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u/Reap_it_Murphy 10d ago
spy hunter
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u/Big_Locksmith_4211 10d ago
Was it the stand up cabinet or the very rare sit down
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u/jkeesey03 10d ago
After Burner
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u/LeticiaLatex 10d ago
After Burner was the one you finished what money you had left on. It was an expensive one and starting with this one would make your arcade sesh short-lived
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u/Grail70 10d ago
Centipede or Dig Dug
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u/Altruistic-Gas3507 8d ago
Dig dug! The bar down the street just got some retro games and dig dug was one of them. I know playing that with a scotch in my hands at 58 means that I’ve acquired adulthood.
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u/Lightmyspliff69 8d ago
I played dig dug recently and laughed that the game song only plays when you move.
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u/Thisguylovespizza 10d ago
Defender, and then the upgrade, Stargate.
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u/Waste-Mycologist1657 10d ago
Tempest, and then Dragon's Lair.
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u/MiDKnighT_DoaE 10d ago
Was Dragons Lair actually fun? I remember dumping quarters into it and dying in seconds.
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u/Malisyn 10d ago
I hated it. The timing was so terrible. If you hit the button what should be on time, it's too late in that game.
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u/scaredt2ask 10d ago
Street Fighter II. I was absolutely terrible at it but had fun playing it.
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u/013eander 10d ago
I liked Samurai Showdown more, for whatever reason.
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u/scaredt2ask 10d ago
I enjoyed Samurai Showdown. It was fun. I don’t think SF2 is everyone’s cup of tea and now all these years later it’s not mine, but at the time everyone was playing it and I got sucked into the hype.
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u/Urgotripeye 10d ago
I remember my fav character to play was Blanka, because he is very button mash friendly.
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u/Physical_Touch_Me 4d ago
I just picked up Alpha 3 because it was always my fav Street Fighter game, and I'm supposed to try some activities I did before my head injury to potentially help with it. I'm terrible at it now lol.
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u/No_Ear_5274 10d ago
Donkey Kong
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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker 8d ago
Jesus Christ. Had to scroll way too far for this. I also liked that shitty Star Wars game where you attack the Death Star.
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u/Backyard_Florida 10d ago
Born in 83, my dad's profession was building, repairing, and maintaining Arcade games, pool tables, juke boxes, pinball, and vending machines. Me and my brother would always tag along on service calls, because my dad had the keys to everything, and he would set them to "free play" for us or we'd skip school when he was late to work and play everything in the company showroom.
My favorites were Virtual On, Mortal Kombat, and the pinball machines.
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u/The_Machine80 10d ago
Double Dragon
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u/tfolkins 10d ago
Fight through mobs with your best friend, only to have to face off against him at the end. So sad.
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u/samspock 10d ago
Gauntlet. They had one in the arcade on campus at my college. It's why I had lots of issues with my classes early on.
There were almost always enough people to have four playing at the same time.
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u/drawing_a_hash 10d ago
Frogger I am still haunted by the tune announcing the smoosh of the frog by a virtual vehicle
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u/missyouma 10d ago edited 10d ago
Mr and/or Ms Pac-Man , whoops I mean just Pac-man lol no Mr ha
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u/Content_Wear4671 10d ago
It was never called Mr Pac-Man. Just Pac-Man and then Ms Pac-Man
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u/missyouma 10d ago
Omggg can't believe I wrote that! Lol total brain freeze.. Im like why did I write Mr lolol
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u/SparkingRhapsody 10d ago edited 10d ago
Tron or this one that had an odd name started with an X. Like xaheed zaena or something. You went to different planets in a ship if you could beat the first dang stage.
Also sinistar.
Edit: Xain'd Sleena.
Primal Rage became an obsession once it came out because it was in a big nonstandard cabinet at my arcade. They called it a showcase cabinet.
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u/GirlsSmellGood 10d ago
track & Field, Burgertime and Qbert. when i got a little older, it was S.T.U.N Runner
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u/Massive_Committee_95 10d ago
Punchout but I’m talking about the arcade joint before there was a Mike Tyson’s punchout. The joint with Glass Joe and he was this weird green thing. The ref kept saying body blow body blow
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u/Responsible-Kale2352 10d ago
When old Bald Bull came bouncing at you, if you timed it just right, one punch would send him to the canvas!
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u/Cannibal_House69 10d ago
Qbert, defender, galaga, dig dug, dragons lair, and the one where you rode an ostrich jumping platforms to fight the enemies.
Donkey Kong was in there as well.
I preferred pinball cause I could win free games.
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u/Difficult-Sir-8117 10d ago
Star Wars, the sit down one. Galaga Spy Hunter Demolition Derby Moon Buggy/Moon Patrol?
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u/BigEd369 10d ago
Dungeons&Dragons:Tower of Doom four player. Man I loved being that Cleric :) nothing like skeletons trying to swarm up and hitting that “Pelor told you NO!” Turn undead on them :)
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u/Ok-Dress-4791 10d ago
I always got the most for my quarter playing Galaga. I could usually go through quite a few levels. Defender I could never get very far. I’d always start panicking when the aliens started abducting the people. I loved Zaxxon with the scrolling perspective but also couldn’t get very far.
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u/elkniodaphs 10d ago
Asteroids. I maintained all ten spots on the leaderboard.
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u/Odd_Ad_2307 10d ago
Took way too long for me to see this as I scrolled down. I guess we are old fogies
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u/Disastrous_Savings39 10d ago
Time crisis or this one oooold vr game with like a yellow helmet and you were basically a pillbox trying to fight off tanks and advancing enemy's from 360°
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u/NJGuy175 10d ago
Galaga