Ninja Gaiden - (I dunno, those sound effects just appeal to me so much, it's more nostalgia than fantastic game play.)
Simpsons - (Just one of my favorites, hands down the most fun I ever had with friends at an arcade.)
Galaga - (The biggest quarter waster of my life, but I never got tired of it.)
But the winner would have to be:
The Simpsons
I dedicated way too much time to this game with my friends, and I don't regret a single quarter lost. Having it in my home would probably be the coolest thing I could think of. That is all.
i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
Posts: 3707
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 10:46 am
Metamorphic Force.
I never had more fun playing a Arcade game.
Transforming into a Were-Panther and beating the shit out of everything was just so much fun. it also was never available for home console wich is another reason.
it was the best of times
it was the blurst of times
HardcoreGamer4Ever
Title: I Am The God Of Awesome
Joined: Jun 28 2010
Location: Your Mom's Vagina!
Posts: 1298
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 10:59 am
Only one? Damn you, Josh! But if I had to pick just one, for the time being, I would say Marvel Vs. Capcom. I only played the first one, but a lot of people say 2 is better.
As I mentioned in the other thread, it would have to be something that just isn't as cool on an emulation or a home system, such a light gun game or a driving game or a 3-6 player cabinet.
As I've mentioned before, the three player Revolution X cabinet is among my top picks.
For those too lazy to click the links, Golly! Ghost! is a Namco ticket redemption machine where cartoon ghosts are projected over an actual dollhouse and you shoot at them. It's pretty rare and it's one of the more unique machines out there.
Only one? Damn you, Josh! But if I had to pick just one, for the time being, I would say Marvel Vs. Capcom. I only played the first one, but a lot of people say 2 is better.
MVC2 sucks. It's only fun if you're a massive combotard, and combos are the only thing you like about fighting games. The great thing about MVC1 was that you COULD be a combotard if you wanted, but you didn't have to be. In MVC1, a well-timed counterhit with a super will do significant damage to an opponent by itself. In MVC2, guys regen faster, super moves do less damage, and super moves leave a lot more red than used to. So a super movie is ONLY effect in MVC2 if it's part of a combo. This, combined with the fact that there are now three characters for you to rotate between and turtle make the game completely inaccessible to casual players. If the timer is on, a casual players' match will almost always go to time.
In the Nineties when Chuck'e'cheese was still open near where I lived, they had Moonwalker... I spent a lot of time playing that game.
The only other game I spent a lot of time playing was Initial D in the mid-2000's
sidewaydriver
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Posts: 6160
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 12:27 pm
I would love to get an F-Zero AX arcade machine. Beat'em ups, shot'em ups, and adventure games aren't that fun to play on a personal arcade machine because when you have infinite lives, nothing is going to stop you from beating it no matter how bad you are.
Shake it, Quake it, Space Kaboom.
@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 02:41 pm
I would have a hard time choosing between Sinistar and 720°. I would probably go with Sinistar, though.
username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 02:43 pm
i would probably choose the simpsons arcade as well
Klimbatize wrote:
I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load
Jack Slater
Title: Friendly Felon
Joined: May 17 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 706
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 02:44 pm
The first love of my life. I'd really love one of these too though:
Unykle Broh
Title: Idiotique
Joined: Jul 24 2009
Location: Lake Stevens, WA
Posts: 77
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 02:56 pm
Bubbles!
Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 02:59 pm
House of the Dead 2, without even a second thought.
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind.
Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24887
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 03:07 pm
Greg the White wrote:
House of the Dead 2, without even a second thought.
Did anyone ever put enough money in the machine for two people and play with both light guns in the House of the Dead games?
Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 03:50 pm
Maybe one of CAPCOM's D&D beat-em-ups, though I'd like to try the "light whip" Castlevania game that Konami made in Japan
"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!"
FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
Posts: 12294
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 04:05 pm
Syd Lexia wrote:
HardcoreGamer4Ever wrote:
Only one? Damn you, Josh! But if I had to pick just one, for the time being, I would say Marvel Vs. Capcom. I only played the first one, but a lot of people say 2 is better.
MVC2 sucks. It's only fun if you're a massive combotard, and combos are the only thing you like about fighting games. The great thing about MVC1 was that you COULD be a combotard if you wanted, but you didn't have to be. In MVC1, a well-timed counterhit with a super will do significant damage to an opponent by itself. In MVC2, guys regen faster, super moves do less damage, and super moves leave a lot more red than used to. So a super movie is ONLY effect in MVC2 if it's part of a combo. This, combined with the fact that there are now three characters for you to rotate between and turtle make the game completely inaccessible to casual players. If the timer is on, a casual players' match will almost always go to time.
I'm glad that you are expressing your opinion, but you are wrong.
I am a casual player, and I only play casual matches, and I don't really have any of these complaints.
Go play street fighter 4 if you don't like combo oriented gameplay, but don't outright say that one of the most popular fighting games ever, a game that is still being played eleven years later, sucks.
And here's a newsflash: Every marvel/capcom game since MSH has been about combos.
Yes, even MVC1.
If anything, the way the life regen, damage, and dizzy works in MVC2 only prevent things like dying in a single combo. You just gotta learn where to make the damage, or turn the timer off if you're worried. If you don't want an assist gaining back his red life, use a snapback. That's what they were designed for.
anyway, I'd probably own a time crisis 2 machine.
FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
Posts: 12294
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 04:06 pm
Slayer1 wrote:
Did anyone ever put enough money in the machine for two people and play with both light guns in the House of the Dead games?
I have. It's a lot of fun, and you feel like a zombie slaying badass. I've also tried this with area-51.
Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
Posts: 4274
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 04:35 pm
FNJ wrote:
Slayer1 wrote:
Did anyone ever put enough money in the machine for two people and play with both light guns in the House of the Dead games?
I have. It's a lot of fun, and you feel like a zombie slaying badass. I've also tried this with area-51.
I did it with Area-51 one as well. It really does make you feel badass. I tried it once with Time Crisis, didn't quite work. Ghost Squad does but it's a pain when you have to do the objectives like free the hostages...
Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 05:16 pm
The Simpsons. Easy. I fucking loved that arcade game.
But also, I had a lot of fun with Toobin' growing up.
Still, Simpsons has hands down fucking amazing.
Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3112
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 05:39 pm
Slayer1 wrote:
Did anyone ever put enough money in the machine for two people and play with both light guns in the House of the Dead games?
Did you ever have a friend who thought it was more important to go to the bathroom than help you finish the final levels? Dual wielding was at its most awesome in Crisis Zone and Gunblade NY.
So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind.
JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
Posts: 6544
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 05:41 pm
To be fair, going to the bathroom will always be more important than beating any game. Unless you have to drop a deuce, that can easily be done in your pants and emptied at a later time.
LordHuffnPuff
Title: Mahna Mahna
Joined: Jan 12 2009
Location: Fairyland
Posts: 571
Posted:
Jan 30 2011 07:07 pm
It'd definitely be one of the Sega Model 3 arcade cabinet games. Maybe Magical Truck Adventure, The Ocean Hunter or the Star Wars Trilogy arcade.
