what are your favorite old school video games

[lola desire]

life was sooooo simple then...

q-bert
space invaders
ms. pac man

AND

tetris (all time favorite)

['Magic' Juan]

ATARI:

Pac-Man

Asteroids

Mr Do

Berzerk

Pitfall

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NINTENDO:

Mario Bros

Elevator Action

Tetris

Zelda

Metroid

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TurboGrafx-16

All 3 Bonk's Adventure's KICK ASS!!

**********

Playstation ...

I will get one soon.

magic_juan

[Fletch]

I had InTellevision, so:

1) Astrosmash!
2) Lock-n-Chase
3) Basketball
4) Baseball

[ December 04, 2003, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: Fletch ]

[Jamie 3:26]

Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Gyruss(sp) was also a game I could play for hours.

[VEESTER]

Pole Position
Ms. Pac Man
Dig Dug
Tempest
Pitfall
Dragonslayer

[upliftdisco365]

Pleades
Jungle Hunt
Donkey Kong/Congorilla
10-Yard-Fight
Asteroids
Burger Time
Dig-Dug

[Ish]

Originally posted by Magic Juan:


***********

TurboGrafx-16

All 3 Bonk's Adventure's KICK ASS!!

**********


magic_juan Damn, I thought I was tyhe onyl kid ever to have that system. I ordered it strait from japan and couldn't read anything but got it to work

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[kev]

http://www.handmark.com/images/products/92/joust_ss.gif

Joust

http://www.handmark.com/images/products/92/sinistar_ss.gif

Sinistar

[DaveR]

PONG ! ... head-head, or handball

I had this unit graemlins/cheering.gif

http://www.pong-story.com/pics/type.jpg

[ December 04, 2003, 12:56 PM: Message edited by: DaveR ]

[MC]

Asteroids
Defender
Joust

[ December 04, 2003, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: Michael J. Carmona ]

[Sensei Melei]

PONG was the shit!!!

[upliftdisco365]

http://www.handmark.com/images/products/92/sinistar_ss.gif

Sinistar "I hunger!!

Yo, this game was hot...

[Meridian]

Warp Warp, Mr Do's Castle, Dig-Dug, Jr. Pac Man, and Centipede. I know that this will sound crazy but a couple of years ago I aquired one CD-Rom with every coin-op game ever made on it. When you consider that the size of those games back then you may be able to imagine how. But I dug it up as soon as I saw this thread.

['Magic' Juan]

Originally posted by DaveR:
PONG ! ... head-head, or handball

I had this unit graemlins/cheering.gif

http://www.pong-story.com/pics/type.jpg Would you believe I just tossed this in the trash bin yesterday? It's not working at all, so I just chucked it.

The next thing to go is going to be my Atari 2600 unit. Doesn't seem to work either. It's going to be a sad moment ...

magic_juan

[ December 04, 2003, 01:05 PM: Message edited by: Magic Juan ]

[DLow]

My favs were:

Galaxian
Pac-Man
Centerpede

[jsd540]

Joust, Super Pac Man, phoenix, and a game that was like Galaxian called Alien. I could have bought a car with the money I spent on those stupid games. icon_rofl.gif

[Ish]

For Sega Mastersystem:

R-Type
Black Belt

[Erob the One]

Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Man, I was the first one in my hood to flipover Defender. Stargate, I could play for as long as I wanted. I had the big-ass ship and smart bomb (which meant ten) and little starships and little smart bombs across the board. I had inviso across the board too. I used to love the starship showdowns (every 10 stages) with the fireballs, mutants and the little small things with the tails. My ultimate was gathering humans and collecting the 2000 points at the end of each stage when I landed them before the next one started. Jamie, I am going to find a Stargate in Chicago, and let you know so we can play the hell out of it together. By the way, I hated when the arcade owners would speed up the game so that it was impossible. I eventually got good at those sped up games too.

Erob

[Mack-Williams]

Metriod
Mike Tyson Boxing
Mario Brothers

[Brenda]

Originally posted by Jamie 3:26:
Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Gyruss(sp) was also a game I could play for hours. Oh Yeah...I was a star player! Making my initals up on the screen was a really big deal back in the eighties..Miss that game.

[Brenda]

Originally posted by Erob the One:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Man, I was the first one in my hood to flipover Defender. Stargate, I could play for as long as I wanted. I had the big-ass ship and smart bomb (which meant ten) and little starships and little smart bombs across the board. I had inviso across the board too. I used to love the starship showdowns (every 10 stages) with the fireballs, mutants and the little small things with the tails. My ultimate was gathering humans and collecting the 2000 points at the end of each stage when I landed them before the next one started. Jamie, I am going to find a Stargate in Chicago, and let you know so we can play the hell out of it together. By the way, I hated when the arcade owners would speed up the game so that it was impossible. I eventually got good at those sped up games too.

Erob </font>[/QUOTE]You werk Erob...

[Erob the One]

Yeah I werk!!!! I got to thinking about how valuable a quarter was back in the day. Man, I didn't waste anytime learning other games, because I would only be holding a quarter or two. I have seen serious beatdowns and gunplay over "credits" in the Stargate game.

Erob

[DJ RON C]

Robotron was my shit!
Tron
Tempest
combat (plain, but fun with the cowboys shooting at each other) graemlins/cool_shades.gif

[kev]

http://www.virtualgaz.co.uk/updateoct00/snaps/hypr0011.png

Track & Field was the sheeeit, too! Everybody remember the pencils?

[Jasper]

Robotron was incredible.

Still play it today

[djLesCole]

Galaga!

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by Erob the One:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Man, I was the first one in my hood to flipover Defender. Stargate, I could play for as long as I wanted. I had the big-ass ship and smart bomb (which meant ten) and little starships and little smart bombs across the board. I had inviso across the board too. I used to love the starship showdowns (every 10 stages) with the fireballs, mutants and the little small things with the tails. My ultimate was gathering humans and collecting the 2000 points at the end of each stage when I landed them before the next one started. Jamie, I am going to find a Stargate in Chicago, and let you know so we can play the hell out of it together. By the way, I hated when the arcade owners would speed up the game so that it was impossible. I eventually got good at those sped up games too.

Erob </font>[/QUOTE]Let me know.I used to do the same shit playing Stargate man.50 cents,so I could have a loaded game and it was on.Memories...

[Brenda]

Originally posted by Brenda:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Erob the One:

Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Man, I was the first one in my hood to flipover Defender. Stargate, I could play for as long as I wanted. I had the big-ass ship and smart bomb (which meant ten) and little starships and little smart bombs across the board. I had inviso across the board too. I used to love the starship showdowns (every 10 stages) with the fireballs, mutants and the little small things with the tails. My ultimate was gathering humans and collecting the 2000 points at the end of each stage when I landed them before the next one started. Jamie, I am going to find a Stargate in Chicago, and let you know so we can play the hell out of it together. By the way, I hated when the arcade owners would speed up the game so that it was impossible. I eventually got good at those sped up games too.

Erob </font>You werk Erob... [/QU

[dj c-los]

Originally posted by upliftdisco365:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />

http://www.handmark.com/images/products/92/sinistar_ss.gif

Sinistar "I hunger!!

Yo, this game was hot... </font>[/QUOTE]Oh snap!
I thought i was the only one that fed this arcade game $$$.
You had to get as many bombs as possible by blowing up asteroids while this huge head assembled. Then that head chased you and you had to release all the bombs you collected.
When that head was one your ass it was loud and yelling at you "Auuuuugh!!!!"

[Brenda]

Originally posted by Erob the One:
Yeah I werk!!!! I got to thinking about how valuable a quarter was back in the day. Man, I didn't waste anytime learning other games, because I would only be holding a quarter or two. I have seen serious beatdowns and gunplay over "credits" in the Stargate game.

Erob Sounds like you'll prolly whip my ass but if you're ever in NY...

[kev]

Originally posted by clos7:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by upliftdisco365:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />

http://www.handmark.com/images/products/92/sinistar_ss.gif

Sinistar "I hunger!!

Yo, this game was hot... </font>[/QUOTE]Oh snap!
I thought i was the only one that fed this arcade game $$$.
You had to get as many bombs as possible by blowing up asteroids while this huge head assembled. Then that head chased you and you had to release all the bombs you collected.
When that head was one your ass it was loud and yelling at you "Auuuuugh!!!!" </font>[/QUOTE]Everytime you blew up an asteroid a diamond would appear. You had to collect the diamonds. 13 diamonds would make a bomb, and the only way to defeat the big head was with those bombs.

[Djay Raare]

Mario brothers was for me i was the king at that game back in the days.

also Donkey Kong & Donkey Kong Jr.

oh and cant forget Pac-Man :D

[Deani]

what about 1942....absolute winner

always got killed by that big bastard plane that filled the screen....highly adictive!

[fred da warrior]

http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/climber/ccscreen1.gif

Crazy Climber, baby!!!!

[ December 04, 2003, 02:31 PM: Message edited by: fred ]

[SPG]

Originally posted by Jamie 3:26:
[QB

Gyruss(sp) was also a game I could play for hours. [/QB]I god, I loved Gyruss! It had that cool music.
Also loved Pole Position, Food Fight & Ms Pac Man.

SPG

[Steve Price]

STARGATE!!!! DID I HEAR STARGATE????

We can get down in the CHI anytime you want to. I know where a Stargate machine is in the CHI.

If you clowns wanna get down. Let's do it. Bring ya' change suckas!!!

Aside from that, Questron on the Commodore 64.

I won't mention the countless sports games over the years.


SteveP

[ December 04, 2003, 04:41 PM: Message edited by: Steve Price ]

[Erob the One]

Let me know where that Stargate game is located and by this time next week my name will be on the all time greatest with 20 characters. See, you didn't know that the high score on Stargate has 20 characters cuz that was never you.

Erob

[DJ Rockin' Robin]

Originally posted by Jasper:
Robotron was incredible.

Still play it today YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BEST GAME EVER! :D


I'd come from that game sweatin' like a pig and having to piss like a Russian racehorse at the Kentucky derby with a glue truck behind him.

DAMN I used to KILL those every 5th levels picking up all those people worth 5000!


http://www.tripoint.org/robo/robo.gif

[FemalePhenom]

Pac Man, Pole Position, Donkey Kong

When I finally got an Atari 2600, which I still have by the way :D , we could not afford many games, so I became addicted to playing Combat, the other game that came free with the console? lol Does anyone remember that game?

[alex zen]

galaga was my game. i could probably still flip it. tron was cool but i was never too good at it.

[DISKOQUEEN99]

I was a master at Galaga, Pac/Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong Jr. I liked RoboTron but there was too much shit flying across the screen and Tron, I couldn't do the motorcycle bit. I also like Moon Patrol.

[Samus]

There's a huge amount of quality games from way back, but one that made me understand, feel and respect the whole culture in a deeper way was:

Metroid
(1985)

smile.gif

[fred da warrior]

Originally posted by DISKOQUEEN99:
I was a master at Galaga, Pac/Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong Jr. I liked RoboTron but there was too much shit flying across the screen and Tron, I couldn't do the motorcycle bit. I also like Moon Patrol. Good call on Moon Patrol. Up until a couple of years ago (I think) there was a moon patrol at the game room up under the l at Belmont.

[fred da warrior]

Is it too early to qualify Mortal Kombat as old school?

[matthew]

Star Force was my game - killer vertically scrolling shoot em up. loved that game so much i even bought the pcb and a super gun to play it on...

[POET 68]

Starcastle
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxian
Berzerk
Pitfall graemlins/beerchug.gif

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by POET 68:
Starcastle
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxian
Berzerk
Pitfall graemlins/beerchug.gif Starcastle was off da hook.......

as well as

Phoenix
Dragon's Lair
Space Ace
Dig Dug
Mr. Do
Missle Command

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by FemalePhenom:
Pac Man, Pole Position, Donkey Kong

When I finally got an Atari 2600, which I still have by the way :D , we could not afford many games, so I became addicted to playing Combat, the other game that came free with the console? lol Does anyone remember that game? I think it was Air/Sea Battle

i'm about to get this game from Activision with all of their greatest games for Playstation....

[lola desire]

Originally posted by IIBS:
http://www.virtualgaz.co.uk/updateoct00/snaps/hypr0011.png

Track & Field was the sheeeit, too!.... omg!!!! we had the foot pad controller, we'd jump off the pad then jump back on for mega long jumps.

oh, that reminds me of the original atari joystick:

http://www.atariage.com/2600/controllers/con_AtariJoystick.jpg

[imported_Chr_stopher]

tron
pitfall
frogger
asteroids
donkey kong
mario bros
mortal kombat 1
street fighter

[upliftdisco365]

Originally posted by DJ Rated M:

Phoenix
GREATEST... GAME... EVER.

[ngeso]

no contest. defender & stargate.

['Magic' Juan]

Did anyone notice that the coach from Mike Tyson's Punch Out looks just like Carl from Family Matters?

http://www.poprocksandcoke.com/img/2/doclouis.jpg

magic_juan

[dj c-los]

A game ahead of its time.
Dragons Lair!!!


http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/FMV_Addict/Dragons_Lair.jpg

http://www.cheatcc.com/psx2/pics/dragonsl1.jpg

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by upliftdisco365:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by DJ Rated M:

Phoenix
GREATEST... GAME... EVER. </font>[/QUOTE]one of them, John.....

[DJ Rated M]

Originally posted by clos7:
A game ahead of its time.
Dragons Lair!!!


http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/FMV_Addict/Dragons_Lair.jpg

http://www.cheatcc.com/psx2/pics/dragonsl1.jpg i dropped too much $$$ on that one just to finish the game....my fave of all time....

[DJ Rockin' Robin]

Originally posted by Magic Juan:
Did anyone notice that the coach from Mike Tyson's Punch Out looks just like Carl from Family Matters?

http://www.poprocksandcoke.com/img/2/doclouis.jpg

magic_juan O.......M.........G!!!!!!!!


LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same pose, same hairline, everything!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

[the crackhouse]

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/G/wGauntlet.png

ALSO...
Does anyone remember a shooter game, where you were controlling a plane, and the background was a video, not some sprites ? I think it was around 88-90 can't remeber the name but it was really speed !

MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE :

S-P-A-C-E H-A-R-R-I-E-R
http://www.tomheroes.com/images/sharrier.gif

[the crackhouse]

Originally posted by DJ Rated M:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by clos7:
A game ahead of its time.
Dragons Lair!!!


http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/FMV_Addict/Dragons_Lair.jpg

http://www.cheatcc.com/psx2/pics/dragonsl1.jpg i dropped too much $$$ on that one just to finish the game....my fave of all time.... </font>[/QUOTE]Oh Yessssss !
Way back in italy, they always had the best new videogames at very low price per play... I spent more time facing the coin-ups machines than looking for the particularities of this superb country !

[DJ Rockin' Robin]

This game OWNED me in '85 for commodore 64

http://lemon64.ayleen.nl/games/screenshots/full/yie_ar_kung_fu_ii_03.gif

[Physicalheat-The MusicMaster]

.....BURGERTIME!!!

[Sharp Eye Washington]

Space Invaders game set for new U.S. invasion
Friday, December 5, 2003 Posted: 12:22 PM EST (1722 GMT)

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Game over? Think again.

Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp said on Friday it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades.

The classic arcade game centers on a fleet of invading aliens looking to take over earth, but they must first deal with a lone gunner -- the player -- holed up behind a fragile set of shields.

It has been one of the most popular video games of all time since it was developed in 1978.

"There has been a rebirth of classic video games in America," said Taito spokesman Kengo Naka. "We thought it would coincide nicely with the 25th anniversary of its debut in the U.S."

Taito aims to sell 10,000 of the stand-alone game machines at 300,000 yen (U.S. $2,772) a unit.

While the game will not change in this latest offering, inflation has taken its toll. One play will now cost 50 cents, compared with 25 cents a generation ago.

Since Taito no longer has operations in the United States, the game machines will be made through an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with game software maker Namco Ltd.

Namco, which also has it own classic video game, "Pacman," will handle sales of Space Invaders in the United States.

[Samus]

Originally posted by clos7:
A game ahead of its time.
Dragons Lair!!!
Dragons Lair, a game?

graemlins/mecry.gif

Sorry, just had to comment on that..

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[Fletch]

Originally posted by Phil Bernard:
Space Invaders game set for new U.S. invasion
Friday, December 5, 2003 Posted: 12:22 PM EST (1722 GMT)

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Game over? Think again.

Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp said on Friday it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades.

The classic arcade game centers on a fleet of invading aliens looking to take over earth, but they must first deal with a lone gunner -- the player -- holed up behind a fragile set of shields.

It has been one of the most popular video games of all time since it was developed in 1978.

"There has been a rebirth of classic video games in America," said Taito spokesman Kengo Naka. "We thought it would coincide nicely with the 25th anniversary of its debut in the U.S."

Taito aims to sell 10,000 of the stand-alone game machines at 300,000 yen (U.S. $2,772) a unit.

While the game will not change in this latest offering, inflation has taken its toll. One play will now cost 50 cents, compared with 25 cents a generation ago.

Since Taito no longer has operations in the United States, the game machines will be made through an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with game software maker Namco Ltd.

Namco, which also has it own classic video game, "Pacman," will handle sales of Space Invaders in the United States. Mattel better bring back InTellevision, then!

[E-Phi]

Originally posted by Jamie 3:26:
Defender is my favorite.Defender 2-aka Stargate is my favorite of all time.

Gyruss(sp) was also a game I could play for hours. Man, I used to play Gyruss for hours at school. I was on it so long, people would go to class in the morning, hit the dorm room b4 lunch (damn-you're still playing?), come back around dinner (WTF - man get yo ass off this damn game!!!) graemlins/rofl.gif

[the crackhouse]

I remember playing the gameboy in class, hidden in the "little bag where you put your pens" (dunno the name in english)
Bart simpsons nightmare.

[E-Phi]

Originally posted by physicalheat:
.....BURGERTIME!!! Oh shit! I almost forgot about that. Now if I can remember where the hell I put that Intellivision graemlins/bolt.gif

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

Was and is a Centipede/Millipede Master :D

[messiah]

1. Zoo Keeper
2. Dig Dug
3. Galaxa

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by E-Phi:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by physicalheat:
.....BURGERTIME!!! Oh shit! I almost forgot about that. Now if I can remember where the hell I put that Intellivision graemlins/bolt.gif </font>[/QUOTE]I saw someone at the swapmeet last weekend with Intellivision games,still in the box.

[fred da warrior]

Spent many Saturdays in the Treasure Chest and Aladdin's Castle......

[E-Phi]

Originally posted by fred:
Spent many Saturdays in the Treasure Chest and Aladdin's Castle...... Everblack here we come!!! graemlins/rofl.gif

[fred da warrior]

Who here still knows the "pattern" to Pac Man?

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by E-Phi:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by fred:
Spent many Saturdays in the Treasure Chest and Aladdin's Castle...... Everblack here we come!!! graemlins/rofl.gif </font>[/QUOTE]Games Galore.The Christian ministry for Morgan Park closed that gameroom.Too many kids from Morgan Park were cutting school to play games,when they were suppossed to be attending the youth ministry.

Folks used to join that shit to get out of certain classes.

[fred da warrior]

http://coinop.org/KB/GfxMame/Snap/popeyebl.png

Anybody into Popeye?

[sammyrock]

Pack-Man+ Star Command..dayum how bout that slow Atari video System...lol smile.gif

[fred da warrior]

http://coinop.org/KB/GfxMame/Snap/zaxxon.png


Zaxxon, anyone?

[SPG]

Originally posted by fred:
http://coinop.org/KB/GfxMame/Snap/zaxxon.png


Zaxxon, anyone? Yeah, I remember that one from college. It was hard at first but then I got the hang of it.

SPG

[D J 1 3 8]

Forgive me if this has already been posted in this thread

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/05/space.invaders.reut/index.html

Space Invaders game set for new U.S. invasion
Friday, December 5, 2003 Posted: 12:22 PM EST (1722 GMT)
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters)

Game over? Think again.

Japanese game machine maker Taito Corp said on Friday it plans to restart sales of "Space Invaders" in the United States, almost 25 years after the game first appeared in video arcades.

The classic arcade game centers on a fleet of invading aliens looking to take over earth, but they must first deal with a lone gunner -- the player -- holed up behind a fragile set of shields.

It has been one of the most popular video games of all time since it was developed in 1978.

"There has been a rebirth of classic video games in America," said Taito spokesman Kengo Naka. "We thought it would coincide nicely with the 25th anniversary of its debut in the U.S."

Taito aims to sell 10,000 of the stand-alone game machines at 300,000 yen (U.S. $2,772) a unit.

While the game will not change in this latest offering, inflation has taken its toll. One play will now cost 50 cents, compared with 25 cents a generation ago.

Since Taito no longer has operations in the United States, the game machines will be made through an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with game software maker Namco Ltd.

Namco, which also has it own classic video game, "Pacman," will handle sales of Space Invaders in the United States.

[DISKOQUEEN99]

Originally posted by fred:
Who here still knows the "pattern" to Pac Man? Yes, I've retained that useless information. Especially remember the Junior boards.

[Eric Miles]

As a master gamer myself of too many games to mention......would it surprise anyone to know that any video game mentioned here or that you could potentially mention I still enjoy today in its original form (NOT A CLONE VERSION) on my PC today? Anyone ever heard of MAME? I mean I got em all!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Erob the One]

Somebody please tell me where I can find a Stargate game in the Chicago area?

Erob

[la verde]

galaga
defender
donkey kong!