Arcade games - name your favorites

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coloumb

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Tempest
Frogger
Donkey Kong Jr
Pacman [studied patterns so I could play all day on 1 quarter]
MS pacman
 

MotionMan

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Galaga. Nothing beats Galaga.

Everything after Galaga is fail.

I use to enter and win Galaga tournaments as a pre- and young-teen.

Even at 40-something, I still can make a quarter last longer than I will ever again have time to stand in front of the machine.

About two years ago, I was in trial out of town and went to a fancy dinner at a Shakey's. After finishing my meal, I saw they had a Galaga machine. I played the first quarter until I had the high score, then let myself die out. Rinse and repeat until I had all the high scores. I played the last quarter until I had a high score double the second place score, died out and left.

Ah, the small pleasures of life.

MotionMan
 

Possessed Freak

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I was always a sucker for Pinball machines. A pool hall I went to used to have 20 or so in the back room. That's where all my quarters ended up.
 

MotionMan

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I was always a sucker for Pinball machines. A pool hall I went to used to have 20 or so in the back room. That's where all my quarters ended up.

My brother was the same way in college. When I would visit, we would always end up at some pinball hall.

Booor-rrring.

MotionMan
 
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UberNeuman

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Q*bert, Gyruss, Joust, Berserk, Bosconian and Donkey Kong and loved pinball machines, mainly Meteor, Black Knight and Lethal Weapon and Star Wars...

\god, I miss a good game of pinball...
 

TXHokie

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Spy Hunter -that music drained quite a few quarters of mine. Gotta play the arcade version with the steering wheel.
 

JechtShot

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Gauntlet Legends, All the Mortal Kombats, All the Street-Fighters, Samurai Showdown, Killer Instinct, Cruisn'USA, Jet Moto, and much more. I miss those days....

Edit: How could I forget Raiden I and II and Aerofighters...I played those the most.
 

Squisher

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Battlezone and Donkey Kong

I once played Battlezone for about an hour and a half on one quarter. I looked up after dieing and all the lights were off in the arcade and the owner was standing there watching me with a broom in his hand and said, "great game". My 15 minutes of fame. :D
 

bobsmith1492

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Ho what was it called... you drive around a little robot and rescue people, while shooting bad guys.

Or osterich jousting! We played both of those in the lab computers back in HS - 2 player, awesome times!
 

ranmaniac

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Donkey Kong Jr.
Dig Dug
Golden Axe
TMNT
Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
Terminator 2