Author Topic: Name 3 to 5 arcade games that a arcade should have. (Read 5963 times)

jamesjones626 · « **on:** March 26, 2012, 01:48:44 am »

Just curious of your thoughts.

matsadona · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2012, 03:31:55 am »

Spyhunter, Karate champ and Gauntlet

And of course all the older classics like Donkey Kong, Defender and Pacman etc.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2012, 03:43:01 am »

Sounds more like an "everything else" topic, but I'll bite.

Ms Pac-man
19xx/Gradius/Paridous (Your Preference)
Metal Slug 3
TMNT/TMNT II/X-Men/The Simpsons/Final Fight (Your Preference)
Street Fighter II/Mortal Kombat II (Your preference)

That will cover all your major genres with high profile titles for each.

This is of course assuming that it's a joystick only cabinet. Driving cabs and other specialty cabs obviously get another list.

jamesjones626 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2012, 11:10:20 pm »

Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 26, 2012, 03:43:01 am

Sounds more like an "everything else" topic, but I'll bite.

Ms Pac-man
19xx/Gradius/Paridous (Your Preference)
Metal Slug 3
TMNT/TMNT II/X-Men/The Simpsons/Final Fight (Your Preference)
Street Fighter II/Mortal Kombat II (Your preference)

That will cover all your major genres with high profile titles for each.

This is of course assuming that it's a joystick only cabinet. Driving cabs and other specialty cabs obviously get another list.

doesnt have to be limited to one cabinet, i'm just saying what games are a must when you visit a arcade (yeah i konw they really dont exist anymore)

Well Fed Games · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2012, 12:23:01 am »

Ok, these aren't the ones I would necessarily want, but that I would expect...

Galaga/Ms Pac combo
Street Fighter II
Neo Geo... Metal Slug in there, probably Bust a Move
Centipede
Donkey Kong

dmarcum99 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2012, 11:19:26 pm »

I think I would expand the list to five games, but I won't give specific game names, but I'll list the genre:

Favorite shooter game (lightgun optional)
Favorite fighting game
Favorite driving game
Favorive sports game
Favorite classic game in your holy grail list

monkey puzzle · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2012, 02:09:07 pm »

Bomb Jack
Operation Wolf
Chase HQ
Pacman
Galaga

Donkbaca · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2012, 04:21:51 pm »

Galaga
Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
Rampage ( I always liked this game)
NBA Jam
TMNT

Trip · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2012, 05:22:46 pm »

Donkey Kong
Pac Man
Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat
TMNT

Sparkolicious · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2012, 05:37:21 pm »

Pac Man
Mario Bros
Donkey Kong
Tron
SpyHunter

Meh... 3-5 aint enough...

Louis Tully · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2012, 08:57:05 am »

Paul Olson · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2012, 02:54:37 am »

Hydro Thunder
Donkey Kong
Ms Pacman
Bust-A-Move
Every arcade should have at least one pinball machine as well.

There are a lot of other games I might choose above these, but of my games, those are the ones that people actually play. No one seems to want to play Tempest or Gyruss, which are two of my favorites.

Thenasty · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2012, 11:54:59 am »

Asteroid
Pacman
Ms.Pacman
Donkey Kong
Space Invader

Gray_Area · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2012, 04:02:33 pm »

Why settle for five?

mamefreak2 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2012, 11:24:24 pm »

Must Have
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Donkey Kong

If you are missing any of the above, you don't have a credible arcade.

Bad Form if you're missing:
Frogger
Asteroids
QBert
Street Fighter II
Galaga
Ms. Pacman
Mortal Kombat
Spy Hunter
Tron

Should Have
Zaxxon
Popeye
Donkey Kong Jr.
Tetris
Bust A Move
Karate Champ

Gray_Area · « **Reply #15 on:** April 16, 2012, 10:30:20 pm »

Quote from: mamefreak2 on April 13, 2012, 11:24:24 pm

Bad Form if you're missing:
Spy Hunter

Only if you have the controls for it.

Namco · « **Reply #16 on:** April 19, 2012, 02:42:27 pm »

Street Fighter II
Samurai Shodown 2
Elevator Action
Asteroids
Dig Dug

P-chan · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2012, 07:27:49 pm »

For me, these are must haves:

Some variant of Street Fighter 2 (personally I prefer Super SF2 Turbo)
Samurai Shodown II
Galaga
Dig Dug
Mortal Kombat II

Paul Olson · « **Reply #18 on:** April 30, 2012, 04:54:31 am »

Quote from: mamefreak2 on April 13, 2012, 11:24:24 pm

Must Have
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Donkey Kong

If you are missing any of the above, you don't have a credible arcade.

Bad Form if you're missing:
Frogger
Asteroids
QBert
Street Fighter II
Galaga
Ms. Pacman
Mortal Kombat
Spy Hunter
Tron

Should Have
Zaxxon
Popeye
Donkey Kong Jr.
Tetris
Bust A Move
Karate Champ

I have had an upright and a cocktail Space Invaders. I even had a SI pinball. All of them were incredibly boring. I have also had Asteroids, Spy Hunter, Zaxxon, DK Jr, and Tetris. I liked all of them when I was a kid, but I just didn't play them much when I owned them. I have the Spy Hunter controls to add to the MAME cab since I like to play it once in a while, but I could live without playing the others again. I do play Frogger and Tron in MAME fairly often, so if I had a lot more space for games, I would probably get those.

isamu · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2012, 06:37:14 am »

Raiden
Daytona USA
Daytona 2
Sega Super GT
OutRun
OutRunners
OutRun 2 SP
Rave Racer
Sega Rally Championship
Sam Shodown 1
Sam Shodown 2
Sam Shodown 5sp
Metal Slug 3
Super Puzzle Fighter II
Final Fight
Macross Plus
Blazing Star
Pong

mamefreak2 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:20:15 am »

Quote from: Gray_Area on April 16, 2012, 10:30:20 pm

Quote from: mamefreak2 on April 13, 2012, 11:24:24 pm

Bad Form if you're missing:
Spy Hunter

Only if you have the controls for it.

Well, we're talking about an arcade right? Not a home MAME machine.

kalars123 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:43:57 am »

TMNT 4player "any of the TMNT titles it's just a good brawler"
Simpsons 4player "first and only arcade game that my dad and I played together to completion he easily dropped 20 dollars in quarters for us to beat that game"
Bad-Dudes vs Dragon Ninja "for whatever reason when my grandma took me to Aladdin's Castle with my report card it was always the first game I went to good memories"
Sly Spy "another great Data-East game"
Carn-Evil "one of my favorite gun games

jardine · « **Reply #22 on:** May 13, 2012, 07:30:14 pm »

For me:

Wonder Boy
Double Dragon
Donkey Kong
Karate Champ
Raiden

Mario · « **Reply #23 on:** May 14, 2012, 09:11:53 pm »

If you are trying to please yourself, choose your favorite three. Easy, huh?

If you are trying to please the general public, I'd go with Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Galaga. Next I'd choose Centipede. I think the easier games would be more universally appealing; games like Defender may be difficult for newbies.

Mario

Le Chuck · « **Reply #24 on:** May 15, 2012, 12:02:33 am »

Quote from: Mario on May 14, 2012, 09:11:53 pm

If you are trying to please yourself, choose your favorite three. Easy, huh?

If you are trying to please the general public, I'd go with Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Galaga. Next I'd choose Centipede. I think the easier games would be more universally appealing; games like Defender may be difficult for newbies.

Mario

The party list only needs to be 5 games.

Ms. Pac-man
DK
Galaga
SF2
MK

If you have those everyone will love you machine and stay on it all night. When you show them thousands of choices their eyes glaze and they ask for one of the above listed.

JohnEDollar · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2012, 08:16:22 pm »

Ms. Pacman
Donkey Kong
Asteroids
Street Fighter II
Cruisin' World (or USA)

opt2not · « **Reply #26 on:** May 28, 2012, 08:24:09 pm »

If we're talking about money-making machines, X-men 6 player, Daytona USA, any of the House of the Dead games are good choices.

Mr. Dude · « **Reply #27 on:** May 28, 2012, 09:45:05 pm »

Street Fighter II (or some variant of SF)
TMNT
Pacman
Puzzle Bobble
DonkeyKong

Los Abrazos Rotos · « **Reply #28 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:50:13 am »

Discs of Tron
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
Daytona
Sinistar

mike boss · « **Reply #29 on:** June 12, 2012, 06:37:54 am »

For me it's gotta be :

Street Fighter II : Championship Edition
MK
Bad Dudes
Narc
TMNT (4 player insanity)

If I were to make it top 10 I'd say

DK & DK Jr (I'll count as one, lol)
Shadow Dancer and/or Shinobi
Ninja Gaiden
Double Dragon
Final Fight

and for good measure a good ol WWF game


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Author Topic: Name 3 to 5 arcade games that a arcade should have. (Read 5963 times)

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