re: 80s Arcade Throwback Thread

Posted by dukke v

PLUTO

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:20 pm to Sarsippius

Not so much an arcade game .. BUT I spent A TON of time in A local bar playing the pinball machine called "PLAYBOY". I bet I spent over $500 on that game.... AND had the barkeep.."JINX" cheering me on all the way....

Needless to say she ended up as My PLAYGIRL............................

Posted by nola000

Lacombe, LA

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:21 pm to Sarsippius

The best for getting you and all your friends to hate each other...

Posted by Backinthe615

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:27 pm to Sarsippius

I had a paper route as a little kid in the 80's. Neighbors knew their paper was near because my loyal beagle, Leroy had asthma -- and if their dog wasn't already freaking put -- Leroy was hocking up luges on their welcome mat.

More importantly, I had a fat sack of quarters every Friday. I probably still owe that paper money.

Any 2600'ers remember Kaboom? I owned them shits

And of course

ETA: Defender, Missle Command, Robotron.

This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 8:32 pm

Posted by brickyard

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:35 pm to Sarsippius

Off Road was fun.

Posted by BlackAdam

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:35 pm to Sarsippius

Spent a lot of time and money in the Swamp and Alladins Castle in the Southland Mall.

My friends and I used to take the trails from our neighborhood through Oakshire to the mall. We knew we werent supposed to, but we did it anyway, and somehow never got caught.

Posted by JackieTreehorn

Malibu

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:36 pm to Sarsippius

WWF Wrestlefest
Bottom of the Ninth

I put many a quarter into those frickers.

Posted by dyslexic

Left field

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:41 pm to Sarsippius

7-11

Posted by arkiebrian

NWA

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:41 pm to Sarsippius

Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Galaga
Dig Dug
Crazy Climber

Posted by Warheel

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:54 pm to Sarsippius

Posted by CajunTiger92

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:54 pm to Sarsippius

Galaga and Joust were favorites in the 80s. In the 70s, I thought I was a badass playing Death Race at the Miracle Strip’s arcade in Panama City. It was a very controversial game at the time. Games sure have changed since then.

Posted by Graton

Member since Jun 2017

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 8:58 pm to Sarsippius

The 7-11 store my grandpa used to stop at to buy his old charter and king edward cigars had a splatterhouse arcade game. Dropped quite a few quarters in that thing.

Posted by Athis

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 9:07 pm to Sarsippius

Starting going to the Putt-Putt on Vets after school to play Video Games. They were the only one, that I knew of, that had Tempest. I also played Donkey Kong and killed it at Defender.

Posted by chinhoyang

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 9:13 pm to Sarsippius

I have an arcade size Frogger and Haunted House pinball machine. Still enjoy playing on occasion.

Posted by tiger114

Fairhope, AL

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 9:51 pm to Sarsippius

Least favorite arcade game ever = Dragon’s Lair.

What a piece of shite, overpriced game. And, in the event that you had $1.00 to spend on an arcade game in 1988 (when all of the others cost $0.25), the piece of shite was always broken.

Posted by hogminer

Bella Vista, AR.

Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 9:55 pm to Sarsippius

Track & Field, Defender, and Galaga at the arcade. Missile Command, Galaxian, and Space Invaders at the skating rink back in the day.

Posted by Ashwednesday666

Gulf Coast to New Orleans

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 9:56 pm to Sarsippius

Ikari Warriors, joust, donkey kong, Shark Attack,

Posted by Eightballjacket

Member since Jan 2016

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 10:07 pm to Sarsippius

Zaxxon. Favorite arcade was the one on Vets near Dorignac's. Could also find some good arcade games at the front of grocery stores.

Posted by Captain Lafitte

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Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 10:16 pm to Sarsippius

Besides those mentioned, these are some of my favorites:

Qix

Qbert

Crazy Climber

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Junior

Food Fight

1941

Burger Time

Pole Position

Tempest

ETA: I forgot about this one:

Wizard of Wor

This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 11:01 pm

Posted by Sayre

Felixville

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 10:25 pm to Sarsippius

I spent some time at this place in Alameda earlier this year:

High Scores Arcade

Altered Beast
Arabian
Area 51
Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Atari Football
Atari Star Wars
Atari Star Wars (cockpit)
Atari Subs
Atari Vindicators
Blueprint
Burger Time
Burgertime (32-in-1)
Centipede
Contra
Cruis'n Exotica
Crystal Castles
Defender
Defender (cocktail)
Discs of Tron
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (cocktail)
Donkey Kong Junior
Double Dragon
Dragon Spirit
Duck Hunt
Final Fight
Fix-it Felix, Jr
Food Fight
Frogger
Frontline
Galaga
Galaga (cocktail)
Gauntlet
Gauntlet Legacy
Gorf
Guerilla War
Hogan's Alley
I, Robot
Joust
Jungle King
Kangaroo
Karate Champ
Ladybug
Mario Bros.
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Maximum Force
Millipede
Missile Command
Moon Patrol
Mortal Kombat II
Ms. Pac-Man
NBA Jam
Nintendo Red Tent
Nintendo Playchoice 10
Omega Race
Pac-Man (32-in-1)
Paperboy
Pengo (cocktail)
Phoenix
Pole Position
Popeye
Primal Rage
Punch-out!!
Q*Bert
Rampage
Revolution-X
Robotron 2084
Smash TV
SNES
Space Ace
Space Duel
Space Encounters
Space Invaders Deluxe
Spy Hunter
Star Castle
Stargate
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Street Fighter IV
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Tapper
Tempest
Tetris
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Simpsons
Tokyo Drift
Track & Field
Tron
Turbo Outrun
Ultracade
Vanguard
VS. Super Mario Bros
VS. The Goonies
Warlords
Zoo Keeper (36-in-1)

2 Neo Geo Multiplayer machines
feat. tons of games including:
Metal Slug
Samurai Shodown
The King Of Fighters

4 Multicades feat. over 200+ games, including:
Asteroids
Bubble Bobble
Contra
Dragon's Lair
Ghosts n' Goblins
NBA Jam
Puzzle Bobble
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Tekken

Had a damn good time. Had been decades since I'd played some of those games, and they're all in great shape.

This post was edited on 11/7/17 at 10:27 pm