Best Coin Op Arcade Game??

[BN9 BHA]

Penny falls, or 2p falls now, hours of fun

 

[1066familyman]

Here you go:

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In fact, I'd forgotten just how much I loved this game.
I remember we used to use lolly pop sticks to get those speed buttons really going.
What a classic game that was!

 

[rogersix]

Mr Do's Castle! anyone?

jet set willy! yeah baby

 

[Randsta]

No one mentioned it so far ....but 4 player NBA jam was amazing fun!

 

[1066familyman]

I just found a site to play Track & Field on. You need a Java plugin and so far all seems well security wise, but the game isn't very smooth. Might play around and see what I can get working.

 

[Easy 10]

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I blew FAR too much of my Top Rank Suite Coca Cola funds on THIS little slut down West Street before hitting the dancefloor.

 

[Mackenzie]

I just remembered Phoenix......shoot that octopus!

Loved that game, classic music as well (Für Elise and "Romance Anónimo"). Lots of memories on this thread.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Out run
Daytona
Double Dragon
Kick off
Pole Position

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Space Invaders & Pacman. Anything beyond that & I struggled! Couldn't see the point of playing games where you couldnt potentially win money,

 

[moggy]

Defender
Tron
Carnival
Scramble
Missile command
Phoenix

 

[dannyboy]

used to love moon cresta

 

[Adders1]

Quite enjoyed Virtua Cop 2, not easy when you're short sighted though

 

[Thimble Keegan]

3 pages and not one mention of Chase HQ!

I loved the late 80's/early 90's arcade games in my youth, so I give notable mentions to:

Double Dragon
Star Wars
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
X-Men
Golden Axe
POW
Operation Wolf
The Main Event
WWF Superstars
Sunset Riders
Final Fight
Crude Busters
Crime Fighters
Thunderblade
Roadblasters

I also have to give a nod to the original Robocop game where I got very good at...Very, very good.

There is also another game where the name escapes me so maybe someone can help me out. Basically you were a tiny character where you could either ride a large wild cat to attack enemies or transform it into a bloke whereby you could leap and land on an opponents shoulders and smash there face in and rip their heads off...It was not a massively popular game but if anyone else can recall this I would be interested to know what it was called.

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Littlehampton BHA

 

[atfc village]

Side Arms - great music
Nemesis/Gradius - first of the 'option' type of game I came across
Gauntlet II - blue wizard shot the magic potion
Xevious - again, great music
Phoenix - one of the first games with a boss level
Ladybug - like Pacman, only harder, and I was terrible at Pacman.
The football game they used to have in one of the arcades in West Street that proclaimed 'IN GOAL!!!!' when you scored.
Defender - pure arcade game, once again I was terrible at it due to TOO MANY BUTTONS!!!!

edit: oh and I forgot Space Harrier And then there's all the pinball machines such as Haunted House.

Exciting Soccer?

 

[atfc village]

Mr Do got to the 83rd Screen ,Galaga ,Frogger,Mooncresta ,Astro Wars,Scramble,Donkey Kong,many more oh happy days.

 

[Northstander]

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I blew FAR too much of my Top Rank Suite Coca Cola funds on THIS little slut down West Street before hitting the dancefloor.

100%

The hours I spent on this bad boy with a crowd watching as it moved with the on screen action!

If I remember, two rows in to the entrance of the piers 1st arcade

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Bomb Jack - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Bombjackarc.png

Daytona - (4 player version was awesome)

In fact, i just seen that i can burn a grand on a two player

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sega-Dayt...eo_Games_Coin_Operated_MJ&hash=item4d256bfd98

Used to love Bombjack. I'm going to find a free download of it now.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Time crisis
2p machine

 

[Smirko]

Great memories on here, how could I forget Scramble, Phoenix and missile command. Thank you.

 

[tinycowboy]

Phoenix. I was looking at the Kickstarter site the other day and someone is making a documentary about the history of arcade game music. Not sure whether I'd buy the soundtrack, but could be a real trip down memory lane.