gaming Your All-Time Favorite Classic Arcade Game(s)

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,284]

When arcades were all the rage, there were, as a result, tons of excellent arcade games created as a result, all the way 80's to the late 90's even, and more, so many classics were made in this timeframe. We should talk about these! What are some of YOUR favorite classic arcade games?

 

One of my all-time favorites is definitely Galaga, that game is so simple yet so incredibly addicting. The gameplay is wonderful and the sounds and music are all pure classic. 

[Megas 27,064]

Final Fight - Greatest Beat-'em-Up ever

 

[CaptainDoubloon 856]

I always enjoyed playing the Simpsons, X-men, and the TMNT at arcades. I bought the Simpsons game for my PS 3 in the store but it doesn't feel as fun playing it at home then in an arcade.

[Mothra 543]

I bought the Simpsons game for my PS 3 in the store but it doesn't feel as fun playing it at home then in an arcade.

 

 

I feel exactly the same, I remember sinking money into a machine at a holiday camp many years ago, never being able to beat that final level, and now, with it available at all times and not having to pay an extravagant amount of money for extra lives...should feel better, but the spark is definitely gone

Edited February 20, 2016 by Majora Mothra

[Stormlight 1,371]

The classic Pacman was my first and favorite arcade game. There used to be an old arcade machine that was placed inside the laundromat near where I lived. I would used to always waste quarters playing there when I'm able to.

[Mesme Rize 15,681]

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo remains for me the ultimate competitive Arcade game. All fighting games need to atleast try to reach the bar, that this game has set.

[King 5,625]

The old Time Crisis arcade games were awesome, especially since I was good at them.

 

[baba_booey 4,299]

The original Donkey Kong. It essentially started out my favorite game franchise and was pretty innovative for the time, plus it was a fun game in on itself.

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,827]

List of my favorite old arcade games:

-Time Crisis 2

-Time Crisis 3

-Crisis Zone

-Virtual Cop 3

 

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,298]

Donkey Kong and Galaga; though most of my experience with either of them was on subsequent releases to home console.

[Celtore 2,769]

Rampage was always fun, even though I wasnt that good at it. I always played as godzilla.

[Gernia 690]

House of the Dead (series), Time Crisis (series), Hydro Thunder, NFL Blitz, and San Francisco Rush 2049. Good memories with those games.

[Spark Thunderbass 1,395]

I'm a huge fan of Daytona USA. Best arcade racing game ever.

[Cash In 21,511]

Original Pac-Man, since it had such a huge impact on video games as a whole. It's still pretty fun, but hard to master.

[CypherHoof 26,479]

pacman, originally - later on mag max, bagman, then as a student four-player games like badlands or gauntlet.

metal slug is cool, too, and at a recent BSides I was reminded of how badly out of practice I am at bombjack...

[TBD 17,228]

House of the Dead, Street fighter, and Tekken

[Buttonmash1973 1,024]

When I was a teen in the 1980's I played the arcade games on the Danish ferries.

[Dreambiscuit 8,024]

There was a Star Wars game where you flew an X-wing through increasingly difficult attack runs on the Death Star. I don't know if it had a specific name aside from 'Star Wars' but it was fun, especially if you got to play one with the motion-simulator seat. 

I also like Tempest, and Dragon's Lair, even though I always found the latter extremely difficult to play. 

[Ganondorf8 11,118]

Mine would be 'Pitfall' and 'Pac-Land' both released for arcades back in 1984. Did I play them? Not really but I did watch others play them back in those days and I got to re-experience them through YouTube via playthrough videos.