Guest Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 I remember the earth changing moment when Space Invaders entered my life and wondered what classic games you all loved from your youth. I quickly moved on from space invaders and jumped the girly Pacman and fell in love with the sounds and action from Williams. Defender was awesome, Galaxians was great, other early games I enjoyed were centipede, phoenix, dig dug, joust, pole position, tron track and field. There was a game called Robotron which I battled for top spot on for many lunchtimes - back in the days when people actually crowded around machines to watch the top players. I remember playing a tank battle game - possibly called Red Tank - for over an hour each time just for 10p. Another I loved was a pinball/video game cross called Hyperball where you shot ball bearings to spell out words. later I fell in love with Cyberball - futuristic US Football. and later still the Star wars racer game (forgotten the name). more recently I enjoyed the Time Crisis series. There are many more but that's a start. What are the Arcade games that you have loved?
kingcarr21 Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 WHAT A GAME. My childhood staying at a caravan park in Skegness heavily involved me, my brother and my cousin smashing this game in the local arcade. What memories.
Legend_in_blue Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 Used to love this down Meridian and the bowling alley in town.
orangecity23 Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 Definitely Time Crisis and Outrun. So good.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 Time Crisis OutRun All Street Fighters from 2 to Alpha 3 (and any Capcom fighter in that era) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs!
The Doctor Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 Time Crisis Yes! Ended up back at my old university last weekend and they've redone the bars and kitted it out with a time crisis 2 machine. It's somehow even more fun when drunk.
MC Prussian Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 How come no one has mentioned Virtua Striker yet?
stix Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 I used to hunt this game out every time we went away when I was a kid...
fazzyfox Posted 10 October 2015 Posted 10 October 2015 I remember the moment of discovering Phoenix at the Nottingham Bowling Alley having only known Space Invaders until that point. Quite a few years later Mario / Mario Brothers hooked me, very addictive. Then one of the early footy games I first discovered in a Blackpool arcade , "If only I could have this quality at home" I thought (whilst checking for security).
ozleicester Posted 11 October 2015 Posted 11 October 2015 I remember the arrival of Pong, man it changed the world, was in the front bar at the pub i was about 13/14? Dad and his teammates at the bar, all of us kids scavenging 20 cents to play .... Then.... shit got real when this beast arrived, prob two years later, they had the table at the cricket club i played at... sooo many hours spent on it...
Guest Posted 11 October 2015 Posted 11 October 2015 There was a sit in arcade game - must have been shooting of some kind and probably futuristic - that I was very good at, around '85. Possibly in Thomas's arcade on high? st. Can't think what it was but remember getting very hot in there and needing to derobe before starting. Anyone with any ideas.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 11 October 2015 Posted 11 October 2015 I don't remember Steven Hawkings being in Star Wars. Loved that game though. Gauntlet was a buggy for me though. Remember shovelling 10ps into it all afternoon trying to reach the end and got to level 170 ish I recall. Of course, it doesn't have an end!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 11 October 2015 Posted 11 October 2015 There was a sit in arcade game - must have been shooting of some kind and probably futuristic - that I was very good at, around '85. Possibly in Thomas's arcade on high? st. Can't think what it was but remember getting very hot in there and needing to derobe before starting. Anyone with any ideas. Firefox? It was definitely in there and a sit in cabinet.
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