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[cr0w]

X-Men: Children of the Atom
Mortal Kombat
Cruisin' USA

 

[Brainiac 8]

Ooh, I've always wanted a few arcade machines if I had the room. Mine would be:

This is still one of my favorite arcade fighters of all time.

It's a toss up between X-Men and TMNT, but X-Men wins because of six players. Also "Welcome to die!"

The game is awesome, and the ability to sit at this table and play is amazing.

 

[creatchee]

 

[DNAbro]

House of the Dead 3, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Metal Slug 3

 

[Mr Clutch]

Mortal Kombat, Galaga, The Simpsons.

 

[Mr Clutch]

It's a toss up between X-Men and TMNT, but X-Men wins because of six players. Also "Welcome to die!"

I forgot all about X-Men! That thing took a lot of my quarters growing up!

 

[King Al B]

Hydro Thunder

Rush 2049

F-zero

Are we related? Or psychic? Cause thats my list! High Five

 

[inm8num2]

I only need two.

 

[Kneefoil]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
F-Zero AX (or one of the Mario Kart arcade games. Probably F-Zero though.)

 

[IronicSonic]

Daytona Usa, Virtua Fighter 5fs, THOD III

 

[SpiceMelange]

Owning a third strike cabinet is one of my dreams. If I ever get a house it's one of the first thing I'll look into.

 

[momshotdad]

Galaga, Simpsons, and Ms Pacman. Easily.

 

[MrCunningham]

Neo Geo MVS...

With: The King of Fighters 98, Metal Slug X, Areo Fighters II and Wind Jammers

Daytona USA twin cab:

Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga cocktail machine:

Hard list to choose from, because I have so many choices.But I think these ones would cover all the basics that I would want.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Turtles in Time

Alien Vs. Predator

Mortal Kombat 2

 

[Bronion]

Primal Rage
Raiden Fighters
Hydro Thunder

 

[NeonBlack]

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[img]https://www.libertygames.co.uk/images/gallery/1270/3350-time-crisis-3-1.jpg[/img]

 

[Plasma]

Smash TV, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade & Time Crisis.

 

[Zevenberge]

In The Groove
Taiko no Tatsujin (Taiko drums)
Cho Chabudai Gaishi (evil table flip)

 

[todahawk]

Tempest
Cyber Sled
Heavy Barrel

 

[commanderpepper]

Super Turbo
Third Strike
MvC2

 

[shintoki]

Virtual On
Time Crisis 2
One of those Japanese dance machines.

 

[blackMamba1187]

MvC2
Turtles in Time
Jurassic Park

 

[Lys Skygge]

The Lost World

Die Hard

Hydro Thunder

 

[RAWRferal]

Outrun 2
Guitar hero
House of the dead

 

[Daft Punk]

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[img]https://www.libertygames.co.uk/images/gallery/1270/3350-time-crisis-3-1.jpg[/img]

Same as me, just replace Time Crisis with

 

[DrkSage]

Initial D AAX 7

Fate/unlimited codes

Metal slug

 

[Moofers]

Wow. This is a tough one when you gotta narrow it down to just 3. I'm going to go with 3 that I think would age well and always be fun:

-Time Crisis 2
-Marvel vs Capcom 2
-Alpine Racer

Honorable mentions:

-Hydro Thunder
-Alien vs Predator (Capcom)
-Gauntlet Dark Legacy

 

[napalmjam]

Afterburner climax
Virtua striker 4
Daytona 2

 

[Sky Chief]

Why fill that space with arcade cabinets when you could get a Vive and have some sweet room scale VR?

 

[Recall]

Street Fighter vs X-Men
Wrestlefest
Cocktail cabinet of Warlords

 

[To Far Away Times]

Third Strike, Tetris TGM3 and Mushihime-sama Futari.

Those are my picks as well.

 

[Robin64]

Why fill that space with arcade cabinets when you could get a Vive and have some sweet room scale VR?

That's in the other large spare room. My dream house has a lot of those.

 

[TheLetdown]

Marvel vs Capcom 2 (it's a forever game, really)
Time Crisis 2 or 3 (gotta have a shooter)
Top Skater (most would say you need a racer... I'll let this take the place of that)


But man, I really want a Ms. Pac-Man glass-top.

Edit:

Check out this awesome recreated picture of Steve Caballero and a 720 cabinet!

 

[The Lone Courier]

Mocap Boxing

Simpsons Arcade

Top Skater

 

[GamerJM]

Modded ITG2 with a bunch of custom songs
Beatmania IIDX
Jubeat

This is tough. I'd also like Soul Calibur III Arcade Edition, GitaDora, and Tetris the Grand Master 3. Third Strike would be cool because it's Third Strike but I'm fine with the PSN/XBLA port.

 

[Skiptastic]

Dance Dance Revolution: Hacked with Stepmania if I can cheat, 3rd Mix Korean or Extreme if I can't

NFL Blitz 2000/NBA Showtime Combo Machine

Pop n Fresh (I don't know versions but I know I want that game)

If I'm going to have three arcade games I want infinite replay value. A side scrolling fighter will get boring and I'm my much of a fighting game aficionado. So my games will be music and sports.

 

[Loomer]

 

[mreddie]

 

[fwpx]

MvC2
NEOGEO w/ WindJammers, Metal Slug X, SamSho2, and KOF98
Joust

 

[Battlesmurf]

Room with space for 3.... that's how it starts lol. My first two were woodies (generic, dynamos) in my apartment around 15 years ago. I've moved a few times since then, but there's always a battle of trying to pick up neat things and talk myself out of stuff that I just don't have the room for. I don't know how many I have at the moment- and I still find things I really, really want but can't fit. If I had to pick, it'd probably 3 boring ones. 1 Japan universal (Egret 2- hori/vert), 1 MVS (Neo Geo), 1 Midway (Ki/MK/ETC). This would net me the majority of the jamma library with the option to go with some gun stuff if I wish.

The downside is that I miss out on the gimmicky stuff going this direction so picking just 3 would be really tough. Police 911, DDR, Darius (WS), 4 player cabs, driving cabs, etc.

Pain in the butt having to pull them out to get to them, but each one serves its purpose and I can't see myself getting rid of them any time soon.

 

[FSLink]

OP has basically my list:

Simpsons
F-Zero AX

Third game would be Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

 

[AaronMT86]

Tekken 3
Simpsons Arcade
X-Men Arcade

With a TMNT Arcade a very close choice for third

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Daytona USA, The Lost World, Virtua Tennis

 

[shimrra]

Neo Geo cabinet and all the AES carts.
NBA Jam
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

 

[SMG]

Virtua (Something) X 3

 

[petethepanda]

or simpsons or nba jam or something

Crazy Taxi
NFL Blitz '99
Rush 2049

CT and Blitz are absolute locks, but Simpsons is competing for third with at least a dozen other favorites. Already I'm starting to lean a bit more towards MVC2. Or NBA Jam? (Edit: Wait, no. Clearly Rush 2049 is third.)

 

[AstroLad]

I actually had to literally make this decision and so far have gone with two pinballs -- Metallica Premium & Ghostbusters LE (arriving this month). Pinball machines are just really good for a game room because there is absolutely no properly replicating them so you're getting them for more than just the novelty. That is true for some arcade machines too, but usually because they're so giant that they wouldn't properly fit in my game room anyway. For my third machine I probably will do a MAME cab of some sort or if there's a game I really love and can pick up on the cheap might do that too. Has to have a ton of replayability though, which many arcade machines don't have (and which modern pinball machines mostly do).

 

[Pizza]

Typing of the dead

Gauntlet: Dark Legacy

Soul Calibur 3


Ezpz

 

[Ovek]

StarBlade!

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Ghost Squad, that crazy multiplayer Pac Man game, and Daytona USA.