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Wasting all your pocket money
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 13:51
by Black Shuck
It makes me want to cry when I think about the decline in popularity of arcade machines. Back in the early eighties, there wasn't a chippy in England that didn't have a permanent queue of scruffy youths waiting impatiently to throw away all their loose change.
your go only lasted about twenty seconds cos the games were so f**king hard, but what what the hey...
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 13:54
by Scardwel
Wot no 'Defender' or 'Asteroids'
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:00
by hallucienate
Double Dragon, I used to be able to finish it without losing a life
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:04
by randdebiel²
afterburner....and space harrier.....I both almost finished them...and r-type, just the same....
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:12
by Quiff Boy
"Out Run" had the classiest tunes
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:19
by Black Shuck
Scardwel wrote:Wot no 'Defender' or 'Asteroids'
Just for you, Scardwell, I've altered two of the options.
Since there is a maximun of ten choices, I had to pick the most iconic games; it was uber hard to narrow the list down - I'd have liked to have included R-type, Ghouls n Ghosts etc. I Had to just pick the ALL TIME ARCADE DADDIES.
hallucienate wrote:Double Dragon, I used to be able to finish it without losing a life
Show-off. I bet you kept cheating by using that 'elbow' attack all the time.
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:49
by hallucienate
Black Shuck wrote:hallucienate wrote:Double Dragon, I used to be able to finish it without losing a life
Show-off. I bet you kept cheating by using that 'elbow' attack all the time.
elbow, elbow, headlock, knee in the gut, knee in the gut, throw over the shoulder, next!
My altime favourite arcade game was a top-down motorcycle ralley game had you racing through different cities against cars and bikes. I can't remember the name now though
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 14:54
by hallucienate
Hang on, it's
Rally Bike
Many hours of my young life spent playing it. many, many hours.
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:24
by Quiff Boy
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:24
by zaltys7
Hello all
for all you old style gameing nuts out there.........................
www.games.lapoo.com.
Cheers
Paul
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:31
by elguiri
Wot, no "missile command"..................
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:36
by hallucienate
i remember that one! Never played it too much though.
Now, the obvious question. Anyone know how to get hold of ROMs for MAME?
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:45
by randdebiel²
I used to have it on my atari st
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 15:53
by zaltys7
randdebiel² wrote:I used to have it on my atari st
I've still got my atari, in its box with about 30 games
Dont ask why, I cant even remember what games I'v got, except the classics of course.
Paul
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 16:17
by randdebiel²
zaltys7 wrote:
I've still got my atari, in its box with about 30 games
Dont ask why, I cant even remember what games I'v got, except the classics of course.
Paul
mine broke down a few years back
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 16:18
by Quiff Boy
hallucienate wrote:
i remember that one! Never played it too much though.
Now, the obvious question. Anyone know how to get hold of ROMs for MAME?
yep.... leave it with me...
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 18:46
by Izzy HaveMercy
On another note: the first pinball game I ever played:
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 19:29
by James Blast
IZZY! YES!!!!!
I spent most of my last 2 years at art school pumping my grant into that beastie!
Thanks for the memory
Blast
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 22:01
by Black Shuck
elguiri wrote:Wot, no "missile command"..................
aargh!
Posted: 18 Nov 2003, 23:54
by Thrash Harry
Could never get the hang of arcade games but I had a mate who was addicted to Missile Command. I got a degree in Eight Ball Deluxe pinball from Leeds University Student Union though. And spent far too much time playing Digger and Labyrinth when I got my first job in computers.
Posted: 19 Nov 2003, 00:05
by Planet Dave
That Gorgor looks like a beaut. Creature From The Black Lagoon, Indiana Jones, Star Trek and Judge Dredd were my faves, from memory. All were hammered relentlessly in The Drydock in the early ninties, when I should've been in Kitson College learning about hearts. Ah well.
Dave
Posted: 19 Nov 2003, 01:05
by mugabe
Gorgar was the first speaking pinball machine. German speed-metallers Helloween even made a song about it, btw.
Nice to know that one's brain is filled up with all this useful information.
Posted: 19 Nov 2003, 01:52
by Padstar
Satr wars without a doubt......
Wire frame galactic magnificence.
The TRON arcade game was brilliant also ....
Gorf.... Galaxians.... R Type
Paddy.
Posted: 19 Nov 2003, 09:34
by Planet Dave
mugabe wrote:Gorgar was the first speaking pinball machine. German speed-metallers Helloween even made a song about it, btw.
Nice to know that one's brain is filled up with all this useful information.
Ha! Sussed it. All by me lonesome.
Helloween clearly know what's what. Wespect!
Dave
Posted: 19 Nov 2003, 10:56
by Silver_Owl
Don't they all seem twee now?
I voted for outrun by the way. Used to like the blonde bird.