What top 10 games would you put in your home arcade?
07-20-06, 12:20 AM
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Honestly i would probably rather have 10 pinball machines than 10 arcade games. But for the arcade games i would choose.
1. Baby Pacman (like another poster pinball + arcade = awesome)
2. Dig Dug
3. Mortal Kombat 3
4. Dungeons and Dragons (either of them)
5. Time Crisis (any of them)
6. Tron
7. Golden Axe
8. Time Soldiers
9. Heavy Barrel
10. Operation Thunderbolt
1. Baby Pacman (like another poster pinball + arcade = awesome)
2. Dig Dug
3. Mortal Kombat 3
4. Dungeons and Dragons (either of them)
5. Time Crisis (any of them)
6. Tron
7. Golden Axe
8. Time Soldiers
9. Heavy Barrel
10. Operation Thunderbolt
07-20-06, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by squidget
damn, I'm jealous. Where did you get the sit down neo geo cab from? I have a big red but I rather have the sit down. I'm lazy. 
Capcom made their version too. Capcom Mini Cute
07-20-06, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
I want a home arcade. Not a MAME cabinet. A real life home arcade straight out of the '80s and early '90s. Here's what I would stock it with:
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Joust
- Galaga
- Q*Bert
- Donkey Kong
- Super Mario Bros.
- Spy Hunter
- X-Men (4-player, not neutered 2-player)
- The Simpsons (same)
- A Capcom fighting game of some kind
Runners up:
- Zaxxon
- Dig Dug
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (3 beat-'em-ups is a bit much)
That's an arcade that I personally would love, and I think just about anyone could find something they would want to play if they saw it.
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Joust
- Galaga
- Q*Bert
- Donkey Kong
- Super Mario Bros.
- Spy Hunter
- X-Men (4-player, not neutered 2-player)
- The Simpsons (same)
- A Capcom fighting game of some kind
Runners up:
- Zaxxon
- Dig Dug
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (3 beat-'em-ups is a bit much)
That's an arcade that I personally would love, and I think just about anyone could find something they would want to play if they saw it.
07-20-06, 03:40 AM
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Tron(one with the light cycles)
Star Wars
Super Pacman
Stargate(the defender sequal)
Tempest
Zaxxon
Robotron
others ill add later im to tired to think...
Star Wars
Super Pacman
Stargate(the defender sequal)
Tempest
Zaxxon
Robotron
others ill add later im to tired to think...
07-20-06, 07:55 AM
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^ This is a dream for me. I have most everything I've ever wanted in life, but the Ms. Pac cocktail table is #1 on my want list.
1. Ms. Pac Man Cocktail table(or Ms. Pac Man/Galaga 20th Anniversary version)
2. Dragons Lair
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Popeye
5. Pac Man (again, cocktail version)
6. Star Wars: Episode 1 pinball
7. Star Wars: Pod Racer
Never seen 'em but I'm sure they'd be cool:
8. F-Zero AX
9. Mario Kart
10. Super Monkey Ball
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07-20-06, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by outer-edge
- X-Men (6-player, not neutered 4-player 
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) I considered the 6-player version but whenever there were six of us playing it we were packed in way too tight. Plus, the people on the ends couldn't really see what the hell they were doing.
07-20-06, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
I had Joust, Sinistar, X-men (4 player), and US Golf in the Man Room for awhile. They all get old. I also had two pinball machines at the same time. I ended up selling them off (sent the rollerball out of the golf game to goblincat) and if I ever did it again, I would just have 2 pinball machines.
That's why I'd probably buy separate machines for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., etc., even if I came across a combo--just so I could add to the labyrinthine rows of machines.
07-20-06, 09:24 AM
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01. One of the new retro Ms. Pac Man/Galaga/Pac Man machines (is that cheating?) 
02. Star Wars cockpit
03. The Simpsons
04. TMNT
05. New Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. machine (again with the cheating)
06. Pinball - either Star Wars (OT), Guns N' Roses, or Terminator 2
07. Star Wars Trilogy sit-down
08. Whatever the best version of Street Fighter II is
09. Some two-player racing game
10. Some two-player light gun game
If I can't have the new combo machines, I'd go with the individual units [Ms. Pac Man (cocktail), Galaga, Pac Man, and Donkey Kong], and drop the racing and light gun games.
02. Star Wars cockpit
03. The Simpsons
04. TMNT
05. New Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. machine (again with the cheating)
06. Pinball - either Star Wars (OT), Guns N' Roses, or Terminator 2
07. Star Wars Trilogy sit-down
08. Whatever the best version of Street Fighter II is
09. Some two-player racing game
10. Some two-player light gun game
If I can't have the new combo machines, I'd go with the individual units [Ms. Pac Man (cocktail), Galaga, Pac Man, and Donkey Kong], and drop the racing and light gun games.
07-20-06, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by GoVegan
Excluding pinball:
Super Off Road
Golden Axe
Ms. Pac-Man
Raiden
Ridge Racer
House of the Dead
Dig Dug
Operation Thunderbolt
Elevator Action
NARC
Super Off Road
Golden Axe
Ms. Pac-Man
Raiden
Ridge Racer
House of the Dead
Dig Dug
Operation Thunderbolt
Elevator Action
NARC
07-20-06, 11:33 AM
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1. Wonderboy in Monster Land (oh wait, I already own this one!)
2. Radiant Silvergun
3. Tower of Druaga
4. Namco Classic Collection vol. 1
5. Namco Classic Collection vol. 2
6. Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
For the record, mine would all be in Japanese style cabinets. They're SOOO much better than American style cabinet. Okay, that's six that I know I would play all the time. I'll have to check some lists later on when I'm at home to see if I can come up with four more that I know would get a lot of play time.
2. Radiant Silvergun
3. Tower of Druaga
4. Namco Classic Collection vol. 1
5. Namco Classic Collection vol. 2
6. Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
For the record, mine would all be in Japanese style cabinets. They're SOOO much better than American style cabinet. Okay, that's six that I know I would play all the time. I'll have to check some lists later on when I'm at home to see if I can come up with four more that I know would get a lot of play time.
07-20-06, 12:28 PM
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1. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - The wife already knows this is going to happen someday soon.
2. Star Wars - Cockpit version
3. X-Men or TMNT 4-player
4. Smash TV
5. There was this kick ass flight sim I used to play back in HS, but I can't remember the name...
6. Street Fighter 2
7. Mortal Kombat 2
8. Skeeball because it is God's favorite
9. Star Wars OT (or Ep4?) Pinball
10. Pretty much any Sega game: Golden Axe, Afterburner, Galaxy Force, Shinobi, etc...
2. Star Wars - Cockpit version
3. X-Men or TMNT 4-player
4. Smash TV
5. There was this kick ass flight sim I used to play back in HS, but I can't remember the name...
6. Street Fighter 2
7. Mortal Kombat 2
8. Skeeball because it is God's favorite
9. Star Wars OT (or Ep4?) Pinball
10. Pretty much any Sega game: Golden Axe, Afterburner, Galaxy Force, Shinobi, etc...
07-20-06, 12:39 PM
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X-men
TMNT
Simpsons
Marvel v Capcom
Street Fighter 3rd strike
Ms. Pacman
That Jurassic Park shooter game
I think it was a Cruisin USA/or maybe Outrun driver - some racer game where you could sit down
and two great pinball games - now if only I knew two great pinball games.
TMNT
Simpsons
Marvel v Capcom
Street Fighter 3rd strike
Ms. Pacman
That Jurassic Park shooter game
I think it was a Cruisin USA/or maybe Outrun driver - some racer game where you could sit down
and two great pinball games - now if only I knew two great pinball games.
07-20-06, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
Well, this isn't just about having the game machines. It's about the ambience. He has black light carpet, winding rows of machines, a raised section (people who hung out in arcades a lot probably know what I mean--the separated area you had to go up steps or a ramp to get to, and it had other machines, usually the older/less-used ones), etc. I want an arcade not so much so I can play the games (although I love the games) but because I have always loved the atmosphere of an arcade.
That's why I'd probably buy separate machines for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., etc., even if I came across a combo--just so I could add to the labyrinthine rows of machines.
That's why I'd probably buy separate machines for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., etc., even if I came across a combo--just so I could add to the labyrinthine rows of machines.
07-20-06, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
Did Super Puzzle Fighter ever have an arcade release? If so then that would be added to my list since it is my favorite puzzle game of all time.
07-20-06, 03:24 PM
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The man has an amazing setup I'm envious of but he scores many dork points for posing like he's hardcore in his last pictures. My top 10 would be:
1) Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
2) Mortal Kombat II
3) Operation Thunderbolt
4) Rush 'n' Attack
5) Ms. Pac Man
6) Donkey Kong Jr.
7) Yie Ar Kung Fu
8) Metal Slug 3
9) Robotron 2084
10) Double Dragon
1) Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
2) Mortal Kombat II
3) Operation Thunderbolt
4) Rush 'n' Attack
5) Ms. Pac Man
6) Donkey Kong Jr.
7) Yie Ar Kung Fu
8) Metal Slug 3
9) Robotron 2084
10) Double Dragon
07-20-06, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
Well, this isn't just about having the game machines. It's about the ambience. He has black light carpet, winding rows of machines, a raised section (people who hung out in arcades a lot probably know what I mean--the separated area you had to go up steps or a ramp to get to, and it had other machines, usually the older/less-used ones), etc. I want an arcade not so much so I can play the games (although I love the games) but because I have always loved the atmosphere of an arcade.
That's why I'd probably buy separate machines for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., etc., even if I came across a combo--just so I could add to the labyrinthine rows of machines.
That's why I'd probably buy separate machines for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., etc., even if I came across a combo--just so I could add to the labyrinthine rows of machines.
I decided to stick with Japenese cabinets because they have wheels on the back so you need only tilt them to roll them. Built in handles too.
Believe me, if I had the room I would LOVE to have a full fledged arcade but I don't
07-20-06, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jessecrx
That would be nice and I somewhat agree with you. My problem is that I don't have anyone to help me move them. Yeah, they make special dollys(sp?) that are a big help but still these things are like refrigerators.
I decided to stick with Japenese cabinets because they have wheels on the back so you need only tilt them to roll them. Built in handles too.
Believe me, if I had the room I would LOVE to have a full fledged arcade but I don't
I decided to stick with Japenese cabinets because they have wheels on the back so you need only tilt them to roll them. Built in handles too.
Believe me, if I had the room I would LOVE to have a full fledged arcade but I don't
My next purchase will be a galaga/ms. pacman probably cocktail table for space purpuses and most likely that will be the end of it.
07-20-06, 07:36 PM
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Wow! nice arcade there jessecrx 
I myself would probably go old school with Space Invaders,Asteroids,Pac Man,Donkey Kong,Qix(i think that was the name?) and one i really loved but dont know the name was a racing one that had two steering wheels,a top down view of each track and was black and white,or grey actually.
I myself would probably go old school with Space Invaders,Asteroids,Pac Man,Donkey Kong,Qix(i think that was the name?) and one i really loved but dont know the name was a racing one that had two steering wheels,a top down view of each track and was black and white,or grey actually.
07-20-06, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by astrochimp
Wow! nice arcade there jessecrx
I myself would probably go old school with Space Invaders,Asteroids,Pac Man,Donkey Kong,Qix(i think that was the name?) and one i really loved but dont know the name was a racing one that had two steering wheels,a top down view of each track and was black and white,or grey actually.
I myself would probably go old school with Space Invaders,Asteroids,Pac Man,Donkey Kong,Qix(i think that was the name?) and one i really loved but dont know the name was a racing one that had two steering wheels,a top down view of each track and was black and white,or grey actually.
Are you thinking of Super Sprint? That one had 3 steering wheels I think. Or maybe Off Road? I have only had the cocktail for 2 weeks and geezus Ms. Pac Man is TOUGH! I never realized just how much skill this game takes.
I can pull off crazy combos and reversals in SF2 but I suck at maneuvering a yellow round lady through a maze!
I also have a SF1 dedicated 6 button cabinet but I haven't moved it from my friends house to mine
07-20-06, 09:12 PM
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Home arcade is awesome, but also a drain in electricity But I guess if you can afford all that, what's an extra $120/month?
If money and room is no object, I would buy these 10 cabs:
Daytona 2p sitdown
Outrun (Original) sitdown
Afterburner 360 (the one that can rotate 360 degrees, only in Japan I think)
Time Crisis 3 dual guns
Ms Pac-Man tabletop
Gauntlet 4p
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Robotron 2084
Defender
Original Pong (for the awesome shape and historical significance)
Those are some of my favorite games that I will never get sick of....
But I guess if you can afford all that, what's an extra $120/month? If money and room is no object, I would buy these 10 cabs:
Daytona 2p sitdown
Outrun (Original) sitdown
Afterburner 360 (the one that can rotate 360 degrees, only in Japan I think)
Time Crisis 3 dual guns
Ms Pac-Man tabletop
Gauntlet 4p
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Robotron 2084
Defender
Original Pong (for the awesome shape and historical significance)
Those are some of my favorite games that I will never get sick of....
