Foxy Cleopatra Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 We've, well Starscream has three cabs in my basement, but honestly I don't really play them as much as I used to. What's down there? A Guerrilla War, the Killer Instinct cab he got off my brother (but I think the cab is actually a Mortal Combat cab, or maybe that's just the game he has in there now, I don't know) and the Neo-Geo. Mostly it's the kids that get into them, but I would have to say my favorite is the Neo. So many fun games! Unfortunately it looks like it will be heading to another home.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I want to know how Hanoho gets off selling Capcom games, but rom sites get shut for giving them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I want to know how Hanoho gets off selling Capcom games, but rom sites get shut for giving them away.Licensing.Hanaho got a legitimate license from Capcom, ROM image sites are just freeloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueleader Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 If I could own any arcade machine it would definately be a Star Wars one. Pod Racer maybe? Actually I think there was a game like pod racer but set on endor with speeder bikes. Any SW game would be cool I don't know if I could choose. That being said I finaly did make my dream come true last year of owning any arcade machine (I got a JAMMA ALIEN cabinet that has since been a KLAX cabinet and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cabinet) so now I am actually looking for a pinball machine. And of course if I could own any pinball machine it would be a Star Wars pinball machine. BTW I actually drew up some pretty extensive plans for a MAME machine that was a cockpit style machine that looked like the front half of an x-wing fighter! The main problem was even doing half of it and keeping it to any sort of scale it would have been huge! The smallest I could get it was something like 14ft long. But hey, it was cool I even was going to have the hatch open for access to the inner parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I could have sworn someone posed this same exactly question in the last year, but I couldn't find it after a few brief searches (I know it's there somewhere!) It's tough to choose just one arcade game. Some great answers have already been posted here. I'd probably have to go with Robotron: 2084. I can play that game endlessly without getting bored, for some reason. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 As long as someone mentioned pinball, I guess I'd have to have a Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball table since that was the only one I ever cared enough about after the first game to stick with it till I was mediocre instead of just bad. Yeah, it's latter-day, but it's nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocko Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 As long as someone mentioned pinball, I guess I'd have to have a Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball table since that was the only one I ever cared enough about after the first game to stick with it till I was mediocre instead of just bad. Yeah, it's latter-day, but it's nice. I saw that one, never played it, as I just passed it while going into the rockey and bullwinkle movie. Terrible movie, did it ever get released on DVD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I have no idea; the pin predated the movie by a few years and was based on the original cartoons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Well, if we're going to bring up pins also, I nominate Black Knight 2000 (which I do actually own.. ) When in good condition, I can play that game for hours. Not a complex game, but something about the music and the pressure to make timed shots really puts you in a zone. You've got the power! "Ha ha ha ha ha!" You've got the might! Get ready for battle! Beat the Black Knight! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocko Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I have no idea; the pin predated the movie by a few years and was based on the original cartoons. I know, they had it as a promotion for the new movie. For starwars: episode 1 they had the three original starwars cabnets in the same area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Its really interesting to me... The 'one and only game' for most people is not a 'grail'. All of the games mentioned (sans the Tempest proto) are around, and not that expensive. EDOT can be had in decent shape for under a grand. The pins, while still expensive, are very common and hold their value very well. I do not know what it would be for me. I have a number of the ones I wanted (Star Wars cockpit, Pac Man, Centipede, Tempest, Bump N Jump, Night Driver, Computer Space) but could not pick just one. Each one was either from a memory (adult or childhood), a passion (Star Wars), or just plain cool looking If it was a specific machine, it changes for me. Right now, the exact one I would want would be the Vectorbeam 'Speed Freak' from Six Flags over Texas. It was the only one I ever saw, and would LOVE to own that machine. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke 4ever Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Pole Position or a Trvia whiz or somethin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Mine would be Major Havoc, since it was *quite* the different, original game that it was, plus I liked it a lot, and since vector graphics have been dead and will never return (well, there's some good online games that have vector graphics though), that makes this question a cinch for me As far as pinball goes, Black Night 2000, or a pinball machine that the next door neighbor used to have when I was a kid. I don't know what the title of it was--it MIGHT have been a Williams table--but I do recall that there was this chamber off to the right were, if you could get the ball through it, it would light up the numbers from 1 to 10 that it ran over for a bonus or something (these were buttons that the ball would run over, and the numbers would light up elsewhere on the playfield), and upon exiting the place, it would also fun over a button that would move your flippers closer together, making it nearly impossible for the ball to go down the drain (in the middle, that is...it could still exit on one of the sides of the flippers). The only way you could screw this up is if you had a flipper up when the ball was hurtling towards it and it slipped past the flipper (only had that happen once *ever*, though). Anyone happen to know the name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabeen557 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 1. computer space 2. simpsons 3. any gauntlet game 4. star wars 5. pacman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK WOMBLE Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Tricky.. I'll probably change my mind about once a week but... For pinball it would have to be star wars trilogy, really love that table. T2 isnt a bad one either, more realistic that I'll find a T2 table at a sensible price sometime soon. Arcade cab would be warlords 4 player cocktail (Very shortly to be gracing my home , thanks cassidy ) with second choice probably being gauntlet 4 player, toobin and star wars '83 sit-in cab come in joint 3rd... Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raijin Z Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Jesus, major necrobump. Update... Pinball, still Addams Family. vidgame? Six Daytona USA sitdown units, linked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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