If you could personally own an arcade game, what would it be?

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Agent Icebeezy

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I'm looking for suggestions because in a few months (tax time) I'm going to invest in an arcade cabinet and get Run N Gun 2. I've forgotten so many of them that I loved, hence this thread.

My pick would be F-Zero AX, but that is way too far out of my budget.

Thanks in advance
 
Agent Icebeezy said:
My pick would be F-Zero AX, but that is way too far out of my budget.
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I actually entered this thread intending to write this. There's two F-Zero AX machines too, right? I want the one you can sit in.
 
Metal SLug 1 without a doubt (but since the Jamma boards support 4 games, I'd go with MS1, Strikers 1945 Plus, Garou Mark of the Wolves and one of the SamSho games). That's arcade gaming heaven right there folks.
 
If? :)

I have an assload of arcade games. Some of them I haven't had time to play yet (mostly a batch of Naomi games that arrived when I was really, really busy...:p)
 
I wouldn't have anything remotely new. It would be very old classics only (very similar to the list PC Gaijin made). To simulate the sights and sounds of going into an 80's arcade would be awesome
 
If I had to chose, it would be between:

1) Galaga/Ms.Pac-Man combo
2) One of the SF Rush games
3) Capcom's Dungeons & Dragons BEU
4) Konami's Simpsons BEU
5) Daytana
 
I already have a bunch. My most wanted is MK 3. I need it to have the complete MK series. It's like impossible to find though.
 
nba jam
mortal kombat 3 (my favorite of all the mk's)
xmen: children of the atom
any of the samurai showdowns


as you can tell i was a mid 90's arcade kid. i feel fortunate to at least catch the tail end of the arcades.

what was that nba-jam style hockey game?
 
my friend has a two-sided arcade with super mario brothers on one side and excite bike on the other side. anyone have more info on that? is that rare?
 
Something like DDR. Even with a really decent home pad you're lacking the "bigass speakers" and "lights shooting off all over the place" parts of the experience.

Joe said:
my friend has a two-sided arcade with super mario brothers on one side and excite bike on the other side. anyone have more info on that? is that rare?
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Is it one of the sit-down types that look triangular from the side? If so I'm not really sure how rare they are or what combinations exist, but I've seen a few Ring King/Baseball machines.
 
open ice! great game.

bust-a-move is a game i forgot to list

shit, i wanna buy a bunch of arcades now.
 
If I could own an original arcade machine it would be:
1. Shinobi
2. Golden Axe 2: Death Adders Revenge
3. Mario Brothers....NOT Super Mario Brothers.
 
Xellos said:
If I had to chose, it would be between:

1) Galaga/Ms.Pac-Man combo
2) One of the SF Rush games
3) Capcom's Dungeons & Dragons BEU
4) Konami's Simpsons BEU
5) Daytana
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was that snk's version of nascar racing?
 
I'm like the opposite of Anyanka, I have all the arcade Street Fighter games from Street Fighter I up to Street Fighter Alpha (plus a few odds and ends - I have SFZ2A but not SFZ/A2...no SFA3, but I have Street Fighter III...the first one...) I have all the Darkstalker/Vampire games too, including the Japan-only ones like Vampire Hunter 2.

I don't have a single MK game though. :)

NBA Jam holds up well after all these years. I have a Jam board and it's still a lot of fun! I wish I had a Jam TE 1.0 board, with the MK characters (before the NBA found out and decided they were not as amused as the rest of us...)

The last major thing I got was the Naomi a few months ago but I've really slowed down on buying arcade junk, mainly cause of lack of funds...someday I'll win the lottery and buy all the crap I desire :)
 
I'd probably get a sit-down Daytona cabinet. Maybe Carnevil(I liked the pump-action gun, much better than shooting off the screen to reload).

I remember playing a first-person mech game years ago that I had fun with, think it was called BOTTS or something. Looking back, the game itself wasn't so great, but I liked the controls(sit down in a seat with a joystick to your right and a throttle to your left).

Maybe an MK machine for nostalgia's sake.
 
eh, i'd just want a nice japanese jamma cab with a big, easily rotatable monitor. my first game would probably be esp.ra.de. but really arcade cabs are too much hassle and expense for me, and they take up too much space.
 
Argyle said:
NBA Jam holds up well after all these years. I have a Jam board and it's still a lot of fun! I wish I had a Jam TE 1.0 board, with the MK characters (before the NBA found out and decided they were not as amused as the rest of us...)
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I've seen the chips on Ebay often.
 
1) Samurai Shodown II or III - this took so much time and money. I really wanted to beat it on hardest setting + an awesome 2player game.
2) Garou: Martk OF The Wolves - one of the best 2D fighters ever
3) original Bust-a-Move (Puzzle Bobble) - simple and fun, this or "Pang"
 
I currently own these:

Tempest
TRON
720
Dig-Dug
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man (cocktail)
Mr & Mrs. Pac-Man (pinball)
Marble Madness (PCB and control panel swaps out to other System 1 games like Peter Pack-Rat)
Neo-Geo 4-slot Japanese "sit-at" cabinet (I also use this for JAMMA PCBs)
Spider-Man (I use this for 4p JAMMA games, mainly beat-em-ups)
STUN Runner (sit-down)

I've once owned, but later sold, these:

Joust (though I'd very much like to own it again)
APB
Asteroids
Arkanoid
Moon Cresta (cocktail)
Omega Race (cockpit)
Victory Road
Race Drivin'
Spy Hunter (cockpit)

And I'd really like to someday own, among others, these:

Libble Rabble
Robotron 2084
Crystal Castles (greatest cabinet in history)
Drummania / Guitar Freaks
Point Blank
Medieval Madness (pinball)
Funhouse (pinball)

Though I must say that the novelty of tracking down, procuring, and painstakingly restoring these beauties has largely worn off, and now I'm left with a whole lot of space taken up. Hopefully one day I'll have a big house to keep them all in, so it won't seem like such a burden. :D

As for suggestions, I'm with Drohne. If you only want to have one cab, invest in a nice JAMMA cab and then pick up various PCBs over time. Getting a cab like "Run n Gun" is largely worthless, considering that the PCB alone likely sells for about $20 and that the cab itself is nothing more than a generic box with some ugly stickers from a kit slapped on. You'd be better off buying a generic Jamma cab and finding the PCB on its own.
 
Easy
F-Zero AX Cycraft (Monster Ride Edition)

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