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Your Top 20 Arcade Games Of All Time -

Post by iamsjn » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:15 am

Alright, the Asylum gave us their Top 20 List of all time favorite Arcade Games. What are yours??

1. Tempest
2. Tutankahm
3. Asteroids
4. Missle Command
5. Rally X
6. Satan's Hollow
7. Defender
8. Pacman
9. Battlezone
10. Ms. Pacman
11. Dragon's Lair
12. Galaga
13. Galaxian
14. Berzerk
15. Star Wars
16. G.O.R.F
17. Xevious
18. Track & Field
19. Moon Patrol
20. Commando
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Post by raz0red » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:25 am

Nice list!

One of the games I had on my list that I wish had made the top 20 is Missile Command. Along with Defender, that is the game I play most often when I hit Ground Kontrol, our local retrocade.

Did you play Track & Field with the buttons, or the track ball? The earliest T&F games used the track ball, but they soon found they didn't handle the insane pounding they took, and changed to the buttons. Once people started using items to increase their speed with the buttons (pencils, etc.), they added the guards. I have very fond memories of playing T&F with my friends.

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Post by iamsjn » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:46 am

I remember the trackball versions. I preferred the buttons. Growing up in the military, us kids all had the standard military issue combs from the barber shop. They were black and about 4 or 5 inches long. They fit PERFECT between your fingers to get that superspeed button mashing going. Now that I think of it, that game should probably have moved up further on my list...

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Post by PristineSteam » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:12 pm

Moon Patrol is a fun game. I think it was on my list but didn't make our cumulative top 20.

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Post by D_Davis » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:39 pm

1 Street Fighter II (and all of it's incarnations)
2 Strider
3 Three Wonders
4 Metal Slug (the whole franchise)
5 Forgotten Worlds
6 Space Harrier
7 Freedom Fighter (LD game)
8 Tempest
9 Dig Dug
10 Side Arms
11 Tecmo Knights
12 Captain Commando (And any of the clones, Final Fight, etc...)
13 Dodonpochi
14 Guwanga
15 R-Type (franchise)
16 Quiz and Dragons (don't make fun!)
17 Star Wars Arcade
18 Smash TV
19 UN Squadron
20 Heavy Barrel

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Post by MoistVomit » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:09 pm

Q-Bert
Venture
Pac Man
Pepper II
Mouse Trap
Three Wonders
Pang
Tron
Rygar
Ms. Pac Man
Black Tiger
Targ
Zoo Keeper
Kickman
Commando
Lode Runner (even though my favorite build of this game is for the C64)
Amidar
Burger Time
Popeye
Tutankham (because of the color palate)

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