What were or still are,your favorite arcade games and why?

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lav111@hotmail.com wrote in news:1113449989.030142.195790
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> What were (or still are) your favorite arcade games you liked playing
> and please say why, whether you played them in an arcade, or played
> (or still play) them at home on your PC occasionally.
>
>

Missile Command, Dig-Dug, Breakout

Gandalf Parker

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"Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in message
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> Missile Command, Dig-Dug, Breakout
>
> Gandalf Parker





Ahhhhh Missile Command (my all-time favourite). I remember being in a race
with two other neighborhood children, to be the high scorer in our local
shop. I finally won when I reached 800,000 and the machine just started
giving 6 free cities for every turn after that, even if you didn't play. We
let it run up to 1 billion to see what happened (it reverted back to zero),
then turned the machine off. Never played it again after that.


Qix was another favourite which I still play today (old PC conversion). I
also still play "Night Mission Pinball".



Richard

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"rlsuth" <rlsuth@comcast.net> wrote in news:6sCdnRJEDsF6TcPfRVn-
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> Qix was another favourite which I still play today (old PC conversion).

QIX! I remember Qix. Loved that game.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.ph [...] me_id=9185

Gandalf Parker
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My old time game was "Pac-Man" on Atari but now I am absolutley GA GA
about Breakout Games(arkanoid).I search the web for ALL styles ( free
ones are the best :-)
CAT!

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My old time game was "Pac-Man" on Atari but now I am absolutley GA GA
about Breakout Games(arkanoid).I search the web for ALL styles ( free
ones are the best :-)
CAT!

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Nemisis and Rygar have to rank in my top ten. Used to cane nemisis
and rygar was so much fun.

King of Boxer was also another fav, Dr Doh, Bubble Bobble, Double
Dragon (don't know why but used to play this a lot)

the overhead car game with four cars and you picked up golden
spanners.

Some sci fi game where you were a cartoon space ship but the battles
used to happen with film backgrounds (back in the 80's the machine was
about)

Never got on with Wonder Boy, Operation Wolf, Paperboy etc



lav111@hotmail.com wrote in message news:<1113449989.030142.195790@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>...
> What were (or still are) your favorite arcade games you liked playing
> and please say why, whether you played them in an arcade, or played
> (or still play) them at home on your PC occasionally.

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you didnt list any yourself

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lav111@hotmail.com wrote in news:1113449989.030142.195790
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> What were (or still are) your favorite arcade games you liked playing
> and please say why, whether you played them in an arcade, or played
> (or still play) them at home on your PC occasionally.
>

I liked Joust - Damn good game and absolutely unique game play.
Played it alot in arcades, tried it on the PC but is just wasn't the same
without a big joystick in one hand, and a button to mash like mad for the
other.
You really have to mash that button to get the dude to fly good - Something
that just isn't possible with a thumb.