Endymion9 wrote:Back pre PC, when I spent a lot of money at arcades...
Defender - fast and frantic but not too hard to keep up until things just get wild. But at least I could do well for awhile. Was hard to resist shooting the people you were supposed to rescue being dropped from alien spaceships you shot down because of the cute sound they made as they expired.
Joust - This one was too hard for me, but loved the idea and the graphics. Enjoyed standing back and watching someone else play.
John Elway's QB. Took awhile to figure out passing, but once you did was a lot of fun.
Can't remember the Karate duel one. I think this was the first fight game I saw where you could play someone else. I remember people would be trying to do all these fancy moves, and I would do this simple drop to your knee and punch move that would get them 90% of the time. They're doing triple flips and i'm just backing away until they come in range for my lil punch. I would play for hours on the other people's quarters.
On my sister's Atari 5200 we got addicted to Wizard of Wor. Always wanted to kill that damn wizard for good! <grin>
I had an Intellivision and remember we got addicted to several games on there.
We loved the Dungeon and Dragons, shooting arrows at the spiders and as someone else said duck looking dragons, but I hated the Advanced Dungeon and Dragons. First game I played as first person shooter, but it seemed to have no point. Nothing to accomplish. Just keep opening doors and trying to kill whatever was behind it.
My little sis and I got addicted to Swords and Serpents. She would play the Knight and I'd be the Wizard tossing fireballs to protect her back. We were very frustrated when we got to the end finally, figured out to break thru a wall to get in the final dungeon with the dragon...and still were unable to affect the dragon, could only pick up three treasures that revealed three letters that meant nothing. I think they were the game designers intials? Read that a few years ago I think.
Karate Champ. "half-point".."FULL POINT"
stand up arcade games...Indiana JOnes &temple of Doom ...RUsh'n'Attack...VInidcators....Blasteroids....Heavy barrel.
Endymion9 wrote:Back pre PC, when I spent a lot of money at arcades...
Defender - fast and frantic but not too hard to keep up until things just get wild. But at least I could do well for awhile. Was hard to resist shooting the people you were supposed to rescue being dropped from alien spaceships you shot down because of the cute sound they made as they expired.
Joust - This one was too hard for me, but loved the idea and the graphics. Enjoyed standing back and watching someone else play.
John Elway's QB. Took awhile to figure out passing, but once you did was a lot of fun.
Can't remember the Karate duel one. I think this was the first fight game I saw where you could play someone else. I remember people would be trying to do all these fancy moves, and I would do this simple drop to your knee and punch move that would get them 90% of the time. They're doing triple flips and i'm just backing away until they come in range for my lil punch. I would play for hours on the other people's quarters.
On my sister's Atari 5200 we got addicted to Wizard of Wor. Always wanted to kill that damn wizard for good! <grin>
I had an Intellivision and remember we got addicted to several games on there.
We loved the Dungeon and Dragons, shooting arrows at the spiders and as someone else said duck looking dragons, but I hated the Advanced Dungeon and Dragons. First game I played as first person shooter, but it seemed to have no point. Nothing to accomplish. Just keep opening doors and trying to kill whatever was behind it.
My little sis and I got addicted to Swords and Serpents. She would play the Knight and I'd be the Wizard tossing fireballs to protect her back. We were very frustrated when we got to the end finally, figured out to break thru a wall to get in the final dungeon with the dragon...and still were unable to affect the dragon, could only pick up three treasures that revealed three letters that meant nothing. I think they were the game designers intials? Read that a few years ago I think.
Karate Champ. "half-point".."FULL POINT"
stand up arcade games...Indiana JOnes &temple of Doom ...RUsh'n'Attack...VInidcators....Blasteroids....Heavy barrel.
Karate Champ. That's it, Thx!
~I was born to rock the boat. Some will sink but we will float. Grab your coat. Let's get out of here. You're my witness. I'm your Mutineer~ - Warren Zevon
Endymion9 wrote:My little sis and I got addicted to Swords and Serpents. She would play the Knight and I'd be the Wizard tossing fireballs to protect her back. We were very frustrated when we got to the end finally, figured out to break thru a wall to get in the final dungeon with the dragon...and still were unable to affect the dragon, could only pick up three treasures that revealed three letters that meant nothing. I think they were the game designers intials? Read that a few years ago I think.
Argh! Sword and Serpents! Horrible game!
In fairness, that could be because I only ever played it alone. I had one person to play games with - my brother - and he was never interested in playing that.
Yeah, neither of us got anywhere alone. Then we discovered the advantages of having a wizard throwing fireballs everywhere at your back. And the wizard by himself was useless. Couldn't throw the fireballs fast enough to get everyone. Needed the knight to keep some of the monsters off of him.
~I was born to rock the boat. Some will sink but we will float. Grab your coat. Let's get out of here. You're my witness. I'm your Mutineer~ - Warren Zevon
1. Star Wars Xwing Collectors Series / Tie Fighter too(flight sim)
2. E.A. Sports NHL Hockey (Sega genesis and PS1-2)
3. Deus Ex (great game)
4. Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 (including Urban terror Mod)
5. Madden NFL (until people started using cheats)
6. Grand Tourismo 3 (had the steering wheel too)
7. Grand theft Auto... All of them so far
8. Intellivision (Skiing/football/hockey/baseball/D&D)
9. Flashback on Sega Genesis
wow..forgot the arcade games.
1. Defender
2. Stargate (defender II)
3. Galaga
4. Asteroids
5. Star Castle
6. Karate Champ (forgot about that one) half point full point (unleashed a forgotten memory.)
One other arcade game I loved was a pinball game. Played it in Denver when I was in the Marines and stationed there at Aurora mall.
I think it was called Gorgon. The machine made this breathing sound and as you did better the breathing got faster...lightning would crackle and lights simulating lightning would flash...it was the only pinball game that made me kind of forget I was playing a game and drew me into its world.
Here's a picture of it.
~I was born to rock the boat. Some will sink but we will float. Grab your coat. Let's get out of here. You're my witness. I'm your Mutineer~ - Warren Zevon
