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[smurfx]

final fight

 

[Bucket-o-roadkill]

Outrun was probably my earliest memory.

Stand outs are MJ's Moonwalker, Golden Axe, TMNT, Daytona, Sega Rally, House of the Dead.. Just so many classics.

 

[Vitacat]

 

[Solid SOAP]

Metal Slug 3 was a favorite of mine as a kid In Nathans arcade, I bought the whole collection on Wii afterwards and loved em all.

 

[XanaviF30]

Too many!!

Any CPS II/III and Model 2/3 game.

X-men vs. Street Fighter and Virtua Fighter 3.

Also Ridge Racer.

 

[JazzmanZ]

Bust a move/ Street fighter II combo arcade cabinet.

 

[gigantor21]

Bust a move/ Street fighter II combo arcade cabinet.

I thought the Holy Grail was just a myth!?

 

[Nosgotham]

Killer instinct 2.

 

[Kagami]

Hard to choose but I sure had a good time with Gauntlet.

 

[JamboGT]

That is tough, my favourite experience was playing 8 player Daytona USA but I loved Sega Rally.

Ughhh Sega Rally 2 is my favourite...

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

 

[Klart]

AVP arcade game

Yes, this one.

 

[HK UdP]

Jambo Safari!

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

WWF WrestleFest blew my wrestling loving mind when I was a kid, the big characters and colorful graphics, that awesome roster and everyone having signature/finishing moves... And it was all so fleeting. I played it one time, didn't have much money on me and it was gone when I came back a few weeks later. I was crushed.

A certain method used to play games some years later allowed me to play the shit out of it and it was just a pretty damn cool game for it's era. Certainly better than the Royal Rumble's and Raw's we got on the 16-bit systems.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Playing Galaga back in summer 1983 in our local italian ice cream vendors store...

Life will never be as laid back as then...

 

[Nyx]

Rolling Thunder

 

[GenG3000]

It depends.

For playing alone, probably Outrun / Outrun 2 / Afterburner 2.

For playing with people, Time Crisis 2 or Metal Slug.

 

[terrisus]

Galaga is, and always will be, the greatest.

A much older classic: Galaga. I'd love to get one of these:

One of these days I will definitely get one of these.

 

[pettson3816]

Oh.. Mortal Kombat, Sunset Riders, Turtles, Samurai Shodown, Tekken, Sega Rally and when i was in Greece on vacation they had this Operation Wolf cabinet that i spent a ridiculous amount of money on.

 

[REDSLATE]

 

[Jack Videogames]

Probably Tiger Road. I spent so many quarters on this shit.

Closely followed by Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

 

[Faiz]

I spent more time playing Street Fighter II than anything else so I'd probably have to say that.

If I'm considering games that don't (and really can't) play the same on consoles I might say Ikari Warriors II or Forgotten Worlds.

 

[Earthpainting]

I don't have a ton of arcade experience, but Battle Circuit was definitely my highlight.

 

[MikeyB]

Toobin'

 

[nuttyevans]

Sega Rally or the original House of the Dead. Can't decide.

 

[Currygan]

gonna be either Virtua Cop 2 or Soul Blade

 

[KennyLinder]

Daytona USA

 

[aku:jiki]

As a kid, I once played Afterburner II in one of those crazy spinning ball contraptions. It was pretty awesome. I also really liked Chase HQ and would play the hell out of it every time I saw it.

As an adult, I like Ghost Squad. That faux MP5 just feels legit. This guy knows what I'm talking about.

 

[megashock5]

Hydro Thunder!

This and Daytona USA.

But, since I'm old, I also have to throw in Tempest.

Ah, 80s arcades.

 

[mcz117chief]

1) Afterburner

2) Outrun

3) Battlezone

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I remember having the most fun with:

Rapid River

The Simpsons Arcade

Outrun 2

 

[Marceles]

Never spent too much time in the arcades, but I always loved this classic:

My favorite too

Honorable mention: SF2 Rainbow Edition. Great way to practice how to do special move motions on stick when I was little lol

 

[Shmuppers]

Twinklestar Sprites...

 

[Doc_Drop]

For me it's a dead heat between Time Crisis 2/Point Blank/AVP

Twist my arm an I'd say Point Blank

 

[Poop!]

Taiko Drum Master:

 

[kode80]

First arcade games/nostalgia-glasses: Golden Axe/TMNT/Simpsons

Games I sought out & played religiously: SF2/SFA/SFA2/SFIII

I'll never forget the first time I saw Alpha down our local. <3

 

[Spinosaurus]

F-Zero AX

Jurassic Park TLW

 

[Peltz]

That Jurassic Park cab is definitely a cool experience. I only played it a few times, but I loved it.

Bubble Bobble is also up there. But yea, Metal Slug is still my answer. I've only played a real MVS cabinet once in my whole life (0_0) but that was enough.

Now I've got a consolized MVS.

 

[entremet]

VF3.

I like it so much that I bought it.

Isn't the Dreamcast version a perfect port?

 

[Dennis]

OutRun the GOAT

 

[ReddishGUI]

Third Strike

 

[Ranma]

 

[Renekton]

I don't have a ton of arcade experience, but Battle Circuit was definitely my highlight.

High Five!

 

[ViolentP]

these

So good.

 

[uncleslappy]

 

[Sintoid]

Can't choose one among these games
Black Tiger by Capcom (followed by a lot of other Capcom arcades)
Sega's racers (Hang on, Super Hang on, Out Run, Power Drift)
Don Bluth Lasergames (Dragon's Lair 1&2, Space Ace)

But the missing piece of my heart is Buggy Boy, so beautiful and innovative for a 1985 racing game

 

[SpotAnime]

Between this:

And this:

 

[Col WillieSharp]

So many great answers here. But the first game that popped into my head was the legendary 720.

 

[Cavalier]

Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2

Played this religiously every Saturday night with my brother, cousins and friends while having some beer. I miss Arcade bars so much.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Best : Golden Axe : The Revenge of Death Adder
Runner up : X-Men : Children of the Atom

Those are the best I have personally played in a proper arcade machine.