I loved em all in general, but I think Virtual Tennis was my favorite. Probably because I was actually not that bad at it.
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I loved em all in general, but I think Virtual Tennis was my favorite. Probably because I was actually not that bad at it.
Virtual On: Cybertroopers
The arcade version had two joysticks, and you could play one on one against another person sitting on the opposite end of the machine. I was also really big on House of the Dead 2, Virtua Cop, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Crazy Taxi.
@pelvist:
Nice man, that was my 2nd most played game in the arcade.
The one game that got most of my quarters was Street Fighter II
Probably Street Fighter 2 turbo, the first "Sequel" to SF2. The anticipation was huge on release and I remember playing it on a brand new arcade machine. Honorable mentions: Gauntlet, Narc(with the 2 angled side screens),Capcom VS SNK1 & 2, Cadash, and many others I'm sure, tired now I would have to think about it more.
@AmazonTreeBoa:
Spyhunter was amazing, if only for the steering wheel and soundtrack alone. I'll throw in Chase HQ simply because I could smash the high score on most machines I played. Gauntlet is worthy of a mention - it was one of the first games which felt truly collaborative (as far as I recall at least).
And of course, SF 11
Actually there's heaps.
Moon Patrol. We had one at the pizza place I worked at. I spent many hours drinking beer and playing that game after we closed for the night.
Double Dragon, me and my Dad put tons of £ in this game every time we went to Skeg Vegas.
Noteworthy mentions: Chase HQ, Ghouls n Ghosts, Robocop, Operation Wolf, Kung-Fu Master.
Now your talking games...So many quarters loss so much skipped classes ..hahaha
Kicker.
Black Tiger.
Renegade
Bad dude..
Karate champ.
yie ar kung-fu
Solar warrior.
To many to count really some of my favorites,i am an Arcade fan.
too many to choose. TMNT, hydro thunder, time crisis, the simpsons, mortal kombat, tekken tag tournament, x-men, killer instinct....so many arcade memories. this thread just depresses me that the arcade culture is DEAD.
Shmup
Rail Shooter
Run & Gun Shooter
Hack & Slash
Beat 'Em Up
2D Fighter
3D Fighter
Racing
Other
The UK never had a huge arcade thing like America use to and how Tokyo does(love that city)... With the rare times that I did play on a arcade machine House of the Dead games where always my favourite.
That being said I was playing a mech game against some kids in Shinjuku Tokyo and literaly had to be bribed with sex by my wife in order to leave after spending close to 2 hours there while she was shopping else where. If only I can remember the title of the game :(.
The UK never had a huge arcade thing like America use to and how Tokyo does(love that city)... With the rare times that I did play on a arcade machine House of the Dead games where always my favourite.
That being said I was playing a mech game against some kids in Shinjuku Tokyo and literaly had to be bribed with sex by my wife in order to leave after spending close to 2 hours there while she was shopping else where. If only I can remember the title of the game :(.
I'd have to disagree. I remember arcades being very popular in London back in the 90's. And even in the early 00's, arcades like Trocadero Fun Land (formerly SegaWorld) and Namco Station would still be packed.
The UK never had a huge arcade thing like America use to and how Tokyo does(love that city)... With the rare times that I did play on a arcade machine House of the Dead games where always my favourite.
That being said I was playing a mech game against some kids in Shinjuku Tokyo and literaly had to be bribed with sex by my wife in order to leave after spending close to 2 hours there while she was shopping else where. If only I can remember the title of the game :(.
I'd have to disagree. I remember arcades being very popular in London back in the 90's. And even in the early 00's, arcades like Trocadero Fun Land (formerly SegaWorld) and Namco Station would still be packed.
I have lived in London my whole life and Trocadero doesn't compare never did... Even in its prime to the arcade culture in the US or Japan.
The high majority of people in there where either on the bumper cars or playing pool or air hockey... So many times the actual arcade machines where vacant. Not saying the culture never existed, it did but it was literally one place and the occasional fun fare would bring arcade machines down but most people flocked to the rides.
I didn't play the arcade cabinets of many of these games, rather the emulations on game collections, but...
Mortal Kombat II (Midway Arcade Treasures 2)
Tekken 3 (via Tekken 5; PlayStation version is better though)
Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man (arcade machines and Namco Museum)
Gauntlet II (Midway Arcade Treasures 2)
Donkey Kong (why Nintendo won't put this version on VC is beyond me, thank Rare for DK64)
Star Wars (via Rogue Squadron III)
@SolidGame_basic: Omg you taking me back !! Oh boy what great memories...
So i start
1) Street Fighter 2
2) Tekken 2
3) Tekken 3
4) Raiden 2
5) Virtua Striker 2
6) Super Sidekicks
7) Sega Rally 2
8) Pac-man/Tetris
9) Metal SLug / X
10) SunSet Riders
11) Street Hoop
12) OutRun
The UK never had a huge arcade thing like America use to and how Tokyo does(love that city)... With the rare times that I did play on a arcade machine House of the Dead games where always my favourite.
That being said I was playing a mech game against some kids in Shinjuku Tokyo and literaly had to be bribed with sex by my wife in order to leave after spending close to 2 hours there while she was shopping else where. If only I can remember the title of the game :(.
I'd have to disagree. I remember arcades being very popular in London back in the 90's. And even in the early 00's, arcades like Trocadero Fun Land (formerly SegaWorld) and Namco Station would still be packed.
I have lived in London my whole life and Trocadero doesn't compare never did... Even in its prime to the arcade culture in the US or Japan.
The high majority of people in there where either on the bumper cars or playing pool or air hockey... So many times the actual arcade machines where vacant. Not saying the culture never existed, it did but it was literally one place and the occasional fun fare would bring arcade machines down but most people flocked to the rides.
this thread is kinda late for you... otherwise I could've helped you out. But there was an arcade community in London with cabs at a place next to CEX/Computer exchange on whitfield and tottenham known as The Casino. maybe this is common knowledge... but I only knew about it because I trade/buy/sell arcade boards with a bunch of dudes who used to frequent there. I'm actually from Chicago.
before they closed down in 2013, this is what they had:
Ground floor:
Progear
Basement:
Strikers 1999
And a 39-in-1 with retro shooters/games. Has a four way stick.
Ms Pacman, Galaga, Frogger, Donkey Kong, DK Junior, DK 3, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Crush Roller, Mr Do, Space Invaders, Pacman, Galaga 3, Gyruss, Tank Battalion, 1942, Lady Bug, Burger Time, Mappy, Centipede, Milipede, JR Pacman, Pengo, Phoenix, Time Pilot, Super Cobra, Hustler, Space Panic, Super Breakout, New Rally X, Arkanoid, Qix, Juno First, Xevious, Mr Do's Castle, Moon Cresta, Pinball Action, Scramble and Super Pacman
Also there's many classic beat-‘em-ups in dedicated cabs, plus Tekken 6, Blaz Blue and six linked Street Fighter IV cabs.[/spoiler]
I always used to be pretty jealous too, because some of them would snag CAVE arcade boards ($1500-2000..) as soon as they released and they'd often have 'em there. I remember when DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu released in 2012, they had a board there in London.
still doesn't compare to the galloping ghost arcade we have here in Chicago :)
fulling functioning on the floor:
1942
1943
Aero Fighters
Aero Fighters 2
Aero Fighters 3
After Burner II
Air Buster
Alcon
Aliens
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Alien vs Predator
Altered Beast
APB
Aqua Jack
Arkanoid
Arkanoid : The Revenge of Doh
Art of Fighting
Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 3
Asteroids
Astro Fighter (Cocktail Table)
Atomic Punk 2
Bad Dudes
Batman
Battle Toads
Battlezone
BeachHead 2000
Bermuda Triangle
Berzerk
Bionic Commando
Black Knight (Pinball)
Black Tiger
Blasteroids
Blood Brothers
Bomb Jack
Bosconian
Breakers Revenge
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O'Hare
Bump ' N' Jump
Burger Time
Burning Fight
Cadash
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Capcom vs SNK
Capcom vs SNK 2
Captain America and the Avengers
Captain Commando
CarnEvil
Centipede
Championship Sprint
Choplifter
Cobra Command
Combatribes
Commando
Contra
Crackdown
Crazy Climber
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi High Roller
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Pinball)
Crime City
Crime Fighters
Crossed Swords
Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n World
Crystal Castles
Cyberball 2072
Dangar UFO Robo
Dead Or Alive ++
Defender
Devastators
Die Hard Arcade
Discs of Tron
Dig Dug
DJ Boy
Dodonpachi
Dodonpachi II Bee Storm
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Donpachi
Double Dragon
Double Dragon (Neo Geo)
Double Dragon II
Double Dragon 3
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon's Lair (PS3 Arcade Cabinet)
Dragon's Lair II : Time Warp (PS3 Arcade Cab)
Dragon Saber
Dragon Spirit
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
Dynamite Duke
Elevator Action
Elevator Action II
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
ESWAT
Extermination
Eyes (Cocktail Table)
F-14 TomCat (Pinball)
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury 3
Final Fight
Flash (Pinball)
Flicky
Food Fight
Forgotten Worlds
Frenzy
Frogger
Frontline
Fun House (Pinball)
G-Loc
Gain Ground
Galaga
Galaga 3
Galaga '88
Galaxian
Galloping Ghost Pong
Garou Mark of the Wolves
Gate Of Doom
Gauntlet
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
G-Darius
Ghosts & Goblins
Ghouls & Ghosts
Giga Wing
G.I. Joe
Gladiator
Godzilla
Golden Axe
Golden Axe : Revenge of Death Adder
Gondomania
Gorf
Gorgar (Pinball)
Gradius II
Gravitar
Grid, The (x3)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Gun Smoke
Gyruss
Halley's Comet
Harley Davidson & the LA Riders
Haunted Castle
Heavy Barrel
Heavyweight Champ
House of the Dead
Hydro Thunder
Ikari Warriors
Ikaruga
Injustice : Gods Among Us (PS3)
In The Hunt
Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
Jackie Chan The Kung Fu Master
Jackal
Jail Break
Joust
Jr. Pac Man
Judge Dredd
Jungle Hunt
Karate Champ
Karnov
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct II
Killer Instinct (2013) (XBoxOne Arcade System)
King Of Fighters 1994
King Of Fighters 1995
King Of Fighters 1996
King Of Fighters 1997
King Of Fighters 1998
King Of Fighters 1999
King Of Fighters 2000
King Of Fighters 2001
King Of Fighters 2002
King Of Fighters 2003
King Of Fighters NeoWave
King Of Fighters XI
King of Fighters XII (PS3 Arcade System)
King Of Fighters XIII (PS3 Arcade System)
King of the Monsters
Klax
Knights of the Round
Krull
Kung Fu Master
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Lethal Enforcers
Life Force
Lucky & Wild
Magical Drop II
Magician Lord
Magic Sword
Mappy
Mario Bros.
Mars Matrix
Marvel Super Heroes
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Mega Force
Mega Man Power Battle
Mercs
Metal Black
Metal Slug
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Midnight Resistance
Millionaire (Pinball)
Millipede
Missile Command
Mission Craft
Monkey Ball
Moon Patrol
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mouse Trap
Mr. Do!
Ms. Pac Man (TURBO)
Ms. Pac Man (Cocktail Table)
Mutation Nation
NAM 1975
NARC
Nastar
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
Need For Speed Underground
Nemesis
NFL Blitz '99
Nibbler
Ninja Baseball Batman
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Warriors
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Outfoxies, The
Outrun
P-47 Phantom Fighter
P.O.W.
Paperboy
Pac Man
Pengo
Phoenix (Cocktail Table)
Pinbot (pinball)
Pit Fall II Lost Caverns
Pit Fighter
Pole Position
Pole Position II
Police Trainer
Popeye
Power Instinct
Primal Rage
Punch Out
Puzzle Bobble
Q*Bert
Radiant Silver Gun
Raiden
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters II
Rally X
Rambo III
Rampage
Rampage World Tour
Rampart
Rastan
Ray Storm
Revolution X
Rival Schools : United By Fate
Road Blasters
Robocop
Robotron 2084
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder 2
R-Type
Rush N Attack
Rygar
S.T.U.N. Runner
Salamander 2
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown III
Samurai Shodown IV
Samurai Shodown V Special
Samurai Shodown VI Tenkanichi Kenkakuden
Sarge
Satan's Hollow
Scramble
Sea Devil
SegaSonic The Hedgehog
Sega Strike Fighter (DLX)
Sengoku
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi
Shock Troopers 2
Silent Scope
Silent Scope II Dark Silhouette
Silk Worm
Simpsons
Simpsons Bowling
Sinistar
Sky Shark
Smash TV
Sol Divide
Soul Calibur III
Soul Edge
Space Invaders
Space Invaders (Pinball)
Spawn
Splatter House
Spiderman
Spy Hunter
Star Castle
Stargate
Star Wars
Star Wars Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Trilogy
Street Fighter
Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
Strikers 1945 Plus
Strider
Strider II
Sunset Riders
Superman
Super Cobra
Super Contra
Super Hang On
Super Pac Man
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Space Fortress Macross
Super Street Fighter II X Grand Master Challenge
Super Street Fighter IV AE (PS3 Arcade Cabinet)
Super Zaxxon
Survival Arts
SVC Chaos - SNK vs Capcom
Tapper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time
Tekken
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 6 (PS3 Cabinet)
Tekken Tag Tournament
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tempest
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
Terra Cresta
Tetris
Time Traveler
Thunder Blade
Thunder Force AC
Tiger Heli
Time Crisis
Time Pilot
Time Pilot '84
Time Soldiers
Total Carnage
Track & Field
Tron
Truxton
Turbo
Tutankham
Twilight Zone (Pinball)
Twin Cobra
Twin Eagle
Twin Eagle II
Ultimate Arctic Thunder
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS3 Arcade Cab)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
U.N. Squadron
Vampire Savior
Vampire Savior 2
Vindicators
Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
Vendetta
Vulgus
VS Castlevania
VS Super Mario Bros.
War Final Assault
Warlords
Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Winding Heat
Wind Jammers
Wizard of Wor
World Heroes
World Heroes 2
World Rally
Wrestle War
WWF Super Stars
WWF Wrestlefest
WWF Wrestlemania
X-Men
X-Men Children of the Atom
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Xenophobe
Xevious
Xexex
Zaxxon
Zed Blade
Zombie Raid
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So something that was never released in the arcades is an arcade game? Cool.
yeah its pretty cool like that
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So something that was never released in the arcades is an arcade game? Cool.
to be fair, he probably missed out on arcade gaming entirely... as did many users on this site.
i kinda did, not because i wasn't born or too young but because i wasn't gaming back then. When was arcade prime time anyways?
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So something that was never released in the arcades is an arcade game? Cool.
to be fair, he probably missed out on arcade gaming entirely... as did many users on this site.
i kinda did, not because i wasn't born or too young but because i wasn't gaming back then. When was arcade prime time anyways?
really depends on the area you were in. in the US it was primarily the 90s (at least for me since I was born in the 80s - it was probably much bigger in the 80s). there's still very much active scenes all over the place - especially since new games are still being released on arcade hardware - but it's mostly niche now.
there's a bunch of public boards dedicated to arcade gaming (KLOV, jammaplus, arcade otaku, neo-geo, system11) with groups of people who do meetups to play and trade. actually went to my first shmups meetup last year in Chicago with people from around the midwest and canada which was awesome.
There are a LOT of arcade games i love (thanks to MAME), but this has got to go to Super Street Fighter 2.
One of the very few games i've ever played wen i was a young kid. I remember going on vacation with my family to the sea, and in a hotel there was a Super Street Fighter 2 arcade machine. I played that shit to death with my lil' cousin every morning and afternoon, every day of that vacation week. Strong nostalgic feelings for sure, made me a Street Fighter fan.
I mostly played racing and light gun games in the Arcades. Cruisin USA, Daytona, and Ferrari F355 Challenge were my favorite racing games. Time Crisis, Area 51 and that game where you use the light gun to play a bunch of mini games.
Ferrari F355 Challenge was my all time favorite, but the only Arcade I could play it at was a good hour drive from my house so I didn't play it as much as the others.
Now that I'm typing this though I can't help but remember the good times I had in middle school. The local Mini-mart had one Arcade machine there...Mortal Kombat (the orginal, this was in the early 90s). Every day after school there would be 15 to 20 kids there with a pocket full of quarters waiting their turn to try and take control of the game. I would actually skip eating lunch and use the dollar my mom gave me to play the game. Fun times.
The UK never had a huge arcade thing like America use to and how Tokyo does(love that city)... With the rare times that I did play on a arcade machine House of the Dead games where always my favourite.
That being said I was playing a mech game against some kids in Shinjuku Tokyo and literaly had to be bribed with sex by my wife in order to leave after spending close to 2 hours there while she was shopping else where. If only I can remember the title of the game :(.
I'd have to disagree. I remember arcades being very popular in London back in the 90's. And even in the early 00's, arcades like Trocadero Fun Land (formerly SegaWorld) and Namco Station would still be packed.
I have lived in London my whole life and Trocadero doesn't compare never did... Even in its prime to the arcade culture in the US or Japan.
The high majority of people in there where either on the bumper cars or playing pool or air hockey... So many times the actual arcade machines where vacant. Not saying the culture never existed, it did but it was literally one place and the occasional fun fare would bring arcade machines down but most people flocked to the rides.
Depends on which era you mean. What you say about Trocadero Fun Land is true in the 2000's, when a majority went there for the bumber carts, pool tables, air hockey, bowling, etc. But when I went to SegaWorld London in the mid-late 90's (before it became Trocadero Fun Land at the end of the decade), I barely remember the bumper carts, pool tables, or air hockey, but I remember video games being the main attraction, especially fighting games and Sega's simulators and VR machines. And outside of the big arcades, there were of course the fun fares, with each one I remember going to always having a packed arcade in the 90's (although the rides were indeed the main attractions, like you said).
While I agree that London's arcade scene was not comparable to Tokyo, I highly doubt it was any smaller than the arcade scenes in major US cities like NYC or LA. For example, Street Fighter II in its heyday was making £260 million annually in UK arcades alone, or nearly £500 million with inflation (i.e. over $800 million in US dollars today). That's much more than the annual UK revenues of COD or FIFA today, and even more than what COD makes in the US annually. For SF2 to make so much cash in UK arcades, they must have been a very big deal back then. And then there were arcade games like OutRun, Mortal Kombat, Virtua, Tekken, etc. which were also a big deal in the UK back then (although they probably didn't reach the same heights as SF2).
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