All time favorite arcade games?

[Shaun Shikeishuu]

What are you all time favorite arcade games? I'm a fan of the Rush series and I love Rush 2049. My local arcade receantly got Rush 2049 again (They had it once before but got rid of it) so now I'm happy. Only the one works and the stearing weel is messed up but oh well.

I also enjoy the orginal Crazy Taxi and Soul Calibur II. As well as the good old claw game. So what do you enjoy playing at the arcade the most?

[md123]

Here's a list, i think i played equal amount of all of these games and i kinda still play em wif mame and neogeo emus. =P

- Metal Slug
- Puzzle Bobble
- X-men

And more recently:

- Daytona
- House of the Dead 2 and 3
- Point Blank (any! i love shooting games.hehe)

[Metal Soldier]

Gotta be King of Fighters 2003, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Showdown 4, and Metal Slug 3.

[Miltani]

Virtua Striker Series for the win.
Other than that it's gotta be Guilty Gear Series

[Maria Renard]

must be "Real Bout: Fatal Fury Special," "Power Instinct 2" and "Rival Schools" series :p ...

I can

[yung]

tk series, sc/se(soul caliburs and soul edge), and vf2, vf4evo....

MvC2 and CvS2.

[Natuyuri]

XMen vs. Street Fighter.

[orka]

"Metal Slug", I guess (I like 3 the best)... Great way to waste quarters. :D

[Lisa Hayes]

Waku Waku 7

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ok, that game is old but i like it, so THERE!

and some more...
DDR - any will do. I LOVE those arrows!
Point Blank! / Time Crisis (all of them) - i LOVE to shoot people! Well, maybe Virtuacop and house of the dead will also do...
and Metal Slug series too...

[HelloProject]

My favorites have to be ones that I played in the arcade for a serious amount of time...so that would be:

Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat III
NBA Jam
Time Crisis (I spent so much time playing this, that I started memorizing all the enemy patterns...lol)
Dance Dance Revolution
Beatmania
Beatmania IIDX

and one that most people are probably not too familiar with:

Derby Owners Club World Edition...

...a game that I spent way too much time and money on... :( :p

[Para]

Initial D is very hot in Toronto. Played in every arcade (that has one) in Toronto. Everyone gets too good though.

[Toolix]

I'm one of the few lucky people that has a "magic key", this means I can play arcade games for free! :D :D
I have friends who work in the arcade industry :p so I spend literally hours playing Crazy Taxi, Star Wars and Sega Rally. Plus a whole load of new stuff that hasn't been released yet.
My favourite arcade game has to be Time Crisis 2, nothing compares to that when there's 2 players. I'm hoping to get a second hand dual screen one in the near future.

[Crys]

Favorite arcade games of all time?

Garou: Mark of the Wolves (A joy to play in the arcade. Makes Street Fighter III look like CRAP)
Beatmania IIDX (AAA on STARMINE ANOTHER, BABY)
Dance Dance Revolution (One great on Xenon and still trying.:()
Time Crisis 2 (Best shooting game EVER)
Ms. Pac-Man (Avoiding ghosts is training for dodging bigger creatures in 3D games)
The Last Blade 2 (Takes time to get good at THIS game)
King of Fighters '99 (Some people say '98, I say '99)

The only games I HATE are Psikyo shooters like the Strikers series. Cave is so much better.

[BigChef]

King of Fighters '98 (hands down best fighting game all-time :P, and sorry crys but to me '99 is complete rubbish)
DDR
Garou: mark of the wolves
Virtual cop 3
Metal slug (all of them)
GGX2
Street Fighter zero 3
Outrun (both 1 and 2)

[takahira]

to me... it has to be Initial D Stage 1 and 2 on arcade... at least it feels better and more real than the PS2 version...

[Metal Soldier]

Favorite arcade games of all time?

Garou: Mark of the Wolves (A joy to play in the arcade. Makes Street Fighter III look like CRAP)

And it was running on hardware that was over 10 years old.

[agentpyro003]

Dance Dance Revolution (One great on Xenon and still trying.:()

wow...xenon is pretty chaotic...

my list:

Raiden (variuos versions, forget which one)
X-Men (just...X-Men)
DDR (persoanlly, i like Max 2 and Extreme, just for Tsugaru and Love Love Shine)
Metal Slug (the orignal one!)

:D

[PronDealer]

My List

Soul Calibur 1+2
Dead Or Alive 2+3
House of The Dead 1
Jurassic Park 2 (or was it 3?)
Virtual On
Super Puzzle Fighter

[quagmire]

Xenophobe was a rare but very good 2-d shooter I used to play. Spent hundreds of dollars playing Spy Hunter, Defender, Millipede and Tron, too. I like the older games better. Oh, and of course Skee-Ball! I won enough tickets over the summer once and got the big stereo system. The thing was a piece of crap, though. :(
A waaaaaaaaaaaaay long time ago when I was maybe five there was this one old game that actually had a small movie projector and screen in it. The object was to shoot these cowboys who walked onscreen and threatened you. If you shot them you'd see a clip of them falling down the staircase or whatever. Maybe it's not technically a "video game" but it really impressed me!

[BigChef]

The object was to shoot these cowboys who walked onscreen and threatened you. If you shot them you'd see a clip of them falling down the staircase or whatever. Maybe it's not technically a "video game" but it really impressed me!

that sounds alot like mad dog mccree... i feel kind of old knowing that :o

[hooshang]

What are you all time favorite arcade games? I'm a fan of the Rush series and I love Rush 2049. My local arcade receantly got Rush 2049 again (They had it once before but got rid of it) so now I'm happy. Only the one works and the stearing weel is messed up but oh well.

I also enjoy the orginal Crazy Taxi and Soul Calibur II. As well as the good old claw game. So what do you enjoy playing at the arcade the most?

I'm surprised you didn't mention some older titles like SF2:world warrior (still don't get why the black guy and blonde guy weren't in the game yet they were in the opening theme.), time crisis, marvel vs street fighter, tekken 2, and DDR.

[AbortedWonton]

Hmm... favorites.

-Beatmania (Hip-Hop mania and all other iterations).
-Guitar Freaks (Sheer awesomeness)
-Capcom vs SNK (I own like no other)
-House of the Dead (Can beat it on one credit still)
-Tron (Everyone loves tron. And if you dont, you're going to hell. =D )
-DDR (Been playin since 2nd mix)

And probably a myriad of others I can't recall or havent played in years.

[horondo223]

The Simpsons and MK series

Those were the last arcade games I played. To me the arcade is just a waste of time and money.

[Trinidad]

tekken tag tourney. i wasted hours on that in the arcades.

[Chotomatei]

It would definitely be Pang or Sunset Riders. Remember using the weeks pocket money on the arcades in the space of an hour. Those were the days...

[loempiavreter]

Metal Slug 3 becase I love Side Scrolling Platform Shooters and the Humor is just supurb, 2 player mode owns...

[Maria Renard]

mmh, I liked too in old arcades double dragon and contra (the arcade versions ^^)

Gao~!

[Azstraph]

Didn't really play arcade games when I was younger but I did like the X-Men game which I did played a few times whenever I got a chance and sometimes Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

[eMKa]

For me:
Alien vv Predator
Contra
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Xenon

[dracul6786]

My all time favorite arcade game would have to be the xmen arcade game.

[kwehgoesthechocobo]

My favorites are:

-DDR (still tryin to pass Maxx Unlimited on Heavy...)
-Beatmania
-Para Para Paradise

[Cagalli Clyne]

Mine would be KoF 98, SFZ3 and the Capcom crossover series...

[Slker]

Metal Slug

[Firefly00]

Search and Rescue (SNK)
Rolling Thunder (Namco)
Space Gun (Taito)
Aliens (Konami)
Ghost Squad (Sega)
Virtua Cop series (Sega)
Time Crisis series (Namco)
Gunblade series (Sega; comprises Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns)

When you get the opportunity, watch the entire title/backstory sequence for LA Machineguns; POTUS in that game looks a heck of a lot like Michael Douglas (who did play that role in The American President).

[Chaz_The_Hunter]

all time favorites?....
MVC2
Virtual games (Any of them)
Daytona USA, esp on the 8 player machines
Pro Skater
Tekken Tag (Only Tag, the rest are boring)
and for some unknown reason, puzzle bobble in Toronto... maybe because the background screen is naked chicks.... in an arcade game.... in the middle of toronto... whats up with that?

[npdcb]

*DDR hands down oO
*Guitar Freaks XD
Garou: mark of the wolves, but it wasn't popular enough so they took it out =_=
(hotaru futaba: does anyone still remember her 'special' super move? XD)
X-Men vs Street Fighter
*Marvel vs Capcom 2
*Capcom vs SNK 2
Street Fighter Alpha 1 & 3
Daytona USA
*Virtual Tennis ^^
House of The Dead 1 & 2
Time Crisis 1,2 & *3

* game i'm still playing at the arcades

[Maria Renard]

*DDR hands down oO
*Guitar Freaks XD
Garou: mark of the wolves, but it wasn't popular enough so they took it out =_=
(hotaru futaba: does anyone still remember her 'special' super move? XD)
X-Men vs Street Fighter
*Marvel vs Capcom 2
*Capcom vs SNK 2
Street Fighter Alpha 1 & 3
Daytona USA
*Virtual Tennis ^^
House of The Dead 1 & 2
Time Crisis 1,2 & *3

* game i'm still playing at the arcadesgarou is what i consider one of neogeo and snk best/top games ^^

incredible ost and storyline... :)

Buster wolf! *_*

Gao+!

[npdcb]

Best Neogeo and Snk in my opinion was King of Fighters 2001 but I didn't mention since I prefer playing it on keyboard instead ^^ (and still wondering where to download the dreamcast torrent =_=)

Hero Team: K' / Maxima / Whip / Lin : best team eva!!! :p :D

[Zapper216]

I would say these r my favs:

Metal slug (all of them)
DDR (mostly played on PlayStation tho)
Striker 1945 (really cool airplane shooter)

[wickedone64]

Every Raiden and raiden type game. 25cents for 15 minutes is a wonderful thing, the zombie shooter whatever that was, and DDR from time to time.

[chriscvf]

>.> mine was a damn old action arcade game w/ michael jackson in it...still remembered i was very little when i played that game. others would be most Capcom and SNK 2D fighting games, and GG series. Racing would be Initial D coz I like the manga. That should sums up the arcade games I like through yrs :)

[Cymbaline22]

Ahhh, you would be thinking of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, which was a VERY good game for the arcades and the Sega Genesis. Who knew Sega could make a good game out of him, especially given the circumstances NOW!

Anyway, my favorite arcade games?

:The Starcade Theme Song begins playing:

In no particular order, they are:

1. Pooyan
2. Frogger
3. Time Pilot
4. Scramble
5. Rush N' Attack

*BONUS QUESTION* What do the above 5 games have in common?

6. Donkey Kong
7. Donkey Kong Jr.
8. Mario Bros.
9. Super Punch-Out!!
10. Hogan's Alley

11. Centipede
12. Missile Command
13. Asteroids
14. Breakout
15. Crystal Castles

*BONUS QUESTION* Which of the above 5 games was designed and coded by a woman?

16. Pac-Man
17. Ms. Pac-Man
18. Pac-Man Jr.
19. Dig-Dug
20. Mappy

*BONUS QUESTION* Which of the above 5 games was made by MIT students?

21. Metal Slug
22. Metal Slug 2
23. || 3
24. || 4
25. || 5 :)

26. Section-Z
27. Trojan
28. 1942
29. Commando
30. Gun.Smoke

*BONUS QUESTION* What do the above 5 games have in common?

31. Gauntlet
32. Gauntlet 2
33. Smash T.V.
34. Total Carnage
35. Toobin'

36. Wacko
37. Robotron
38. Marble Madness
39. Paperboy
40. Joust

There's more on the way, so stay tuned to Starcade! :)

~Cymbaline22

P.S. Old school? You BET I am! And I'm surprised nobody said "Jojo's Venture" (later re-released as the more properly named "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" on the Dreamcast and PS1). I mean you beat people up as a POed pit bull! How sweet is that!? :)

[chippermonky]

haha, I would so say jo jo's bizarre adventure but I can't get my hands on it. No emulator for cps3 >__<. Hard to find a DC/ps1 image/meat copy as well.

edit: I take that back, fonud a dc image.. now I just need a DC....