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Favorite Video Game

Postby Quite Life » Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:00 pm

OK gang what was your all time favorite video game ever....
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Postby beatschool » Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:03 pm

Burger Time.
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Postby Justj0hn » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:09 pm

Q*Bert

plus:Mr. Do, Xevius, Galaga, Gyruss, Tempest, Marble Madness, Crystal Castles, Food Fight, Bomb Jack...

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Postby 2Nu » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:36 pm

Time Pilot- Would get about 30 - 45 minutes out of a quarter and place somewhere in the top 3 [:D]

<IMG SRC="http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/images/T/cTime_Pilot.jpg"

Also loved Tempest & Zaxxon

For those who want to see their cherished video arcade machine and game screen shots

http://www.klov.com/index.php

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Postby Frau_Blucher » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:34 pm

Tempest! Crazy advanced stuff for 1981? 1982?
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Postby buffalochipz » Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:19 am

Kick Man, because it was the only game I truly excelled at. If you don't remember, Kick Man was a clown on a unicycle who had to catch or pop falling balloons with his head without them touching the ground. You could kick them back up if they were about to reach the bottom. There were also Pacmans who would come down and eat the balloons you collected on your head and bombs to avoid getting hit by. I RULED this game.

Best video game memory: The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scattered throughout the park were giant circus tents filled with every video game imaginable. Row after row after row of them. Each tent had about 25 Zaxxons, 25 Froggers and 30 or more Pacmans lined up. I must have spent a years worth of allowlance in that place. This was, as far as I'm concerned, the peak year for video games in the U.S. because it was before most people had home gaming systems. The games were also better because they were simpler and weren't all fighting/karate like they are now.
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Postby dcs84 » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:15 am

Pooyan. I remember being on holiday in Greece in about 1983 and we were getting Mcdonalds, only it wasn't. It was this sneeky little Greasy (excuse the pun) Greek take away that had forged the big M on the outside of their little kiosk. Anywho all was redeemed as they had the ubiquitous cabinet in the corner with a Pooyan game in it.

Pooyan was the game where the little Pigs had a pig in a basket who could be raised or lowered on a pulley system. The enemy were wolves who blew bubbles and descended from a tree. You, the pig, had to shoot them or their bubbles. I only played this game on a proper cabinet the one time, but have reserved a spot,for it, at the table of my most sacred memories ever since.
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Postby nowhere girl » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:05 am

I know it is an 80s cliche, but I still like Pac-Man and Ms. Pac Man, and Frogger. I also like Solitaire and a bowling game.

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Postby MikeP » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:20 am

Boy, was I an arcade junkie back then. My faves (too many):
Donkey Kong
Pac Man
Xevious
Galaga
Tempest
Tron
Mr. Do
Dig Dug
Tutankham
Qix
Q-Bert
Scramble
Sinistar
Elevator Action
Spy Hunter
Time Pilot
Gyruss
Marble Madness
Rygar
Ghosts and Goblins

I'm sure many of you are aware of the <a href="http://www.mame.net" target="new">M.A.M.E. (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) project</a> that's been going on for some time now. It allows you to play exact replicas of the coin-op games on your computer, as well as the classic console games. The whole game ROM trading thing is one of those shady areas like MP3 trading, but I imagine you can still find many of them.
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Postby Sean » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:36 am

CENTIPEDE!!!
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Postby Panorama » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:55 am

Gravitar
Also Tempest, Donkey Kong Junior, Gyruss, Q*bert, (I own these 5 games) -- Jr. Pac-Man, Elevator Action, etc... I play a lot of games in Mame too.

visit my Gravitar site
http://www.cooganphoto.com/gravitar/
- dedicated to the 1982 Atari classic video arcade game Gravitar.
Hints and playing tips with screen captures, etc. included...
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Postby fritzb » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:36 am

As far as video games go, I never really liked the arcade video games (too little bang for the buck). I was strictly a pinball guy back in the day... some would even say <I>Pinball Wizard[/i]. I could play pinball for hours on a single quarter and leave the machine with free credits on it when I got tired of playing. I now have my own arcade pinball machine in my rec room, so I don't even need that first quarter. [:p]

Some of you may know, I'm an avid PC gamer. A few of my all time favs are Tomb Raider, Age Of Empires, and above all Unreal Tournament. [8D]
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Postby Darkwave » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:52 am

You guy's remember the Galaga stop shooting trick ?
What about that finger destroying "track n field" game.
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:05 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Darkwave[/i]
<br>You guy's remember the Galaga stop shooting trick ?
What about that finger destroying "track n field" game.
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LOL, what the hell was that track and field game? Our trick was a ruler that we'd leverage between our fingers so the tension would allow us tap as rapidly as possible. My buddy and roomate at the time, Brady Anderson, was the all-time champ around our parts. Makes sense since he went on to be the Orioles center fielder for about 10 years!
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Postby Darkwave » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:24 am

Here it is.
Just looking at it make my fingers soar.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10180

Remember this cheesy classic
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... me_id=8280

LOL.
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