Original "stand up" video games.

[Seth1968]

I was 15 years old...

Pacman:

- Found a book that deciphered the Pacman algorithm, studied, applied, and became a GOD to every other Mac's Milk's children that waited in line before me.

- Made "quarter" slugs in high school machine shop class that the early video games would take. Fellow class mates were like, "WTF are you doing on the band saw instead of making the cannon like our teacher told us to".

Galaga:

Something like avoid all fire to the enemy, and by the third stage the enemy never fires back.

Good times.

I ended up getting into computer hacking when video games became to complex to be fun. I peaked at the original NES, and balked at the "new" 3D" version of Zelda.

I've got many cool stories about those early stand up video games.

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[TorqueDog]

My favourite was always The Simpsons arcade game. Loved that one.

[Vagabond142]

X-Men Arcade :D

[AE92_TreunoSC]

^^ any 4 player co-op game was awesome

[95teetee]

I used to go play Battlezone in the afternoon sometimes (had spares for the whole PM in the first semester of grade 11:D ).
High scores, iirc, were usually in the 40-50,000 range. One day I pop a quarter in and it racks up 16 million as my starting score, instead of 0. I play for a while and end up with like 16,020,000.
The guy waiting for me was usually the high scorer- I can still picture the look on his face when he looked from the 16 million back to me when I gave him the machine:rofl:

[403Gemini]

In high school I probably dumped $10-$20 on gauntlet weekly (the 3d one that was out around 2000).

That and Marvel vs Capcom 2...

[sillysod]

Neo Geo Metal Slug.... and Lethal Enforcers.

[big A]

Tron or Donkey Kong at Wizards Castle in Marlborough Mall.

[Guillermo]

double dragon, road blasters, and spy hunter were my favorties at the roller skating rink.

they had donkey kong jr. at the bar/restaurant by our cottage, and i played that too but it was already pretty old school by the time i became interested in video games.

[D'z Nutz]

Ever battle monsters in your underwear? I did. A LOT!

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Funny nobody's mentioned Street Fighter 2 yet. I thought this place was full of fobs.

[Gary@UrbanX]

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Contra_NES_ScreenShot1.jpg

I played this so much when I was a kid that I could wrap the game with one quarter!

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by big A
Tron or Donkey Kong at Wizards Castle in Marlborough Mall.

Wasn't Wizard's Castle in Sunridge and Market? Marlborough was Laser Illusions.


I'M SOOOOO OLD!! :cry:

[sputnik]

Gauntlet and Spy Hunter

[n1zm0]

there was a wizards castle at Southcenter too, that's where i used to spend upwards of $10 on House of the Dead 1 in JH, then it got to the point when we could beat it on $1 consistently, then you had $9 to buy an Orange Julius hotdog and a strawberry smoothie. Also lots and lots of time crisis 1 and jurassic park - the booth kind.

Area 51, Virtua Cop, Metal slug, asteroids with the brightness all the way up and you'd get a headache like Virtual boy. i spent 50cents on Spy Hunter every morning waiting for the bus inside Family leisure center in JH.

4 player WrestleMania, TMNT Arcade.


as for sitting down, i know they had a standing up version but anyone remember this?:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/105/1057035970.jpg

and of course all the racing stuff like sega rally, ferrari challenge, crazy taxi, Sanfran Rush, i even played nascar because of the force feedback - remember that? sooo real!!! lol

edit: also those Neo Geo 6 games in one

[D'z Nutz]

Haha oh yeah, Spy Hunter was awesome.


Anyone remember Dragon's Lair? It was like you were controlling a cartoon and as a kid, that was pretty exciting at the time.

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[Vagabond142]

Here's another one I played in my childhood:

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They only had the full stand up cabinet here in Calgary, would have loved to play it on either the sit down or full "motorbike rider" machines.

Another great, SUPER hard to beat:

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And to REALLY show my age.... this is one of the first arcade games I ever played, with the SIMPLEST music that still sticks with me to this day XD

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[403Gemini]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Haha oh yeah, Spy Hunter was awesome.


Anyone remember Dragon's Lair? It was like you were controlling a cartoon and as a kid, that was pretty exciting at the time.

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:thumbsup: I sucked terribly as a kid so my dad would play it.

I also remember playing Aliens a lot with my dad

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I also remember revolution x or terminator arcade game

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I also remember when I lived in Stettler for 5 years, there was also like a "hallow gram" type video game, where it was somewhat like dragons lair but with real life actors and you were a cowboy or something... anybody remember this game?

edit: Found it! Time Traveler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Traveler_%28video_game%29

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[Guillermo]

Originally posted by Gary@UrbanX
http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Contra_NES_ScreenShot1.jpg

I played this so much when I was a kid that I could wrap the game with one quarter!

oh yea, i totally forgot about Contra. that was the other big one when i was a kid.

[SmAcKpOo]

Anyone have or planning to build a MAME box?

[Vagabond142]

Originally posted by SmAcKpOo
Anyone have or planning to build a MAME box?

Group build? (vs group buy XD)

[SmAcKpOo]

Well, I have my cabinet specced out and the PC built and running MAME + front end. I just need to figure out button configuration and whether or not I will buy a prebuilt keypad/joystick setup.


Will probably end up building the box during Easter weekend.

[Despair*]

My absolute favorite stand up arcade game was Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows Over Mystara

The game was epic!

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Despair*
My absolute favorite stand up arcade game was Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows Over Mystara

The game was epic!

Yes, man that game was so freakin awesome :D

[OriginalGoods]

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 !

[tictactoe2004]

Originally posted by SmAcKpOo
Anyone have or planning to build a MAME box?

Yes, it's almost done.

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by tictactoe2004


Yes, it's almost done.

Got pics? :D

[Spoons]

Originally posted by Vagabond142
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They made a remake of this on Xbox Live. It's actually pretty fun.

[BigShow]

Originally posted by SmAcKpOo
Anyone have or planning to build a MAME box?

I have tons and TONS of Rom's saved if you or anyone is looking for a particular game to throw into their MAME setup.

[Guillermo]

I think there was a member on here 4 or 5 years ago who had a mame box, and had pictures of it and stuff on here. I can't remember who it was, though.

i would love to have one, but I wouldn't build one until I move and buy a house LOL. no sense in building it in a condo (3 stories up) and then just having to sell it or ship it across the continent when i move.

would love to see some pics, etc. of your guys' builds!

[Seth1968]

I'm the OP. Thanks for the replies.

Here's a couple of other old school arcade games:

QIX:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/118/11812421558.png

TEMPEST:

http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/t/tempest.png

Another way I used to try and get free games was by crazy gluing a piece of sewing thread to the edge of a quarter. I could get the credit, but the quarter wouldn't come back out due to a one way flap. Those bastards thought of everything!

I can imagine the look on the guys face when he emptied the machines at my local Mac's store. Among the regular quarters, he would have found found an assortment of washers, machined slugs, and quarters with thread glued to them:D

[tictactoe2004]

Originally posted by 403Gemini


Got pics? :D

I'll post some pics once I get home, I'm out of town right now.

[teknical]

Space Invaders, Simpsons and Golden Axe were some of my favorites.

Anyone been to the Chinook theatre lately? I spent so much money on this game :nut:
http://www.itzusa.com/euless/images/terminatorgame.jpg

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by teknical
Space Invaders, Simpsons and Golden Axe were some of my favorites.

Anyone been to the Chinook theatre lately? I spent so much money on this game :nut:
http://www.itzusa.com/euless/images/terminatorgame.jpg

I saw video gameplay of that while I was looking up the old Terminator arcade game and holy balls does that look awesome!

[OriginalGoods]

Area 51 was good too, same with tokyo tank battles in the airport.

[rage2]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Funny nobody's mentioned Street Fighter 2 yet. I thought this place was full of fobs.
I was the master of the guile glitches. 4 combo magic throw, opponent doesn't have a chance!

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When I got bored and wanted to leave, I'd do the guile reboot glitch and shut the whole machine down haha.

And Mame stand up machines? We have one at work. I'm prob going to build one for my garage too, so I can smoke and play just like in the old days haha.

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/rage2amg/1bd11cf2.jpg

[Jeremiah]

Anyone remember die hard arcade? That game was so much fun

[Hakkola]

I probably spent the most money on the punisher arcade game at Southland Leisure Center, that game was awesome.

There was also some shooting game with pistols that I played in the early-mid 90's, it came out for a console as well, I can't remember what the name of it was though.
I did a search, Lethal Enforcers! Video is for SNES but whatever.
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[403Gemini]

Originally posted by Jeremiah
Anyone remember die hard arcade? That game was so much fun

Yeah dude, one of the first action arcade games to have quick time events (not including games like dragons lair of course lol).

[Skyline_Addict]

Holy shit this thread blows my mind

[SmAcKpOo]

Rage, who built that MAME box?

That is probably one of the cleanest control setups I have seen.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by rage2
And Mame stand up machines? We have one at work. I'm prob going to build one for my garage too, so I can smoke and play just like in the old days haha.

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/rage2amg/1bd11cf2.jpg

What kind of screen do you have in that cabinet?

I have been wanting to build one for a while now, but really have no interest in wiring up a Wells Gardner.

[Jeremiah]

Originally posted by 403Gemini


Yeah dude, one of the first action arcade games to have quick time events (not including games like dragons lair of course lol).

I had a sega saturn, and I wanted that game so bad for my birthday, I think my mom called every department store in Canada and no one had it! - I was so upset, but I have since found it and played it on my PC with my xbox controller, not the same but still so much fun