOP SECRET
AFTERBURNER II
ALIEN SYNDROME
CITY Bomber
Continental Circus (stereoscopic 3d)
Operation Wolf
SHINOBI
SUPER HANGON
TIGER ROAD
WONDERBOY IN MONSTERLAND
ASSAULT
atomic robokid
GHOULS AND GHOSTS
HARD DRIVIN
Hot Rod
Ordyne
PHELIOS
POWER DRIFT
RALLY BIKE
Tetris
Toobin
CADASH
Super Off Road
Klax
Stun Runner
Strider
TOKI
Turbo Outrun
WILLOW
cisco heat
magican lord
pit fighter
race drivin
raiden
rampart
shuuz
smash tv
Solvalou
T2
lethal enforcers
squash
VIRTUA RACING

[Vigo]

Nope, don't care about original hardware, I care about what I can play on my MAME cab for the purposes of this thread.

Maybe to appease the the masses, add an optional number 5

5. Game that are awesome if played on original hardware, but on MAME is teh suxxors.

[Donkbaca]

Nope, I don't care about anything other than Mame/M2/Zinc etc

[Samstag]

5.  Lunar Lander, Battlezone, Vindicators

[Donkbaca]

5.  Lunar Lander, Battlezone, Vindicators

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Doesn't interest me.  I don't care what you like to play on original hardware, if you want to start a thread about best games to play on original hardware, do it, don't thread jack mine.

[CheffoJeffo]

5.  Lunar Lander, Battlezone, Vindicators

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Doesn't interest me.  I don't care what you like to play on original hardware, if you want to start a thread about best games to play on original hardware, do it, don't thread jack mine.

Well, to be fair, all can be played nicely using MAME with a proper control set up.

If you want people to post games that can be played on YOUR MAME cab, then perhaps you should post what controls you have.

 

[Donkbaca]

theoretically, i can put any controls on my mame cab I want.  I just don't want people posting something because they like playing it on the original cab better for whatever reason.... like star wars, unique controls, vector monitor.... I want to know what people like playing on their mame cabs.  Don't care about what arcade games they liked in the arcade.

[TOK]

theoretically, i can put any controls on my mame cab I want.  I just don't want people posting something because they like playing it on the original cab better for whatever reason.... like star wars, unique controls, vector monitor.... I want to know what people like playing on their mame cabs.  Don't care about what arcade games they liked in the arcade.

I like air hockey in the arcade!
Most over rated game is Mortal Kombat!

[Nephasth]

For this being a "non-definitive" list, you have a pretty specific definition of what this is supposed to have. And for looking for a list of opinions, you've been throwing some out rather quickly. After your last attempt at getting a short list of popular MAME games, and seeing where is one is going, I don't think you're going to get what you're looking for.

Best way to expand your MAME horizons, play games you've never played before and give each a good effort with an open mind. You just might find some new favorites...

[CheffoJeffo]

I like air hockey in the arcade!

 

[Donkbaca]

For this being a "non-definitive" list, you have a pretty specific definition of what this is supposed to have.

Actually its a non-definitive list that may only interest me.  And the definition isn't that specific, unless you think "what game do you like to play most on your mame cab" to be too specific?

Ok.. I'll play along. 

New criteria:

games.  That's it.  Go apeshit.

[Nephasth]

Jenga.

[Donkbaca]

Jenga is completely overrated. 

Risk FTW

[Donkbaca]

Hide the salami is good, hide the chorizo is better

[Blanka]

1) Galaga 88 (for me the definition of an arcade game).
2) Angry Birds (Berzerk if you talk "Arcade" which is not one of your rules)
3) Angry Birds (I read the rules )
4) Can't decide between Rampage, Tiger Heli and Darkstalkers

[Vigo]

Yeah, I dont get what is up with angry birds either.

I guess here is my list for the moment (It can change at any given time).

1) Trog
2) Centipede
3) Metal Slug - not that they are bad, but nothing to dance in the street about, and they are all pretty much the same thing.
4) Elevator Action 2

[Bootay]

Yeah, I dont get what is up with angry birds either.

I guess here is my list for the moment (It can change at any given time).

1) Trog
2) Centipede
3) Metal Slug - not that they are bad, but nothing to dance in the street about, and they are all pretty much the same thing.
4) Elevator Action 2

I love Elevator Action 2!

[CCM]

Just the Tip is  a fun game.

[Rando]

Just the Tip is  a fun game.

Ugh,
I suck at that game, totally over-extend and get scolded!

[Vigo]

Yeah, I dont get what is up with angry birds either.

I guess here is my list for the moment (It can change at any given time).

1) Trog
2) Centipede
3) Metal Slug - not that they are bad, but nothing to dance in the street about, and they are all pretty much the same thing.
4) Elevator Action 2

I love Elevator Action 2!

Totally underrated game. They really took the original and expanded it in a great way.

[Gray_Area]

Least favorite is quite a bit different than the game that others like, but for the life of you, you can't understand why they like it.

Funnier topic, too.

[zorrobandito]

Donkbaca, I feel your pain but to keep a thread on target you'll have to turn off your targeting computer.

However, I agree with your intent:

1) The game you play the most in MAME
Currently a tie between Juno First and Halley Wars

2) The game that others like, but for the life of you, you can't understand why they like it
Bubble Bobble

3) Most Overrated Game
Galaga

4) Most underrated game
Asteroids Deluxe

[ChadTower]

This is what I should have named my last post.  Okay. RULES...

1) Post the game you play the most in MAME
2) Post the game that others like, but for the life of you, you can't understand why they like it
3) Post Most Overrated Game
4) Most underrated game

1)  I don't have a MAME setup.

2)  Street Fighter.

3)  Street Fighter.

4)  Quantum.  This could easily be because it's so rare, though.  Going a little more common I'll say Warlords.

[danny_galaga]

1 Galaxian
2 Galaga (well, for two player anyway)
3 Galaga
4 Pooyan, Berserk


Funny, if you look at my handle 

[leapinlew]

5. Defender, Operation Wolf, Gorf, Arkanoid, and Major Havoc (I hear more people prefer it than tempest)