inthe00s
The Pop Culture Information Society...

These are the messages that have been posted on inthe00s over the past few years.

Check out the messageboard archive index for a complete list of topic areas.

This archive is periodically refreshed with the latest messages from the current messageboard.




Check for new replies or respond here...

Subject: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: livinonthe80s on 02/19/06 at 3:59 am

There were sooo many favorites...All the Donkey Kongs were great and what was that football game called...it was the one where you had the X's versus the O's and you had a roller ball on the right with come buttons on the left.  You played it on a flat table top standing up.  I still remember my hand being sore after all the rolling. ;D

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Webstor on 02/19/06 at 9:08 am

The Original "Star Wars" arcade game made by Atari, where u got to sit inside of it.
The graphics were all linear, but u got to re-enact the pit scene in the Death Star....
and it had sound effects of Obi Wan Kanobi speaking in the background.
"The Force will be with you...........Always"

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Atari on 02/19/06 at 10:49 am

Tempest :)

I am the preeminent Atari arcade historian. Check out these sites for more information about the history of Atari coinop and it's brilliant game designer/programmers:

http://www.atarikee.com
http://www.orubin.com
http://www.atarigames.com

Brian

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Atari on 02/19/06 at 10:51 am


There were sooo many favorites...All the Donkey Kongs were great and what was that football game called...it was the one where you had the X's versus the O's and you had a roller ball on the right with come buttons on the left.  You played it on a flat table top standing up.  I still remember my hand being sore after all the rolling. ;D


Atari Football. There was also a four player version of it. Great game, and worth some bucks these days if you have one :)

Brian

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: JamieMcBain on 02/19/06 at 12:33 pm

Pac-Man

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: whistledog on 02/19/06 at 12:49 pm

Double Dragon - The greatest Arcade game ever :)

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Todd on 02/19/06 at 1:54 pm

Moon Patrol
Donkey Kong
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Pole Position
Missile Command
Tank
Frogger
Joust
Jungle King
Dig Dug

  In my opinion, video games went downhill when they all started becoming martial-arts themes....uggh  boring!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: BCRichrocker on 02/21/06 at 11:59 am

Ah yes, Tempest. Then Defender.

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: gmann on 02/21/06 at 12:28 pm


Moon Patrol
Space Invaders
Star Wars
Yar's Revenge

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Tam on 02/21/06 at 1:06 pm

Sky Shark

There have been many games try to duplicate it however none have come close !! 8)

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: snozberries on 02/25/06 at 12:16 pm

tempest
elevator action
paperboy

I used to play the latter two for hours everyday afterschool . . . no wonder I am so broke!!!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: JamieMcBain on 02/25/06 at 1:08 pm

Joust is really good too.

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Kryllith on 02/25/06 at 2:19 pm

Still Cobra Command...

Kryllith

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: ADH13 on 02/25/06 at 2:25 pm



I liked Pitfall and Qbert.

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: joedeertae on 03/06/06 at 11:03 am

My favorites were:
Pole Position
720 Degrees
The Dragon's Lair

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Max Headroom on 03/06/06 at 11:27 am

My two all-time faves are Joust and Crystal Castles, with Galaxia and Pac-Man close behind.

In fact, when I took my son to the local batting cages the other day, I spied a Ms. Pac-Man coin-op in their arcade.  I ended up getting high score (107783)!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Mushroom on 03/06/06 at 5:23 pm

Hmmm, so many to choose from.

Reactor
Karate Champ
Joust
I, Robot
Firefox
Cloak And Dagger
Thayer's Quest

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Schillingfan on 03/06/06 at 5:36 pm

TETRIS!!!!!!!!!!!  :)

I'm pretty good at it and it's an excellent game for concentration!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: eightbitgirl on 03/07/06 at 11:19 am

Star Wars
Pole Position
Pac Man

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Trimac20 on 03/08/06 at 12:45 am

I grew up after Arcade's golden age (I think they peaked in the early 90s) but I vaguely remember playing the usual classics like Space Invaders, Asteroids, even Donkey Kong. Space Invaders is still my fave.

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: STEVEFROMTHE80'S on 03/23/06 at 9:02 am

UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, SELECT(FOR 2 PLAYERS) START!!
REAL SPORT'S BOXING
MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH OUT!! DID ANYONE GET BEAT BY KING HIPPO?
SPACE INVADERS
THAT'S WHEN GAMES HAD ONE BUTTON AND A STICK!!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Foo Bar on 03/24/06 at 12:23 am


Firefox


Firefox was an underrated gem.  Atari, 1982, laserdisc-based.  If you could play Star Wars, you could play Firefox.  Found one, still working, in a beachfront arcade (probably only got used 2-3 months out of the year, which is probably why it was still working in the mid-80s when I found it) and amazed the hell out of everyone there by completing it.

Early 80s:  Tempest.  Defender.  Robotron 2084.  Star Wars.  Firefox.

Late 80s:  Sega's "Afterburner" (1987).  Imagine Atari's "Star Wars" immersiveness, but as a raster-graphics F-14 simulator in a nearly-fully-enclosed 2-degree-of-freedom moving cockpit.  Liked the soundtrack so much I hooked up a portable tape recorder and a patch cord to the headphone jack and made my own mix tape of the soundtrack by playing with the test mode after hours :)

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Allie Fox on 04/25/06 at 2:11 pm

There can be only one:


TRON


end of line

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: lizjagger on 04/25/06 at 8:00 pm

Pac man, of course.

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: the berean 1 on 04/26/06 at 10:21 am

Defender...of course!

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: KKay on 04/26/06 at 10:50 am

collapse and mah jongg

Subject: Re: Your Favorite Arcade Video Game???

Written By: Bulldog85 on 05/10/06 at 1:31 am

Its gotta be Defender and Tempest

Check for new replies or respond here...