POLL: favorite games per company

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Atari - Centipede
Bally Midway - Demolition Derby
Capcom - 1943
Cinematronics - ?
Data East - Heavy Barrel
Exidy - ?
Gottlieb - Q*bert
Midway - Ms. Pacman
Nintendo - Playchoice
Sega - Out Run
Stern - ?
Taito - Elevator Action
Tecmo - ?
Vectorbeam - ?
Williams - Defender

Keith

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Favorite versus signature games for that particular company...well for me
personally its:

Atari - Fire Truck (with both players playing)
Bally Midway - Tron
Capcom - SFII (but don't tell anybody)
Cinematronics - Dragon's Lair
Data East - Kung Fu Master
Exidy - Spectar
Gottlieb - Krull
Konami - Tutankham
Midway - Sea Wolf
Nintendo - Mario Bros
Sega - Champion Baseball (shhh..don't tell) or Congo Bongo
Stern - Berzerk
Taito - Gladiator (stop laughing)
Tecmo - <none>
Vectorbeam - Speed Freak
Williams - Robotron
Centuri - Phoenix

tim (NH)


<computerspacefan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124218138.194364.52500@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Ok there hasn't been a poll for a while so here goes. I was listing the
> companies I think were most influential in the coin operated video game
> market and my favorite games each company put out. Would you agree with
> my list? Other companies you think I should have?
>
> Atari - Asteroids or Pong, I'm leaning toward Asteroids
> Bally Midway - Space Invaders
> Capcom - Street Fighter II
> Cinematronics - Dragon's Lair
> Data East - Karate Champ
> Exidy - Venture
> Gottlieb - Q*bert
> Konami - Gyruss
> Midway - Pac-Man
> Nintendo - Donkey Kong
> Sega - Virtua Fighter
> Stern - Berzerk
> Taito - Bubble Bobble
> Tecmo - Dead or Alive
> Vectorbeam - Space War
> Williams - Defender
>
> I would have listed Kee Games but since they were a subsidary of Atari
> I don't know if they count as a separate company.
> I know SNK have done some really good games too but I just couldn't
> think what was their best in my opinion.
>

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Atari - Major Havoc
Capcom - Street Fighter II
Cinematronics - Space Ace
Data East - WTF
Exidy - Venture
Gottlieb - Screw Loose
Konami - Juno First
Midway - Pac-Man
Nintendo - Donkey Kong Jr.
Sega - Congo Bongo
Stern - Tutankham
Taito - Zoo Keeper
Tecmo - WTF
Vectorbeam - Warrior
Williams - Robotron

/b

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<computerspacefan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124218138.194364.52500@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Ok there hasn't been a poll for a while so here goes. I was listing the
> companies I think were most influential in the coin operated video game
> market and my favorite games each company put out. Would you agree with
> my list? Other companies you think I should have?
>
> Atari - Asteroids or Pong, I'm leaning toward Asteroids
> Bally Midway - Space Invaders
> Capcom - Street Fighter II
> Cinematronics - Dragon's Lair
> Data East - Karate Champ
> Exidy - Venture
> Gottlieb - Q*bert
> Konami - Gyruss
> Midway - Pac-Man
> Nintendo - Donkey Kong
> Sega - Virtua Fighter
> Stern - Berzerk
> Taito - Bubble Bobble
> Tecmo - Dead or Alive
> Vectorbeam - Space War
> Williams - Defender
>
> I would have listed Kee Games but since they were a subsidary of Atari
> I don't know if they count as a separate company.
> I know SNK have done some really good games too but I just couldn't
> think what was their best in my opinion.
>