Just got me an emulator and I'm trying to find all the old games that I used to play. Any recommendations for side or top scrolling shooters?
What are some of your favorite old school arcade games?
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the original nija gaiden was bad ass..the ones that came out on Nintendo sucked.
In the mid-late 80's I loved Ikari Warriors. Early 90's it was Street Fighter 2. Then mid 90's it was Killer Instinct 2 (80 hit combos!).
Contra, Contra II, and Contra III.
hell yeah! that game kicked ass.mattv2099 said:
I loved Galaga, Galaxian and Scramble. Defender was cool too, even though I sucked at it. Same goes for Zaxxon.
bomber man!
Battle Zone
Gauntlet
1941
Gauntlet
1941
Double Dragon.
Tempest
Qix
Qix
An ex-roommate of mine had an original Nintendo that worked until a couple years ago. This is what we played: Contra I (try beating it w/o dying once, it's tough), Contra II when we were bored, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, and the master of all old skool games, RC Pro-Am.
Edit: Forgot another true classic, Metroid. Funny thing is, I still remember the code (Justin Bailey, I have no clue what it means or how I remember). Zelda was cool, but I never had the patience to play it all the way through though.
Edit: Forgot another true classic, Metroid. Funny thing is, I still remember the code (Justin Bailey, I have no clue what it means or how I remember). Zelda was cool, but I never had the patience to play it all the way through though.
Excite bike and RC Proam. Then for Old School Pole Position, that game is so easy to beat.
Hahahaha...I recognize that one!!! Old Old SkoolI Are Baboon said:
Tempest
Dig Dug
Astroids
Donkey Kong (the original, with the keg tossing gorilla)
Centipede..
pole position
I cant remember the name but it was like asteroids but had color, anyone know it?
I cant remember the name but it was like asteroids but had color, anyone know it?
Galaga, Defender and Missle command.
I also liked that Olympic game that had the ball and two buttons for controllers....you had to hit the buttons really fast to make the guy run, and you walked out of the arcade with sore shoulders and blisters. 
Oh, one more: Punch Out. And of course I beat The Sandman.
Oh, one more: Punch Out. And of course I beat The Sandman.
dumped many of a quarter into
tron, spyhunter and gauntlet
tron, spyhunter and gauntlet
TRON.
But RC pro Am was cool on NES so was T&C Surf Designs and 720
But RC pro Am was cool on NES so was T&C Surf Designs and 720
i liked Ghosts and Goblins.
Blades of Steel
Oh yeah, completely forgot that one. Also, whoever mentioned T&C Surf Design has one hellofa memory. Damn, those were the days...narlus said:
Stargate - I think it's the arcade version of Defender
DigDug - I had a Commadore and could make my own levels
Pitfall - old school Lara Croft like
There was a text-based adventure game I played on an old IBM XT that I can't remember the name of. It was like D&D...?
DigDug - I had a Commadore and could make my own levels
Pitfall - old school Lara Croft like
There was a text-based adventure game I played on an old IBM XT that I can't remember the name of. It was like D&D...?
Man...some of you are waaaaayyyy more old school than me...ASTEROIDS? ASSSTEROIDS!?!?!....why don't you just go ahead and say PONG.
You're a young whipper snapper. Why, when I was your age...!Dog Welder said:
Hey, at least no one started talking about their fave pinball machine. And for the record, I played pong as a kid. Yeah, I'm THAT old! (Yeah, that slow too!) I bet I can school you in Mattel Electronic Football, too!
Yo Paul, let's go riding again soon... I have a new hardtail I want to try out at Wilson. Should be fun. You can ride the Yeti if you wanna try it out.
I'm pretty sure that is what I use to play. I had to upgrade my brothers Fat Mac(512K memory) to a double sided floppy drive. I thought I was cool because I had an external floppy drive, too.DVNT said:
Bwahahahahaha....I'd kick your a$$ at that game, that was the game to have in 1979!!!Ciaran said:....... I bet I can school you in Mattel Electronic Football, too!
My brother in law used to run the coin-op business for a major gamin company. He wrote (and produced) a lot of the "old school" arcade games, circa late 80's and early 90's. Has a bunch of them in his garage still.
Now he owns a company that makes cell phone games - easier to store.
Now he owns a company that makes cell phone games - easier to store.
Choplifter (Commodore 64) was pretty simple yet fun
MotorMania (C64)
Pitfall rocked!
MotorMania (C64)
Pitfall rocked!
i'm curious where i can find roms for my Mame32. Used to be a time i could pull a site where i can dl zip files all day for free....
Oh and i like Donkey Kong the original. But i like many others too, like Sinistar, Gyruss, Food Fight, i could go on and on.
i really want the Q-Bert and Popeye rom i haven't played those forever....
Oh and i like Donkey Kong the original. But i like many others too, like Sinistar, Gyruss, Food Fight, i could go on and on.
i really want the Q-Bert and Popeye rom i haven't played those forever....
