Remember video arcades?

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edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone else nostalgic for video arcades? A place to waste handfuls of quarters while our wives / girlfriends / mothers shopped at the mall. Sure you can find the old machines in a few places, but there hasn't been a new good game in eons, and full arcades are very scarce. Even if you go to a Dave and Busters (or some place like that), all the games are copyright 2001 or older.


Some of my favorites: Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter II, NHL Open Ice 2 on 2, NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, The Simpsons, Ninja Turtles, Tetris, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Tekken, Golden Axe, Virtua Fighter.

EDIT= almost forgot Double Dragon
I love my female wife...
we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
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  • Posts: 786
    I was always partial to pinball myself, but I remember dumping in quarter after quarter in the late 80s and early 90s at arcades: NBA Jam, TMNT, WWF Wrestlefest, Street Fighter II, Clutch Hitter, Final Fight and more. There was an arcade where I grew up where you could have birthday parties on Sunday morning before it opened up for the public. Basically you'd have 2 hours to run loose in the arcade with unlimited tokens. They'd give you 4 at a time, so you'd just play 2 and put 2 in your pocket and keep going back. So by the end you'd have 2 hours of fun and 2 more weeks of tokens saved up. Those were the best parties ever.
  • Posts: 17,388
    Ahhh yes, that's how I wasted most of 1981-1984.....Atari's Kangaroo was one of my favorites as was an off-brand game called Amidar. Rampage also kicked ass.
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  • Posts: 5,756
    Oh jeez yes.
    Developed many crushes in arcades. :o

    What was the name of that game with the Knights or something???
    Prince Valiant????
    I loved! this guy one summer who played that game.
    le sigh.....
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Posts: 3,812
    I loved Space Invaders, Pac Man, Asteroids, and Pheonix.

    Arcades were no place for crushes :p
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • So Cal Posts: 12,091
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Oh jeez yes.
    Developed many crushes in arcades. :o

    What was the name of that game with the Knights or something???
    Prince Valiant????
    I loved! this guy one summer who played that game.
    le sigh.....

    I fell in love with my hubby when he was playing DigDug!!! :p
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Posts: 5,756
    jamie uk wrote:
    I loved Space Invaders, Pac Man, Asteroids, and Pheonix.

    Arcades were no place for crushes :p
    Speak for yourself.
    While you guys were busy playing, we were checking you out.

    Dig Dug????
    grr...that game drives me nuts!
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Posts: 3,812
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Speak for yourself.
    While you guys were busy playing, we were checking you out.

    Dig Dug????
    grr...that game drives me nuts!


    :o I'm not sure that ever happened where I lived :o

    Never heard of Dig Dug :confused:
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Posts: 17,117
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Speak for yourself.
    While you guys were busy playing, we were checking you out.


    true story...

    i rounded second base with a girl behind a mortal kombat video game we all rigged to play for free at a local bowling alley's arcade :p


    we were a bad bunch, we rigged all the games to play for free, we ran that place :cool:
  • Posts: 1,809
    afterburner!!
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  • Posts: 17,117
    spy hunter was AWESOME

    and i still love pac man :D
  • Posts: 6,952
    duuuuuuuuuude POLE POSITION was the best when it came out, my dad and i played it so much in the 80s.

    and what about that one with four trucks going around the dirt track? and there were 4 steering wheels that 4 people could play on?


    i loved turtles II arcade and the x-men too.
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  • Posts: 31,146
    tempest!
  • Posts: 1,758
    Does anyone remember 720? I used to love playing that game. Of course the graphics weren't as sophisticated as Tony Hawk's games, but it was still cool to me back in 1987. What about Space Ace and Dragon's Layer?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNh4DtYBBpQ&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cin-w3ZKt2U&feature=related

    Space Ace

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTgs2oHdKj0

    Dragon's Lair

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6s7f7Lp4bk&feature=related
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  • Posts: 2,262
    cutback wrote:
    tempest!

    First game I thought of too! Spent a lot of quarters on Battlezone, Sinistar, Tron, and Robotron too. Mrs. Merkinball would add Galaga to the list.
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  • Posts: 17,117
    NBA Live... the 2-on-2 game that NEVER had Jordan on the Bulls for some reason
  • Posts: 711
    Alladin's Castle, Iowa City, IA 1980. Ahhh memories of playing Journey's Escape, Food Fight, Tempest, Galaga and Tron.
    And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear
    And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without
    My best... friend. Wake up, to see you could have it all
  • Posts: 435
    run and get your quarters in.......
  • Posts: 585
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    I was always partial to pinball myself


    I apologize for forgetting pinball. So many great pinball machines.

    I have to admit, I do get depressed when I go to the mall and the closest thing they have to an arcade is a Dance Dance Revolution machine, that Deal or No Deal Game, and a bunch of claw machines.
    I love my female wife...
    we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
  • Posts: 10,736
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    Anyone else nostalgic for video arcades? A place to waste handfuls of quarters while our wives / girlfriends / mothers shopped at the mall. Sure you can find the old machines in a few places, but there hasn't been a new good game in eons, and full arcades are very scarce. Even if you go to a Dave and Busters (or some place like that), all the games are copyright 2001 or older.


    Some of my favorites: Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter II, NHL Open Ice 2 on 2, NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, The Simpsons, Ninja Turtles, Tetris, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Tekken, Golden Axe, Virtua Fighter.

    EDIT= almost forgot Double Dragon

    I used to spend SO much time playing Street Fighter while my chick frenz got their nails done nexxxt door and shopped. I LOVE playing Centepede!!!! Thats my game right there. Its rare to find these games anymore.
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  • West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Tron
    Dragon's Lair
    Karate Champ
    NBA Jams
    Gauntlet

    The nickel arcades were the best. Except for in high school when they'd kick us out for smelling like contraband :D
    NERDS!

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