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What is the best arcade game ever Mr M?

 

It's not my favourite but I believe the official answer is Pac-Man. It's either that or Space Invaders.

 

I don't know if I could actually pick one. My personal favourites are:

 

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Street Fighter II

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Daytona

Shinobi

Wonderboy

 

I didn't really spend much time in the arcades though, it was more a holiday hobby for me.

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Personally I hated Pacman. Arcades are just non existent nowadays, rather than actual games they are just stuffed with cheap fruit machines which personally I find a bit sad really.

 

The games are just not suited to arcades nowadays unfortunately. No imagination is put into the gameplay nowadays, it's all just a quick hit. I remember throwing coins into the same game over and over, nowadays I'll play them one time then move onto the next as there isn't any hook.

 

I loved pacman when I was young. Infuriated me though. Ms Pac-Man was my favourite :D

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

 

That was epic as a game. Chase HQ was my favourite driving game or Outrun.

 

It's not my favourite but I believe the official answer is Pac-Man. It's either that or Space Invaders.

 

I don't know if I could actually pick one. My personal favourites are:

 

Afterburner

Street Fighter II

Sega Rally

Daytona

Shinobi

Wonderboy

 

I didn't really spend much time in the arcades though, it was more a holiday hobby for me.

 

Yep, me too. I never went for the Pacman or Space Invaders. Defender was great, Asteroids or 1942.

 

H.

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I had forgotten about laser light games, abtin90 mentioned the Time Crisis franchise. You also have Vampire Night, House of the Dead & Mad Dog Mccree although this can be quite frustrating to play!

 

The Street Fighter franchise has already been mentioned how about Final Fight, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive, King of Fighters, Fatal Fury.

 

There was also a fun Asterix arcade game from the early 90's released by Konami.

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I had forgotten about laser light games, abtin90 mentioned the Time Crisis franchise. You also have Vampire Night, House of the Dead & Mad Dog Mccree although this can be quite frustrating to play!

 

The Street Fighter franchise has already been mentioned how about Final Fight, Mortal Kombat, Dead or Alive, King of Fighters, Fatal Fury.

 

There was also quite fun Asterix arcade game from the early 90's released by Konami.

 

I remember the old man used to beat his chest in final fight then grow huge when he was low on health :D

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I imagine little H playing the Amstrad when he was 19 years old and searching for the tapes.

 

By 19 it would have been the rearward plugin cartridges. Times had moved on :D

 

Double dragon was a beauty of a game though. I never played it in the arcade but I always had it at home. I remember the 3rd one being amazing, probably one of the best side scroll/beat-em-up's ever.

 

Remember when they were called beat-em-up's :D

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Remember when they were called beat-em-up's :D

 

That's why I liked the Streets of Rage series (Bare Knuckle if in Japan) as I was 7-10 years old and hitting men and women with steel poles, knifes and swords and there was nothing deemed wrong with that.

 

IMO it wasn't until Manhunt that the whole gaming rating issue really took off.

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One that always sticks in my mind was Golden Axe. I remember really enjoying that game but finding it far too easy. Same with Altered Beast.

 

One of my FAVOURITE games was Shadow of the Beast III though. Doubt it was an arcade game but it was definitely one of the best games ever made.

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