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[Robin64]

..which three would you pick?

Assume we're talking originals here and no MAME in a case setups. Three genuine original arcade units, from any era, fully working. What's your dream trio?

First, I'd have to have an F-Zero AX Deluxe cabinet. GX is one of my favourite games of all time, so having this thing would be sublime. If it came working with the cards it had, and the GameCube memory card stuff, even better! This would be a showpiece.

You'd also need something for multiplayer, and this is a tough one. But ideally I want four players, and rushing beats lend themselves well to that. I'll probably go for The Simpsons, as cliche as that may be, this would be a blast.

And then I think finally I'd need a gimmick machine, something only the arcades could offer. And then I think back to my childhood and one thing always comes up in my mind: Prop Cycle. Namco doing what Namco do and making a wonderful arcade experience, blowing wind in your face as you cycle through the skies. This is where it's at, this is why I went to arcades.

These three would make a great little arcade room, but what do you guys want in yours?

 

[Boogdud]

Asteroids, Centipede and Galaga.

 

[Hayama Akito]

Third Strike, Tetris TGM3 and Mushihime-sama Futari.

 

[Revan]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
Mortal Kombat (the first one)
Daytona USA.

Will add pics later - at work.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I'd make it into a home gym instead

 

[liquidtmd]

Daytona USA
Time Crisis 2
X-Men Children of The Atom

Would keep me going for years.

 

[Osu 16 Bit]

Mortal Kombat II
Final Fight
Area 51

 

[Jack The Nipper]

Daytona usa- this should be a must for most racing fans.

Donkey komg- many games are better but this is absurd classic.

Street Fighter 2

.Not sure if this would be my definitive list. Would likely be different tomorrow... sega games or something old 2d Capcom stuff or something

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Donkey Kong, Turtles in Time, Ninja Baseball Batman

 

[GhostWriter24]

Just give me three of these:

 

[Gestault]

Area 51, Killer Instinct, and Aliens vs Predator Arcade.

Yes, I've thought about this.

 

[harpingon]

Atari Star Wars

Gorf

Galaga

 

[DedValve]

Marvel vs Capcom 2
Maybe a Daytona or other racing game
Time Crisis 3

EDIT: Scratch Time crisis 3 for that jurassic park game.

 

[msdstc]

Pop n music

Taiko

Turtles in time or Simpsons.

 

[GuyKazama]

NBA Jam or Blitz 99
NEO-GEO
California Speed, or Sega Super GT if double cabs allowed

I had a Simpsons Arcade machine once, but it got boring quickly. Lesson was to have games with infinite replayability, like sports or fighting.

 

[5taquitos]

Time Crisis 2
Hydro Thunder
Raiden Fighters

Edit: I can't believe I forgot a Beatmania machine. Can I have 4?

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Marvel vs Capcom 2
Star Wars (don't remember the name, the one with the joystick)
Time crisis 2 or jurasic park.

 

[Ouroboros]

I loved TC2 growing up and even bought it for the PS2 when it was ported...never ever gets old.

Always took me for a ride every quarter...

I always played xmen arcade when i went to my local comic book store, sluggers, with my Dad. Played this all the time...so many memories.

edited with quotes.

 

[kunonabi]

Lucky & Wild, Virtua Cop 3, and Toy Fighter

 

[Castef]

An original Bubble Bobble machine, a 4-seat Daytona setup and a Darkstalkers 2 cabinet.

 

[Roubjon]

3rd Strike because it's the best fighting game ever.

Whatever the most popular Beatmania IIDX cabinet is because it's the best rhythm game ever.

Metal Slug 3 because it's the best 2d arcade shooter ever

I would spend so much time in that room...

 

[Rymuth]

Turtles Arcade
Metal Slug 3


and

Fist of the north star

 

[Cess007]

- TMNT Arcade Machine

- Sunset Riders

- NBA Jam

 

[enewtabie]

Pac man cocktail
Time Pilot
Galaga

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Golden Axe : Revenge of Death Adder
Batsugun Special Version
X-Men : Children of the Atom

 

[zerotol]

Galaga
720
Street Fighter 2

 

[Beautiful Ninja]

Super Turbo, Virtual On, Mahvel 2.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

Another fan of Prop Cycle - aw yisss.

My three would be WWF WrestleFest, Prop Cycle, and Silver Strike Bowling 2009. It hurt me to leave Sunset Riders and Psycho Soldier off this list, BTW. I love, love, love those games at the arcade.

 

[Smooth Operator]

F-Zero AX, Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Daytona USA.

 

[OmegaFax]

 

[DustyVonEric]

1) Ms. Pacman
2) Vanguard
3) Four player Gauntlet or X-men

Wait. Editing mine.

3rd would be D&D Shadow Over Mystara or Tower of Doom.

 

[Broritos]

F-Zero AX, Initial D and prly AfterBurner.

 

[5taquitos]

Fist of the north star

We had this at the shitty arcade I worked at back in the day.

It was always broken.

 

[CMDBob]

For me, it'd be After Burner II, Outrun and The Simpsons Arcade Game. All so good.

 

[inner-G]

Neo Geo 4 slot (that's kind of cheating, but eh)
Turtles in Time
SF II

 

[darkjedi187]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
House of the Dead

 

[FTF]

TMNT
Super SF2 Turbo
Neogeo w/metal slug 3 and Samurai Showdown 2 (cheating a bit but not a 4 slot neogeo at least)

 

[FloatOn]

Third Strike

Pac Man Battle Royale

Mario Kart GP

 

[rdaneel72]

Centipede
Qix
Robotron 2084

I'm old.

 

[KC-Slater]

1. Naomi Universal Cab with Marvel VS Capcom 2 (which I am lucky enough to own)



2. Datyona USA Twin

or

2b. Outrun 2 Twin

 

[megashock5]

Daytona USA
Tron
Tempest

 

[K.Sabot]

Nesica live
Some sort of mame config
And probably a super turbo board

 

[Shifty]

Third Strike
Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
Outrun 2 SP

Took me way longer than it should have to think up that last one.

 

[Vigilant Gambit]

Star Wars Battle Pod
Tekken 7
Beatmania

 

[AlexIIDX]

Ive always thought if I win the lottery i'd get myself a Beatmania cabinet. They're so awesome looking and I love the games.

DJ Max Technika...i love rhythm games.

Guilty Gear Xrd

 

[Experien]

Star Wars: Battle Pod
Aliens: Extermination (or whatever the light-gun game is)
F-Zero: AX

I'd love to have the Konami AvP arcade game or X-Men but you can just have an emulator so controllers work well.

 

[biteren]

id have...

a Neo Geo MVS
Mortal Kombat
Time Crisis 2 i guess

this was harder than i thought

 

[Menitta]

3rd Strike
Alien Vs Predator
Pokken

 

[bobone]

Outrun
House of the Dead 2
Tekken 3

If I was younger and still had the neighborhood friends to play with, it would be:
Street Figther 2
TMNT
The Simpsons

 

[MrChom]

Fist of the North Star

House of the Dead

And then it's a tough decision.....do I go for Super Pang or Sunset Riders?

Sunset Riders, I think.