Your fave arcade machines that you love but never see anymore

GameBoyGeek

I just got to thinking about this and was wondering what everyone's fave arcade machines were. I mean the ones you love so much that no matter where you are, when you see them you have to stop and pop a quarter in.

Mine would have to be:

Ninja turtles either of them

Xmen

The Simpsons

pole position 

double dragon.

Mr.Nintendo

Time Pilot, my fave and 1942 is good on arcade too, but spent my fare share of quarters on street fighter arcade too.

Laserman

My favorites at the skating rink I went to from about 1987-1995 were Frogger and Ms. Pac-Man. I very rarely play those games now but I can't even guess how many quarters I dropped into those games. My other favorite from that era was Gauntlet at the gas station 2 blocks from my house.

Nindo

I always loved Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga machines because of the free play glitch on Galaga.

RpgCollector

Mr.Do Played it at 7-11 waiting for the bus to Jr. High. It was replaced by Super Off Road wile waiting for the bus to high school.

Retrogradio

I loved Tempest when I was around 10. My grandmother was a favorite customer of two gay guys who ran a seafood restaurant. Whenever I went there with her, they'd give me rolls of free quarters and let me play their arcade games for free all night. I played Tempest mostly. They also had a Pengo cabinet and that was pretty awesome too.



At the local hockey rink, there was a Popeye cabinet I never got sick of. It's such a simple but addictive game.



At the corner store, everyone flocked to the Super Mario Bros. cabinet but I played the Cloak & Dagger game a lot more. This one has sadly gone mostly forgotten and that's a darned shame. For a game made in 1983, it had some pretty good cutscene graphics. Here's a video if you've never seen this game:







The bowling alley had Snow Bros. and believe you me, I probably dumped a year's worth of allowance money into that thing. I got to level 70-something once before running out of quarters. It was somehow much easier in the arcade than the NES version is.



And there's S.T.U.N. Runner, an early 3-D racing game, like a precursor to Wipeout. It was great for its time and I played a few rounds each time I visited the mall.

slimdiggie

NBA JAM.. it also helps when I own one and I don't need quarters

removed04092017

Defender, Stargate, Joust.....all other williams games, Jail Break, Tempest, and thats about it.

Berserker

Mainly anything fighting besides Mortal Kombat.

Living relatively close to the famous Funspot, I can say I'm pretty lucky.

Although, the only fighters they have are MK 1-3, which is dumb.

And they're missing 6-player X-Men. Other than that, I've got no qualms.

Bea_Iank

Growl (Runark)

Pit Fighter

Double Dragon



I miss those ones dearly.

knightriderce

I remember when Street Fighter hit the arcades, my friends and I were nuts for it. Tekken was the same story shortly after that.

StanJr

Mr. Do! and Mr. Do!'s Rollercoaster ALWAYS got play.



Wow, I had forgotten all about Cloak and Dagger! Did they ever play that on Starcade?

Sticky

4 Player Spider-Man, and 100 Mile Rally (I think it's called.)

fatalfuryspecial

street fighter 2 champ. edition

terminator 2: judgement day

smash tv

double dragon

nintendo vs. series

MrClutch

Speed Rumbler was my favorite arcade game when I was younger. The only place that had it was 400 miles away so I only played it a few different times.



Then I got older and bought it, now it rots away in my garage.

GameBoyScotty

Frontline comes to mind. The one like Ikari Warriors kinda, but it had an 8 way steel dial for shooting. Dragon's Lair and Space Ace definitely deserve mention. Also, my best bud growing up, had the football game, with the X's and O's, that you would constantly pinch your fingers on the trackball, that game rocked. But, in all manners, MKII was the pinnacle for me, and I'm 36. When that game came out, I was hooked. I was the dude, that when I was playing, chumps would line up, and wastefully drop coin, only to be sat down by me. I was (and still am) the master of that game, and Time Killers, for when I was on a break from destroying peeps with Shang Tsung.

Tanooki

Super Dodgeball. If I knew I could maintain one and store it, I'd have one. It's hard, it's fun, and it's both because the game after round one is entirely random in how the AI reacts. Each round throws +1 big guy to take down, yet the clock remains at 3min to clear em all or fail. Big guys and fatass shorties can catch/throw power shots, little dudes can not and all YOU get is 3 weenies and a big guy. Skills required.

renodakota

Anytime i see a metal slug cab i have to play. the 6 player widescreen xmen is another you don't see enough. i also cannot pass up the simpsons or donkey kong

elhector

Strider

Willow

Quartet

Street Fighter II Turbo

World Heroes

Ms Pac Man



Any time I see any of those I've got to pop some quarters in.

JohnnyPhantom

---Upright Arcade Machines---

CarnEVIL

Ms Pac-man

Bust-a-move

Simpsons

MJ's Moonwalker

The Real Ghostbusters

Marvel vs Capcom 1 or 2

Donkey Kong Jr



---Pinball---

Theater of Magic

Addams Family

Nightmare on Elm Street

Twilight Zone

elhector

Originally posted by: JohnnyPhantom

---Upright Arcade Machines---
CarnEVIL
Ms Pac-man
Bust-a-move
Simpsons
MJ's Moonwalker
The Real Ghostbusters
Marvel vs Capcom 1 or 2
Donkey Kong Jr

---Pinball---
Theater of Magic
Addams Family
Nightmare on Elm Street
Twilight Zone

I had totally forgotten about the arcade version of Moonwalker.  It was much better than the Sega Genesis version

Austin

Pretty much anything that is half-decent. We don't have many arcade machines around here, so when I see one, regardless of what it is, I try to play it. Some favorites I'd love to run into though: Primal Rage, Mortal Kombat II, Raiden, TMNT, The Simpsons, Killer Instinct 1 or 2, and Strider.

TheMegaman

Rolling Thunder and Popeye!

Diamante Loco

Alot of ones that I like have been mentioned. Sunset Riders is an interesting beat-em-up too. As far as modern cabinets go, I'd love to have a Mario Kart Arcade and Pac-Man Battle Royale cabinet locally. Only thing you can find in downtown Charleston is a couple Golden Tee machine and one Ms Pac Man/Galaga machine. WV SUCKS when it comes to arcades...

elhector

Originally posted by: g_block

Alot of ones that I like have been mentioned. Sunset Riders is an interesting beat-em-up too. As far as modern cabinets go, I'd love to have a Mario Kart Arcade and Pac-Man Battle Royale cabinet locally. Only thing you can find in downtown Charleston is a couple Golden Tee machine and one Ms Pac Man/Galaga machine. WV SUCKS when it comes to arcades...

I should have put Sunset Riders on my list too   The SNES port is pretty good.

RASK1904

Black Tiger, Forgotten Worlds, Time pilot, Moon Patrol.

GameBoyGeek

Does anyone remember or has anyone played Bucky O' Hare for the arcade? I didn't even know there was one until i recently came across one.

WaverBoy

I would love to own the following arcade machines, four absolutely classic games, none of which can really be done justice on emulators without using custom-made expensive control panels:



Star Wars

Tempest

Krull (THIS is one of the greatest arcade games EVER, and the convenience store a few blocks away from my house had it; never saw it in an actual arcade)

Tron

S.T.U.N. Runner

GameBoyGeek

Wave I think I know a place that has a tempest for sale if your interested.

iressivor

Final Fight, Double Dragon, Street Fighter II, Combatribes.

WaverBoy

Originally posted by: GameBoyGeek

Wave I think I know a place that has a tempest for sale if your interested.

Aw man, I appreciate that, but unfortunately I have no room for it!  I don't even have room for lots of NES cartridges, hence my beloved PowerPak!