We still have the power to turn a major American city upside down, so don't get too cocky, humans.
Posted on 02/09/2007 8:56:25 AM PST by qam1
My games were Phoenix, Dig Dug, and Tempest. I wasn't very good at them, since my eye hand coordination sucks, but there was something very social and safe (while fulfilling the need to feel like you were walking on the wild side) about them.
I remember walking past an arcade in Boston a few years ago and was surprised, thinking that the concept of arcades had gone the way of the 8 Track and pet rock. Apparently, it was just a gang hangout in Downtown Crossing. Looked seedy and unpleasant, so I wasn't surprised.
The full ROM set is pretty easy to get with Bittorent.
I still remember the first time time I ever completed Dragon's Lair at the local bowling alley surrounded by a cheering crowd of at least twenty. Great memories.
I was a military brat, so our arcade was the base bowling alley at the drill hall. I wonder how many hours I spent there. Cool article.
The local mall had an arcade and a bank branch side by side.
Myself and 2 other kids played Gauntlet through a bank robbery completely oblivious to what was going on around us.
Remember that day whenever I fire up the gauntlet ROM.
That game was TOUGH. Had to play while flying at a 45-degree angle across the screen. It sure taught spatial coordination and judgement!
The joy of Xevious was always the music. I've found "Firepower 2000" for the SNES to be an adequate substitute...(but then again, I have the cheat codes.)
If I'd put my quarters into a savings account, I could pay off my mortgage right now! Oh, man, I can remember an arcade that had "$7 night" on Fridays from 5 pm- midnight, and I NEVER left there thinking I didn't get my money's worth.
My brothers had an Atari 2600 in 1980, but it just was NOT the same as the arcade sights/sounds. (I still take my 14 y/o daughter to a local "arcade", but their games suck. I'd rather play air hockey.)
I think I played that one time...that was a quarter-sucking machine!
Galaga was one of my faves. But when they came out with Street Fighter II, I played the heck out of that, and I was an adult at the time...if they still made good games, I'd still play 'em!
I miss BATTLEZONE - driving a tank around a vector-graphics landscape, blasting the hell out of the enemy!
Good times...
Moon Patrol was my favorite. I wish I could find it for PC. I suggested to game Tap that they try to get it. The best thing about Game Tap is all the old arcade game from the 80's.
That's kinda sick, dude.
My favorite game to play at the arcade where I went to college was Gauntlet. Wasted many an hour there trying to get past all the wraiths and get that ferschlugganah turkey leg! LOL
It's a very cool clone/update of Battlezone.
"Elf needs food, bad!"
Hence the awe ...
Ahhh, Tempest.
I remember spending hours and hours on that game.
Pole Position, Pac Man, Donkey Kong were some of my favorites. I also had all of those games with my Atari 2600.
We still have the power to turn a major American city upside down, so don't get too cocky, humans.
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