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- thefarouk, on 05/21/2009, -0/+33Some serious classics missing though, that were much more significant in the kickass department than these 30.
Pole position...
Galaga...
Robotron: 2084...
Gauntlet...
Joust...
Dragons Lair...
And while it's usually under the radar, I would add an honorable mention for Thayer's Quest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_Position_(arcade ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotron:_2084 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauntlet_(arcade_game ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_lair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thayer%27s_Quest - AshamedAmerican, on 05/21/2009, -0/+246 player X-Men. Nothing can beat playing that with 5 friends.
And pity the poor bastard who got stuck with Dazzler... - BossKey, on 05/21/2009, -3/+19Buried for no:
Defender
Tempest
Robotron - Plumhead, on 05/21/2009, -1/+17What!? No Burger Time? :(
- LucasVB, on 05/21/2009, -1/+13No Asteroids? Buried.
- williamlee, on 05/21/2009, -0/+12Where is my Sinistar?
- StigNordas, on 05/21/2009, -0/+11Although there's some real stinkers in there, Dig Dug was the *****.
- bossm4n, on 05/21/2009, -2/+12One word...Defender.
- MagMan68Classic, on 05/21/2009, -0/+81 page list...Dugg
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+8No Zaxxon? Kung-Fu Master
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaxxon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung-Fu_Master - SkippyDoorknob, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7Tempest
Asteroids
Star Wars - BBrains, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7First, Ms Pac Man is a way better game than Pac Man (and is missing).
Beyond the obvious oversights -- Galaga (which, I'm sorry, beats Gyruss), Robotron, Defender, Tempest -- what about Star Castle? I'd play that before Bubble Bobble..! - UbIwerks, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7Don't forget 'After Burner'!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Burner_(video_g ... - telengard, on 05/22/2009, -1/+7Awful list...
Where was Robotron, Defender, Tempest, Joust, Missile Command??
Cabal is fun and all, but "still kick ass"? No.
At least he mentioned Gyruss... - NeoTechni, on 05/21/2009, -2/+8Virtual On
- Sneezyx, on 05/21/2009, -1/+7Contra + Boobies=Pure Win!!!
- cosworth99, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6Where the hell is Williams Stargate? Hardest game of all time. First game to have gameplay outside the screen. I even own an OEM standup.
That game was the hardest and still vexes visitors to my laundry room. - skeletorcares, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5List gets light at the end. But the first 2/3rds are solid. Love that contra pic.
- buckrogers1965, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5Fail. No list is complete without Joust and Robotron.
- KnivesForRobots, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5Hell yeah man, Sinistar was the dizope!
"I HUNGER!!!" - "RRRAAAUUOOOORRR" - adml_shake, on 05/21/2009, -1/+6That's because back in the day some though and effort had to go into making the games fun and challenging. Now they just make them shiny and pretty, with crappy controls, design, and story and can't figure out why we don't buy them. Then blame piracy.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -1/+630 wossie games that the little kids played.
The cool ones were:
Asteroids
Galaga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga
Defender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_(arcade_game ...
Stargate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_(video_game)
Missle Command http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command
Atari Football I & II http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=A&g ...
These games took skill. If you knew what you were doing, you could play all night for a dollar. They used to make me quit playing Missile Command when they closed the arcade at 1am. - slapded, on 05/21/2009, -1/+6Where the ***** is galaga and pole position?
fail - Narishma, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4A top 30 list not spread in 3 (or 30) pages? WTF is the world coming to?
- Kronos, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4Dugg for having a Stargate machine in your laundry room
- bitmanx, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4+1 asteroids, still have nitemares about that little ship shooting me down..
- GorfTron, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4I loved NARC.
- trer, on 05/21/2009, -2/+6No 4 player TMNT and The Simpsons? Many a birthday party was spent playing these classics.
- slothchunk, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4TRON? COME ON!!!
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4Terminator 2 was an awesome shooter! I spent hundreds of quarters on that.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4That roar still haunts my dreams.
- duster805, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4Don't forget Hard Driving, Mrs. Pacman, Spy Hunter & Marble Madness.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4The arcade version is a lot harder. The graphics are darker and the enemies seem faster.
- samby, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3Yea me too. I played it day before yesterday and I just walked away from it after I got to earth with 5 ships left. Then I thought: I've been playing this game for a QUARTER OF A CENTURY. I'm 40, and started playing it in high school when I was 15 or so. LOL.
- ShempRider, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Yeah, Zaxxon pretty much kicked ass. That 3/4(?) view was unlike any of the scrollers at the time.
- nudedos, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3Damn there are a lot of ads for yellow teeth.
- JonTheGoose, on 05/21/2009, -1/+4Polybius was a great game.
- vkramac, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Tekken 3 is vintage?
- TwistyMcFister, on 05/21/2009, -1/+4This is 3x better than a Top Ten list!!!!
- teamgwho, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3Bezerk FTW.
fight the intruder!
Chicken, fight like a robot!
also:
Rampart
Narc
Frontline (loved jumping in and out of tanks)
Bump n Jump
//hated Moon patrol - jdibiase, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Never, in the history of Contra, did a woman that looked like that, actually play Contra
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+3Ahh, Gorf... The weird sibling of Galaxian. SPACE CADET AH AH AH
- syncr, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Cyberball!? And seriously, no Galaga or Gauntlet? WTH
- Kardde, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2That was one of my favorites. Did they ever re-release that anywhere? I have an urge to play it now.
- AndrewDB, on 05/21/2009, -1/+3I'd mention Primal Rage, but I recently replayed it at my local arcade and God damn it didn't hold up to the test of time at all.
However, I'm a little upset they didn't give any love to Technos' Super Dodgeball. - CoreyTamas, on 05/21/2009, -2/+4I think this article would best be called "30 Vintage Arcade Games"... and leave it at that.
- NeoTechni, on 05/21/2009, -1/+3rampart
too bad the ps3 one had such crappy controls - 22pages, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2Graphics - awesome. Gameplay - possibly the worst of all time.
- babatikidido, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2My thoughts exactly.. plus Sinistar. Also on the topic of arcade games, anyone who uses MAME should try Cybattler, one of the best (and least known) vertical shooters out there.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2I would like to see Joust and Sky Kid on the list. Oh well.. at least Gyruss is there. Gyruss = best arcade game EVER. I probably spent a couple hundred bucks in quarters on that one as a kid.
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