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danny_galaga:
ok, it seems to me that there are quite a few one (or two) hit wonders in the arcade world. williams really only had two hits in video games, so i figured a few others should join the list. for instance Seibu Kaihatsu made Raiden, which to me is a classic (",).

three votes in this poll too, and tell us if youve hit 'other' (although with 21 choices, i dont think ive missed too many  ;) )

no, hang it! make it four votes! mine are atari, stern, namco and seibu kaihatsu. these four made games i enjoyed back in the day and i think most would say are classic (asteroids, berserk, galaxians, raiden).

and you can change your mind if you like (",)


edit: forgot gottlieb! so koolmecraig, i know there should be at least one other voter here besides me! i wont add any others though, youll have to use 'other' for that...

TOK:
I didn't vote in your poll, but you're underestimating Williams hits... Defender, Stargate, Moon Patrol, Robotron, Joust and Smash TV were large earners. I was tempted to add Sinistar based on its cult following, but I'm not sure how commercially successful that was.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: TOK on August 22, 2006, 06:53:16 am ---I didn't vote in your poll, but you're underestimating Williams hits... Defender, Stargate, Moon Patrol, Robotron, Joust and Smash TV were large earners. I was tempted to add Sinistar based on its cult following, but I'm not sure how commercially successful that was.

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Ah ... but this is about favourites ... and Sinistar was very cool ... I totally and utterly sucked at it, but it was cool.

Cheers

danny_galaga:


yes, moon patrol is cool. it was done by irem, which ive put up there. williams made it under licence apparently. but this poll isnt about being picky about details, and i probably shouldnt have said that williams only made two video classics (i hadnt thought about sinistar, not one i remember from my youth). pick whatever you played on, so williams for moonpatrol if you like. but if you also liked r-type then you could say irem for both and have a spare vote! i probably could have made it five or six choices for voting but then youve got to draw a line somewhere  ;D

Texasmame:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on August 22, 2006, 06:13:12 am ---
ok, it seems to me that there are quite a few one (or two) hit wonders in the arcade world. williams really only had two hits in video games, so i figured a few others should join the list. for instance Seibu Kaihatsu made Raiden, which to me is a classic (",).

three votes in this poll too, and tell us if youve hit 'other' (although with 21 choices, i dont think ive missed too many  ;) )

no, hang it! make it four votes! mine are atari, stern, namco and seibu kaihatsu. these four made games i enjoyed back in the day and i think most would say are classic (asteroids, berserk, galaxians, raiden).

and you can change your mind if you like (",)


edit: forgot gottlieb! so koolmecraig, i know there should be at least one other voter here besides me! i wont add any others though, youll have to use 'other' for that...


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Heh.  Trying to keep it simple!  ;)

 :soapbox:

Really, while there were many great games out there back in the day, there were only a handful of companies responsible for most of them.  Some you listed had a great game, maybe two - Data East for Karate Champ and Tag-Team Wrestling, Universal for Cosmic Avenger (super looking cab, too!) and Stern for the terriffic title Berzerk. 

I just didn't think them worthy of putting on a list of greatest companies simply due to their small body of quality work.

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