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Printablestarkitty said: TEMPEST!
 Man, I used to LOVE playing that game!!!
Also: Dig Dug Centipede Q-bert | |
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VinaBlue said: starkitty said: TEMPEST!
Man, I used to LOVE playing that game!!!
Also: Dig Dug Centipede Q-bert TEMPEST was the only game I ever got any good at, which is weird, since I didn't play it that often!! 
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teller said: JediMaster said: I HATED that game! It cost 50 cents to play, and then I'd get killed right off the bat 'cuz I couldn't figure out the damn thing!! I never did understand how people were able to beat that friggin game!! I actually learned how to beat the game one one credit (can't say one quarter because the frickin thing really was 50 cents!  )
How did I do it? Mostly I spent way too much money playing it...plus some tips from some gaming mags of the day. God, what a waste that was. Not my best moment.  File that under "dubious achievement", eh???
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pkidwell said: Ms. Pac Man.....i used to be so good, people would crowd around me to watch.....that was my 15 minutes of fame.....sad but true.
 I used to go into a trance when I played that game and I would kick ass! | |
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Tron
Galaga Robotron my top 3 favs | |
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teller said: JediMaster said: I HATED that game! It cost 50 cents to play, and then I'd get killed right off the bat 'cuz I couldn't figure out the damn thing!! I never did understand how people were able to beat that friggin game!! I actually learned how to beat the game one one credit (can't say one quarter because the frickin thing really was 50 cents! )
How did I do it? Mostly I spent way too much money playing it...plus some tips from some gaming mags of the day. God, what a waste that was. Not my best moment. OMG! I forgot that it cost 50 cents!  That made the whole thing even worse! Although, I have to say that the graphics WERE cool for the time. That's how they'd suck you in...it was so cool looking that it didn't matter if the game actually worked or not...you'd pay 50 cents just to watch it! | |
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applekisses said: teller said: I actually learned how to beat the game one one credit (can't say one quarter because the frickin thing really was 50 cents! )
How did I do it? Mostly I spent way too much money playing it...plus some tips from some gaming mags of the day. God, what a waste that was. Not my best moment. OMG! I forgot that it cost 50 cents! That made the whole thing even worse! Although, I have to say that the graphics WERE cool for the time. That's how they'd suck you in...it was so cool looking that it didn't matter if the game actually worked or not...you'd pay 50 cents just to watch it!The graphics were good because of the fact that it used actual animation, but this also lead to the limitations of the game. It was more "choose your own adventure" than it was actual game. There was also a sci-fi themed one that followed it, but I never bothered to play. The first one was too frustrating!
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JediMaster said: There was also a sci-fi themed one that followed it, but I never bothered to play.
Space Ace They even made a Saturday morning cartoon for it, as I recall. | |
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Gorf,
Zaxxon, Missle Command, Asteroids, Defender | |
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Atari Star Wars. 13.5million, wave 56, two and a half hours (Years of practise, never saw my score bettered)  |
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MrJoker said:  Ohh that's the one, i preferred the sit down version though. i'd kill to own one, even the internet can't find me one though  |
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JediMaster said: applekisses said: OMG! I forgot that it cost 50 cents! That made the whole thing even worse! Although, I have to say that the graphics WERE cool for the time. That's how they'd suck you in...it was so cool looking that it didn't matter if the game actually worked or not...you'd pay 50 cents just to watch it!The graphics were good because of the fact that it used actual animation, but this also lead to the limitations of the game. It was more "choose your own adventure" than it was actual game. There was also a sci-fi themed one that followed it, but I never bothered to play. The first one was too frustrating! all you did was react to areas of the screeen lighting up (i.e. the floor) you had to push the joystick in the right direction and hoped you timed it right or it was oblivion. It was hard though as i recall. I did see people finish it though. |
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Tron, that was the freakin' bomb! I never got to the "User" level but I had a blast playing that one. "Get your life together, stop your crying. Whenever you say that you can't that's when you need to be trying!" | |
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Marrk said: Atari Star Wars. 13.5million, wave 56, two and a half hours (Years of practise, never saw my score bettered)
Damn! I could only get to wave 16, I think it was. After that my eyes would go | |
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Hopegiver said: Tron, that was the freakin' bomb! I never got to the "User" level but I had a blast playing that one.
I liked TRON disc myself! great fun trying to knock your opponent of those platforms with those energy frisbees! |
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Marrk said: Hopegiver said: Tron, that was the freakin' bomb! I never got to the "User" level but I had a blast playing that one.
I liked TRON disc myself! great fun trying to knock your opponent of those platforms with those energy frisbees! True dat, but my favorite on Tron was racing the light cycles! "Get your life together, stop your crying. Whenever you say that you can't that's when you need to be trying!" | |
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Check out this website for what seems to be a pretty complete list of classic arcade games:
http://www.klov.com/ It's well worth checking out... My favourite 80s game was deifnitely:  -----------------------------------------
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I loved Galaga. It was the only arcade game I was good at. I could get a good 20 minutes gaming out of 10p. Bargain! | |
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applekisses said: Do you guys remember Dragon's Lair? I could NOT for the life of me figure that game out! It seemed impossible to play...you'd put a quarter in and basically couldn't control anything...it was like watching TV...
I wasn't the only one then! | |
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ConsciousContact said: applekisses said: Do you guys remember Dragon's Lair? I could NOT for the life of me figure that game out! It seemed impossible to play...you'd put a quarter in and basically couldn't control anything...it was like watching TV...
I wasn't the only one then! Just trying to get the guy to walk in a straight line across that suspended wooden plank was next to impossible I seem to remember... -----------------------------------------
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TEMPEST AND CENTIPEDE!
I WAS A BEAST ON TEMPEST  I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ! | |
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I don't know if "Arkanoid" was an eighties thing, but I played it to death anyways. Double Dragon. Galaga. Sinistar. Stargate. Star Wars--the sit down version. Tempest. Tron For pin-ball my fave was "Pin-Bot", if anyone remembers that one. Does anyone remeber the car-racing game "Sprint"? It was one of the first games to have three steering wheels on a single game unit. My favourite video/pinball game company was "Williams". They made really creative games! Games I couldn't stand, but played anyway (when there was nothing else around): Zaxxon, Q*Bert, Moon Patrol, the list goes on The Only One with the Power to Save Us is Ourselves | |
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 To Sir, with Love | |
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 To Sir, with Love | |
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 To Sir, with Love | |
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 To Sir, with Love | |
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Galaga!    | |
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Tempest!   | |
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Revolution said: I loved a little game called WIZARDS OF WARLOCK...kinda obscure, but me and my
friend played it endlessly. Other than that... All the PAC-MAN games CENTIPEDE ASTROIDS DEFENDER good times... Umm were these late 70's? very early 80's? I love MS Pacman and could still beat your butt on it I bet!!!  Maybe if you took off that chastity belt you could breath a little mo betta. | |
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NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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